Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1926, Page 18

18 WASHINGTON USED If there were no other reasons for the Government retaining these lands, the mere fact that they were a con- stituent part of the Mount Vernon estate, owned and cultivated by <hould make b George Washington, > it impossible for the Government to 2 part with Fort Hunt. F “Mount Vernon has been preserved R4 Nt ™ R R as the national shrine of the people of the United States without recourse to the Government. It is adequately Sife Desired for Park Should | maintained and admintoiered v h ire a “Be Held in His Memory, Says Moore. S§hadows of regret would ho the proposed celebration. in | ! She; bicentennial of George V w birth, by the sale of Fort Hunt, VR, one of the historic_defenses of e, Potomac. hy the War Depart-| Dogue Creek and Little ' Association of vear the associa- tion is acquiring gift of patriotic Americans, or by purchase, portions of the Washington estate. This estate, as it came down to him from his great- grandfather, John W immigrant, comprised increased it to about Called It River Farm. “The original property lay between Hunting sot, Charles Moore, chairman of the | Creek. Across Little Hunting Creek M¥ational Commission of ‘Fine A ts today in a letter to Rep tative R. Walton Moore of Vir , | George Washington owned and culti- vated a peninsula comprising more than 1,000 acres, and called by him in ‘whose district the property is lo-|the river farm. It extended from the Potomac inland to Gum Spring. Of ed. “his property was a part of the |the 1,000 acres, 197 acres are included optfinal Mount Vernon, ed out, and he sent with his let- plex of maps of the estate, with notations thereon in the handwriting Fort Washington, of Washington. Md., the other post the sale of which members of Congress are seeking to prevent so they may be held for the park system of the District of Co- dates back to early history, nfant, | To | Sion. headed hy the President of the ‘stem, | United States ‘and made up of fllus- Tumbi: having been built by Maj. L his last work in this count make it a part of the park it: was pointed out, would be in ac- % 5 % Whieh | celebration in 1932 of the bicentennial ance with the plans nfant originally laid out. i7? Would Have U. S. Lands. Mr. Moore| in Fort Hunt. “The remainder is now occupied by small farms, together with Summer cottages hidden away in the woods. The electric rail 0 Mount Vernon traverses the inland portion of the tract, and it is probable that the pro- jected Mount Vernon national boule vard will pass through this same vegion. “Congress has created a commis- trious citizens. to prepare for the of George Washington's birth. Is it conceivable that this celebration is to be heralded by the Government sell Conceding that reasonable and de. |IN& fts portion of George Washing- cent accommodations should be pro- tion’s Mount Vernon estate?" vitled for the Army. whether ahandon- i @d posts should he sold or not, Mr. Mpore said that there is not any auestion, as a general principle, that Wife Charges Desertion. lands no longer of use should be dis: |yn"the District Supreme Court by M posed of. “but that lands not needed s by, the War Department may not be | MATY . Pettit of needed by some other branch of the | Gavernment by no means follo: Government is for one purpose in' the vicinity « cver, notoriously Imiys at prices which ¢ excessive, and &nd even necessary ed. often are defeated, hecause of ! Cungress regards as pri for land. Indeed, it the only way the ihitive prices | be said that | hones of the human hody. rnment ever | 3 ewport News against Lindsay H. Dettit, em: {in a local furniture store. The wife v | charges desertion and non-support. v_24, 1924, and have no chil- e wife says her husband < | makes $80 a week and drinks to ex- o | cess. She is represented by Attorney " | Rudolph H. Yeatman. 1 o e il The feet contain 25 per cent of the rhakes money is to hold lands once ac quired. “Fort Hunt.” the letter continues, “was once a portion of the defenses During the World War it served military purposes, al- | though the elaborate emplacements | fer. disappearing guns were things of | & not distant past. The site is adapted of Washington. tp. serve purposes fo erhment department the immediate v On Belt of Park System. “Fort Hunt is located on the bhelt | of an outer park system for the Na- one of the tional Capital. This prpjects which this Co: afed a commission to ¢ operation with the Maryland and Vi Hunt now would be natural park, beau of strategic location on the P and endowed with a historic t which for effective park purpo: counts with hills and groves. o part with 1 for situation HPC Maintenance is asked in a suit filed | A THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, FRIDAY, MAY 28 1926 - DECORATION DAY MISS FRY HONORED. . Given Silverware Set by School As- sociates Prior to Wedding. Miss Rachel E. Fry, secretary Miss Fay L. Bentley, director of th department of school attendanc who will be married Wednesda: morning, was presented with a set of silverware by her associates at the Franklin School today. When Miss Fry arrived at work she found her desk transformed into | R a bower of roses with a huge white wedding bell hanging overhead. Im- promptu ceremonies were held by the young women at the Franklin 8chool and the useful wedding gifts for- o | mally presented. Miss Fry will marry J. Thomas Kennedy, jr. employed in the pur- chasing office at the District Build- ing. The wedding will take place at St. Gabriel's Church Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. ® Protest Prioes of Wives. From the Adventure Magazine. Marriageable girls in the country of S \ Nijni Novgorod are given in mar- | NN riage In exchange for certain worldly | N goods, the Moslem parents finding that an easy way to increase their wealth, Hence the price of girls has been i creased until it has hecome so burde some to the voung men that th have petitioned the government to come to their relief and put in a new rule on dowries given the parents of the girls. In their bill of complaint they de- clare that, while times are bad, the compensation has been increased until they are forced to give $100 in money, 100" pounds of sugar, 35 pounds of butter, 4 pounds of good tea from China, 35 pounds of honey and 3 pairs of shoes for father and one for mothe: Custom puts a wall about the country and the men dare not bring brid | from another land, hence the paren {ha =+ tight monopoly and they are B 2 the poor. s Lo Married women in business enter- i | prise: Luray Shenandoah National Park May now be seen in one day by bus Round Trip to Luray, $6.00 3 busses cach way ‘dally Lv. Wash.. ang Fe-ave. WASHINGT “RUN LINE INC., 5115 5th St. . Phone Col. 71051 Announcing Paint Reduction HOUSE PAINT Formerly $3.50 a Gallon $3.00 A Gallon The high quality of HPC will always be maintained. made to order. No other Paint can justify a higher price. Any color City Deliveries and Out of Town Shipments J. W. 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