The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-05
NEARLY $4,000
MET TOPEkANS
Second Annual Trade Trip Was
q Big Success.
Glad Hand Given at Every
Town Along Route.
CENTRAL KANSAS HAPPY
Great Country Travelled Over
by Business Men.
Band Played Three Hundred
Selections En- Route.

! selections En- Route.
The second annual trade trip of the
Topeka Commercial club through
north-central Kansas was officially
ended at $40 o'clock Thursday night
at the Rock Island station when so
local business men. tired and rather
wiited In appearance. formed in a cir
Gle around Marshalrs band while
! Home. Sweet Home" was played. The
trip was adjudged a success: 5000
people saw the men from the capital
city. The towns along the route went
out OF their way to provide entertain
ment for the Topekans.
The object of the trip was accom-
plished. The local business men on the
train became acquainted with the peo-
pie of Sc towns in the rich agricultural
counties through which they Travelled,
covering nearly 700 miles. No goods
were offered for sale; the purpose was
to create a friendly feeling for To-
peka. Some of those who went on the
trip had never seel- so many automo-
biles in their lives. The towns and the
country districts are full Of them. Time
after time he visitors were met at the
stations with motor cars. and taken
around the towns and in the outskirts
where a good view Of the surround
ing country could be had.
Trip an Eye Opener.
The trip served at as eye opener to
the Topeka business men. Many of
them remarked in the last lap Of the
journey that they had not before
realized in what great state they
! were living. The fields of tall waving
!, wheat were nothing short of wonder
full In i,laces there was wheat-noth-
ing but wheat as far as the eyes could
reach. And the fields of alfalfa, too
| should not be forgotten. The corn.
while on the whole not SO far advanced
as that in Shawnee county, Is in ex-
cellent condition. To make long story
short Everybody is happy in north
central Kansas. A spirit of optimism
prevails. and business is more brisk
as result of the great crop prospects.
Good Time at Mcfarland.
The reception at Mcfarland, the last
stop of the trip, was enthusiastic The
members of the party were tired and
| hungry after three days of travel. The
| dinner provided at the Modoc was LIT
| to set before a king" A pleasing in
| cident Of the dinner was the distribu-
| ton of the home edition of the State
Journal at $50 o'clock, just after the
| Topekans had seated themselves at the
tables. Verne Eagen had made the run
| to Mcfarland in record time on his
| motorcycle for the express purpose Of
| giving the trade trippers an opportun-
! ity of reading the news of the day
including the trip as far as Herington-
| at the supper table.
The people at Mcfarland said it was
as good as having circus come to
town to receive a visit from the men
from the capital city. Time after time
the band played. A drum corps process
sion was formed in which the pretty
mattresses Of The Modoc took part.
Scores of the Mcfarland citizens were
initiated into the Order of High Jump
ers. And there was certainly much
| merriment-and high jumping.
1t might be interesting to note in
| passing that the band played at least
| three hundred selections on the trip.
marched in a score of parades and
played at every station.
Initiated Into Order.
| City dignitaries, prominent citizens
citizens and farmers all the line-ap-
proximately five hundred of them
were captured and taken by force into
the baggage car where they were ini-
tiated into the mysteries Of the Order
Of High Jumpers.
One of the Invest little towns visited
on the trip Is Latimer. with a popula-
ton of 100. This village which amount
| co 10 mourning at Ill IOuF years ago Is
now prospecting. At the station cards
were distributed giving the things of
which Latimer boasts-and they ARE
many. The town is in a rich farming
locality. in Morris county.
I White City Procession.
At White City a procession was form
ed. and the visitors marched up town.
They were taken back to the train in
automobiles. A. r. Wallace, a banker,
was head of the reception committee.
The big platform at the Dwight sta
| ton could not accommodate the
crowd. The Dwight band played.
There are 800 people in the town and
most of them were at the station.
| At Alta Vista there were 400 per-
sons at the Alta Vista station. The
w. c. T. U. furnished the Topekans
with pansies.
The entire population Of volland
turned out to meet the special
o. w. Little and b. v. Curry of the
Alma Commercial club headed a dele
cation that met the excursionists. r.
| E. Lewis and III. w. Bouck. proprie-
tors of the Alma Signal. were at the
train. They boarded the train and
came in to Topeka
EDITOR MARRIED.