The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-01
City Should Own
 East Lake Park

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 East Lake Park
 7NHESE are the days when the real 0 estate men of Birmingham are urging everyone to "buy a home" !" They rightly argue that never again will real estate in Birmingham be as cheap as it is at the present time.
 Their advice is excellent.
 But if it is good for the individual it is also good for the city.
 Birmingham has an opportunity to acquire another park at remarkably reasonable figure, and Birmingham can scarcely have too many parks.
 East Lake park is offered to the city for $65,000. It consists of fifty acres. As it stands it represents an invest ment of $130,0oO. The excavation alone for the lake cost $38,0O0. The park is now yielding rental of $5000 year as a public recreation and amusement ground. The city can buy it on it's own paper extending over period of ten years.
 Surely property in such thriving and settled residence community as East Lake, so close to one of the great colleges of the south and so conven- tent to a rapidly growing country club and suburban residence section will never be lower in value than it is today
 The city of Birmingham further more owes it to it's suburban units to provide adequate park facilities to en- courage their development along help ful, artistic and recreation lines.
 The authorities will strike popular chord by acquiring this great property in perpetuity for the people of the city and particularly for the people of the eastern section of Greater Bir-  A noted stage beauty is charged with alternating the affections of another we'll A stage beauty has to do some thing to show that her reputation is de- served It has just about reached the point l where a fellow who buys a whole bushel | of potatoes at one time thinks the news | papers ought to send photographers out | to get picture of him.
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 Now that all the southern newspapers have roundly denounced the latest lynch Ing. there is nothing to do but wait for the next one
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