PARK AND CEMETERY 
AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
Vol. XIX Chicago, March, 1909 No. 1 
Proposed Lincoln Memorial, Hodgenville, Ky. 
1 he proposed memorial to Lincoln, to be erected on the 
Lincoln farm at Hodgenville, Ky., the Emancipator’s birth- 
place, the cornerstone of which was laid by President 
Roosevelt on February 12, the centenary anniversary, 
looks to us seriously open to criticism. The idea of erect- 
ing an imposing granite or marble structure to enclose 
the Lincoln cabin, in a section of the country which 
in all probability will remain in the rough for a long, long 
time, is certainly neither appropriate to the environment 
nor to the great soul in whose honor it is proposed. By 
all manner of means, preserve the cabin and improve the 
surroundings, but let the memorial, if one we must have, 
be of the highest artistic merit, comparatively modest in 
proportions, and perhaps displaying in bronze bas-reliefs 
the most instructive facts of his great life, but let the ■ 
whole be dominated by a splendid grove of majestic trees, 
cared for by the watchful love of the nation, and which 
would become an inspiring Mecca for the people for whom 
the martyred president laid down his life. We can well 
imagine that a natural memorial on the site of his birth- 
place would be more to his taste, could he but advise 
with us, and the nation knows him now well enough to 
accord him honor in a manner in' harmony with his exalted 
character. 
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A Remarkable Case of Vandalism 
No greater outrage upon artistic honor and dignity 
has probably ever been perpetrated than the deliberate un- 
licensed duplication of the Adams monument, the famous 
work of the late Augustus Saint-Gaudens in Rock Creek 
Cemetery, Washington, D. C., for General Agnus, propri- 
etor of the “Baltimore American,” who claims “innocence” 
in the transaction. As a matter of taste alone no such 
excuse is available for enlightened citizenship. On the 
contrary, the “job” reflects most heavily on all concerned, 
— purchaser, modeler, contractor and founder,- — because on 
the face of things such a world-famed work in all decency 
carries its own insurance against duplication, and the pos- 
session of such a duplicate would be likely to provoke 
criticism and reflection at any time and in any place, which 
could only be mitigated by publicity concerning the cir- 
cumstances of its possession. Words are scarcely adequate 
to express the indignation aroused by this example of 
short-sighted vandalism, but it should lead to the enact- 
ment of federal legislation with heavy penalties for the 
commission of any such act in the future. 
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Improvement Progress in Chicago 
The yearl909 promises to be one of more than usual 
activity along improvement lines in Chicago. There are 
several important matters under way for development, 
among them, the Outer Park system; the .establishment of 
a city Tree Department, and the ever obtrusive one of the 
improvement of the grounds about the school building. 
The latter question is assuming larger proportions in view 
of the construction in the near future of some twenty 
new structures. The women’s improvement associations 
are taking very positive interest in the work. It is pro- 
posed that future school sites shall comprise flve acres 
so as to admit of a proper setting for the building, as well 
as attractive surroundings; for it has come to be recog- 
nized that the cause of education will be materially bene- 
fited, and healthful conditions secured, by the park-like 
development of ample grounds attached to each public 
school. 
The Government Forest Service 
It will take but a short time, if that time is not already 
here, for the public to realize the immense importance of 
its forestry service. Under the direction of an expert and 
enthusiastic chief and one, moreover, thoroughly versed 
in the value of strict business methods, this service has 
undergone a marvelous development in the few years of 
its existence. A retrospect of the work recently made 
public by Mr. Gifford Pinchot, the chief of the Forest 
Service, for the year 1908, will most assuredly attest this. 
There was expended for the administration and protection 
of the 182 National forests in seventeen states and Alaska 
$2,526,098.02, or about one and a half cents per acre; per- 
manent improvements cost $592,169.19, and $297,840.40 
was spent in forest investigations and in diffusion of for- 
est information and federal co-operation. The receipts 
for timber, grazing and for permits for special uses of 
forest resources amounted to $1,842,281.87, an increase 
of ,$271,222.43 over 1907. Out of the above receipts there 
was paid to the states and territories, to be expended 
upon roads and schools $447,063.79. For the free use 
of timber to settlers, schools and churches 30,714 permits 
were issued, as against 17,399 in 1907. The figures for 
grazing privileges, special use permits, and timber sales 
are especially interesting and will continue to be so as 
the beneficient results of our forest policy are better 
known, understood and appreciated. The year’s receipts 
represent the profitable use of the forests by some 30,000 
individuals or firms, in addition to more than 30,000 who 
have had a free use of timber and other resources. This 
free use privilege is to “make the forests contribute most 
effectively to the public welfare,” and for the develop- 
ment of the country through settlement. The forest force 
comprises 29 inspectors, 98 supervisors, 61 deputy super- 
visors, 33 forest assistants, 8 planting assistants, 941 rang- 
ers 521 forest guards and 88 clerks. The service has 
grown to such proportions that the force is utterly in- 
adequate for administrative and protective purposes. It 
is impossible to do common justice in a limited space 
to this instructive and interesting retrospect of what 
has been accomplished in care and development, or to 
the educational work included in the operations of our 
Forest Service. 
Senate Bill No. 1574 was passed, and signed by Presi- 
dent Roosevelt, creating the Calaveras National Forest, 
California. The land to be acquired includes about 960 
acres in Calaveras county and 2,040 acres in Tuolumne 
county, and by this act the two groves of “Big Trees,” 
known all over the world, will be forever preserved to 
the people. No appropriation was needed, as the bill pro- 
vides for an e.xchange of timber from other government 
forests for that in the two tracts containing the giant 
trees. The women of California are to be warmly con- 
gratulated on this successful result of their persistent 
work, a work which has taken some nine years to accom- 
plish. 
