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the park which is the subject of this 

 paper, others which cover considerable 

 areas of ground in their natural state, 

 — one northeast of the city among 

 some low bluffs, another comprising 

 North Cheyenne Canon, and still 

 another, the well-known Garden of 

 the Gods. All these cover so much 

 ground, and call for so much expense 

 for the care of and building roads and 

 trails, besides the gardening work in 

 Monument Valley Park, that little is 

 left for police work, so more or less 

 shooting is done. It would seem that 

 the only solution is to arouse public 

 sentiment so that this will be stopped. 

 I have no doubt other communities 

 have the same or similar troubles, and 

 probably the treatment will vary with 

 local conditions, but the time has got 

 to come when all must be brought to 

 realize that the living creatures, at 

 least in places like public parks, are 

 the property of the whole people and 

 not of any individual, and that the 

 individual must refrain from harming 

 them in any way whatsoever. Mr. 

 Ridgway's experiences with his 

 place in Illinois, as recounted in 

 Bird-Lore, show how little re- 

 gard some people have for the 

 property of others. 



The following lines, which I 

 understand are posted in a park 

 at Medicine Hat, Alberta, might 

 well be copied and placed in 

 every park in the country: 



"All should strive to guard 



What all may share; 

 A general good 



Should be a general care." 



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MAP OF THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MONUMENT 



VALLEY PARK, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 

 Copied from the map in the Report of the Park Commission for 

 1908. The city blocks are 400 feet square, streets 100 feet wide. 



