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Biggs, Ft. Harrison or Forest Park— Crawford Fairbanks has declared to Mayor Gerhardt and Parke Commis sioner Beckert that he is not at all im pressed by a suggestion that he give to the city the thirty acre tract of land occupied by the site of the abandoned Wabash distillery, for a Riverside park at a bend commanding a view of a wide sweep of the Wabash river. Even a suggestion that the city spend a large sum to convert the site into a beautiful park and name it after Mr. Fairbanks did not appeal to Terre Haute’s wealthiest citizen and donor of the Emeline Fairbanks library, given in honor of his mother's memory. From Mr. Fairbanks’ friends 1 is learned that he has no desire to use any of his mil ions to perpetuate his own name. It is possible, though, that Mr. Fair banks may agree to sell at a price less than the $40,000 the ground is held to be worth if the city finally decides on this site for a park. In the event that he has a voice in the selection of a name his influence will be for naming it Beggs park in honor of Col. John Beggs, a life-long friend and business associate. Col. Beggs had a prominent influence in the upbuilding of Terre Haute, and was held in rare high es teem for his splendid judgment and many sterling qualities by everyone who knew him. S the adoption of his name for a city park doubtless would receive soriove “ongsideration. Mr. Fairbanks will have an income of $200 a month from this abandoned distillery property for another two years, a rental paid by the old distillery trust. The lease, it is said, may be transferred to the city to give it $7,000 toward improvements should an early purchase be decided on. The site may be bought on any reasonable terms of purchase the city may offer, but it seems there is little hope of it being made a gift. Fort Harrison for $55,000. Since the proposal to acquire the Fairbanks ground for a Riverside park, Emil Ehrmann has made a tentative offer to sell forty-one acres, including the original site of Fort Harrison, to the city for a price said to be $55,000. It has a half mile on the river front and is already improved in a way to make it immediately available for work pur noses. Mr. Ehrmann is said to have formerly valued the site and improve ments at $75,000. Train roads of rock were brought from the Bedford quar ries to go into a rin van to prevent the hant washing out, and two beautiful pavilions and a seq wall were built of reinforced concrete at enormous cost for a private owner. Fort Harrison was Mr. Ehrmann's hoby until he found another beautiful spot on a Florida river which he has started to imrove on a lavish ceale with a view of mobbing bic home there in a new $« CAN benentlaw 9) grantar rart of the year instead of at Fort Har rignan The Thesamereend is a mile northwest of Crilett Park, Forest Park at Less Than $50,000 As it becomes more promising for the purchase of a scenically beautiful site for park purposes, advocates of a pub lic park with water for boating are be ginning to agitate the purchase of For est Park. It contains 375 acres, most of which is heavily wooded. Its hills and dells add charms of nature. It can be bought for $50,000 or less. The main objection to Forest Pork is a lack of transportation facilities. Many be lieve, however, that if the city acquired a public sentiment would force the traction company to build a ire out there and establish 9 five cent fare, or fifteen cents 2 round trip at the mast, during the park s*s*on. Has an Unique Souvenir— Attorney A. L. Miller, who was one of the representatives from the In diana Grand lodge, I. C. O. F. to the Sovereign Grand lodge at Indianapolis last week has an unique souvenir, one of which was presented to every grand representative by the representatives from the state of Washington. It is in the shape of a Ben Davis apple, grown in the orchards of Washington, on which appears in red letters as if frown there, the inscription, “I. 0. O. F. . The letters were really grown there, strange as it may appear. When the apples were green, and hanging on the trees, a covering in which the letters I. C. 0. F. had been cut out, was wrapped around a portion of the apple. As the sun ripened the apple exposed to its rays, the letters also ripened, but the portion of the skin immediate ly under the covering remained green. When the apples were picked and the covering removed the letters stood out in red on a green background, produc ing a most novel effect.The apples were carefully wrapped in tissue pa