<>t Minnesota, which permits such isMies to tie for forty or fifty 

 years, would he letter for future as well as present generations, 

 because it would lead to a more adequate ami more economical 

 provision for the future. But even under the present law and the 

 extra expenses inevitable during a period of heavy construction 

 the annual cost has not exceeded fifty cents per capita. 



(•">) Another conclusion justified by the experience of La 

 Crosse, is the possibility, especially in the smaller places, of enlist- 

 in s in the service of the community the most honorable and able 

 men. If an unpaid Commission is created, free from political 

 influence, under conditions that permit of a large public service, 

 it will always be possible, as at La Crosse, to find qualified men to 

 accept. These men have had a hand in a piece of constructive 

 public work in which they can always take pride and they have 

 won the gratitude of the people of their own city. 



Hi) The final lesson of the La Crosse Parks is their effect 

 upon the civic spirit of the entire community. There has been a 

 noticeable quickening of civic pride and an awakening of interest 

 in civic affairs which is worth all that these public improvements 

 have cost in money and personal work. 



VIEW OF PROPOSED COULEE PARK 



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