Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 60, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 July 1920 — Page 5

CAPITAL CITY HAS PARK LIKE COUNTRY CLUB Six Hundred Acres of Outdoors Brought to People of Washington. RECLAIMED LAND USED 15* Frederic j. haskin. WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 20.—With the opening here a few days ago of the public golf course in Potomac park, another step was taken in the development of what is perhaps the nearest thing In this country to a public country club, where all the residents of a city may enjoy free of charge the advantages which are associated with such an institution. Nearly every city of more than a hundred thousand inhabitants in this country now has some sort of park which is used as a public playground, but the development of Potomac park and the plans for its future show how much may be made of this idea where circumstances are favorable and the planning is intelligently done. Lincoln park In Chicago is typical of a number of parks in great cities where there are some facilities for amusement. But there cities were so large before they began setting aside space for the purpose of play that they have never come anywhere near catching up with the public need. There is no pretense of meeting the demand for recreation, and as a result of tb- overcrowding few of the recreational facilities are in first-class condition. But in Potomac park there are more than six hundred acres for a population of about four hundred thousand. Not all of Washington can play at once, of course, but probably all of it that is capable and desirous of taking exercise can find an opportunity to do so in the course of a week. For in addition to two large groups of tennis courts, which are never crowded except for a few hours in the evening. this great park contains several baseball diamonds, a football field, a soccer field, a cricket field, a polo field, and now a golf course. It contains ten or twelve miles of bridle path and a bathing beach. There are now plans for several more groups of tennis courts and even for a croquet field. EQUIPMENT OF VERY BEST, The object of Superintendent Gillen, snd the other enhtusiasts who have created Fotomae park, is not merely to provide an opportunity for a few to get exercise, but actually to meet the city's need and to meet it with facilities just as high-class ns those of any private country club in the nation. This high ideal has been pretty well realized In the matter of tennis. The courts in Potomac park are probably as good as any clay courts in the country, and have received the approval of champions. They are excellently drained and always kept in absolutely first-class condition.

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They present a most pleasing contrast to the typical public tennis court with Us ragged net, inadequate back stops and insufficient Bpace behind the back line. In the matter of baseball and football, too, the local teams have been taken care of without much .difficulty. In fact, the two great drawbacks to most public recreation grounds—crowded conditions and makeshift facilities—have been so far avoided with remarkable success. The same principle is followed in the golf course. About 300 applications have been ret ceived so far, and it is believed that about ; 250 players can go over the course in a j da?- ! As all will not want to play every day, the present course will probably serve j the needs of those who have so far apI plied. But beyond a doubt the number of applicants will rapidly increase. It is therefore planned to increase the course from nine to eighteen holes as soon as possible. CLUBHOUSE , FOR PUBLIC. The idea of providing high-class facilities is here carried out, too. There are probably no finer putting greens in the country than those of this ; Public course, and in every other way, it is a course that has received the praise | of experts. Furthermore, a "field house" has been ! provided which is to all Intents and j purposes a country clubhouse, where j each man who plays golf can get a locker I and a shower bath. This field house is an attractive bit of architecture and a first-class estab- | lishment in every way. The new tennis courts are to be placed I near it. and its facilities will then be extended to tennis players as well. This idea of a public country clubhouse is one which instantly appeals to the Imagination. It is easy to see how it might be developed into a center of community social life. 1 In putting the golf course into use the management of Potomac park has re- : gretfully departed from its traditional ! policy in one respect. It makes a charge of 25 cents for each i game of golf played by each individual. Superintendent Gillen says this Is necessary because it costs at least ten I times as much per player to keep up a golf course as to keep up any other kind of recreational facility, and the thing would be impossible without the small tax. The tax is also designed to make the ; individual realize that he is enjoying a privilege which is worth something. The psychology of the thing, according j to Mr. Gillen, is that if the player pays something he will incline to be more careful of the course. PARK DREDGED FROM RIVER. One of the most interesting facts about | Potomac park is that it was dredged up J from the river. I Back in the seventies all of what is ! now park was either river or marsh. In the making of a navigable channel I to Georgetown, a sea wall was built and ' the area behind this filled with the , dredged material. i This began about IS$4, but the deI velopment of the park as a place for recreation has taken place almost wholly

