The Topeka state journal., 1913-09-06


No "Red Lemonade Allowed.
Each concessionaire, and this in
cludes the purveyors of food Stuffs, is
required to sign a contract with the
fair management at the time that for
a money consideration they procure
! space for stand or dining room. Viola
tions of the contract are punishable
even to the point of revoking of the
right to sell. The prices charged are
supposed to be posted in conspicuous
place. No lemonade of the red" va
riety that does not comply with the
4 state laws will be sold.
A number of years ago when there
was a large crowd of people in Topeka
there was a food famine. The restau-
rants of the city exhausted their sup
plies. This will not happen next week.
The local restaurant men are prepared.
Prices for food will not be raised be-
cause of the big influx of trade. The
restaurant men will not attempt to
make more profit from fair visitors
than from ordinary trade.
1t is difficult for ordinary visitors to
procure hotel accommodations fair
week. Hundreds of persons prefer to
find a private rOoming house.
Information Booths.
For the accommodation of the visi-
tors the Commercial club will main
tain an information booth on Kansas
avenue. A list of those persons who
are desirous of entertaining out of
town people at the regular prices has
been compiled. For the asking the
man at the booth will give a visitor the
street number of a desirable rooming
house.
Some people procure their rooms in
advance. They are usually the per-
sons who have the habit" of attending
the fair. Either they write directly to
the people who cared for them the pre-
vious year or to the Commercial club.
Special Railroad Trains.
Provision is being made by all rail-
roads entering Topeka and the Topeka
Railway company to handle the fair
crowds. Special trains will be run by
the railroads and additional coaches
will be attached to all regular trains.
The railroads hope to avoid the crush
that prevailed on trains last year when
in many cases standing room in the
aisles was at a premium.
Flyers advertising the State Fair, To-
peka, have been posted in prominent
places by the Santa Fe, Rock Island
and Union Pacific companies to adver-
tise the fair. Some newspaper adver
tising has also been done by at least
one or two of the roads.
The Santa Fe will run special trains
from Harveyville and Eskridge on the
Burlingame branch on next Tuesday
and Thursday, and from Leavenworth
to Topeka over the l.. and T. branch
line on the same days. Both trains will
arrive in Topeka in the morning and
will wait until after the night show
before starting on the return trip.
The Rock Island will run special
trains on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from Belleville to Topeka
and return. The start will be made
from Bellevi1le at five o'clock in the
morning and the state fair visitors are
due to arrive in Topeka at 9:45. The
return trip will be made at seven
o'clock at night. Special trains will
run from Horton on Tuesday. Wednes-
day and Thursday. starting from Hor-
ton at seven o'clock in the morning
The return trip will be made each
evening at 10:15 o'clock.
The Union Pacific which has been
giving the fair publicity through both
newspaper advertisements and flyers. !
will run a special on Tuesday and
starting at o'clock in the morning
and arriving in Topeka at 1O:55-re- |
turning at 10:45 at night. On We'd
nesday the same line will run a train
at $3.50 in the morning and arriving in
Topeka at 1880. This train is due
at Onaga at 9:37. The return trip will |
be made at 10:45 at night. The Mis-
souri, Pacific will also provide special
service.
All special and regular trains will
be met by special street railway cars, |
according to Howard w. Patten, su- |
perintendent of the Topeka Railway |
company. There will be extra service
on all regular Topeka lines including
the Asylum, Lowman and North To- |
peka divisions. If it is necessary |
one minute schedule will be main |
tained from Kansas avenue to the |
grounds. Twenty conductors and mo-
tormen will be brought to Topeka from |
Wichita for fair week. !
County collective Exhibits.
There will be a number of good |
county collective exhibits in the agri- |
cultural department of the fair. Cof- |
fey county will show for the first time. |
Last Tuesday night the Burlington |
Commercial club decided to send the |
display to Topeka. The display of |
produce at the county fair was the |
best ever seen and for that reason de- |
The wheat and corn are particularly |
good and there is an interesting dis |
play of feteria, the new dry weather |
crop. The display will be in charge of |
William Vasey. John Redmond, edi- |
tor of the Burlington Republican, who |
is a former Topekan, is one who is par
ticularly interested in the exhibit.
MarshalPs Band Will Play.
MarshalIs band is in the best shape |
at the present time in the history of
the organization, according to John
Marshall, secretary of the band.
Mr.. Marshall said today: THE
members of the band have been work
ing hard all summer and the boys
should make a better showing at the
state fair than ever before. A lot of
hard practicing was done in prepara
ton for the Denver trip and the city
have been a help in putting
the band in shape. Out at Denver
We're given a great amount of praise.
Members of other bands came to us
and said that while their members had
been working hard for months they'd
have to give it to Marshall's when it
came to playing.
There will be several former mem