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care of such lands or for their purchase. The result in Mas- 

 sachusetts of a very simple effort has in five years proved most 

 gratifving to the projectors as to every lover of his native land. 

 Thousands of acres have already been rescued from spoliation 

 and subjected to intelligent management such as will eventu- 

 ally result in the attainment of all the beneficent ends for 

 which public parks exist. In Iowa nothing is done; nothing 

 will be done until somebody or some association of our citizens 

 make a beginning. That the effort will one day be made there 

 is no doubt. Whether it shall be made in time to save that 

 which Nature in this direction has already committed to our 

 hands is a question. Is not the problem worthy the considera- 

 tion of the Iowa citizen and legislator and does it not open to 

 us a field where by practical activity we may again show 

 before the world our practical sense and wisdom. 



