The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-15

lH$acSBi Miller park has never lost
ApRi its charm, and why the kids
IfeTS3i who were dead crazy
about it" a score. or maybe
two score years ago. still beat the
paths Sunday and other holidays.
The popularity Of Richmond's park
has spread in the years since its open
ing until 1t is no longer a city play
ground, or even the chief meeting
place of the county. it is known all
over this part Of the state, and by
thousands of tourists from the central
west
Last Sunday was the biggest day Of
the season at the Glen, and visitors
there, as early as seven o'clock in the
morning any day since thon, have had
the impression that the people who
came Sunday haven't all gotten out
yet. Dozens OF people have gone to
the park at ell hours of the day all
summer but the last has proved the
parks powers to draw not only Rich
mond folks, but those Of Wayne and
Preble, and folks from Connecticut,
and Texas and Kentucky.
Tourists From Seven States
We have had tourists from as many
as seven states camping over night
in the park during tho past week or
so and every one of them praised
the beauty, the fine roads. the splen-
did water, and the general advant-
ages OF tho park" said superintendent
Ed. Hollarn.
In some other cities in the country
parks are opened to tourists upon the
payment Of certain fees. In these
parks specified plots of ground must
be used owing to the smaller amount
of land, but in Glen park no fee is
\
fits are given the choice of the great
stretch of ground west Of the front
spring Immediately north of the sec
ton occupied by the chautauqua each
year.
All that Is asked Of such tourists is
that they build no fires and conduct
themselves with proper decorum.
No Objectionable parties have so far
applied for this privilege, the park
superintendent says.
Early in the season Superintendent
Hollarn sent our picture cards OF the
park to the various automobile clubs
of the country. The cards explained
that the Glen was open for all tour
lists who wished to spread their tents
for the night. These tourists also
sp-Zd monev il Richnond for p">Vi-
sions, the superintendent points out.
Great Reunions Held
Every kind of party from small one
family picnics to great family re-
unions, bringing together members of
family trees from every part of the
country, are held in Glen park each
year. and it is estimated that nearly
1000 persons have attended the re-
unions held in the park during the
past week.
Several other reunionists have mott
ied the superintendent that they will
meet there during the coming week.
Last Saturday and Sunday the drain
on tables and benches to supply two
large reunion parties of six and seven
hundred people each was so great that
wagon beds and stray boards had to
be recruited for the occasion and
camoutisged into dining tables; only
SO tables and $50 benches aro avail
able.
First come first served, is the only
way can arrange the picnic table and
chair proposition" says Hollarn.
1T would be impossible for me to
try to reserve tables and chairs for
individual parties, as the park is
public institution and open to every
One who conducts himself properly"
Nearly every part Of the state has
at some time or other during the sum-
mer sent a party to the Glen. People
come miles just to picnic there, they
have told the park superintendent.
A great interest, even greater than
that Of the city and town people, is
taken in the park by people from the
rural districts. They invariably come
early and leave early in the afternoon.
in order to get the farm duties done
in the evning.
Go Home; Do Chores.
~ couldn't understand for a long
time why such a mob Of people began
leaving along about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon" said Hollarn.
so asked some of them what the
idea was and got the same answer
from all-that the milking and other
farm business had to be gotten out OF
the way in the evening, so they took
the warm part Of the day for their
rest and pleasure and got home in the
cool of the evening.
1T seems to me that a lot Of city
folks could not do better than to come
to the park instead of trying to find
some rural country when the coun-
try folks themselves come into the
park"
The park never has been in better
trim than it is this summer. Every
effort is being made to perfect 1t in as
many ways as the park funds will
permit. This means that all improve
ments. additions and general upkeep
must be carried on not only in Glen
Miller park but in the South Tenth
street park, the Star park, the West
Side park and the South Seventh
street park, with the park labor fund
of IS, 900 per annum, and no one knows
just what that means, Hollarn says.
Kids Are Special Guests.
AS a means of making the main
walk safer from the falls-bridge to the
hill-road, a path Is being laid, so that
strollers will not have to walk in the
main road. The path will be complet
ed by the end Of the week, it is said
All gravel and rough stones have
been removed from the water under
and east Of the third park bridge
from the central main street opening
to the park. The water Is to be