The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-11

front of the building on Kansas ave-
nue.. Then they assembled the stairs
with a lively march and played in the
reception room of the Commercial
crowd at the club rooms enjoyed the
music and gave Leader Mitchell a
vote of thanks
An interesting visitor in Topeka and
the Commercial club today is G. J.
Price, a mining engineer of interna-
tional fame who has just returned
from South Africa where he had
charge of the English gold mines. Mr..
Price came to this country to take
charge of the Yarnen Gold Mining
company, a two million dollar COM
pany composed mostly OF prominent
Topeka men.
Mr.. Price IS considered one of the
greatest mining engineers in the world
today and he has worked in almost
every country on the globe. He came
to America from South Africa, where
he had in his employ over 10000
men. He tells many interesting facts
concerning his mining experiences in
this country. In speaking of Topeka,
Mr.. Price was enthusiastic about his
praise of the city's beauty He said:
IN all my trips throughout the
many countries on the globe, 1 don't
believe have ever seen such a beau
tiful modern city. Just as soon as
struck Topeka I commenced to breath
the fresh open air-your city is not
close and stuffy like the average
American city. attended your Com
mercial club lunch today-you have a
very enterprising and prosperous
looking band of men to work for the
city's good.
The Commercial club will not meet
in regular session Friday night In
stead Mr.. A. w McKeand, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, Okla
homa City will speak before the as
sembIed club tomorrow noon. Mr..
McKeand is at the head of one of the
real live wire clubs of the southwest
and he has a number of good sugges-
lions up his sleeve to spring upon the
local organization.
Secretary George Bidders of the
Commercial club stated that 1t would
phoned into the Office before 9 o'clock
tomorrow morning This is for the
purpose of giving the tables a full
house and not causing any disturb
ance during the talk
registered by Secretary Badders this
morning There are now 7S1 mem
bers of the club. The new enter
prising men are J. L. Van Houten,
patent attorney; W. G. Smyser civil
engineer; z. B. Guild, Harold H
Tice, a young man with the Santa
Fe. The fact that Mr.. Tice has en-
tered the club has given the members
renewed energy in connection with
the Santa Fe and other railroad COM
panies. It has been the ambition of
the club to enter the shops and offices
and it looks as though they have a
start
W. J. Rickenbacher came up to the
club rooms this noon with new
proposition received by an inspiration
at the large number of conventions
held at this city the last year He
has a scheme whereby the Com
rnerciaI club should get together the
names of all the delegates and
visitors to the city and keep these
names on a book for this purpose at
the club rooms. Every time cir
literature IS issued by the club these
names would be taken and made the
receivers of such material. 1t is a
new way to advertise and the club
members are awaiting for its
adoption.
n. B. Burge has presented PROPOSE
ton to the Commercial club asking that
a joint committee be chosen from both
the Commercial club and the real es-
tate exchange for the purpose or ad-
yertfsing Topeka to the outside world.
The proposition Is to form Joint imnf-
grafton companies and entice the out
siders with appropriate literature and
advertising material Mr. Burge says
he is confident that this city can OBJ
tain a growth of $4,000 to $4,000 IN a
very short time II this scheme can
be carried out. One of the main ideas
is to not only advertise for citizens
but to treat them in a courteous manner
when they come-talk about them In
the newspapers, give them the greatest
attention of all kinds.
The men belonging to the Real Es-
tate Exchange met in the private din
ing room at the club this noon and
prepared plans for the campaign to be
started soon in rounding up the many
real estate men in the city who do not
belong to the exchange 1t IS the
scheme of the exchange to appoint diff
fereut committees and have these gen.
tlemen wait upon the different agen-
cies in the city persuading them to
become members. The day has come
when the real estate men of this city
will have to work together and lay
aside the intense bitter rivalry that has
existed in the past" said w A Neis-
wauger, this noon There is no sense
in this country town idea Of business
and we are trying to get away from it
Every real estate man in the city
II t-.F1 10 ~f-lr