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a garden of wet land, trees, shrubs and flowers, and also in case 

 the Secretary of this Board shall fail to procure a suitable con- 

 cession of Indian lands, a further area conveniently near the In- 

 dian Reservation and to the Lincoln Highway and the reservoir, 

 or lake should be acquired. If said citizens are unable to assure 

 the Board the delivery cost free of both the eighteen acre tract 

 and the hill land if the Secretary fail, to obtain the Indian lands 

 then it is requested to know what maximum amount of money 

 would be required of the State to pay for either or both of these 

 tracts and what percentage, if any of the purchase price would the 

 citizens engage to bear. 



The Board considers that owing to the complicated character 

 of this opportunity but the extraordinary interest thereof, it is 

 justified in asking the fullest participation on the part of the 

 citizens of Tama in the preliminary investigation and in its final 

 solution. 



The Secretary will certify these minutes to the Executive 

 Council as an indication of the policy of the Board with respect 

 to the Tama area and as an evidence of its good faith to the 

 citizens of Tama. 



McGregor, Iowa, July 28, 1919. 



Present : Gov. Harding and Treasurer Hoyt of the Executive 

 .Council, Chairman Pammel, Secretary Harlan, Mr. Kelso, Mr. 

 Ford, Asst. Secretary Mott, Fish and Game Warden Albert, Asst. 

 Warden St. John and others. Meeting held at the office of F. G. 

 Bell. 



Mrs. Viva Button, of Charles City, was present and addressed 

 the meeting upon the subject of the reservation of the notable 

 granite boulder near Charles City. A motion by Mr. Kelso was 

 adopted referring the matter to Dr. Pammel and Mr. Ford to 

 investigate and report. 



Mr. Cooper of Boone, representing the Commercial Club of 

 that city, presented the subject of acquiring the area known as 

 "The Ledges" near that city. The substance of the Board's 

 response was that a considerable area should be acquired there 

 embracing the Ledges and sufficient ground to perpetuate na- 

 tural plant and animal life and room for the parking of cars in 

 large numbers and for every element of recreational grounds. Mr. 

 Cooper was further advised that inasmuch as a large proportion 

 of the benefit expected to result would be to an area roughly 



