The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-01
Campaign for Conser-
walton at Free Fair.
Government Will Send Well
Known Speakers Here.
PATRIOTIC COMMUNITY IDEA
Kansans To Be Given Inf0rma-
ton on Live Topics.
Herbert Hoover Interested in
Topeka's Fair Feature.

Letters went out today from the
office of Phil Eastman, secretary of
the Kansas Free Fair association, to
fourteen patriotic organizations six
ing them to join in tablishing a
patriotic community in connection
with the Peoples Pavilion at the fair
this fall. They are asked to establish
headquarters in tents along a street
leading to the big tent which will be
used for variety of purposes during
the fair-a sort of civic-patriotic cen
ter.
The idea is new but it will be tried
out in numerous big fairs this year.
At the Free Fair grounds the big tent
will be located just north of the adj
ministration building and the rows
of headquarter tents will run east to.
the street. Along that street it is
hoped to. have the headquarter tents
of the following organizations:
Military Training Camp association,
Topeka Chapter American Red Cross
Navy League, Woman's Branch Navy
League, Women's Council Kansas Sec
ton National Defense, Kansas Di-.
vision Sons of Veterans, G. A. R. De-
partment of Kansas, w. r. c., Ladies
of the G. A. r., Spanfsh-American
War Veterans, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls, d. A. r. and Loyal Legion.
The central idea around which The
patriotic community will be grouped
IS In the big tent where visitors at
the fair will be welcomed daily and
where they will be able to get more
than mere entertainment The fair
management proposes to make it pos
siole Tor Kansas to get real informa-
t1on on a wide range of subjects thru
Visits at the big tent. 1t will be more
IN the nature of the old fashioned
chautauqua than a fair-this one fea-
ture
Popular Pavilion.
According to present plans the Peo-
pies pavilion will be one of the most
popular places on the fair grounds.
All the visitor needs to do is to watch
the DAILY program, if he doesn't care
10 attend constantly, and pick t. adj
| dress, lecture or demonstration in
which he is interested. There will be
addresses by men of national reputa.
tons on all the important questions
! before the people of the United
Herbert c. Hoover, government
food dictator, is particularly interested
in this feature of the Kansas Free
fair and its duplicates at other fairs
over the country. He and his asso-
ciates saw in it an opportunity to put
before the people of the country his
plans and the needs of his depart
ment. He will have representatives
here to talk to Kansans- daily about
| increasing food supplies and their
| conservation.
The national defense council will
| have representatives here as will the
| state defense council. All such or
CARNATIONS will be represented. There
| will be men of national reputation
who will give the inside facts about
| the war and how it was brought to
| the United States.
| President H. J. Waters of the Kan
! sas Agricultural college has shown a
great interest in the project and has
spent some time in Washington ar
| ranging for men and exhibits for the
six days at the Kansas Free fair. His
| letters to the fair management are ex-
| tremely encouraging He states that