per, each placed in a specially pre pared receptacle, and brought to the grand lodge meeting. Of course the apples will not last long, but as long as preserved the letters of the order stand out boldly. HKepresentative Mil ler has been telling his friends of the odd souvenir, but they all look at him commiseratingly when he tells about letters having been grown in the ap ples, and if he can get one of then near enough to his home he brings out the apple to convince him, Red Devil, Brown Baby and Mad Hen. In the size of the crowd and the supe ressed excitement of those intent upon watching operations there were all the symptoms Wednesday morning of a circus coming to town. The drawing magnet, though, was the arrival of a consignment of Chase‘commercial cars for the Terre Haute Automobile com pany, which has just taken the agency for this trim built for business ma chine made by the Chase Motor Truck company of Syracuse. On the way to the South Seventh street garage a single file of shining gasoline wagons brought as much at tention as a circus parade. Everyone stopped to look. At the garage three of the delivery wagons were christened the Red Devil, Brown Baby and Mud Hen, the two former priced at $1,250 and the latter at $990. The Chase Commercial cars are equipped with 36-H. P. air cooled en gines. In power, height and equipment of chain drive and solid tires they are splendidly adapted for economical com mercial use in any business requiring rapid light deliveries. Forty-eight hours after the Chases came to town, the Wright-King Groc ery company had the Crown Baby, Jacob Stump, the North Thirteenth street gardener, had the Red Devil, and Herman Hulman, Jr., had in his desk a contract for the sale of a specially built Chase with top to the Powers Cleaning company, Miss Susan W. Ball Has Troubles— Miss Susan W. Ball had a narrow escape last Monday afternoon. In leaving the garage used jointly by the Swangos and the Balls with her coupe, the machine, after being started, re fused to stop and Miss Ball became panic stricken, although on only third speed. Mrs. John E. Lamb who saw at a glance from the Lamb porch what the trouble was, called to her to pull out the key. Miss Ball had always heard the key called a “plug,” and did not understand what Mrs. Lamb meant. The house man of T. W. Bardydt ran to her assistance. Miss Ball opened the door of her coupe to let him in. As she did so the machine ran into a young tree and the door was broken off. Residents of the neighborhood quickly surrounded the damaged coupe and started words of sympathy, but just at this minute the center of at traction shifted when Mr. 3arhgdt drove up in his handsome 1912 Baker coupe, which he has just purchased, and all eyes were centered on him. It was necessary to send the Ball ma chine to the factory. (EDITOR'S NOTE—With the timidity peculiar to aH newspaper folks, Miss Ball is backward about recording mis haps to herself, and this is to explain that the above was written by Miss Madeleine Matilde Navis. T. H. Auto Co. Gets Cadillac Agency— The Cadillac, the Detroit car of me dium mices, has been added to the line carried by the Terre Haute Automobile company. Herman Sulman, Jr., has ordered a four passenger $2,250 Cadil lac Sedan coupe for his own use. A 4-passenger touring car at $1,800 and a four-passenger phaeton at the same price are two of the Cadillac leaders. A fore door limousine comes at $3,250. Cadillacs have been popular in Terre Haute, many local owners attesting to their economy and splendid service. They have been sold here through an In@anapolis agency. “Parscisa Flats”— E. L. Godecke says a lady came to his book store to buy one of Myrtle Reed's novels a few days ago. He re marked something of the fact that the authoress had committed suicide. His customer had not heard it, nor did she appear interested. She reads novels as a steady diet, but does not read newspapers. The home of Myrtle Reed McCullough in Chicago was in “Para dise Flats. This is peculiarly inap propriate since it is public property that Mrs. McCullough and her hus band were most unhappily mated. Her suicide is proof that she was a ner vous wreck who lived in her own imarg inary characters, making her quite a self-absorbed wife. The husband is a hard drinker, which he claims is the result of his unhappy home. So there it goes.
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Terre Haute Saturday Spectator
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sat, Sep 30, 1911
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