earnestly recommend that the West half of the West 

 half of the West half of said sections, being a strip 

 eighty rods wide, be attached to and made a part of 

 the park. I have made arrangements with the owners 

 of the pine situated on the above tract to refrain 

 from cutting the same until after the next meeting 

 of the legislature." 



The report of Attorney General W. J. Donahower, 

 dated August 1, 1904, shows that Attorney General 

 Douglas, his predecessor up to April 1, 1904, had 

 during the preceding two years secured title to the 

 following lands in the park : From Walker and Ake- 

 ley, 470.35 acres in sections 12 and 24, township 143, 

 range 36, at $2 per acre for the land, $6 per 1,000 

 feet for the Norway pine, and $8.50 per 1,000 for the 

 white pine ; from T. B. Walker, 141.45 acres in section 

 11, tow T nship 143, range 36; and from the estate of 

 John S. Pillsbury, 1,010.25 acres in sections 6 and 18, 

 township 143, range 35, and in sections 4, 11, 14, 18, 

 24, 26 and 34, township 143, range 36, at $2 per acre 

 for the land and $5.50 per 1,000 feet for white and 

 Norway pine thereon. The total amount paid for all 

 of the above lands and timber was $33,751.80. 



With the $50 appropriated for the purpose, 500 

 small Norway pine trees were transplanted in the 

 spring of 1903, and 300 in the spring of 1904 with 

 satisfactory results ; and $20 of the fund remained un- 

 expended. 



The following extract is taken "from Attorney Gen- 

 eral Donahower 's report: 



"By Chapter 358 of the laws of 1903, five thousand 

 dollars was added to the fund theretofore appropri- 



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