The daily tribune., 1908-06-25
TO unite
The NORTH
AND SOUTH

provide place where the leading
men Of the North and the South may
meet on common ground and to estab-
lish greater degree of social solid
arity between the once warning Sec
tion of the Union is the object of the
promoters Of the Interstate club,
which meets here today. Coincident
with the session is the beginning of
the Chattanooga ''home coming
festival which has attracted hundreds
of visitors and former residents of the
city.
President Roosevelt, William ].
Bryan and Vice President Fair.
banks are among the honorary mem.
bers of the club, and the officers in
clude, as vice presidents. Secretary
Root, Speaker Cannon, Secretary
Taft. Leslie NJ. Shaw. Senator AL.
drich, Melville E. Stone, Senator
Bob" Taylor and Governor Patter-
son Of Tennessee. Senator Blackburn
is president
The club has acquired tract Of
$1,000 acres on the highland sur.
rounding Signal Point, directly across
the Tennessee river from Lookout
mountain. Steps will be taken at
this meeting to erect magnificent
club house on this tract. with lofty
| dome from which nine states will be
visible. At this club house the
leaders Of the nation will meet to
fish, hunt and indulge in social rec.
reations.
In describing the purposes of the
club. Vice President Bowman said
1.-THE club WAS organized and in
corporated under the laws of Ternes-
see. and is fast growing to be one
of the largest organizations of its
kind in the world, including in its
membership many of our distinguish.
ed men, among them the president
and the ex-president, members of the
| supreme court, senate and house
of representatives, ambassadors, min
listers and many celebrities In educa.
| tion and economic fields.
| TT is the desire of the Interstate
club to bring into closer relation all
the people of America, to introduce
the Puritans Of New England to the
pioneers of Texas ito unity the woods.
mon of Montana with the fruit grow.
ers OF Florida. 1t has been said by
friend of mine that had the pur.
| poses Of this club been carried out
fifty years ago the Civil war would
never have been.
''The location of the club. in sight
OF tho city Of Chattanooga. connected
with it by an electric line and 5oule.
ward OF eight miles. Is most fortunate,
for from this point transportation
facilities are uneq ualled. Nine
trunk lines Of railway radiate out
over the country in every direction,
and the reduced rates of travel,
which Will be afforded Its members
all the year round. will much more
than Offset any annual expense Incl. =.
dent to the club.
''The site chosen for the club,
Signal Point. rises to bluff. reach.
ing an altitude OF more than twenty.
three hundred feet. tbeL running of
into magnificent table land or
plateau broken here and there by In
Vulnerable canons. Around and be-.
tween these will be built splendid
boulevard OF thirty miles. which is
especially intended for automobiles.
but which will have ample
width for vehicle drive.
From the Point are plainly visible
TO the naked eye the famous battle.
fields OF Cbickamagua Lookout Noun.
tain and Mission Ridge. These bat.
tleHelds have been converted by the
government into great national
park. through which wines eighty
miles Of peerless boulevard, in close
proximity to which have been reared
many monuments OF marble and
bronze. From Signal Point also can