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Then tliey intend to beautify tlieni. That is just one of the things 

 jNIr. Linton did. He worked night and day, almost, doing something 

 for the city or the state. He might perhaps look at the map and say, 

 "There are two trunk lines which do not connect. Tlieir connection 

 will be a great benefit to Muskegon and Saginaw." He would take 

 it up with the authorities and tr}' to get that connection made. 



We have a park in Saginaw called Russ Park. Mr. Russ is a very 

 wealthy man. He took Mr. Linton over to Europe and Egypt, and 

 after returning presented Mr. Linton with a 25-ft. launch. Mr. 

 Linton spent a lot of time trying to beautify this park, laying out 

 plots and planning the shrubbery. We have a boulevard called the 

 River Road, from Saginaw to Bay City. It was a marsh and people 

 objected to the expense of fixing it. The boulevard there today is a 

 memorial to his never-flagging energy and constant effort to do for 

 the community. He was eternally spending his time doing those 

 things. 



He had no interest in an association of this kind, except that he 

 thought he was helping to promote something for the benefit of man- 

 kind. He had no interest and no gain in nut growing except that. 

 That was the reason he joined this association. 



I>ast night when I sat down to think of something to say here I 

 thousht I would put it in the form of a resolution for our records. 



