The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-07
SEE! THEY COME.
Advance Guard of Visiting Mer-
chants Arrives.
Force at Registration. Office Is
Kept Busy.
OUT AT VINEWOOD-
They Will See Fireworks Ex-
hibitiOn Tonight.
Interesting Displays of Topeka
Made Goods.

Merchants week" was ushered in
this afternoon by a concert by Mar
shalPs band in front of the New Eng
land building, which serves as head
quarters for the fourth annual week
of festivities under the auspices of the
Topeka Jobbers and Manufacturers
association.
At an early hour this morning mer-
chants hailing from all parts of the
state, including the far corners, be-
gan to arrive in the city, and by noon
the registration had reached the one
hundred mark. 1t is anticipated that
there will be nearly five hundred vis-
ming at o'clock trains will carry the
good dispensers out to vlnewood park.
where they will enjoy an exhibition
of Martins fireworks. and rides on
rousel.
Every train is being met by a dep
utatlon of members of the local u. c.
7. organization, and the visitors are
being taken direct to the headquar-
ters in rear room in the New Eng
land building where they register I'M
mediately, and are given cour
which also serve as programs for the
three days of merriment. There are
free cigars at headquarters for those
who want them and megaphones
which are to be used in boosting for
Topeka at the baseball game tomor-
row afternoon, and which are given
with the compliments of H. A. Auer-
| bach of the local baseball stock COM
pany. This morning the w. A. L.
Thompson hardware company was
giving out gratis, steel cans from the
Pittsburg Steel company which were
festooned with red, white and blue rib
bons-
Many of the merchants have decor
ated their stores-the live wires of
the city-but there are others who
have as yet made no effort to bedecI1
their places of business with the COL
ors of the Topeka Jobbers and Man
ufacturers' association-red white
and blue, but who will possibly do so
before tomorrow, the big day.
Topeka Made Goods.
A number of the local stores have
| arranged elaborate and interesting dis
plays of Topeka made" goods which
are attracting the attention of the
visiting merchants.
/ One store which has a particularly
attractive display is that of the w. A.
L. Thompson Hardware company.
The exhibit consists of the goods put
out by the Kaw Milling company. A
leaning over a stove. and while she is
not looking small boy, "as large as
life and twice as natural is making a
grab for a doughnut which is still hot.
The William Schick company's
goods are displayed in the Emahizer
& Spielman window to good advantage,
and there are a number of grocery
and drug stores which have made a
good showing with the goods locally
made which they handle.
} Tomorrow will be the big day of the
annual event. MarshalIs band will
start to play at the pavilion erected in
front of headquarters at eight o'clock
Fifteen minutes later the fire depart
ment will give a drill on Quincy
street, and afterwards the visitors will
enjoy seeing Topeka trips: The ball
aTn0 will h0 hn foot tr1r-n aff he.
noon, and in the evening the mys-
ferrous Cabaret affair will be held
in the auditorium.
BY tomorrow evening it is expected
the registration will have reached any
where from a thousand to fifteen hun
dred persons, provided the weather IS
fine.
The Topeka Motor company has ten
dered the services of a Studebaker car
which serves as the official car for
merchants week.
The detailed program will be found
The Early Arrivals.
Following are the first to register for
Merchants week.:
]. S. Perry, Rest; c. E. Peterson.
Scranton; A. M. Pitney, BelvIew; c.
Marion: L. c. Roberts, Council Groves
f. w. Winter, Dover; L. G. Roberts,
Council Grove; w. A. Remmus, Marion:
M. A. Stevens, Colwick; c. r. Stewart,
Mrs. A. F. slaght. White City; ]. N.
Smith, Allen; W. T. Stewart, Wamego;
]. L. Stafford, Leonardville; A. ].
Sanders, Halls Summit; A. j. Scofieid,
Waverly; w. E. Bush, Burlingame; r.
Barrett, Olivet; W. R. Blackburn, Vir-
gil; A. A. Bower, Norton; d. w. Beck
er Meriden; C. A. Baird, Rozel; ]. Nj
Carrus, Scranton; D. B. Chapman, Esk-
ridge; J. B. Coats, Olsburg; c. B. Eng
lesley, Onaga; E. ]. Ericsson, Sharon
Springs; e. II. Fast, Meriden: c. A
earlier, Lebanon: R E. Glass, Wav-
erly; D. F. Harmon, Agra; o. A. Hart
wick, Scranton; G. N. Harwood, King
man.; l.. d. Hutton, Florence; E. A.
Hoag, Ionia; J. H. Jarvis, VII
son; E. L. Jarvis. Philnpsburg:
C. w. Keet, Springfield; A F. Kelly,
Wakeeney; Guy Kiene, Valencia; R.
B. Largent, Matfield Green; III. G.
Rapport, Harris; j. E. Legleiter, Hart;
A. Moser, Meriden; e v. Bower,
Leavenworth; v. J. Denton. Lebanon:
G. w. McComas, Valley Falls; DR..
McValley, Michigan Falls, Thomas
! Mckee. Havensville; r. I. Norton,
Newton; E. j. Howard. Rossville; j.
w. Martin, Topeka; A r. Dean. VIII
, liamstown; H. L. Dean, Williamstown:
!, r. D. Simpson, Beesit: s.. Urbansky,
ST. Marys; w. H. Vaughn, Monument;
j. W. Vaugn, Burlingame; r. B.
White, junction City; Richard Weav-
!. er, Waverly.