The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-20
UNDER new PLAN
The Meeting of Mayors Results
in Much Good.
Peerless Princess Pageant Told
the Commission Story.
WICHITA AN EXAMPLE
Different Displays in Parade
Took Eyes of Visitors.
Ex-Governor Stanley Pays Trib-
ute to Kansas Pioneers.
WICHITA AN EXAMPLE

ute to Kansas Pioneers.
Wichita, Kan, May 2O-The feature
Of the civic parade that took the eyes
of the visiting Kansas mayors were the
displays OF the city departments. The
mayors enjoyed the other features of
the parade but what appealed to them
most were the several departments
that make Wichita the thrifty and
clean city that it is today.
The street department teams, wagons
and drivers were out in numbers. The
men in charge of the department led
this division. Then came the haulers
one by one-blocks of them. The men
who are responsible for the care of
Wichita's IS miles Of sewers made
good showing. The wagons, hose i'm
PIGMENTS and other tools used by them
were on display. Banners called atten-
ton to the number of miles of sewers
in the city.
Two Real Live Bears.
The city park department was well
represented. real circus cage in
which two real bears paced around
was a main attraction. The bears came
from the bear pen in the zoo in the
Riverside park
The score of men employed in the
city engineering department rode on
large wagon. Instruments used in this
department were on display on the
wagon. The engineering department
is in charge of the million dollars
worth of city improvements Wichita is
making this year and the men on the
wagon were the men who supervise
this work. A large banner showing
how Wichita has grown in pavement
and sidewalks was stretched the length
of the wagon.
Marshal Cubbon in the Lead.
George T. Cubbon, as marshal of the
day, led the parade. A platoon of po-
lice followed and they in turn were fol-
lowed by the Wichita Eiks' band. The
visiting mayors and city officials of
Wichita came next in motor cars. The
county officials were next in line and
then followed veterans Of the late wars
en- foot.
Members of the Wichita companies
of the Kansas guard with their guns
lent military aspect to the parade
Paramount college and Friends univer
sity students in motor cars carried
large and small pennants. The frater
nal insurance order division was made
up of the Wichita Nest of Owls, Pet
ton lodge I. o. o. F., Warwick lodge
Knights Of Pythias, Kaiser camp w.
o. w, Harmony council F. A. A, and
Peerless Princess lodge A. o. U. w.
The Wichita Eagles carriers and office
employees carried United States flags.
The Carpenters and Joiners' union
had 120 persons in the line of march
and it's showing caused a great deal
of comment.
The Wichita high school had mo-
tor car in the parade with officers of
the school riding in it. The contractors
and paving companies were all repre-
scented in the parade.
Ex-Governor Stanley Talks.
The pioneers of Kansas were paid
a remarkable tribute by Governor w.
E. Stanley, whose address closed the
program of the laying of the corner
Il W.
governor named many of the more
prominent pioneers, of the state and
showed what a wonderful effect their
work during the formative period had
had upon the states life and prosper
ity in later years.
Governor Stanley talked interest
ingly about the wealth of history that
is conferred about many of the cities
represented at the banquet. He told
of the great men these cities had pro-
duced and gave the visitors some frag-
ments of the early history of Wichita.
His story of the naming of the city
was that the founders of the city once
found a crowd of urchins playing mar
bles in the sand and as the wind blew
clouds of sand over the marble ring
the boys continually shouted: Which
is taw?" From that question the name
of Wichita was formed. He made a
splendid speech and warmly welcomed
the visitors to the freedom of the
city.
Governor Stanley's remark about
forum was only an incident in his
speech but it brought out a
speech from Mayor Davidson defend
ing the city commissioners in their
selection OF a name. Mayor DaVld-
son said at first he had favored an
other name but this one had been Sc
Iected and that he expected to stand
by the action of the commissioners.