The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-28
Only Few Contests in Which
There Were No Entries.
Many Are Entered in personal
Popularity Contests" Today.
JUDGES HAD EASY time
Topeka Merchants Well Pleased
with Success of Day.
Prizes Enough for All Entries
in Each Glass.

The paucity of automobiles In the
parade at noon today which followed
the judging in the Automobile Day
contests Is not an index. men in close
touch with the affair declared. There
were approximately 100 cars In the
parade, but there are many more per-
sons in the town entered in the per
sonal popularity" contests.
There were only a few contests in
which there were no entries. and the
crowds in the stores for business have
been gratifying to the merchants.
Easy Time for Judges.
The judges had a comparatively
easy time, since there were usually
prizes enough for all the entries in
each class.
The general consensus of opinion
among merchants engaged in the
Automobile Day sales today Is that
the bulk of the shopping will be done
late this afternoon, following the races
at the Free Fair grounds.
Large Crowds Visit Stores.
In spite of this belief there were
favorably large crowds in the ma
| jority of the stores this morning. Mer-
| chants recognized the K. U.-Aggie
game at Manhattan as a handicap,
since Manhattan people and people
| living in Manhattans territory are ex-
Ipected to attend the game in large
numbers.
1.-The day has started nicely. It will
be better later in the afternoon" J.
B. Walker. of Pelletier's Stores COM
pany, said.
'It is starting well. there has been
a good sized crowd in the store this
morning. said c. B. Crosby, of Crosby
Brothers.
There are a lot of out-of-town Gus
toners here already. division OF
opinion exists among the merchants
as to when the bulk of the trading
will be done, but the early hours have
| been very satisfactory" said Paul w.
Vanderhoof, of the Palace Clothing
company.
"a big crowd has kept the store
Icrowded all morning" F. c. Gibbs. OF
the Gibbs Clothing company declared.
| TT is going very well indeed"
Fine. 1t started well and is grow
ing in size" was the report from Md
dleton and Haskins.
Business is very good now, and it
will be better after the races" Leon
ard Warren, of the Stansfield Drug
\ company, reported.
I f'It is very successful, and we are
doing a nice business" H. E. john
ston of the Warren NJ. Crosby COM
pany, reported.
but there are good many out OF
town customers in the store" said L.
G. Thorpe, of the w. w. Mills COM
pany.
Drove 10S Miles in Ford.
Among the earliest arrivals was II.
! j. Lane of Blue Rapids. who drove
HOS miles in a Ford of the vintage OF
1910, to enter five contests during
; Automobile Day. Lane Is tall-six
|, feet and two inches tall. to be exact
bearded, and thoroly imbued with the
lspirit of the day. He believes that in
1.-THE past twelve years he has acquired
pretty good control of his Ford. and
will enter the slow race for Fords at
o'clock this evening. as well as the
contests for the tallest man reaching
Topeka in a Ford. the oldest Ford in
Topeka for the day. the impersona-
tions of Abraham Lincoln, and the
contest for the Ford coming the great
est distance, altho already a Ford has
been registered from $50 miles away.
in Elk county.
| Kansas avenue white way posts were
decorated this morning with automo-
} BILE tires framing cards of welcome "a
the out-of-town visitors. Special sales
have been staged in all the stores OF
, the city, for the benefit of the Auto
mobile Day visitors, with uniform
price cards. stressing the idea OF Auto
mobile Day, along with window dis
plays on the same subject.