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CEHETERY NOTES 
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The city engineers of Des Moines, 
la., have completed the plotting of 6o 
acres of Laurel Hill Cemetery, a i8o 
acre tract said to be the second largest 
burial ground in the state. 
Senator Scott has introduced a bill in 
Congress calling for an appropriation 
of $50,000 for the improving of the Na- 
tional Cemetery at Mexico City, Mex. 
The city council of Belleville, 111., has 
voted to purchase an addition to Wal- 
nut Hill Cemetery. 
The Como and Pomona Cemetery 
Association of Como, Fla., has erected 
a new shelter house. 
The.Woodlawn Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Orchard Park, N. Y., has added 
nine acres. 
St. Francis Cemetery; Fairlawn, R. 
L, is making improvements in a new 
addition that will increase its area by 
one-third. 
Father J. H. Wagner, of St. Bene- 
dict’s Catholic Church, has purchased 
20 acres of land west of Cambridge, O., 
for a catholic cemetery. 
The Forest Lawn Cemetery Associa- 
tion, Tropico, Cal., is erecting a con- 
crete receiving vault to cost $20,000. 
The Douglas Vass ledger monument 
in Mobile, Ala., is notable for the fine 
carving of the spray of roses which is 
executed in the round, life size. The 
roses are tied with a ribbon on top of 
the die and fall gracefully down in 
front and on one side. The die, roses 
and ledger slab are of Italian marble, 
and tb^ whole is mounted on a base 
of Barre granite. The work was exe- 
cuted and erected by Peter Celi, of 
Woodlawn, New York City. 
W. N. Rudd, President and Superin- 
tendent of Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, 
Chicago, has been appointed Secretary 
of the Society of American Florists to 
succeed the late P. J. Hauswirth. 
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Sol. C. Griesemer, Superintendent of 
Greenwood Cemetery, Allentown, Pa., 
sends us a sample sheet of a record of 
care, mowing and payment for these 
services which he has found satisfactory 
during the past year. The page is 11x18 
inches and is ruled for dates and pay- 
ments for ten years, with spaces for re- 
marks, rame and address and lot loca- 
tion. 
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We call attention to the error in our 
last issue under the illustration of the 
fountain in Rivercliff Cemetery, Mt. 
Gilead, O., which .was incorrectly 
marked “Ravenna, O.” 
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The reports of the treasurer and su- 
perintendent of Oakland Cemetery, St. 
Paul, for the year ending October 31, 
1907, shows ordinary receipts from op- 
eration, not including income from in- 
vested funds, have been $35,794.69, an 
increase over the preceding year of 
$6 767.34 — or 23.3 per cent, and the ex- 
penditures on account of operation and 
improvements have been $31,477.45, 
which is 24.3 per cent or $6,162.92 
more than last year. The invested 
principal of the Perpetual Care fund is 
now $129,000, $6,000 more than a year 
ago. The purchase of the 10 acres ad- 
joining the cemetery on the northwest 
corner increases the land owned by the 
association to one hundred acres. Gen- 
era! and substantial improvements 
have been made during the year. 
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The commissioners of Hope Ceme- 
tery, Worcester, Mass., report 662 in- 
termients during the year; 163 foun- 
dations laid; 54 vaults built. The chem- 
ical weed killer was used on avenues, 
and results show that about $500 
'was saved in caring for the avenues 
with the weed killer the last two years. 
Is a Hedge Fence Desirable for a 
Cemetery? 
A cemetery superintendent in south- 
ern Ohio asks is a hedge around a cem- 
etery practical and v/hat makes the best 
hedge. .There is a frontage of 1,200 
feet on a 60-foot street, on which there 
is a car line, and 1,000 feet off of the 
street car line. The board prefers Cali- 
fornia Privet, which they wish to grow 
to a height of not more than five or 
six feet. The superintendent fears it 
will in time become unsightly and wants 
advice from those who have had experi- 
ence with hedges. 
UNIQUE LEDGER MONUMENT IN MOBILE, ALA. 
