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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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HOW SMALL IMPROVEMENTS BRING BIG RETURNS 
The illustrations on this page show 
graphically what large returns in civic 
beauty come from even small improve- 
people were content, although as soon 
as the station was left and the visitors’ 
steps turned toward town the contrast 
,AKE C ITY, MINN,, STATION GROrNDS AF "TR IM FRO VE.',; ENT 
ago set aside for a park. The Improve- 
ment Club began to hint about bettering 
conditions and to devise means to bring 
it about. The members raised $1,500 
for the improvement of this block, se- 
cured the appointment of the first park 
board to care for it, and later the equip- 
ment of a playground. 
The other two illustrations show the 
remarkable transformation which the 
park commission of Spokane, Wash., 
made in less than three weeks. 
The area is small, but the changed 
appearance it gives the neighborhood is 
remarkable, showing the possibilities of 1 
parking small areas about the city and | 
adding to the attractiveness of the ' 
streets. The area improved is 90x6().\ 
15 feet, and is at the junction of River- I 
side and Sprague avenues, in front of | 
the San Marco Apartment House. The |j 
ments, and how the example of a small 
piece of work like one of these may 
lead to the improvement of a whole 
town. The transformation of the sta- 
tion and grounds at Lake City, Minn., 
was accomplished b\' the Improvement 
Club and the illustrations herewith from 
the Minnesota Horticulturist tell the 
story better than words. The sequel 
to it is told by Airs. Anna B. Under- 
wood in an interesting review of the 
work of the club. 
The station grounds had long been 
pointed to with pride as one of the 
beauty spots of the city, and the repu- 
tation of having the prettiest railroad 
park for a place of its size was quite 
gratifying — and for a long time the 
LAKE CITY, MINN., STATION GROUNDS AFTER IMPROVEMENT. 
was surprising, particularly so when the 
center of the city was reached and the 
eyes rested upon a vacant block long 
work was done by the park commission 
on condition that the people of the 
neighborhood maintain it. \'\ 
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Before. After 
FPOKANE AP.ARTMENT, BITILDING IMPROVED WITH A LITTLE PARKING 
