The Topeka state journal., 1911-08-12
To Take Part in the Semi-Cen-
tennial Parade.
Fifty Of Them From Mayetta
Reservation.
GIRLS ON FLOATS
Ten Towns Will Send Fairest
Daughters.
Parade Programme Has Been
Arranged.

Tuesday afternoon. September IL,
fifty mounted Pottawatomie Indians
will swoop down on Topeka in all
their war paint and feathers They Will
come through the main streets of the
capital city letting loose all kinds of
blood curdling yells.
Perhaps fifty years previous to this
date the appearance of such a calva
cade of aborigines would have caused
the good citizens of the city to be-
come pale with fright, bat on this oc-
casion there is no need for alarm.
Richard Rice. a descendant of the
carriers of the tOmahawk. who eXerts
much influence over the 'redmen'
of the Mayetta district assured Sec
retary George S. Badders of the Com
mercial club late Friday afternoon
that he could almost guarantee that
they will be sober; that they have
given up to a large degree indulgence
in the proverbial fire water" and
that now they are drinking d milder
beverage of their own manufacture
called puter
At any rate, it is expected that the
Indians will be here to head the semi
centennial celebration.
Furthermore, there WI, ride on one
of the most artistic and interesting
floats in the pageant, foIr o. the pret-
test girls of which Haskell institute,
Lawrence, can boast, together with
They, too, will be bedecked in grand
array of aboriginal finery.
Ten Towns Represented.
The required number of cities are
now in on the pretty girl proposition
at least, they will be later in the day
when c. E. Graham, representing the
Semi Centennial association, makes his
report.
The cities which are selecting girls
to ride on floats are: Norton, Abilene,
Salina, Junction City. Lawrence, Car
nett, Chanute, Arkansas City, lola and
Ottawa
lola at first declined to accept the
invitation on account of an event
which is being held in that city the
first part of September. but the fol-
lowing letter was received this morn
ing by J. E. Spaldfng from r. L.
Thompson, chairman OF the advertis-
ing committee of the Booster club:
lola has decided to get into the
contest and occupy a place in the cen
tennial parade and fair which Topeka
will hold in September
I'VE will start the contest to deter
mine the five prettiest girls at once,
and would like to have the inscription
on our float to read: The lola Boost
ers' "
The Red Men have announced that they
will be represented by float in the
parade. The other organizations which to
date have signified that they will enter
floats are: A o. U. w. q. G. t. Modern
WOodmen I. o. o. F.. NOrden Benefit as
sociation, Moose, G. A R., and Crosby
Brothers
Order of the Parade
The order of formation for the parade
as suggested by the chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements will be as fol-
lows: MARSHALL s band, Indians, cowboys,
members of Battery mounted, old gov
ernment freighter drawn by oxen his
torical and fraternal floats numbering u
and Bredel Brothers monoplane half
dozen bands which include Burlingame
boys band and the HoltOn band will
march at intervals between floats
Arrangements have been made with F.
3. Weeks to decorate the store fronts at
p cents a running foot, and all merchants
viii be urged to cooperate with the plan
to have uniform color scheme running
the fun length of Kansas avenue The
merchants say that this price made by
Weeks is lower than the cost to them
were they to put up their own decora-
tions.
Fred H. Jewell has been selected as the
chairman of the committee which win
make arrangements for the carnival Mon
day night It has been a long time since
there has been a carnival in Topeka and
it is a fact that an event of this kind is
a great drawing card.
Already a number Of men in the city
have arranged to enter a huge sea ser
pent in the carnival parade which will
probably be headed by the HoItOn band
Within the next few days the new com
mittee is expected to develop features
which win make the carnival an unquaIi-
fled success.