Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-07-23

natatorlum be Incorporated with an
authorized capital stock Of $4,000
was carried unanimously. A com.
mittee of w. II. Broughton. VIII
sterl and ]. T. Nlcolay was APP
pointed and reported the names OF
the following 10 men, from whose
number nine are 10 be chosen as the
directorate OF the corporation; c. c.
wyandt, E. L. Garrett, NJ. II, Ma
lott, B. D. Whitehead, F. A. Wilcox,
la. A. Rogers. c. e. Rugh, @. l..
Brown. e. II. ForneN w. A. Chain,
| c. A. Hodge. C. f. Bath, o. A, sterl,
r. ]. Long. ]. NJ. Walters.
Prize for Naming Pool
This meeting will be held Monday
night in the Commercial club rooms
and following the election the direc-
tors will choose corporation name.
1t was decided that IS in tickets
for admission to the pool should be
offered as a prize for the first per-
son who shall submit to Sec. H. A.
Poe the name for the pool which
shall be selected by the board OF
directors. The name suggested for
the natatorium and the name OF the
contestant should be mailed or hand
ed to Mr.. Poe before Monday night.
and these will be considered In the
order in which they are received.
There is this one provision: The
name chosen must contain the words
"Sand Springs" since one of the
leading features about this nata-
torium is that 1t will be filled with
the finest and purest water on the
continent and besides, the adver-
Using properties of that already ia
famous Sand Springs slogan are such
as should not be overlooked, the
natatorium boosters declare.
L TAF NhluO Oh 6uuECoy paw
All shareholders who do not ex-
pect to attend the meeting Monday
night should mail their selection OF
nine men from the fifteen proposed
for directors to Secretary Poe in or
der to have their votes counted. At
this election each shareholder, re-
gardless of the amount he has sub
scribed, will have one share. When
the Incorporation is accomplished,
the par value of share will be con-
sidered $40, so that a person who
has subscribed $25 will hold two
and one-half shares, and will have
that corresponding voting power.
Steps toward obtaining a charter
will be instituted at once.
Favor the Huffman Site
AS chairman of the site commit
tee, C. c. Wyandt reported that
while his committee had not deem
ed 1t advisable to submit final re-
port at this time, 1t was practically
certain that the committee would
report that the tract owned by
George Huffman, on Olive and 'front.'
ling on the north on the Union Pa,
reific and south on Cottage avenue
as being the most favorable. Mr..
Huffman at the outset agreed to
lhave three of the men interested in
this project appraise the land and
shave their appraisal accepted as the
sale figure.
1t is planned to buy a strip 70
feet wide. The lot runs back about
feet long. The width of the lost is
night the committee on sites will
have a written report to present.
The sale price will be approximate
ly $500.
Get the Plans at Once
When the question of the kind
of a building and pool to be con-
structed was brought up, a. lively
discussion ensued. Karl Riddle gave
some valuable information from
preliminary estimate which he had
had prepared and which placed the
probable cost at a figFEs slightly
less than $4,000. but doubtless this
Will be Increased. Whether or not
the pool shall be enclosed was a
subject which aroused much argu-
ment. The depth of the pool was
debated at length also, some of
those present insisting that the pool
should run from two to seven feet
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