The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-09
CLEAN Up FEVER
All Topeka Is Getting Ready for
Gala Week.
The City Will Be in Its Best
Dress.
ADVANCE GUARD HERE
Many Kansans Are Arriving for
the Festivities.
Topeka Will Get Some Excellent
Advertising.
ADVANCE GUARD HERE

The clean up fever is now in our
midst. Citizens all over the city are
beginning to get ready for the week of
festivities by cutting their lawns and
making various and sundry improve
ments. Kansas avenue has not looked
so busy for many moon as it has the
last few days, for aside from the work
on the white way. and other improve
ments that are being made as a conse-
quence of the prospect of the blaze of
light which will show up in a glaring
fashion the imperfections, there is a
general air of hustle and hustle that
is indicative of an approaching event
of unusual significance.
The advance guard of the tens of
thousands of people who will visit the
capital city has arrived. and includes
the scores of State Fair exhibitors and
those who have friends in Topeka and
have been invited to spend the week
end taking in" the city before the
attractions commence.
Looks Like Magic.
In this column a week ago in speak
ing of the fact that 5000 people are at
work on general improvements in To-
peka it was stated that there was a
force of 35 workmen on the fair
grounds. In the last week there has
Deen d Transformation WnlCn almost
looks like the result of magic.
Hundreds of people are on the
grounds today and exhibits are pour
ing in by train and wagon loads. The
scene is one of intense activity.
Topeka will get some good adver-
tising in the next week. People by the
thousands will be here for the week
of festivities and the city will look at
its best. It is expected that six blocks
of the white way will be in operation,
thanks to the efforts of the CONNER
ciaI club, which worked untiringIy for
the establishing of blaze of light
along Kansas avenue, and the con-
tractors who have been making
great effort to hurry the work in the
last few days.
They Will Decorate.
All the loyal merchants will have
their places of business decorated by
the first of the week and the main
thoroughfare of the town which is one
of the broadest business streets in the
country, will present a brilliant ap-
pearance at night especially while the
two big parades are on the move.
There are a few citizens who have
done nothing in the way of cutting
grass and weeds or decorating their
homes. but the lawns are now green
and the residential portions of the city
look more attractive than at any time
in months.
ness fair week-they always do. This
time, however, provided the weather
man is kind to Topeka the business
should be unusually heavy on account
of the unusual number of people who
will be here on account of the various
attractions.
Prosperity Reigns.
Regardless of the fact that a few
hard times" complaints have been
heard by citizens who always have
hammer in readiness for use there is
now and has been great deal of work
going on in building way in Topeka.
Evidence of this is that the Horn
Planning mill has turned out more
work than ever before in the history of
the institution. 1--WE have even had
to turn work down." said c. w. Horn
today. "Our business this season has
been the best it has ever been.
I'm not only speaking of the city
when I tell of the signs of prosperity
but of the state as a whole. We do
business all over the state and outside
of the state we'll We are putting
up a fine building at Holton, one at
Salina, and buildings at Manhattan,
Junction City and other places.
I'VE have more men employed than
ever before in the history of our plant
about 10. I hate to see a man con-
stantly knocking, saying things are go
ing to the dogs. It isn't so=condi-
tim es are hard Collections are good
and there seem to be comparatively
few complaints We expect to do all
we can to build up the city"
This is certainly the kind of spirit
that will build up a city, and while
there are still a bunch of knockers in
Topeka. the pessimists. it will have to
be admitted are gradually disappear
ing.
Many Improvements Made.
Tt is estimated that 1854 barrels
of cement have been sold in Topeka to
date this year Dealers who are
handling this commodity say that the
amount of Improvement that is going
on in Topeka is remarkable. Nc
CIeery Brothers alone in the last two
weeks have sold six car loads of ce-
ment. This firm states that business
has trebled in the last month.
One of the Wichita papers stated
that August has been month of home
building in that city, permits having
been issued for the erection of IA new
DIV ellings. It might be interesting to
mention again that in Topeka the per-
mits called for the erection of 81 new
dwellings the same month.
So far this month permits have been