The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-09
MUCHWORKAHEAD
Management Plans to Strength
en- Commercial Club.
Twelve Hundred Is Goal for Or
ganizatiOn's Membership.
WANT COIN FOR ROADS
Means Will Be Devised for Rails
ing So, 500.
Christmas Shopping Was in Full
Swing Today.
Want COIN FOR ROADS

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ization more than ever the business
hub of Topeka.
one of the most important steps
which will be taken in that direction
will be the waging of a membership
cam paign in January with the end IN
view of increasing the names on the
list from 700 to 1900. While at pres
ent the books show a membership of
more than the figure first mentioned
there are only that number OF men
who are in good standing as lar as
having their dues paid up is concerned
1--WE will have rs or 80 picked men
divided into teams said Secretary ).
Will Kelley. 1.-The plan OF the cam
paign will be to get men to sign apph-
cations to become members for three
years. The object of that is TO ehaple
US after the membership is punt up -, 10
be able to tell what financial aid Wen
be able to count on. The first or ian
uary all members who have not palo
up their dues to date Will be struck Oh
the list. Any of them who decide TO
helm in the work of making Topeka a
better place in which to live. will be
taken into the club as new members
Want 1900 Members.
owe have at present 700 paid up
members. We expect to have 1900
and will keep on working until we
get that number. Ten men nave peeH
1.-THE new directors are to be select
ed nv the different interests represent
ed on the directorate of the CONNER
cial club during this month 1t is I'M
portant that the different interests gel
together soon The election of mem
bers of the board will take place the
second Friday in January
The following is the portion of the
clubs bylaws which deals with tne
choosing of the Is men for places on
the board:
s.Sfxty days prior to the annual
meeting the president shall appoint a
committee consisting of four mem pers
and the secretary of the organization
! who shall arrange for the nomlna alo.
nv each of the several classes or pusl-
nesses of the city of Topeka, OF one OF
the number of be elected on the
board of directors as follows; panks l.
VIII oIesale 1, manufacturers l. retail
ers 8, real estate and insurance l, con-
tractors 1, hotel and theaters l, law
vers1. other professions 1.
ssSection 2. This committee shall
within Is days, prior to the annual
meeting. cause to pe posted Ia 1is+ 'l nS
names of the persons nominated by the
several interests.
Another Good Roads Meeting.
within a few days a meeting of the
good roads committee of the club Will
be called for the purpose OF devlsins
provement of roads in shawnee county.
There has been a good deal of talking
done at various meetings held IN the
interests of better roads, and now 1t
is considered that it is time that some
actual work were accomplished
It is the idea of those who are par
tic111arlv interested in the project to
raise $4,000 from the owners of auto
mobiles and other enthusiastic adVo-
Gates of smooth thoroughfares
1--WE believe that $4,000 would be
sufficient to aid materially in the road
work over the county, said Secretary
/ 7. Will Kelley. '@At the recent meet
| ing of farm ers held IA miles south of
the city on the Topeka avenue rodo
which was attended by several Com
noerciaI club members including my
self. the farmers said if we would fur
nish some expert dynamite men to
| blast the rock out of three-quarter
mile stretch of road, a mile and a haiI
| havond the Wakarusa creek, they
would furnish men and teams to scat
ter the material along the road we
believe that we could get men to 90
the work for 5000 and we think with
| $4,000 we could aid In the oetterlng
| of a good many roads
I'VE expect to buy some road drags
| to provide to those who use them IN
road building
Bulletin Proving Popular.
The Commercial Club Bulletin,
which the members of the club believe
is good thing for stirring up enthu-
siasm in the club work will be con-
| tinued as a monthly publication.
There are now HOO names on the
mailing list, and every day applications
are received by secretaries OF CONNER
cial organizations over the country
who ask to have the paper sent them
regularly. The commercial organiza-
ton in Lincoln, Neb., is now putting
out a bulletin patterned after the To-
peha publication, but which is not so
breezy in style, and other clubs are
contemplating following suit.
At a meeting of the directorate of
the club held some weeks ago 1t. was
decided to encourage the holding OF
parade next fall similar to the Kansas
Semi Centennial parade held in Sep
TENDER which proved such great sue
cess Albert II. Reid, has already be-
gun to plan for the floats which will
be in the cavalcade of splendor next
fall.
Christmas Shoppers Are Busy.
The Christmas shoppers were slower
than usual to get busy this season.
possibly as one merchant suggested on
account of the fact that Thanksgiving
was later than is generally the case
However. the trade Friday was good,
and today at a glance one could see
that Kansas avenue was an unusually
busy place
The realty market has been COM
paratively quiet this week, and there
has been a slump in building permits
However, some sales have been re-
ported. Twenty-Five of the 81 tracts
in Pinehurst had been sold UP to
late hour Friday
, The Shawnee Agency has sold
three acre tract in Garfield addition
to J, G. Witt for $1,000. The Wingett
Land company has sold a five acre
tract in Quivira Heights west of Wash
burn college to Maude Baird of Te
cumseh for $1.100.