The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-22
State Fair Enthusiasm Meeting
Turns out Well.
Official Report Is Made and Ac-
tiOn Approved.
HAVE MONEY LEI
Almost Two Thousand Dollars
in the Treasury.
Grange Members Invited to Talk
Over Meeting.


ness to take off their coats and work.
(Scott Hopkins way of putting it for the
$50, 900 county bond issue for fair pur-
poses.
At o'clock the stockholders of the
fair were called to order by President
]. w. Going and reports were made by
the secretary, H. L. Cook, the treasurer.
the secretary. H. L. Cook, the treasurer,
Stage, all of which were extremely ia
Vorable.
1t was shown that the present work.
ing capital of the association is about
IS, 900. After all bills were paid it was
found that the first annual exposition
under the new regime had netted the
association 81, 6.66, the attendance haV-
ing been twice as great as last year.
In examining the details of the ex-
penditures," said w. J. Stage, the Off
ciaI auditor, Il have noticed no sign OF
extravagant expenditures. By Friday
afternoon of fair week at o'clock all
stockmen had their premiums in their
hands and they went away as pro-
motors of the 1911 fair
st believe with the same organization
we had this year." remarked Scott Hop
kins, treasurer of the association, I'VE
could next season handle 100000 people
without additional expense.
Secretary Cook spoke of the great
opportunity Shawnee county has in
building up an immense fair and ex-
position that will assure the prosperity
of this portion of the state by the good
advertising that would result from
such a fair. There are counties that
would be willing to pay a royalty to
have such an opportunity as ours he
said.
Election Commissioner Titus urged
that steps be taken to inform the peo-
pie of the facts pertaining to the pro
posed $4,000 bond issue. ''In my opin-
ion" said he this is one OF the most
important propositions which has been
presented before the people Of Topeka
and Shawnee county at the polls in sew
eral years."
81 think the people of Shawnee coun-
ty ought to get plump enthusiastic
over it," remarked w. H. Kemper.
Other influential men spoke enthusi-
astically in favor of the proposed bond
issue.
The meeting of stockholders of the
fair was adjourned at an early hour,
and T. A. Borman presided over the
first regular monthly meeting of the
Commercial club of the fall. Decisive
action was taken by the club on the
fair bond question. The board of dl.
rectors will compose committee OF
fifteen to institute q campaign for the
purpose of informing the people of
Shawnee county in respect to the facts
concerning the bond issue.
The committee will arrange for the
holding of school house meetings in
all parts of the county, and will dis
tribute literature among the citizens
One or two representatives of the fair
interests will be placed at every poll
on election day, November 8.
Talk With the Grange Members.
Saturday noon of next week about
100 representatives of the eight oranges
of the county will take lunch at the
Commercial club to discuss various
topics of general interest. At this time
the necessity of the $4,000 bond issue
for the upbuilding of the fair will be
urged.
Il believe much depends upon the
farmers said E. w. Rankin, ''but you
have to show the farmers. The fact
that the price of land is low in this
county should be one great argument
in favor of building UP a big fair.
When one thinks of it, $4,000 is a
pitifully small amount of money to
ask the people of the county to give.
I'm Minnesota this year the profits
of the fair are likely to reach $125,00O.
A reorganization of the fair is TAX
ing place because the institution has
grown so rapidly that 1t is almost be-
yond control, and the people do not
think it is too much to ask the state
legislature to appropriate two million
dollars to pay for the increasing OF
the accommodations.
LIT seems to me that the failure OF
the local bond proposition is impossi-
BILE, if the people of the county are
fully informed of the situation"
1t was the general consensus OF
opinion that the farmers of the coun-
ty as far as they understand the prop
osition are in favor of it, but the ne
cessity of giving them further infor-
nation regarding the necessity of such
bond issue was pointed out.
One of the most important steps
4oI Of decision
to hold in the near future meeting
of the club members to discuss in a
general way the railway freight rates
questions.
A number Of resolutions drawn up
by the state and national legislation
committee of the club were adopted.
1t was decided to take no action in
regard to communication from the
Rochester chamber of commerce rela-
tive to a resolution passed by that
body favoring an advance in freight
rates.
Considerable discussion resulted
from the reading of resolution
which embodied a request from the
Traffic Federation of the middle west,
through it's secretary, John S. Dawson,
asking that the Commercial club join
this organization as body.
Report of Committee:
The report of the committee read:
Your committee did not feel it ought
to take action one way or the other
on this important proposition, and
therefore, respectfully refers the mat
ter to the club for such action as the
club in it's wisdom may decide to take.
1t is assumed that the members OF
the club understand that the organi-
zation in question was formed Sep
TENDER p, 1910, in Topeka. at meet
ing of the shippers and commercial
bodies of the central west, held al
that time under the call of the gov
/ ernor.''
| It was decided not to take action in
respect to the request at the present
/ time, but to hold a meeting as before
stated to discuss the various phases OF
the freight rates question.
| No action was taken relative to ia
voring either New Orleans or SaI
Francisco as the proper place for the