The New York herald., 1921-06-19
To RechriSten Old
adirondack Places
Made Necessary Because of
Many Duplications-Ar-
rivals 6, Camps.


ELIzABETHTowN, n. Y, June 1S-Lo-
cality movements In favor of rechristen-
ing some of the numerous Adirondack
bodies OF water and mountains now bear
ing identical names are finding favor
among members of the various summer
colonies who long have struggled WITH
the confusing nomenclature of the
Adirondack region, and 1t Is considered
probable that a concerted movement VIII
result in putting the matter up to the
rev Conservation Commissioner. Ellis J..
Staley
There are within the Adirondack terri
tory five Bear Ponds, four Beaver Ponds,
four Buck Ponds. six Clear Ponds, five
Deer Ponds, four East Ponds. four Grass
Ponds. four Horseshoe Ponds, four In
dian Lakes four Long Lakes. ten Long
Ponds five Moose Ponds, five Mud
Ponds. five North Ponds. four Otter
Ponds three Pleasant Lakes. eight
Rock Ponds. five Round Ponds, three
Sand Ponds. four Silver Lakes. four
Trout Lakes three Trout Ponds three
Twin Ponds, four West Lakes and eight
Wolf Ponds.
A proposal to substitute for some Of
these superfluous and common names
others OF a more dignlfed character
paying tribute to such men as Emerson
Lowell, AGassiz. Adirondack Murray
'Ns1 suntline" Edward u. c. Judson),
Theodore Roosevelt. DR.. f. l.. Trudeau.
s. II. etoddard Harry V. Radford. Paul
Smith. the ate George A. Stevens and
others more or less prominently identi-
fled with the development of the region
has met with favor.
At Lake Placid fifteen new cottages.
the most pretentious of which is that or
Mr.. and Mrs Raymond Stevens. costing
about $50 000 will be ready for occu-
pancy by midseason and here at Eliza
bethtown there is much building. includ-
ing new construction and alterations on
old.
To Build Another Golf Course.
The Elizabethantown Chamber Of
Commerce is concerned with the problem
OF another golf course and the construc-
tion of a dam creating an artificial lake.
Seymour Dunn. golf professional at Lake
Placid Club and one of the worlds au-
ttorities on the game, was here early in
the week and with Benjamin +. Stets'n
the Rev. II. ii. Pittman and other MEM
bers of the Cobble Hill Golf Club went
ever two tracts of land available for use
as another course, in many points excel
ling the present Cobble Hill course.
Henry S. Duncan, proprietor of the
Continental Hotel, New York, and the
Hampton. Albany, who for several sea-
sons has managed the Windsor hotel at
Elizabethtown. has now purchased the
latter resort which will be under the di-
rection of Joseph e. Goulet of New York.
also manager of the Continental.
Judge Augustus N Hand and family
OF New York are expected soon to oc-
cupy their cottage here for the season.
He is president of the Cobble Hill Golf
Club. Mr.. Erman j. Ridgway and fam
lily and Colonel John Temple Graves and
family are among others from New York
who will return to the Elizabethtown
summer colony.
At Singing Waters. their Elizabeth
town place. Mr.. and Mrs. e. #. Flammer
of New York will open the season by en-
pertaining a house party of friends over
JAiv Fourth Mr. Flammer has been
making some remarkable catches OF
trout
Sa~e Lewis Heck of Pittsburgh. who
has sfasei the Powlison cottage In
Ne Balsan3a colony at Elizabethtown.
II alnons ,es es.iy arrivals. Mr.. Wat
sen JacK has purchased of Frank w.
Swift The cottage he has occupied
under Sc for several seasons and
Mrs r. S. Adams of East Orange,
". j.. has purchased a cottage In the
village Pending the opening of their
summer places several of the Eliza
BEETHOVEN cottage colony are sojourn-
\ ing at Deers Head Inn.
Mr. Robertson Marshall OF New
York. who spent the winter at Sa-
Vannah has returned to Westport.
where he will spend the summer at
his place. Pine Ridge. He is accom-
panied by his daughters, the Misses
Marshall.
- vx-t,L.. - Nau, Vnrls
has rejoined the Westport colony and
will occupy the Homestead
At Plattsburg there is much interest
NJ The work of the newly appointed
IgattsDurg Centennial Commission
harirg in charge the erection OF a
National and State Memorial. TO Com
r6c1ore Macdonough. Officers of the
&s4rulssion are Mr.. John f. O'Brien,
ckairuaan Mrs. w. K. Pierce. vice.
cbairman; Messrs Howard ID. Hadley.
traasurer, and Charles M. Harrington
sccretsry.
fnsicaI Colony Reassembiing.
qeke Placid's musical colony. now
rassanbling. will include Victor Her
hert yho will spend most OF the sea
SOL IS tn his family at Camp Joyland,
Nine Marcela Sembrich, who again
Will occupy her cottage, the Naples,
al Lake Placid Club; and Mr. George
Hamlin. who will return with his fam
ily to his Swiss chalet on Signal HILL
Mr. w. s. Benson of Passaic. N. j..
secretary of the Lake Placid Shore
Owners Association, has arrived at his
camp on that lake and Prof. Edwin r.
A. Seligman OF Columbia College,
president of the organization. and c.
Bahnsen of Passaic, treasurer, are eX-
pected soon.
Mr.. Jesse +. Livernore OF New. YORK
has had High Knoll. his place on Sig
nal Hill. Lake Placid. made ready for
the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Berstein and
family OF New York are at Red Gable.
the Ruisseaumont colony. Lake Placid.
At the Stevens House this week mem
bers OF the American Wallpaper Manu-
facturers Association were In session
for three days. Tuesday. wednesday
and Thursday. during their annual con-
vention Many of the 900 delegates are
extending their stay into next week.
one party OF fishermen among the del
epates returned from a fishing trip on
which they were piloted by Mr.. +. Paul
stevens. president Of the hotel company.
with catch of 125 speckled trout.
Early arrivals at Whiteface Inn viii
include Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Van Brunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. II. Kunhardt. Mr..
James Sheridan and family, Miss jose
phine Hall. and Mr.. and Mrs II. A.
Rchafuss, New York and Mr.. and Mrs
Frederick Faulks. Orange N. j.; Mr..