The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07
THEY STORM CITY
Kansas Business Men Are Flock
ing to Topeka Today.
Merchants Week" Opens With
a Dash Despite Rain.
ARE ON EVERY TRAIN.
Round of Pleasure Arranged
for Goods Dispensers.
Expect Army of Visitors Here
During Festivities.
ARE ON EVERY TRAIN.

viiion in front of headquarters.
S:15 p. m.-"Great-Ca -Cafateria-Lunch,
Vaudeville e-Concert-Smoker'' at City
Auditorium. admission by ticket
only.)
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 8.
500 a. m.-Band concert by Mar
shall's Military band at headquarters
begins.
$3.50 a m.-First Seeing Topeka"
cars leave Commercial club. Additional
trains will leave every few minutes un-
til $50 o'clock.
1900 a. m.-Merchants' state meet
ing at representative hall, capitol
building. Address by c. G. Lawson,
secretary Missouri Retail Merchants
association.
1900 noon-Exhibition by Topeka
fire department. Cat Quincy and Sew
erth streets.)
200 p. m.-Merchant guests will be
taken to the aviation. Free coupon
tickets will be provided guests.
500 p. m.-Theater party Grand
opera house, North Brothers Stock
company in "Puddin' Head wilson, a
serio-comedy
This is the program of events in
connection with Merchants week for
today and tomorrow.
Kansas merchants are defying the ell
ements and are arriving in large num-
bers to enjoy the week of festivities
which has been planned by the Topeka
Jobbers and Manufacturers association.
When President George P. McEntire,
of the local organization, arrived at the
place Of registration at 612 Kansas av-
enue at o'clock this morning, he
found a group of goods dispensers al
ready on hand, although according to
the announcement made on the print
ed programs regular registration was
not to take place until O'Clock this
afternoon.
BY noon upwards of 200 registrations
had been recorded Speaking of the
matter, President McEntire said: ''Ev-
orything is coming off even better than
we had anticipated, Notwithstanding
the unfavcrable weather conditions. We
have never known such a heavy pre-
liminary registration"
So far every train has been met by
members of the entertainment commit
tee and the visitors brought immedd-
ately to the Commerce building to reg
ister Then as soon as they have re-
ceived q badge together with book
let contains coupons which entitle the
holder to take advantage of the var1-
Gus amusements provided, and serves
likewise as a program of events, the
guests are taken up to the CONNER
cial club quarters where a check stand
is maintained and a directory OF room
ing houses is available. The parlors
of the Commercial club are open as a
rest room to all visitors to the city.
Is Busy Place.
A busy place is the registration room
at the Commercial club. Forty mem
bers Of the Jobbers and Manufactur-
ers' association occupy booths where
they maintain offices and have on hand
representatives to answer any questions
which may be put to them by the visl-
tors. The frame work of the booths
is decorated in blue bunting, and the
,,Io xa-ifI F1yaT
tisipg signs printed in bright colors.
Registration is taking place in the
rear of the room and as the merchants
from all parts of the state pass down
between rows of booths they can
not help but get the impression that
there are some enterprlsing jobberS
and manufacturers in the capital city
A sign was placed above the regis
tration booth this morning which pro-
vided many a smile until the mistake
vas corrected It insinuated that no
one who is inclined to be bony need
register, reading as follows: I'VE can
not register farmers, statesmen or any
one but BONEFIDE Kansas mer-
chants"
sad to relate the decorations on the
bandstand erected in front of the Com
merce building for the band concerts to-
morrow present a decidedly damp ap-
pearance, as do the deoratlons on some
of the stores.
List of Attractions.
Below are the attractions which the
coupon books include: Band concert
by the knights and Ladies of Security
band from to S:45 o'clock this even
ing: use of the Topeka Commercial
club rooms; street car tickets; great
cafeteria -luncheon-c n-concert-suroker" this
evening at the Auditorium at S:45
o'clock; MarshalPs band concert at 5
O'Clock Wednesday morning in front OF
the Commercial club; ride in the see
ing Topeka trains" meeting OF mer-
chants in Representative hall at IL
O'Clock on Wednesday,: a fire drill on
Quincy street at 1:15; admission to
"Puddin' Head Wilson" at the Grand
in the evening; a plunge and a swim
at the Central Y. NJ. c. A: free long
distance phone calls over both the Ben
and independent system; an ADMISSION
to the motorcycle races at the fair
grounds on Thursday morning; and an
invitation to visit the various JoDDlng
houses and manufacturing concerns
Thursday afternoon; and visitors VIII
also be provided tickets to the avia-
tion meet.
These Arc Hosts.
Here are the hosts of the third an
nuaI Merchants week event:
The Midi Continent mills, H. B. How
ard, Chesterfield hotel, Road Supply Sl
CITY Bottling works. Crawford Amuse-
ment company, w. G. Agard, J. B. Bill
lard, Throop hotel. Coco-cola Bottling
works, International Harvester COM
pany of Topeka, W. o. Anderson (pro-
prietor of the A. A. Co). B. Collins
Topeka Ice & Cold Storage company,
Central Paper company, Geo. Burkhart,
Central National bank, Bank of To-
pelxa, R. T. Kreipe Cigar company,
Smith Automobile Company. Oscar