The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-10
Tree Is Planted in Memory. of
Rock Island Attorney.
Was Responsible for Construc-
ton of Road in Kansas.
PROGRAM At C. OF C. TONIGHT
III. s. Conrad of Kansas City
VIII Be Chief Speaker.
President Gorman's Address
VIII Be Broadcast by Radio.

| There We're seventy-five employees,
/ pensioned employees and friends of the
Rock Island railroad, at the cere-
monial planting of an arbor vitae tree
on the grounds OF the station here
this morning, the tree being dedi-
Gated to the memory of the late Mar
/ Gus A. Low, who. more than any
other one man, was responsible for
| the construction of the Rock Island
thru Kansas.
H S. HaIock, president of the local
Rock Island club, was officer of the
day and made the speech of dedica-
ttion. H. c. Cartilage, division claim
agent for the road. as sponsor, re-
sponded to the address of the officer
of the day.
Mrs. Low Guest of Honor.
Mrs. Low, brought to the grounds
in a wheel chair, was the guest of
honor at the ceremony.
At the same time, at ninety eight
points on the Rock Island system.
trees were being planted in memory
Eof as many employees of the system
who distinguished themselves in ITS
service.
The Rock Island station in Topeka
today is decorated with flags, and
both station and grounds are spick
land span after a thoro cleaning. The
engines of trains passing thru the
tstatfon are decorated. and the whole
road is in festive trim for the cele-
bration today of tie SEVENTEEN ami
IVersary of the first operation of a
passenger train, over that portion of
1.-THE system between Chicago, Ill, and
Joliet.
A Special Train.
Over that section of the line, in
| Illinois, there was run today a spe-
cial train carrying J. E. German,
! president of the road the directors
or h iol1 nff :oI nff RI
special halted at Joliet, wnere a monu-
ment was dedicated to Samuel B.
/ Reed, the surveyor of the first line
| of the road.
Returning to Chicago, the genera,
officials of the road will be present
at a luncheon for the pensioned en-
ployes. all of whom will receive medals
at this time.
President German, Carl Nyquist
vice president and secretary-treasurer
/ of the road, and Charles Hayden, of
New York City, chairman of the
board of directors, will be the speak
ers at a program which is to follow
la dinner Of the Chicago Rock Island
broadcast by radio, and picked up by
receiving sets at innumerable points
on the road.
A Radio Program.
The complete radio program is as
follows:
Heart of America. a....................P Pryor
| Rock Island Employees Orchestra
| Greeting, delivered by Mr.. Carl Nyquist.
Address by President German.
Songs
SIumber Song. ......... .Gretchaninow
The Years at the Spring. ......... Beach
Mrs. Carl Nyquist.
Address by Mr.. Hayden.
Songs
Mother Machree. e......................B Ball
Sunshine of Your Smile. :........ Ray
MacnSlla
-'-'-N ~ VIM Barlow Ross O',A
Nobody Lied '---.---. .-.... Weber
Rock Island Employees Orchestra.
Program at G. of C. Tonight.
, At Topeka the Rock Island club is
dining at $50 o'clock tonight at the
Chamber of Commerce, with an ad-
dress by H. S. Conrad, solicitor for the
road at Kansas City, Mo-, to follow
. the dinner. Then the radio set here
will be tuned in to receive the pro-
gram which is being broadcast from
; Chicago. 1t is expected that the radio
program will commence at about
o'clock.
5 The general public is invited to at
: tend the address by Conrad, and the
l radio program. Following these adj
dresses, the Rock Island club will
r hold a dance in the Chamber of Com
1 merce parlors.
( Luther Burns, attorney for the Rock
+ Island at Topeka, with Mrs. Burns. is
/ in Colorado Springs, where Mr.. Burns
will address a meeting of the loca
Rock Island club tonight. Elmer F
f Strain, division freight agent, is il
Dodge City, where he will make ar
t address in conjunction with the semi
t centennial celebration which. is being
held there. J. E. DuMars, assistant
attorney, is speaking at Manhattan
where a meeting is being held by tht
! Chamber of Commerce in commemo
ration of the anniversary of the road