Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-18
COUNTRY CLUB TO
OPEN NEW HOUSE
Building of Tulsa Organization
Among Finest in the
Middle West.
AN 18-H0LE GOLF COURSE
Building and Improvement of
Grounds to Cost Approx
mately 100000.

With the opening Of the new Coun-
Try club house. northeast of the city,
tomorrow night, one of the most com
plete club houses in the entire south
west will he ready for occupation. The
house is complete IN every way. 1t
consists Of locker rooms, a room for
golf equipment grill room, banquet
hall, hallrOm, bowling alleys. paTlors,
halls and billiard room.
The club house and improvements
on the club grounds will total between
$25O.000 and 100000. Large cement
gateways will be erected over the
roadways entering the grounds. The
roadways circling thru the place are
all being paved and within short
while this part of the work will be
completed.
Course TO Cost S5O.OOO.
The new $4,000 golf course will in
clude most of the present course and
Will also extend to the north. Plans
are now under way for one OF the
finest lS-hOlc courses in this part of
the United states. II is probable that
w. Langford will have charge of the
construction of the new course. At
the present time he is in Miami. Fla.
working on a course there. II the
Hans now under way materialize
begin about the first Of August.
Just north of the present house the
rev white clay tennis courts are TO he
built. These will not he completed un-
I'll the latter part Of the season. ana
they will not receive much heavy use
until next season. With the exception
of J. $. Cosden's private courts these
will be the finest In the city.
To Bcautify Grounds.
Within the next few weeks. as soon
as the boulovards are paved. work will
commence in the landscape garden
ing around the club house At present
the grounds are rough and broken
but when they are graded and plant
ed with grass. shrubs and trees. It will
be one Of the most beautiful sections
in Tulsa
The building proper Is a rambling
three-s story dull red brick colored.
stone trimmed structure sitting on the
top Of high grassy knoll. Beyond the
house is the shallow struggling creek,
sparsely wooded, designed principally
10 mfusc adjectives into the speech
of golfers.
The basement OF the building Is
given over to the locker rooms and
the large golf cabinet and repair
room is one Of the most complete in
the state In the repair department
'lubN arc lihFI fttlt ol, ItUilItu tuH
the j. G. Collins clubs manufactured
The locker room Is about 20XS0 feet.
well lighter and ventilated. In the
basement also is a small grill room
with an entrance from the west side OF
the building. The engine room and
the big room in which the bowling
allies are placed occupy the remain
der of the basement.
Last Word In Luxury.
The firs. floor represents the last
word in luxurious clubhouse furnish
ings The parlCr walls are papercd
with light flowered designs and the
reception han Is decorated with
deep blue mottled paper The wood
work on the floors above ground is
ia oak finish. The floors are oak
and finished in the latest manner
The parlor is furnished with wonder
ful period furniture and is the ne
plus-ultra" of parlor furnishings.
The ballroom has one of the finest
floors in the city. The walls are not
decorated but finished in pl,tn white
On the arch up to the ceiling on the
south side OF the room Is a mammoth
painting. The work is master-
piece and represents group OF
nymphs executing n fairy dance. The
work has the tone of spring and
hears unmistakcablc marks of genius
above the ballroom 1t is not large
but IS big enough to accommodate
several groups of people. enabling
them t. watch the floor
Billiard Room.
From the han on the first floor
q wide oakeu stairway leads to the
second floor At the foot of the ,,tair
stands two large, white imposing
columns
ON the second floor is the large
billiard room. There are four bill
lard and pool tables. The walls are
hung with pictures and q large moose
. head will be hung over the large
>brick fireplace in the west wall of the
room
The house is one of the cosiliest Of
It's kind in the country. The tone in
the furnishing and finish OF the inst
tuition IL one OF the most luxurious
that could he worked into a club
house Ard the great amount of inn
provements now contemplated on the
ground promises &C. make II one of
Tho finest IN the country