The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-27

- mas as Ilne 1alr GROUNDS as any
| other community in Kansas, includ-
ing the larger cities. The mills and
factories and business blocks, its
streets and pavements, you see for
yourselves, as you do also the great
country surrounding"
COncordia Gives Keys Away.
| Concordia, Kan, June 27.-In a
| speech before the greeting gathering
TO the visiting Topeka trade boosters
last night Mayor w. T. Short said:
! - the interests represented by the
| Topeka men here tonight aggregate
| $50, 600, O0,000-Concordia certainly is
glad to make the acquaintance of
| these successful men,
DR.. w. r. Priest, the we'll known
surgeon, gave reception early in the
evening to members of the Topeka
| special. The reception was held in
Doctor Priests $4,000 stone residence.
II. L. Cock, secretary of the state fair;
j. VIII Kelley, Tom McNeal, ]. Is. Bill
lard and n. B. Burge spoke for the
! how-do -you-do specialists. For Con-
! cordia, John Stewart, secretary of the
| Commercial club; Mayor Short and
| Conner Davies furnished the compli-
| mentary oratOry.
! Incident to the yellow Dog peril
that has been spread over the tour by
! the Topekans, the Concordia crowd
pulled off a fake arrest tonight on
Harry Snyder. On a telegram from
Blue Rapids, where Snyder procured a
dog, Marshal Ramsay arrested Snyder
D
Rigby, city councilman, and 25 To-
pekans went to the Jail in an attemp pit
to release Snyder but to no avail. Then
S. f. Cobb and w. H. Davis of To-
peka produced SIS and Snyder was
released on bail. No one knew it was
a joke until after the bail had been
produced.
Two Papers in LeonardviIle.
Leonardville, June 27-Slightly
less than $50 persons live in Leonard
Villa-hnf
ters and are friends of Topeka.
| The town also believes in it's news
papers-two excellent weekly sheets
are published here-the editors were
down to meet the Get Acquainted spe-
cfal- More than 200 persons were at
the station.
Women and Children Waved Flags.
Blaine, Kan, June 27.-More than
100 women and children armed with
flags waved greeting to the Topeka
boosters as they stepped from their
Get Acquainted special this afternoon.
The local commercial club and city Of
ficialS were on hand to introduce the
Topeka jobbers and manufacturers to
the merchants of this town. The band
played patriotic airs in honor of the
flag welcome accorded the special by
the women and children.
OIsburg Is Swede Town.
Olsburg, Kan, June 27.-Olsburg,
healthy, growing Swede settlement,
turned out in full force this noon to
welcome the Topeka trade boosters
in their "Get-Acquainted Special The
band was unable, on the spur of the
moment to originate any refrains of
Swedish origin, but they pleased the
new Americans just the same.
FOstoria Closed Its Doors.
Fostoria, Kan, June Eff there
was man, woman or child of Fos-
toria who was not at the station TO
meet the Topekans on their annual
trade tour today, the mayor and city
marshal were unable to find them, al
though 1t is reported one small boy in
swimming in creek near by couldn't
lind his clothes in time to run TO the
train. Fostoria is a town of 200 in
habitants and is growing every year.
Automobile Ride at Onaga.
Onaga, Kan, June 27.-When the
Get Acquainted Special arrived at
Onaga at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon the
commercial club of this thriving little
city of 800 inhabitants was waiting in
twenty motor cars for the Topeka
trade trippers. The capital city boost
ers were taken for a fifteen minute
drive through the city and shown
among other things a new $4,000 high
school building and many expensive
church buildings. Onaga is a good To-
peka customer and the Topekans en-
joyed every minute of their stay here
Farmers Waited at Green.
Greene Kan, June 27.-Scores of
farmers in automobiles were waiting at
the station today when the How-do-
you-do special arrived. The entire
population of the town was there to
greet the Topekang. The wheat and
corn crops are in fine shape here-no
worry about what the harvest will
bring. Green is a town of 400 persons.
n Tub of Pop Made in Topeka.
Garrison, Kan. June 27.-W. H. /
Glunt, the general merchandise deal |
ar-y-te-.
booster in Kansas. His town is only |
a village in the midst of prosperous |
territory, but he was waiting at the |
depot for the Topekans and MarshalTs !
band With him he had a tub filed |
with ice and soda pop made by a To- |
peka firm. He gave every Capital |
City booster a bottle of pop, he was
initiated into the Yellow Dog, the band |
played for him and crowd with
him-and the special whistIed out
member w. H. Glunt.
Wheaton Is Well Named.
Wheaton, Kan, June 27.-The ex-
cellent harvest results this summer re-
veal the secret of the naming of this
town. Corn is in good shape, too, and
a happy crowd of 100 persons met the
tra1n at the station. George 1. In
gelsbee is building a $4,000 hotel here
and the town is justly proud of the
structure.
Souvenirs Distributed
FoIIow1ng is a list of souvenirs distrib-
uted by the Topeka merchants and manu-
lacturers at the various towns:
- W. L. Gardner, National Fire Insurance
Co., note pads of company.
George Eagle, Palace Clothing Co..
leather covered note book.
L. c. Whiteker and c. D. Hurst Whitek-
er Brothers Commission Co, hand mirrors
and lead pencils.
w. J. High, Central Sash and Door COM
pany, aluminium pocket lumber scale
Harry c. Snyder, Royal Tailors, sani-
tary drinking cup.
George Godfrey Moore, Germania Life
insurance Co, red leather covered note
book.
E. Donnellan, International Harvester
Co., set of twelve post cards showing
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