The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-15
WILL BOOM
/. COLLEGE HILL
Building of Fine Country Club
House Taken Up.
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
Interest Bearing Bonds viii
be Issued Then.
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT

Wichita Country club who are interested
in seeing the club take the step which
will make it the finest social organization
in the west, will meet at the Commercial
club rooms at o'clock.
The bonds to be issued for the pur-
pose of building $500 club house On
College Hill have been prepared and will
be sold to the members. This is the pur-
pose of the meeting tomorrow night. 1t
is TO be a business meeting in whose pro
ceedings not only the club members are
interested but also the people of Wich-
ita. one of the prime objects of build
ing the club house is to secure a ten
year lease on the grounds now used as
a course This is the only way such a
lease can be obtained from the owner OF
the land.
Since the proposed advancement OF the
club there has been n great interest
taken in the matter and a large percent
age of the members are expected out to-
morrow night to take hold of the propo-
sition and turn il out a success. There
is no reason why it should not be. and
there is every reason conceivable TO
mans mind why it will be.
The past of this organization shows
what it is today. Its membership is
climbing up toward the 200 mark. There
is not per cent of the members but
who are actively enthusiastic for the
clubs success. Next to politics golf, IS
the most talked of topic in Wichita
Business men have been criticised for
laying aside their work to go out and
have a game of golf. In this last way.
as in many other ways, it has proved a
social blessing to the city. Husbands,
wives and parents will testify to this
statement. And while golf players have
been called fiends in the game. their
company for the younger set has proved
beneficial and uplifting as also has the
game been acknowledged a profitable
substitute for harmful frivolities. The
membership is composed of the best pso
pie in the city. Business men and men
and women of genius are among the
numbers who have been brought together
through this organization.
The members are not alone those. how
ever, who have been benefited by it. Col
lege Hill has taken another dart toward
becoming the residence part of the city
and it is hard to find property out there
that can be bought at all for a reason
able price. The club claims part of
the credit for this advancement and will
demand a great deal when it has put up
a S. 900 club house and made College Hill
even a more popular place than it is to-
day.
1t means a boom for College Hill. So
the club officers feel that they are war
l.al;a hot
hundred dollars of the bonds will be
sold to residents OF College Hill, both in
the club and out of II.
The bonds will be on the market for
the general public to purchase. 1t is a
paying investment and money which is
lying in the bank idle may well be put
in these bonds. which Will draw per
cent interest. They will be releemable
at any time within the ten years for
which they are issued. The clubs men,
bership and prosperous condition make
it safe investment and any citizen OF
Wichita who has money to invest and in
addition wishes to help make Wichita a
greater city than il is now Is expected
to buy bonds.
A glance at the list OF men who are
promoting the interests Of the club in
this way will assure the investor that
the investment is a good thing: Presi-
dent, T. II. Griffith; vice president. c. II.
Smyth; secretary. Bion Hull; treasurer
c. W. Carey. The board OF directors are
the officers and also Victor Murdoch.
Rev. Ritchey and Judge d. NJ. Dale.
The proposed improvements have been
partly given heretofore. The new club
house has been described but its location
has just been settled upon. II Is 10 stand
on the highest piece OF ground on the |
course. It is the pIowed ground about |
In the center Of the field. Two and q |
half acres will be purchased. When the |
new structure IL completed new means I
OF recreation are TO be introduced. such |
as lawn tennis and polo. One of the fea-
lures in this line will be the entertain /
ments and receptions which have proved /
very popular this last season Ii Is
planned to have an entertainment every
two weeks or oftener during the summer |
months. while receptions VIII be given
in the winter season. Many OF the So
cial world OF Wichita who have not been
drawn into the club by golf will Join
because of the other games and will
make the club the standard % the west.
A smoker will be given tomorrow night
after the business OF the evening f.
cleared of the board