The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-08
MUST SPRUCE UP.
Mayor Billiard Issues PrOclama-
ton TO Citizens.
Urges People to Decorate Their
Buildings.
MUST BE CARED FOR.
Estimated Eight to Fifteen
Thousand Are Coming.
Advance Orders or Quarters
Are Pouring IN.

Mayor j. b. Billiard has issued the
following proclamation requesting the
citizens of Topeka to ''spruce up" for
the Christian church convention and
the gathering of teachers:
In order to give the fifteen or
twenty thousand visitors to the city
who will attend the New Century In
ternationaI convention of the Chris
tan church October 11-17 and the
meeting of the State Teachers asso-
citation. October 1921, good impress
sion of the capital city, I respectfully
REQUEST the merchants and citizens of
Topeka to use the national coIors
freely in decorating their places of
business and residence.
II also urge that the property own
ers of Topeka make special effort
to have their lawns in the best of
trim, so that the delegates will get
the impression that ours is city
beautiful.
by conforming to these requests,
the citizens viii do much towards Civ
ing Topeka the best possible sort of
Convention City
u. b. BILLIARD, Mayor
eff we don't take care of this con-
vention properly Topeka will have a
black eye" was the assertion of S.
Berkson this noon at the meeting of
the convention committee of the Com
mercial club. He had reference to the
Christian church convention which
commences on Tuesday next, and it
was his opinion that the weak point in
arrangements made thus far is the
provision or lack of provision for ade-
qUate lunch rooms.
r. Keith Wilson of the local enter
tainment committee of the Christian
church, also believes that the feeding
of "the multitudes" will be an i'm
mense undertaking.
I'VE must get a move on said one
of the members of the Commercial
club committee.
Cars to Meet Trains.
It was reported that Superintendent
A. NJ. Patten of the street railway COM
pany has agreed to have cars meet
every train which arrives in the city
loaded with delegates, and has prom
ised to decorate the poles from the
Rock Island depot to Tenth avenue.
The basement and first floor of the
state house are busy scenes. In the
former booths in large numbers are
being installed by various organiZa-
sionary societies.
On the first floor a registration booth
is being built 40 feet long. 1t will contain
a large window where registration will
take place and ten windows arranged
alphabetically where the delegates will
receive their room assignments.
Advance Orders for Rooms.
R. Keith Wilson, chairman Of the enter
tainment, with his shirt sleeves rolled up,
was hard at work today giving workmen
instructions in regard to the arrange
ments in the building.
1--WE will have committee of 20 behind
the BOOTH said he, land I believe that
the work of handling the delegates will
be accomplished without its being neces-
sary for them to await their turn in the
corridors of the Capitol building.
There will be any number of special
trains coming in from all directions, and
1 am sure we will have eight thousand
delegates here, and possibly 1000 Seven
hundred persons have written in advance
"A good many delegates have already
arrived in the city. They are for the
most part people who are arranging to
have display booths put up
Mayor Billiard has, given orders to have
the street force make an extra effort to
keep the thoroughfares in spick and
SPAN order while the conventions are in
progress.