The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

groves and gardens, there will be polo grounds gol4 links, tennis courts, and the stables and garage of the club. When the lock and dam enterprise, now under construction, has rendered the Tennessee river for 30 miles a great lake, the auto boats and pleasure crafts can find no prettier water highway in all the coun- try The crowning glory of the huge plans is an automobile and vehicle boule- yard, which will eclipse all auto racing courses in America. The survey for this great undertaking provides for 32 miles of a 6O-foot course. This, on plateau so high above the sea, will eventually be- come the scene of all great auto races, where the Strangs and the Christys Will pit skill and daring against skill and dar- ing and dash through splendid scenery at 60 miles an hour.
 The club has been organized. J. .. ;. Blackburn of Kentucky Is Its president C. D. James of Chattanooga is secretary and treasurer. It's vice presidents are Elihu Root, Perry Belmont, Congress- man A. A. Wiley, Speaker Joseph u. Cannon Charles A. Towne Robert J. Lowe. Nicholas Longworth, William il. Taft. Truman H. Aldrich, Rittenhouse Moore, Leslie M. Shaw, John A. Moon, Joseph Sibley, Judge Thomas G. Jones' William Penn Nixon, Melville E. stone, iAnselm J. McLaurin, Emmett 0 Neal, William A. Bowman, Senator J. B. Fraz- fer, Senator Robert L. Taylor and GOV. M. R. Patterson.
 About 5000 active members have been enrolled. It's honorary members are Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, Charles w. Fairbanks and William Jen- nings Bryan.
 Although the club has just been started, and while it's membership is still several hundred thousand short of the number if will eventually enroll, some idea of the interest that already prevails might be obtained from the following comhiu'ii- cations:
 President Roosevelt in acknowledging his election as an honorary member, wrote: vou have conferred upon me, and l accept with pleasure the honorary membership in the Interstate club. It appeals to me as A sportsman-it appeals to me still more yheoause of it's purpose to bring in con stantIv and increasingly closer relations all our people lroih eNei9 P"' VI ~ great union.
 Eormer President Grover Cleveland ex- pressed his acceptance in the following language: .,
 "I have just received pleasing notice that have been elected to honorary mem bership in the Interstate club. peg to YOU ana LIe llltiipciS 0A eA-S S~ o>~N~ ization that 1 fully appreciate ths cour- tesy and the kindly expressions contaiheo in the committees communication
 Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary or the treasury a
 II have never had time to hunt or nsn since I was boy, nevertheless l accept with pleasure the honorary membership In the Interstate club. l do this in the hope that l may sometime drop In among the good fellows, and at least share Tn the fruits of others sports. Welcome, every agency which brings together in social relations people from widely scat tered communities"
 Speaker Cannon:
 Tt gives me sincere pleasure to learn that l have been elected member of the Interstate club, whose fisheries game preserve and club house, 1 am informed, will be located in the beautiful valley of the Tennessee river. In addition to the entertainment thus to be provided for the membership of the club, I note witu the greatest pleasure that the gentlemen who are promoting this enterprise have declared their purpose to elect to mem- tership men from every section of our