The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-04-21
.SAUk CENTRE To
HAVE GOLF COURSE
CITIZENS TAKING ACTIVE IN
TEREST IN PLAN TO HAVE
RECREATION PARK
PURCHASE l26-ACRE TRACT
UPTON SECURED ON LAND ADJ
JOINING LAKE WEST OF
HOME SCHOOL

Sank Centre will have golf club
recreation park, official landing field
Tor aeroplanes and camping ,ark for
auto tourists. The golf club idea will
become an actuality within 30 DAVIS
Wnen the option On the 126-acre tract
OF land bordering on sauk Iake and
west OF the Home School for girls. j.
exercised.
Inc organization will probably be
Incorporated under the name of I'll.
Sank Centre Country Club. For sew
eral weeks there has been consider
able favorable discussion nyer the
establishing of golf course in or
near Sank Centre. Some of the more
enthusiastic about ten days ago, set
about to secure an option on the tract
OF land mentioned above, md have
secured very advantageous price.
A plan developed for the financing of
the purchase by the local banks. II
was at first hoped that possibly 90
OF the local business men could be in
.duced to subscribe stock in the pro
posed corporation at $1OO per share.
Their first hopes have been more
than realized and at this writing.
Tuesday afternoon, over $1,000 has
been subscribed with check for the
purchase price as a guarantee of
good faith. D. B. Caughren, William
Parker, H. S. Halverson, =. w.
Sprague and others who have been
IN active charge of the promotion will
not be satisfied until they sell at
least enough stock to cover one-half
OF the purchase price of the land,
SIS 800.
The citizens have more than golf
course in mind in purchasing this
very desirable tract Of land. Besides
the links there will be an official
landing field for aeropIanes, COM
munity park for tourists travelling
through, with concerted effort to
have suitable bridge erected across
the narrows of Sank Lake which will
be of untold value to Sank Centre.
Of course suitable club house is
dreamed of, but this is matter for
definite consideration at later time.
Definite plans for social organ
ization of this kind were laid last
week when the matter of pushing a
site for a golf links was undertaken
by number of the local business
men.
The project, which is now an as
sured fact, includes the purchase of
fthe plot of ground owned ty Alice
Coles of St. Paul, and located just
over the northern boundry of the
city limits along the lake front and
across from the Minnesota Home
School for Girls.
This admirable location for goH
course, will be purchased by the club
at cost of $15,S00 and will constit---
ute Accommodations for a golf links,
tennis court, club house, while the
wooded water front will be improved
to meet the requirements OF picnic
grounds and possibly bathing
beach and boat dock.
To accomplish their purpose the
founders of the club are organizi ag a
stock company in which shares are
being disposed of at $500 snare.
There may also be memberships
permissible to those who desire to
belong to the club but who do not
feel that they can conveniently carry
stock in the project.
Arrangements. have been made
with the banks of the city to float
the necessary funds to put over the
deal, aud under the present condl-
lions, the work of remodeling the
grounds and pioneering the way to a
modern and up-to-date club home,
will be underway within very few
DAYS.
1t is the scheme of the club mem
bers to make this organization the
leading feature in social welfare IN
the community. The site chosen IS
ideal in every respect and is IN easy
walking distance of the city.
The work of re-making these
premises into golf links, will be UNI
dertaken by the members OF the cIug
There will be Flowing
bees,o ashoveling bees" and grass
cutting bees. in which all members,
VIII be called upon to take part and
e has been arranged to secure teams