The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-11

Thomas Page ($1,OO0) addi-
Subscribed this morning 1885
Total at noon today. .$43, 400
We are in the midst of the great fight
for the Kansas State Fair.
The committees from the Commercial
club started to work this morning at
8 o'clock. BY noon they had collected
over $11.3O0. This is a real result for
only three or four hours work. 1t
shows that the people are awake-that
they understand the value of the fair
and are going to make it possible
The grand total to noon is $4S, 400.
The day is still young, it is but little
over half gone. More than three hours
remain for work. The workers are still
In the field and it is expected that an
other $1,000 will be raised before night.
The city was divided into 30 districts,
ard into these districts went commit
tees of threeS to call on the business
men and put before them the state
lair proposition Before 10 o'clock the
committees were out .-on the job,
MarshalPs band playing in front of the
Commerce building to give them fit
ting sendoff.
Marsnalrs band bv making ITS tour
of the city heralded the approach of
tie committees during the morning
hours, and this afternoon the knights
and Ladies of Security band spurred
the workers on to more strenuous ef-
forts.
The largest contributor of the day
is c. S. Gleed, president of the Mis-
souri, & Kansas Telephone company.
Mr.. Gleed sent in $1,000. His action
should be spur to others to get in
line for Topeka. His contribution
shows he had faith in the city, it's peo-
pie and the state fair.
Another large supporter of the pro-
ject is the Topeka Telephone company
which fell into line with a check for
$500.
Those at the head of the corpora
tion are wide awake. They see the
value of the fair to Topeka and Kan
Eas. hence their action They realize
that the fair means more people IN
Topeka. More people means more
telephone service, more telephone SER
vice means bigger returns to the Tele-
phone company. The state fair will
encourage the telephone business. 1t
will help every business
The luncheon at the Commercial
club this noon was full of spirit of the
kind that uplifts. 1t was the spirit of
men who are doing things. Opt1m1stS
abounded. All were pulling together
and Topeka was hitting the highway
of progress at a fast clip. The key
note of the meeting was Success.
There was ginger a-plenty-
great many contributions of S23
and $50 will be noted among the list
appended. A welcome sign this. 1t
shows that the c1IlZen OIL nnOQ6TdCS
means is behind the movement and is
supporting it. 1t shows that the plain
man is doing his best to place Topeka
on the map as a fair center. There IS
no class in this fight for it's for To-
peka-rich man and poor man are
standing shoulder to shoulder-it's a
fight of the masses.
A number of recruits were added this
afternoon. A larger party is in the
field just now than was out this morn
ing. Efforts have redoubled. The COM
1nfttee may have missed you this morn
ing. It is the intention of the body 20
see every business man II possible
However, this may not be accom-
plished. If for any reason it should
not, Just telephone the Commercial
club G27 either telephone) and some
one will take your contribution.
Some interesting experiences were
reported at the meeting this noon. One
committee called at Rowley's drug
store and were successful in securing
several subscriptions. wesley Hale,
colored man who drives an express
wagon, stepped up and said: 81 will
give SIS" The members of the COM
rnittee thanked him for his offer, but
informed him that they could not ac-
cent odd subscriptions. as the shares
were $25 each. The negro then asked
for a check book and proceeded to
write out a check for SIS with this re-
mark: Everybody should be for To-
peka and the fair" If everybody gave
with the same spirit and proportion
ately according to their means there
would be no difficulty in making up
the entire amount.
While making their rounds another
committee ran across a Colorado man
who wanted a share of stock.
Here are the workers who were out
today:
H. Eastman, E. L. Copeland, ]. r.
Koontz, Henry B. Lautz, Robert Stone,
s. Berkson. Chas. Adams, c. G. Blake
ly, c. B. Crosby, Robert Fullerton, r.
V Hicks. Scott Hopkins, B. Collins.
w. o. Anderson, S. E. Lux. Frank
Haskell, ]. L. Allen, F. G. Kelley, Ed
Kellam, A. B. Cowden, Geo. Godfrey
Moore, Chas. P. Adams, E. w. Thomp-
son. G. E. Joslin, w. w. Webb, Robert
Pierce, ]. VIII Kelley, z. E. Roude-
bush, A. T. Daniels. H. A. Auerbach,
r. d. Blaine, E. F. Strain, s. L. Court
ney, B. A. Wagner, Ralph Moore, c.
w Hull J. G. Spalding, p, s. Petty
john, A. T. Reid, L. L. Bailey, j. c.
Emahizer. w. H. Falkner, L. L. Ad-
ans, L. Clearinghouse, n. B. Burge. |
A. T. Lucas, H. w. Bomgardner. S. ]. |
Hodgins, Geo. McEntire, 2. E. Ames, |
Arthur Capper. ]. B. Belts, Albert |
Lehman, VIM. Schick, H. c. Root, |
F. w. Rankin. w. J. Rickenbacher, |
H. w. Page, l. NJ. Penwell, L. P. Rob |
inson, c. F. Ecker, c. D. Skinner. W.
II. Kemper, H. S. Putney, E. z. Oling-
er, G. A. Huron. ]. F. Stanton. ]. K
F. Worley. w. p. Bishop. w. P.
Hemphill. E. C. Brownell, w. H.
Cowles, Walter B. Arnold.
Chairmen Report.
Following are the committee chair
men and the amounts they reported
as chairman-at noon today:
Harold 7. Chase ......."....$ 1850