Omaha daily bee., 1912-01-14
new CLUB TO Be FORMED
Corporation to Be Organized to Take
Over Courtland Beach.
WILL BE CARTER LAKE CLUB
Price Ha. Been Agreed Upon with
tn eowners at sSO,o0o-All
. Sort. Of sports to he
Played. ..

A new Omaha athletic organization Will
be formed Thursday evening when the
stockholders OF the Rod and Gun club
hold special meeting at the Hotel Rome
for the purpose OF considering the propo.
sition OF purchasing CORTLAND Beach and
adjacent grounds as a site Of new ath.
letic park.
The purchase committee. headed by
Charles Dundy. will submit a scheme for
the purchase OF this site which will be
voted upon. This committee has already
conferred with the Creighton Realty com.
pany. owners OF the beach property. and
agreed upon $4,000 as the purchase price
OF the beach. This price will be voted
upon at the meeting. Frank Weaver
chairman of the finance committee. will
submit his report covering the various
details for working out the new scheme,
which will also be decided upon.
II Is the intention OF the two committees
at work on the project TO form an orig.
lnal club of 100 stockholdlng members.
each OF whom will pay $500 into the gen.
eral fund. which will be used for the
purchase Of the site and the expense of
improving II. With 800 charter members.
this fund would amount to 100000. $4,000
OF which will be used for the purchase
of the site and the other half for ex-
tensiye' improvements there. Etaeh stock
holding member will be entitled to life
privileges at the club and win be given
a cottage lot on the lake front or adjoln-
ing grounds at the time,
Associate Members.
In addition to the stockhoiding mem
bers there will be a special associate
membership. something similar to the
scheme formerly practlced by the club.
The running expenses OF the new club
VIII be kept up by the associate member
ship fees.
The buildings now at CORTLAND Beach
will be used as general headquarters for
the club members, such as n restaurant,
dancing pavilion, pool and billiard hall.
bowling alley, boat and bath na.aea aI4
rest rooms. The beach will lose Its hg-
nlficance az n money making proposition
and become simply place OF recreation
fer club members.
VIII Change Name.
Most Of the present members have
agreed upon changing the name Of the
club from Rod and Gun. They say that
there are no nlmrOd features connected
with the club nor has there ever been.
As 10 the rod part OF IT, this feature has
been largely done away with. and most
Of the members devote their time "a
yachting. boating. swimming. canoeing
tennis and base ball. Garter Lake club Is
the new name which will be voted upon
Some OF the proposed features Of the
new park are a new base ball diamond
an enlarged tennis court and a golt
links. There will be plenty Of room for
an eighteen hole course as the new prop
erty site will include about seventy acres,
The facilities for boating and bathing will
also be greatly improved upon. Members
Of the new club will be assured OF .suf'
ficient street car services as the old
CORTLAND Beach line will be continued.
At Thursday evenings meeting 1t is ex.
pected that at least 10 members Of the
club 81. be present TO consider the new
project. Frank Weaver Is president Of
the club and Byron Hart Is secretary.