Evening star., 1926-05-25
SHENANDOAH PARK
DONATIONS SOUGHT
Many Capital Business Men
and Citizens Give to
S150,OO0 Quota.

Preparatory to launching direct
appeal to the citizens Of Washington
To coutrihIlte toward the fund that
must he IA sPd to purchase the site of
tho newly created Shena ndoah Ma
tional Park before it can be developed
and administered AS the first great
reservation Of its kind to he establish
cd east of the Mississippi River. the
Washington Campaign Committee to
dav requested all business houses that
expect to subscribe to the fund to send
in their donations by the coming Sat
urdaN.
Although the business interests of
Washington generally have contrib
uted enthusiastically. some of the
branches which would reap the most
immediate benefit from the Shenan-
doah National Park have failed to
reach their quotas. Robert \. Harper.
president Of the District National Park
and chairman of the Washington Cam
paign Committee, declared. He has
been in touch with the leaders in those
particular branches. and said he eX-
pected them to he up to their quotas
by Saturday.
Land Deeds Necessary.
Under the terms Of the legislation
passed by Congress designating the
nearby area in the Blue Ridge Noun
tains of Virginia the Shena ndoah Ma
tinnal Park. il really does not become
q park in fact until 80. 900 acres have
hccn turned over to the Government
in fee simple. Then II Is not to he
developed until about $4,000 acres
more have been turned over in the
same way. II is estimated that $2.a0".-
600 viii lie needed 10 do this and Nir
..iria alone has supplied the first
- $40 onn. Washington is anxious to
raise $50 900 toward the remainder
The Washington committee today
gave out the names of the larger
d"nors who nave been heard from up
to the present time. contributions
having been reported AS follows:
National Geographic Society. Gil
bert Grosvenor. president. $4,000;
Hotel Washington. s. f. Bonneville.
manager $1,000: Hotel Powhatan,
r.. &. owen. manage 1000; Wood
''2rd & Lothror. $1,000: Joshua
Evans District National Bank, 81 900:
Tho Evening Star. $1,000: Harry
Narlnan. $1,000: Chesa peake and Po-
t"mac Telephone Co, $1,000: Cha rles
T. Fadelny. $50 NJ street northeast.
s6no: Judd & Detweiler. $500: Oscar
r. Wright. t2l0 n street northwest.
&e00: Riggs National Bank. $500: The
Franklin National Bank. $500; Secur-
ity Savings. and Commercial Rank,
$500: Christian Heurich. 1907 New
Hampshire avenue, $500.
Other Donations Listed.
DR. W. ]. Showalter. National Geo
graphic Society. $500; George W.
Linkins & Sons. 1893 De Sales street,
$500; American Security and Trust
Co, $780, National Metropolitan Bank.
$500; Mayfiower Hotel. DR.. ]. O'Brien.
vice president, $500; Chestnut Farms
Dairy. $500: Corby Baking Co., $500;
Potomac Electric Power Co. $500:
District National Bank, $500; Charles
c. Glover, Riggs National Bank, $500;
W. S. Corby. 2s jackson place, $500:
Stephen T. Mather, Department Of
the Interior. $500: r. p. Andrews
Paper Co., $500; I4ansburgh & Bro,
420 Seventh street northwest; $500;
William P. Lipscomb Co., Inc, $500:
f. ?. Mertz. 1915 Sixteenth street
northwest, $500: Bryan G. Pitts. s15
Fifteenth street. $500: r. n. Harper.
president District National Bank.
$500: the Washington Post. $500: Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Co..
$500 Washington Railway and Elec
trio Co, $500; f. F. Saul. 925 FIT