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many financial matters come up and the exp0rienlce of these 

 men is worth much to the state. Mr. Harlan looks after the secre- 

 tarial work with the assistance of Mr. Mott. The whole park 

 matters have been thoroughly systematized. Everything is in good 

 working order. 



We have acquired out of the hunters' license fees the Devil's 

 Backbone park in Delaware county, which is to be dedicated on 

 October 1, 1919. We have also had donated to us an area near 

 Farmington of one hundred acres with a lotus lake of forty acres. 

 There was donated to us an area in Keosauqua of one hundred sixty 

 acres to which we added by purchase considerable more land. We 

 have also added to our park area by gift from the Brandt sisters a 

 tract of fifty-seven acres known as the Wild Cat Den, Muscatine 

 county. We have asked the citizens of Muscatine and Davenport 

 to raise by subscription $5,000 so that the whole of the area can be 

 acquired, enough to make about two hundred and twenty acres. 

 We would then have a park extending from Wild Cat Den to 

 Mississippi river on Pine creek. Other gifts are in sight. 



The Conservation Board proposes three types of parks : Highway 

 parks of twenty-five acres distributed in various counties conven- 

 ient to a good highway ; Lake parks, areas on lakes ; and State 

 parks, more or less unique places of larger area having some scien- 

 tific, historical or recreational interest. The last legislature appro- 

 priated $100,000 annually and provided the State Historical Museum 

 with an assistant secretary to assist in the park matters. Mr. E. R. 

 Harlan secured the service of an excellent man, Mr. Mott, to do this 

 work. 



L. H. Pammel, 

 Chairman of Coutuiittce. 



