Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-11
New S125,O 900 Club
House Is Dedicated
MAGNIFICENT CLUB QUARTERS
REPLACES OLD ONE DESTROY
ED BY FIRE
Ex-GOv. LOWDEN THERE
Membership List, With Homer X. Gal
pin as President, Includes Prominent
citizens-Many Notable Speakers on
Housewarming Program.

Tonight and continuing for three
days will be celebrated the festive
opening of the. magnificent lodge of
the Eagle River Fishing & Shooting
club on Sand Lake, Villas county,
wisconsin. Early this morning the
vanguard OF $50 members and guests
arrived by automobile, while special
rtain Of Pullman cars is speeding it's
way to Phelps, Wis, nearest railway
station, from where members will be
swooped up and hurried to what pro-
tends to be the gayest event held in
northern Wisconsin and northern
Michigan.
Music, banquet, and dance amid
the invigorating pine scented air OF
Cloverland will characterize the
housewarming of this $125,OOO log
structure and its gorgeous fittings,
which members proudly assert is the
second largest of its kind in the
world
Present will be Frank Lowden. ex-
governor of Illinois, Hugh Fl. Smith,
deputy secretary of state of the same
state. Homer K Galpin, prominent
Chicago politician and president of
the club, and scores Of other promi-
nent Chicagoans.. No greater gather
| ing of celebrities has been held in
| Cloverland.
Tonight the massive building which
has been under construction for more
| than a year will be- thrown open for
the first time Tonight its farther
most corners will ring with the laugh
ter of gay spirits and the melodies OF
orchestral refrain Tomorrow night
and for years to come will this same
ball room and banquet room be the
scene of rapturous good times, apart
from the madding swirl of city life.
Luxury Everywhere
Luxury, rustic beauty and quiet
comfort are combined in this great
edifice, erected in the heart of the
] great vacation land of Wisconsin and
upper Michigan. From out of the ad.
| joining virgin timber lands we're cut
and hued the stalwart timbers of
which the lodge is built From farms
nearby were recruited the Finnish
workmen, who with broad ak and ma
tive skill, fitted so perfectly the tim.
bers into one another. Marry nail
nor a spike were used, like is the Gus
tom in Finland. Wooden pegs fasten
one log to another, while dove-tailing
| the building art of the primitives,
holds in strong security the ends OF
| the giant hemlocks.
The first impression of the Eagle
River Fishing & Shooting Club lodge
| is one of immensely and luxury The
| impression is correctly held, for fur.
| Their investigation into its rooms and
| furnishings reveals manifest intent to
! build for good times. The immense
dining room, the spacious ballroom
| the airy card rooms for men and Wo
men alike, the lounging porch, and
the thirty-two guest rooms, all glis
tening in newness, are sure-proof that
money was not withheld to make this
the seat of happy moments.
Built of Peeled Logs
The lodge is peculiar, although beau
tiful in construction because it is
made wholly of peeled logs. 1t faces
| the beautiful Sand lake, whose shore
! is a perfect beach, and whose native
grandeur is. unrivaled in CloverlanC
i tt is recognized as the finest private
resort retreat in the midwest.
The history of the Eagle River FISH