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PARK AND 
CEMETERY. 
GROUNDS OF EAST SIDE SCHOOD. 
Menomonie. Wis. 
Warren H. Manning, of Boston, who has had charge 
of all this work for Mr. Stout. The work was car- 
ried out by his representative on the ground. Four 
outlying schools have been beautified in the same 
wav on a less elaborate scale by the use of trees, 
shrubs and vines. Any work of this kind, desired 
bv the citizens of Menomonie, is encouraged by ad- 
vice. suggestions and sale of plants at cost. The re- 
sults have been very encouraging, and in the course 
of years, the appearance of the city has much im- 
proved. 
The influence of this public spirit is now felt in the 
inception of a park movement. A commission has 
been formed as well as an improvement society to ac- 
cjuire much of the water frontage for park purposes, 
and to improve some of the existing unattractive 
spots. A good number of citizens have pledged them- 
selves to pay a stated sum each year for this work. 
They have acquired title to a large part of the lake 
shore, and have spent considerable money in its im- 
provement. 
This year Mr. Stout employed the services of Mr. 
Manning to prepare a comprehensive park plan, to be 
used by the citizens in the future. The plan includes 
the improvement of the shores of Lake Menomin by 
suitable drives, paths, provision for bathing and boat- 
ing. A drive up the river from the lake to Evergreen 
Cemetery is proposed as part of the scheme. The 
acquiring of lands down the river below the dam is 
advised to ensure protection of its rapids and running 
M'ater. Along Wilson Creek, the boating resort of 
the city, drives and paths are suggested, and protec- 
tion of both bluffs, covered with much original pine, 
strongly urged. A reservation along a steep bluff 
covered with virgin pine southwest of the city, is pro- 
Auded for. This will be accessible by drives and paths 
from the city to Galloway Creek. The drive down 
the river will serve to give access to Paradise Valley, 
a much frequented natural glen filled with wild flow- 
ers along a rapid, falling brook. Riverside park, al- 
ready much used, will also be on this river road. 
It is thought that this plan if fully executed will 
secure for Menomonie an unusual system of parks 
for a city of its size. Its two parks and several school 
grounds already attract favorable comment and with 
her water frontage safe from private spoliation, the 
appearance of the city will keep pace with the schools. 
For the execution of this park work, the co-opera- 
tion of the citizen body is expected to further the good 
work started by one of the citizens. It is not to be 
the work of this year or next, but for all time. 
Charles H. Ramsdell. 
AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN ANNUAL 
CONVENTION, MILWAUKEE. OCT. 24,25,26. 
The executive committee of tlie American Civic 
Association has decided upon October 24, 25 and 26 
as the dates for the annual convention to be held in 
Milwaukee. Each year there is an increased attend- 
ance at these meetings, and the correspondence at the 
association headquarters indicates a very successful 
convention. 
The preliminary program has already been outlined 
in these pages, 
BOULDER MONUMENT, GREENVILLE, O. 
The granite boulder monument and bronze tablet 
shown in the accompanying illustration were un- 
veiled in August at Greenville, O., to commemorate 
the I nth anniversary of the signing of the treaty of 
Greenville by General Anthony Wayne and the allied 
tribes of the Northwest which took place there. 
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