Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1925 — Page 9

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I i*rrlf it costs anybody any real money NET, I wouldn’t be both- Take it or leave it alone—but COME OUT SATURDAY or ering you about it. But the way we can get it would make it a SUNDAY and picnic around over the place and then VOTE , crime if I didn’t let you know about it. • whether you waht it or not. ; # # • . ■ • • What I want you people to decide is whether you want it or Understand, if we can’t get it RIGHT, nobody wants to not, providing we could get it on a ninety-nine- • monkey with it. But if we can get it right, year lease with privilege to buy; and providing i maybe you people would feel pretty sore if I we figure that the revenue from the place as. a * Estimated Appraisal of the didn’t give you a chance to give it the once over. public amusement park and the increase in Roa . d T w ?? r s D^? d ■ t, * * * * value would take care of all expense. stock farm I contend it s the finest place for a municipal * * * * Residence $ 475,000.00 park I ever saw ANYWHERE, and it just looks Here’s the idea—there’s 658 acres of the Sr 8 JI!S! to me like we couldn’t afford to pass it up—prettiest land out there that a crow ever flew residence, servants’ providing, as I said before, EVERYTHING’S over. EVER BEEN IN THE PLACE. If you a h“uset) ry , 150,000.00 RIGHT. .... haven’t, it’ll pay you to go out any time Satur- 8 50,000.00 ’Tell you what I’ve done. I’ve told those felday or Sunday and look it over. Drive right in mZg’TSLi ' lows in charge of that property to leave the the grounds and make yourself at home. Park atoooo gate open Saturday and Sunday and TO LET anywhere you want to and DON’T FAIL TO Club house and other EVERYBODY GO THROUGH.' GO THROUGH THAT HOUSE. It’s a wonder. Ba h r!'. 0 “ grOTnds .;:: &00000 T ANARUS, v , . .. „ , . ... Stought paid exactly $1,687,500 for THE IM- Brood mare barns ...... 20,000.00 f PROVEMENTS ALONE.’ I know, because I’ve Sunday to give a free concert in among the got the figures right here in my desk. I Sprinkling system ......a, 35,000.00 tFGGS, 311(1 /I 1 • M . I & 6 v Fountain 30,000.00 h3ve 3 good time. M3ybe we can get a band i T *1 • Shrubbery s . t . ee . 1 .!?“??;:: awmoo for Saturday, too. Anyhow, the place will be That place out there, without question,- s<*•<*> open BOTH SATURDAY AFTERNOON and would make the finest park in the country. other fences 6o;<xxxoo SUNDAY. I just found out that we CAN get Think of FIFTY MILES of bridle paths. I don’t 608 acres of land — _:• - the band for Saturday. know where else around here you’re ever going Tot>l 1,687,500.00 .... < to get that- much room to ride a horse over. Don’t get me wrong. The* Park Board and You know, a fellow could keep his own horse . the mayor won’t take the responsibility on this out there and ride whenever he wanted to. thing. You’ve got to VOTE if you want it and you can’t vote And I don’t know anything about golf, but they tell me that until you know what you re talking about. My idea would be I this fellow Donald Ross could make two of the finest 18-hole t Ol .' 11 ,lg ' 10use ? v< rf to she peoples asa kind of municipal ~ ~, , . , club house, serve meals there and run it like a hotel, with the courses on earth out there without moving a tree. revenue going to the city n uie And when it comes to a swimming pool, you could fix up the .... finest swimming pool in the world out there in - among those I may be all wet on this thing, but I want you to see it anyhow. ravines and trees. My goodness, what a time the kids grounds open all day Saturday and Sunday—FßEE TO could have’ ■ - EVERYBODY. And I’ll promise you a good time. - - 1 Come on out and give Indianapolis the benefit of your A : ; * * * * judgment. N • I don’t want to talk any more about this thing-if Ido you’ll - .. . . - jfft* get the idea that Lew Shank is trying to unload something. It finest park on earth W[] isn’t my deal-it’s YOUR deal. • —say so. M jQn)sfit****' of indianafJSOs

Maybe Indianapolis doesn’t want the finest park in the Middle West; but she can have it, if she wants it —ANYHOW, better come out with the folks Saturday or Sunday and look Stoughton Fletcher’s place over. We can get it for a song if we want it, and it will make the greatest municipal park in the world. I mean just that—THE GREATEST MUNICIPAL PARK IN THE WORLD FOR INDIANAPOLIS—BAR NONE.

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