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How would you like to let “the old cat die" from the jaws of a six-tone elephant ? According to Victoria Davenport, pretI tiest of the scores of pretty ladies who ride on the program of the Rlngllng Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, it Is the greatest sport imaginable. The fair equestrienne performs the “stunt” with Baldy, who. next to the • famous “Alice,” is the mightiest of all j the great herd of elephants. Miss Davenport has not gotten over the days when one of the greatest joys In life was to swing from the boughs of an old apple tree. But apple trees are not often found on circus lots, and so she hitches an impromptu swing into Baldy's mouth. As she swings back and forth the faithful old fellow glres forth grunts which Miss Davenpoft will tell you is the pachyderm way of singing “Bye-low Baby, in the Tree Top.” In the main tent, during the performance, Baldy is one of the leading actors in that greatest of all innovations in unimal subjugation—the assembling ; in ‘ pyramid” and other formations of ' six times as many elephants as have j ever before been presented at one time. This enormous elephant act will be but | one of the many attractions to be seen when the Rlngllng Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows exhibit here. The program will open with a gigantic pageant. This brilliant presentation, enlisting hundreds of characters, depicting the best-loved tales from nursery and fairytale lore, will be followed by more than ! two hours of arenlc displays, which will present the pick of all the talent that | has In past years made Rlngllng Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circuses the foremost amusement institutions In America. In addition will be seen acts which, released by the termination of the war,

in the last ten years. There is abundant room for further development and a splendid plan for such development has been perfected by Gillen and his associates. The parks of Washington are, strangely enough, controlled by the war depar ment, of which the park management is a branch. The original theory of this arrangement seems to have been that the parks are an important factor In the defense of the city in case of Invasion, and should therefore be designed and controlled by the war department. Probably no one any lunger fears an Invasion of Washington by land forces, but the placing of the parks under the control of the war department hag prevented an invasion of another kind. Business interests here, as in some other cities, have not favored any park development which could possibly be considered to interfere with Industrial development. Thus several years ago an active agitation was cartied on by local business men to have Potomac park thrown open for use as factory sites, as It occupies a long strip of the best waterfront on the Potomac river. They asserted that Washington’s* la-

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dustrinl development was nipped In the Uud by the use of this waterfront tot parking purposes. It is easy to see that if the parks had been controlled by the local instead of the national government this agitation might have been successful. As it was, i; got non here. Aud we are earnestly assured that it never will make any headway. Insurance Company Won’t Have to Pay The Farmers’ Insurance Company of Ohio will not be required to pay $5,00p In alleged back taxes due the state of Indiana, according to n ruling by Judge Louis B. Ewbank of the Marion county circuit court. The court sustained the demurrer of the company. The -attorney general brought suit against the company on the ground that, it had not complied with the Indiana law. which requires a foreign insurance company operating in Indiana to pay 3 per cent of its premiums to the state. The court held that the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute an action.

SAYS ALLIES ARE POLES’ ONLY HOPE Army Officer Brands Soviet Forces Best in Europe. BERLIN, July 20.—The Russian soviet has a fine army and Gen. Brusiloff unquestionably will occupy Warsaw unless the allies intervene and force an armistice on (he Russlan-I’olish battle front.” according to Col. John Isbell of Alabama, formerly of the Ujiited States army. Col. Isbell was attached to a United States army tank corps during the war. He has Just spent a year in the Baltic states training the tank corps of the Lettish and Lithuanian armies. Os the twenty-two American and eight pen British officers who Joined the liCttish and Lithuanian armies a year ago, Col. Isbell was the last to leave Kovno. ! “The bolsbeviki have the best disci- ; plined army in Europe and probably the 1 best cavalry in the world today,” said | the American officer. : “It is a dangerous mistake if the allies ! confuse the Russian army with the des | Iterate internal conditions that are re- | ported to exist in Russia. I “During my year in ,the Baltic terriI lory I fought in two engagements agaitisv j the bolshevik forces and I was convinced [we have underestimated the Russian | army. “Gen. Brusiloff personally is leading the Russian bolshevik troops in the field, despite reports to the contrary from Moscow*. “Officers of the old Russian general staff are helping direct operations. "The troops are excellent in morale, snappy in drill and sharp in discipline. “They are well equipped and imbued with a spirit of patriotism, for they have been told they are fighting imperialistic aggressors." Government to Sell Army Meats at Cost WASHINGTON, July 20.—The war department today Is in the midst of an Intensive campaign to dtsppse of surplus army stocks of meats at cost prices. Advertisements have bken inserted in many newspapers and posted in every postoffice in the country. The distribution of the meats wlil be nation-wide aud none wlil be sold for export. The meat will be sold through the depot officers at Boston, New Yotk, Chicago. San Antonio, San Francisco and Atlanta.

