The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-14
NORTH SIDE Ne VS..
Civic Club Raises $4,000 for
Aviation Field.
Need $25, 900 More to Purchase
Taylor Tract.
SOLICITING BALANCE.
Will Offer Property to State
Fair Association.
Civic Pride Committee Will Urge
"Clean-Up."
SOLICITING BALANCE.

Partly to insure the holding of the
aviation meet on the Taylor tract, just
north of Garfield park, in June ana
in the hopes that the grounds Will be
bought by the State Fair association,
also as an investment, $4,000 was
pledged at the meeting of the CIVIC
club last night to be applied on the
$4,000. the purchase price OF the
ed by ]. B. Billiard, E. f. Olinger,
Fred Morns and another whose name
is withheld at his own request, each
of the men subscribing $1,000.
Thomas Page stated that as he had
contributed 81 900 already to the State
Fair association he did not teel IKE
giving another $1,000.
Other sums ranging from $500 to
5000 were pledged. The remainder OF
the S35, 700 is being solicited today by
a committee composed OF F. w w ara
Otto Kuehne, j. r. Spetter, Fred Vol
land, Fred o. Morns and r. E. Ohm
ger. The latter, secretary of the club.
was very persistent in urging sub
scriptions at the meeting last night.
He stated that the matter had gone
too far for the Civic club to show the
white feather, and that only $4,000
would have to be paid within thirty
days. The owners of the property, he
said, had told him that they would
within reason, for the balance. He
further said that the property would
have to be purchased, as all neSotla-
tons for a lease or other arrange
ments besides a purchase had been
refused, and it was up to the Civic
club members and citizens of the
North side to raise the $4,000. II
this entire amount is subscribed. he
explained, the pledgers would only nave
to pay down forty cents on the dollar
of the sum subscribed; otherwise, the
total of each pledge must be paid
."To Have and to Hold"
Discussions which followed develop
ed the sentiment that the grounds
would be good thing TO have and
to hold" as an investment, on account
of its talent for making alfalfa. and
that fair or no fair in the future, the
land could probably be sold as lots at
a good profit for the investors. 1t was
shown how this property had been
offered for $500 an acre although fif-
teen blocks from the state house and
practically on a car line. and several
instances were cited of land not pos
sessing so many advantages, as an in
vestment bringing much more.
1t was thought that there are good
prospects of the fair association buy
ing the ground next year, as an offer
of $4,000 for fifty acres had been
made for the old grounds and the en-
tire present site would sell for $4,000.
If the Taylor tract would be offered
Tor $4O,OOO 10 the ldlT dssocidlloH' ny
selling the old grounds at that price,
and taking that offer they would make
a profit of $4,000 to be applied on
new buildings. At the same time the
investors in the Taylor tract would get
a profit bv their investment of $4,000,
the present purchase price.
The option on the land. secured by
F. E. Olinger, Mr.. Morns and Mr..
Voiland, expires June 8. Thus, if the
land is not secured. Mr.. Olinger was of
the opinion that all kinds of compli-
ton he stated that Mr.. Sutton, repre-
senting Curtiss, had decided On the
Taylor tract for aviation field and had
looked at no other, and might possibly
refuse to fly elsewhere. These argu-