The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-23
is ALL The TALK.
Interest in Aviation Growing
Stronger as Days Pass.
Will Be One of Greatest Events
in History Of Topeka.
TO SOAR LIKE BIRDS.
Airships Will Fly Over Soil OF
Kansas for First Time.
Thousands Will Witness Big Do
ings of Human Eagles.

Its all the talk on the streets" said
one of the state fair managers, today
III speaking of the coming aviation meet
which will be held June Z, and 8,
although people seem hardly to realize
what a big thing it will be-
Newspapers throughout the state are
giving the Topeka meet much space.
Some of them are putting their stories
of the great event on front page, and
are using large headlines. This even
ing, Eugene B. Stotts, in charge of
newspaper publicity, is sending out to
300 papers in all parts of Kansas further
dope about the flying contest.
Twenty thousand flaring posters
showing the execution of daring feats
on the mart of aviators in midair Will
soon be distributed far and wide.
All railway lines entering Topeka are
capital city in order to accommodate
the tens of thousands of people who
will take advantage of their first op-
portunity TO see the bird men" oper-
ate their heavier han-air machines.
Money Talks.
Money talks with the aviation men,"
said T. A. Borman, of the state fair
board of managers. Mr.. Sutton, the
representative of Glenn H. Curtiss, who
was here in Topeka, says that before
making a flight they get the mon In
their Enthusiastically in gold-and go
over to where their wives are sitting,
and turning the coin over to them bid
them an affectionate farewell! as though
there were a chance that they would
never be able to say goodby again.
Mr.. Sutton says that the thrilling
part of the flight of a bi-plane is the
start as the machines make noise hke
a battery of artillery. AT Los Angeles
thousands of ranchmen, cowboys, and
toWnspeople in automobiles, turned out
to see the flights. On the second day
of the big international aviation meet
at which Curtiss won most of the hon
ors, thousands paid their dollar to en-
ter the aviation field so that they could
see the flights at close range and touch
the machines.
A Great Event.
81 tell you this meet is going to be
the greatest thing that has happened
in Topeka for years. Rain needn't scare
the crowd away as it is only a high
wind that will prevent the bi-planes
from soaring. If Topeka hadn't secur-
ed this meet some other Kansas town
would have done so, and in fact were
negotiating with Curtiss people. To-
peka ought to consider herself lucky to
have secured the first meet of the kind
that has ever been held in the middle
west.
Associated Press to Handle 1t.
Every day the Associated Press will
send out reports of what the human
birds are doing, and in this way the
whole country will know that Topeka
is a place where they do things
J. C. Mars and Charles f. Willard
are both expert operators. Mr.. Sutton
says that there is no reason in the
world why a record should not oe
broken.
Big Crowds Expected.
Between now and June there viii
be lot of hustling done in order to
prepare for the great throngs of peo-
pie that are expected to attend the
meet There will be a thousand and
one details seen to which will crop up
Just at the last minute. The board Of
of the state fair are busy
men.
Hotels Will Be Full.
During Aviation and Merchants
week. the hotels will be doing a rush
business, and boarding and rooming
houses will be taxed to their utmost
and incidentally the stores
will be doing a brisk business.
Tuesday, the opening day, will be
Topeka day. and according to the in
terest which is being shown in the
meet, homes will be deserted at that
time, to a large extent, while the in
mates see for the first time biplanes
soaring over Kansas soil.
Stores will be closed for the afte~-
noon, as will the Santa FHe offices and
by E. L. Copeland. Kansas avenue
with bunting.