Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-03-26
HE|NTERSTATEC CLUB
organization Near Chattanooga
Is For Whole Nation.
BOTH FOR LIONS AND LAMBS

| Prominent Men CT All Parties on IL.
Hoster-splendid Property Will Cost
Millions and Be Miles In Ext.nt
Preserves For Game and Fish.
"aIdens ridge, near Chattanooea.
Ienn., VIII, If certain large plans now
afoot go through, become within a wear
or two the home of the greatest coun-
try club in America, If not in the world.
The organization, which will be
known as the Interstate club. has al
ready been formed and is founded ON
the Idea that there is room In the
United States for a great nonpolitical.
nonsectonal association to which citi-
zens, big and little, of every state In
the Union may repair for recreation
and friendly intercourse.
The club Will have q distinguished
membership. Senator ]. G. S. Black
burn of Kentucky is president, and
president Roosevelt Vice President
Fairbanks, former President Grover
Cleveland and William J. Bryan are
members. Some of the vice presidents
are Secretaries Root and Taft, Speaker
Cannon. Leslie NJ. Shaw. Truman II.
Aldrich, Joseph Sibley, Nicholas Long
worth, Charles S. Towne, Robert ].
Lowe and Senator McLaurin.
The club is chartered under the laws
Of Tennessee and has acquired large
tracts of land ON Walden's ridge. con-
tlguous to the Tennessee river and in
the vicinity of famous Signal point.
The site for the clubhouse Is on
nigh plateau overlooking thirty miles
or beautiful country. The extensive
plans contemplate the erection of an
amphitheater and the maintenance of
fisheries, game preserves, golf links.
polo grounds and trotting track and
the building Of an electric railway from
the level of the Tennessee river to the
clubhouse doors.
Engineers are now at work laying
out within the club grounds an auto
mobile boulevard that will be thirty
two miles long and eighty feet vide
by reason of the vast tract owned by
the club and the tableland formation
the curves of the boulevard Will be so
few and so gradual as to be hardly
curves at all
Another plan Is to make the club
members profit by certain locks and
dams now being built across the Ten
nessee river. The clubhouse site has
been fixed at point that will overlook
what viii be u three mile lake when
the locks and dams are complete. By
means of the lake 1t will be possible
for members TO go from New York and
other places clear to the club float in
yachts.
The initial outlay for improvements
will run into the millions. The club
house alone will cost $1,00O,OOO and the
automobile course 100000.
The club will be inaugurated on June
% at a banquet on the club property.
Men of prominence viii be present.
There is to be nothing exclusive about
the Interstate club. Founded with the
Idea that it should be nonpartisan and
nonsectlonal, it will seek to attract
men from the country over. The ex-
penses of membership will be small.
500 initiation fee and about the same
amount yearly dues.
With membership of from 25O,000
W 4toOOiNOO II Is SApGtltl lllc CIuD VIII
have no difficulty in the way of flnanc-
Ing itself. All money received as initia-
ton and dues will go TO defray club
expenses and to the reduction of such
debt as tho organization may assume
ut its beg1I- :.
Although the club is nonpartisan and
nonpolitical, its projectors believe it
will WELD large influence in national
and industrial affairs through its op-
portunities of informal discussion. Men
Of prominence and influence can meet
there, talk there and obtain the opin-
ions of others there without fear of
committing themselves to anything and
without fear of what they may say
being considered official.
Work on the clubhouse will probably
be commenced next summes. When fin
ished it will on account Of its south
erly position be convenient all year
round resort for its members.
Man and His Sweet Tooth.
"If you want to have that tradition
upset about women only having n
sweet TOOTH" remarked the stenogra
pher who works downtown, Just &C
into 4 quick lunch room occasionally
and watch the men who drink coffee
or chocolate with their midday meals
l give you my word | have seen not
one. but many men. put six Jumps OF
sugar into their one cup of coffee OF
chocolate and then eat apple pie thai
is fairly covered with powdered sugar
Impatient Husband Gired of holding
his chin up)-It's taking you an aw-
fully long time to fix this necktie.
Laura. Patient Wife-You never used
to complain about the length of time
1t took me to smooth out your necktie
before we were married. George -
Chicago Tribune.