Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-03-03

l All doubt as to Pine Bluff having l to this city or would be to any other, was set aside last fight at the meet ing of the City Council when the deeds to Eden park, comprising a trac: of sixty acres, were turned over to the city.
 It was through the public spirited move of H. l. Holderness, o. W. Clark, and quite number of the substantial citizens, who contributed land or money that the park has be- come a realization. It's value in cash at the resent time for the property alone would reach sum of $60,000.
 Messers Holderness, Clark, w. C.. Hudson, cashier of the Bank of Pine Bluff, and others came to the council with the deeds for the purpose of transferring them. Owing to there being ten acres of land which is in wound up in the course of the next two or three days, deed was not fuln-
 in partition suit. to be ished for that last night, but will be Clark and others already own the greater portion of the ten acres.
 A letter to the co>.ncil from Mes sers. Holderness and others and the Bank of Pine Bluff as trustee, detail- ing the gift being made to the city was listened to with great interest At the conclusion when the accept ance of the deeds anu the property had been voted upon. Alderman Ben B.. Veil said that there should be something more than a vote of thanks extended but that was all the council had power to do. This was quickly and gladly done.
 When Mayor Bloom referred to the gift and that the park committee would be retained to take charge of the property, Alderman Sorrells spoke of the great benefit to be ac- quired by reason of the city park. He said the gift was one of great intri- ensic value at the present time, that it would greatly enhance in value, that the grounds naturally adated to such as park purposes and that it was great boom to Pine Bluff.
 City To Beautify.
 The city's task will be now to peau- tify and maintain and improve the park. The property is located on Cherry street about six blocks from the old Forest Park. An idea as to it's size can be gathered from the fact that it is a tract of sixty acres, and that in city lengths it is six blocks long and five blocks wide. It is pro- posed that there will be a lake con- structed to be of an area of about ten to twelve acres and this will afford facilities for swimming, boating and fishing.
 Those who contributed toward the gift to the city, either with gifts of land or by cash donations, were:
 Clark and Holderness, thirty-four acres of land; A. o. Edwards, six and one-eighth acres of land, by cash; s. Geisreiter, w. c. Hudson, F. G.I Smart, c. c. Handley, J. o. Harrison, V. M. Harrison, Citizens Land Co.,, St. Paul's Batist Church (coloreO, A. B. Martin, A. B. Niven, V. D. Niven, Park View Land Co.,, White Leverenz, $. Bluthenthal, w. F. Coleman, J. A. Clemmons, c. M. Nichol, McEwen, Wilkins, G. H. Gammill and wife. Henry Reynolds, Willie Powell, Carl Voss, M. R. Stewart, E. I. Albright, J. w. Clegg, Currey & Cherrie. s. A. Mosely, Knights of Pythias Club, Edwin Loosely, K. M. Simpson, Will liam Dewoody, Bert Isaacs. Roy Hays sorrells Dewoody, H. c. Kilgore, VI J. Webb, B. c. Mead. Harvey Hogg, G. w. Lindsay, J. F. Stewart, R. J. Mcqueen, Reeves, J. P. West, Will