Jj 6 HPHE publisher of a metroJf*j| j PS ft politan newspaper asked ■mb recently, “Is it true that there IS a common ownership and a common Board of Directors m. Wa tor all the Companies having* ww H Standard Oil as part of their name?” 1L - Our answer to this gentleman was, “It is not true/* The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is distinct from other corporations having a similar name. It is owned by 4799 stockholders, of whom 2124 are women. No single stockholder owns as much as 10 percent of the total stock. The affairs of this Company are administered by a Board of Directors consisting of 7 men, who devote their entire time to the Company’s business and are connected in no way with any other Standard Oil Company. Each man has won his position through demonstrated ability and is a specialist in handling the particular work for which he is responsible. The personnel of the present Board of Directors of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) is Mr. Robert W. Stewart Chairman of the Board Mr. Wm. M. Burton President Mr. Henry S. Morton Vice-President Mr. .Edward G. Seubert Secretary-Treasurer Mr. Seth C. Drake General Manager —Sales Mr. Wm. E. Warwick General Manager—Manufacturing Mr. Beaumont Parks , , Assistant General Managei—Manufacturing These men fix the policy and practices of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). They are responsible only to the 4799 stockholders. Standard Oil Company (Indiana) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111.

The Young Lady Across the Way | The young lady across the way says j she enjoys a crowd lint after all there's I nothing pleasanter than a nice long I monologue between two Intimate friends. j _y : !Coroner Continues Probe of Collision The coroner today continued bis investigation into the accident which resulted In the death of William Reed, fid, 1406 Lee street. The accident occurred at Kentucky avenue and South street a week ago. Jesse Pierce and 11. R. Lockman, both of Columbus, Ind., motormnn and conductor of the Interstate Traction Company freight car. which collided with the stock yards car, testified. Reed was n passenger on the stock yards street car.

ONLY 25 COUSINS DIVIDE ESTATE Marshall Pugh’s Other Relatives to Appeal. Only the twenty-five first cousins of Marshall Pugh, wealthy Marion county land owner, who died May 24, 1919, are entitled to share in his estate, according to a ruling of Judge Louis B. Ewbank of the Marlon county circuit court. The decision was rendered in the case in which 200 relatives sought to obtain a division of the estate. Exceptions were entered for the plaintiffs, indicating an appeal. The following will share in the estate which consists of nearly 1,000 acres of Marion county land: Samuel Pugh, Jacob T. Pugh, Mary C. Cooper, Minerva Hicoek, Alexander Pugh, James Pugh, George Pugh, •W. Scott Pugh, Martin Pugh, Thomas J. Pugh, Jemima Hardin, Ara Starkey, Lorinda Roberts, Edmund B. Pugh, Harriet Sherlock, Alice Williams and Mary Pugh Andrews, first cousins, and Orrillus Corson, Elizabeth Lamm, Emma Decker, Addle Renek, Alexander Pugh, DeMott Pugh and Mollie Metz, first cousins of Mr. Pugh on his mother’s side. Eleven persons who are children of first cousins of Mr. Paugb, and who were named as-de-fendants in the suit, will not share in the estate, according to the ruling. They are Charlotte Urissinger, Omer T. Mallory, George J. Pugh, Juliet Pugh, Hortens# Pugh, Ethel Pugh, Jesse E. Pugh, Minerva Pugh Deßruyn, Mary Pugh/Allen aud Florence Pugh. Tax Commissioners Approve Bond Issues The following bond issues have been approved by the state board of tax commiss’oners: Lake county, city of Gary, park improvement. $100.01X1; Hendricks county, county unit road. $29,000; Clark county, i Fr Bale .t MONNETTMEMOrtECO. All Druggists . IND!ANAPOUS,ma.

Memorial hospital, $30,000; Scott county, Jennings township school building, $12,000; Indianapolis school city, buildings, $210,000, and temporary loan, $375,000; Steuben county, Millgrove township, heating plant, $3,000; Henry county, Stoney Creek township, J. W. A. Bird road, $12,700, and Kosciusko county, Seward township, school buildings, $50,000. Whiting Man Dies , on Vacation Trip WHITING, Ind., July 20.—Frank B. Lewis, 47, superintendent of the local plant of the Standard Oil Company, and one of Whiting’s best-known citizens, Is dead at Juanita Springs, Colo., where ha went three weeks ago for a vacation. He was a member of the Whiting board of public works, chairman of the community service council and an enthusiastic worker for the new community house which the Standard Oil Company is to build in Whiting as a soldier memorial. "nr FOR SORE, TIREDFEET-AH! “Tiz” is grand for aching, swollen tender, calloused feet or corns. Ah! what relief. No more tired feet} no more burning feet; no more swt32*B. aching, tender, sweaty feet. No more soreness in corns, callouses, bunions. * No matter what ails your feet or what under the sun you've tried without getting relief, Just use "Tiz." “Tiz” is the only remedy that draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up the fset. •*Tls" cures your foot trouble so you’ll never limp or draw up your face in pain. Your shoes won’t seem tight and your feet will never, never hurt or get sore and swollen. Think of It, no more foot misery, no more agony from corns, callouses or bunions. Get a box at any drug store or department store and get instant relief. Wear smaller shoes. Just once try "Tiz.” Get a whole year’s foot comfort for a few cents. Think of It.—Advertisement.

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