Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-03
K. C. CONNER
CIAL CLUB COM
ING TO VISIT US
OVER | 90 FIRMS REPRESENTED
Want to Meet as Many of Our
Business Men, Farmers and
Families As Possible.

More than 100 members or the Kan l
,as City Commercial Club, represent |
ing the business interests of that city. |
with Mr. e. M. CIendening, General |
Secretary; R. D. Sangster, Trans or-
tation Commissioner, and Mr. w H
BeuchIe, Chairman Trade Extension
Committee of the same organization.
will visit us next week to renew old
friendships, make new ones and to
tell us something of the progress of
that wonderful city at the mouth of
the Kaw The occasion that brings
them will be the twenty-sixth annual
trade extension trip of their CONNER
ciaI Club They are accompanied by
Ri:ey's Military band Everybody in
town is cordially invited to come out
and welcome them.
Kansas City is the pioneer in trade
extension work Other large cities
have seen the advantages and fallen
in line. This annual junta creates
and keeps alive a spirit of fellowship
between Kansas City and the towns
of the surrounding states that results
in big increase in business for her.
But Kansas City gives as well as
takes. The itinerary of each trip is
changed in such a way that in the
west territory has been visited About
100000, 900 If invested capital is rep
resented by the Kansas City CONNER
ciaI Club membership.
The special train that carries the
visitors will leave Kansas City at 10
o'clock Sunday evening, June f. 1t
will be out one week, returning Satur-
day, June 10th
The southern destination of the
Kansas City Trade Extension trip will
be the Oklahoma oil fields around
Cushing Tulsa and Jennings Kan
sas and Nebraska will be visited also.
| One hundred and one towns, with a
| total population of 215,650 will be Wis
tied. The entire territory in which
the trip lies has population of $780,
] coo. 1t is the desire of the CONNER
| cia1 Club members to meet as many
of our business and professional men
and farmers personally, as possible
The route of the trip is as follows
From Kansas City to Muskogee or
the M. X. & T. At Muskogee the spe
| cial will transfer to the M o. & G..
and go through the following towns
wainwright, Kusa. Dewar, Henryetta
A transfer will be made at Henrye
to the Frisco and the special will 81
to Tulsa with stops at the following
OIzmulgee, Preston, Beggs, Mounds
Kiefer Sapulpa and Red Fork A
Tulsa the special will spend the nigh
and continue on the same road t,
Jennings through Keystone, Mann
ford and Terlton. At Jennings a trans
fer will be made to the Oil Fields AM
Santa Fe railway, over which roa,
A.
right to Cushing The special take
the NJ. X & T. again at Cushing an
goes to Guthrie through Agra. Tryo.
Carney. Falls and Meridian. At Gutt
l RE the Santa Fe is taken to Newtor
! Kas. The towns passed through Wi
5 be: MuIhau, Orlando, Perry Poac
City Overnight here), Kildare, Nen
kirk, Arkansas City, Winfield. Udal
Mulvane. Derby. Wichita, Valley Ger
ter and Sedgwick At Newton til
special transfers to the Missouri p
cific and goes to Mcpherson throug
! Hesston and Mound Ridge. At NJ,
/ Pherson they transfer for Colby, Kas
5 going over the Union Pacific throug
' these towns: Lindsborg. Assaria, S;
b lima lover night here), Brookvillt
n | Kanapolis, Ellsworth, Wilson, Bunke
n Hill. Russell, Gorham, Victoria, Haye
r Ellis, Wakeeney, ColIyer. Quinte
9 Grainheld, Grinnell and Oakley A
Colby the special goes over the c. I
I. & P. to Norton. where a transfe
is made to the c. B. G. Q. They 6
to Nebraska from Norton The FIR.
/ Nebraska town is McCook Here tt
= return journey is made on the c.
e & Q. The following towns are visi
e ed; Indianola. BARLEY, Cambridg
n Hoibrook, Arapahoe, Edison, Oxfor
t. Orleans. Alma, Republican, Napone
ar Franklin, Riverton, InayaIe, Re
m McCloud. Guide Rock, Superio
!; Hardy. Byron. Chester. Hubben. Rey
:, olds. Endicott, Dil1er, Odell, Wymor
Liberty, Burchard, Pawnee, Tab
u aock. Humboldt. Dawson, Salem, Fal
ity.
The firms represented and the i
dividuals in the trip are as follows
or Abernatily Furniture Co. w. r Lampsc
- American Type Founders Co.. Fra
II Barhydyt
American Radiator Co, A C. Downer
. Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement c
Jno-s f. Pollock
\ s-.R Electric & Telephone Mfg. Co.
l. g. Rennie-
Ruicl1 Motor Co, s s Lindsey
l Brer HUI Steel Co. D. s Rettig-
Butler Mig Co, H F. Smothers
Business Mems Accident Assn, w.
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