The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-02
ROAD men IN CITY
Women, Also, We're Here To
Boost Capital City Route.
Entertainment and a Program
at C. of c. This Noon.
COME FROM MANY TOWNS
Burlington, Lyndon, Yates Gen.
ter and Others Represented.
Escort of Topekans Went to
Lyndon to Meet Crowd.

Thirty-two auto loads of enthusi-
astic road boosters were entertained
at the Chamber of Commerce this
noon. The visitors came to Topeka
from Burlington. Lyndon and other
towns along that line in an effort to
have the Capital City highway Off
cially marked thru those towns.
The visitors were met near Lyndon
y eight auto loads of prominent To-
exams. who made the trip for the
ole purpose of showing the visitors
that Topeka extends all the good will
at her disposal TO the strangers with
IN her gates. The escort met the
southern Kansas delegation and
brought them into Topeka and then
led them in parade thru the city.
At the Chamber of Commerce this
noon the entertainment was turned
over to Big Bing Bang Bill" Biby,
chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce entertainment committee. Biby
Immediately put the visitors at their
ease and made the local club rooms
seem Just like home"
Many Women Here.
A good percentage of the visitors
were women tho of course the greater
part were men of the hard headed
business variety who see the advan-
tage of good hard surfaced highways
and have an idea that the way to put
their towns on the commercial may is
to push hard for the accomplishment
OF their ideas on good roads. ~
The program at the Chamber of
Commerce this noon was largely a Sc
rtes of short speeches by local road
boosters answered in kind by just as
short speeches by representative men
in the visiting party.
President McEntre made the speech
n ell Il F.T1
ernor Capper il a patriotic address.
G. L. Hooper's Orpheum orchestra
was on hand at the Chamber of Com
merce this noon to furnish the music
for the meal. Hooper has good habit
of putting his orchestra at the COM
mand of the local Chamber of Com
merce wherever the occasio demands
entertainment of that sort, and the re-
suit of Hooper's thoughtfulness is gen.
orally apparent in a long round of ap-
plause after each selection by his mu-
sicianS.
Program Today.
The complete program given at the
Chamber of Commerce this noon in
honor of the visitors follows:
Welcome-Pres. George P. McEntire.
"Patriottsm''-Gov. Arthur Capper.
2 q. ! H5ssp92h SCI: L Wolfe Burlington.
Better Roads"-JOhn Redmond. Burling-
'capitol' RoadsSPres. Herbert s. Put.
"woodsen County"-G H. Lamb, Yates
Center.
Just "Roads'-Sen. James A. Troutnan.
Usage County,-P. J.. Paulfen. Lyndon.
our Free Fair'-L. 81. PenwelI.
'-our Southern Sister"-H. A Lane
Bartlesville.
Roads and Advertising"-Mareo Nor
row.
Billy called upon thu Chamber of Com
merce membership generally and those
named below IN particular. to tell in ten
visitors:
L. c. Bailey, Charles E. Eldridge. W. II,
Beerbohm. o. B. Cutler, G. D. McCalskey
Herbert Funk, George Godfrey Moore, Fl
W. McAfee. W II. ~Bomgardner, F. E.
whitney. Frank Curry, T. C. kirkpatrick
Charles S. Elliott. Chester woodward. ]. r.
Cowdrey, 4. D. Grey, DR.. F. o. Boyd, c. p
Buck, w Q; Toder. R. R. Baer. W. w
Webb, w. C Stephenson, c. z. Bascom
S. E Cobb, E. C. Arnold.