The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-04-04

STATE EXHIBIT At THE FAIR
More Funds Needed for Proper
Demonstration.
A Little Touch ON Woman Suf.
frage Question:.


J. F. farrell. publicity agent of the
Santa Re railway in Topeka, has ap-
pointed himself to like position for
the San Diego fair. At least Mr.. Jar
rell came back from San Diego early
In the week and has been talking ever
since about Topeka's transplanted
colony on the Pacific coast. Every
time a Topekan goes to San Diego
and meets the old townsmen in that
city, he returns and distributes enough
advertising about the town to put
commercial club out Of business.
Mr.. FARRELL tells an interesting story
concerning the prospects for the fair,
the prosperity OF the country and the
doings of former Topekans living in
San Diego. .
Todd Reed, former state senator
from Smith county, now a resident of
San Diego, Cal, came to Topeka in
the winter of 1928 to ask the legis-
1ature for an appropriation for
Kansas exhibit at the Panama-Cali-
fornia exposition in 1915. Mr.. Reed
put UP a big talk about San Diego:
fairly raved about 1t; actually made
his friends want to fight him. One night
in a whist game he became so excited
in telling a San Diego climate story
that he laid a pat full on the table
an appropriation from the legislature
as a result of his fine talk about San
Diego.
Having spent a week in San Diego.
I appreciate Reeds enthusiasm about
the town. It must be the air. No mat
ter what a mans prejudices may have
been regarding the country. when he
arrives in San Diego he promptly gets
the San Diego habit Of Dragging about
the city, and the climate, and the fruit.
and the flowers. and scenery. and the
ocean.
Many Kansas Families.
perhaps 100 Kansas families live In
and around San Diego. All are brag-
ging about their advantages. and all
seem to be doing well. The first man
saw after alighting from the train
In San Diego. was Harry Whiting, who
left Topeka few years ago for his
health. which he has regained. He and
his family have q lemon ranch at Ell
Cajon, near San Diego. Ed Bowman,
formerly with the A. B. Whiting Paint
company. Felix Lands. son OF Harry
Lands, who was warden of the peni-
Tertiary in Populist days; John Rogers.
formerly surveyor of Shawnee county,
and c. c. Clark and c. o. Smith. for
merly of Burlington, with the Writings.
make up the Kansas colony at Ell
Cajon Mr.. Smith is the editor of the
."The Kansans ii San Diego are ner-
vous because they can't hear what the
state commission is going to do about
an exhibit at the Panama-California
exposition in that city. We are going
to be greatly disappointed II the good
old state fails to come across with
showing said Senator Reed. The ex-
Kansans are ready to help make the
exhibit attractive. but we can't work
in the dark. We have asked J. r. Bur-
row to take the case up with the
authorities at Topeka. and ascertain
what the prospects are
"The Kansas colony has offered to
furnish a man to look after the de-
tails. j. NJ. Padgett, formerly Of To-
peka. is their choice, as he has plenty
Of time. Mr.. Padgett made a lot Of
money when he went to California,
anC now all he has to do is to look
after it, He is willing to take hold
If the Kansas exhibit. and handle it.
Kansas Exhibit Troubles.
The main trouble with the Kansas
exhibit is a lack of funds. The COM
mission has only $4,000 for the San
Diego exhibit A. T. Reid. the chair
man, lately said to me. II our
to get up a creditable exhibit with
that amount of money. we would be
Ileased to have them do SO. We Of
fered the exposition company $4,000
fo- space in one of its buildings, but
received no response. If we could
lease space. we might be able to make
a creditable exhibit with $1,000 or
$1,000. but 1t would be idle to under
take to put up a building and make
an exhibit with $4,000. Better no
exhibit than one which would dis
credit Kansas
1.-The San Diego exposition grounds
have been whipped into shape, and an
army of men is employed in the con-
structed of the buildings, which are
roomy and beautiful of design. AS
practically everybody who goes to
California, visits San Diego before re-
turning home, there is no doubt that
Kansas exhibit at the San Diego fair
would be a good advertisement of the
states resources. Another thing:
kansas is becoming commercially i'm
portant in California. Shipments of
wheat, corn, broom corn, oats. eggs
and butter from Kansas to California
markets have been growing steadily,
and railway traffic men predict that
the future movement Of these COM