Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-04-23
NAME TRUSTEES FOR CITY PARK
 TRUST FUND
Act Follows Request Of H.
 c. Couch.
CAN SECURE SITE.
 AT SMALL COST
Committr Fayors Location East or Cherry Street And Near
 Street Gar Line.

Capt. Wm. Nichol, A. D. Foster, Judge w. T. Woodbridge, o. E. Me ! Kenzie and w. L. Toney yesterday were appointed by H. K. Toney, president of the Rotary Club, as members of board of trustees to handle trust fund for the estab- 1 lishment of memorial to the lief ferson county men who served with the coors in the world war. The trustees will determine whether an organization shall be chartered to : handle the fund, started with con- tribution of $2,500 by Harvey c. Couch, president of the Arkansas Light and Power company.
 In announcing the appointment of the trustees, MT. Toney explained that with such men handling the funds in trust the public would be assured that proper use of subscript- ions would be made, and that in nam- ing the board he acted in accord with the views of Mir. Couch, who desired that the establishment of a memor- ial to Jefferson's heroes-living or .dead-should be popular one, and the memorial be truly representative of the people--not the gift of a few ] men only.
 1 Have Site In View.
 Judge Woodbridge, chairman of the
 Rotary Clubs park committee, re- ported that the committee had spent 1 two entire days making inquiry concerning and inspecting land avail- l able for park. After considerable difficulty the comittee had obtained the consent of the owners of 65 acres east of Cherry street and just be- yond the end of the Cherry car. line, to sell the land at $2OO an acre, pro- viding it is used for park purposes.
 Fifteen acres of the land is owned bv the Merchants and Planters bank, 40 by Dr. O. w. Clark and H. I. Holderness and five by A. o. Edwards ! The land is worth far more, lots sell ing for $250 up, and Judge Woold- ridge, and the committee recommend
 ed the proposal it had be accepted. Judge Wooldridge said the committee recommended that the Chamber of Commerce. the. city and the various clubs be invited to join the Rotary Club in establishing and maintaining the proposed park.
 Others Favor Site.
 J. Frank Franey, and R. Ray Me Intyre. two other members of the committee. also spoke in favor of utilizing the land described, charac- terized as ideal in everv way for a public park. MT. Franey said the proposal of $2O0 an acre had been made bv the committee, and accepted
 by the owners only after the need for
 park had been strongly emphasiz- ed. He calculated that at the lowest
 price the lots are bringing the land
 is easily worth S38 900.
 l Attorney w. F. Coleman, represent
 ing the Chamber of Commerce, com
 mended the Rotary Club for promot-
 ing the movement for park, and
 especially for suggesting park as
 memorial to the soldiers and sailors from Jefferson county. He reviewed past efforts by the Chamber of Com- merce toward establishing a public park, and gave assurance of hearty cooperation by that organization. MT. Tonev, president of the club. expressed the view that the proposed ) site, while possibly very we'll adapted to park purposes, is not at this time easily accessible to the public, be- cause the car line does not extend to the property. He believes that if it is possible location accessible to all the people should be obtained Anyway. he believed that no undue haste should be shown, and he would ? refer the entire matter to the board . of trustees and the park committee. , Will Not Push Plan. 7 Serving with the men already , named on the park committee are l Capt Jeff Hicks and Jules T. Bor- 3 resen.
 Capt. Will Nichol said that before 3 contract to purchase any land is : made. it ought to be definitely ascer- tained that it is impossible to secure : land for the park by gift or, perhaps ] smaller cost.
 r Practically the entire hour to which : the Rotary session is limited was : occupied in the discussion of the l soldiers memorial and the park pro- : ject. but Lawrence Dixon found op- r portunitv to make plea for the boys : at the Industrial school near Pine v Bluff. MT. Dixon said that with ] George List and Stanley Dreyfus, he
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