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The Illinois law is that all cemetery trust funds shall be 
vested in the Board of Directors, and shall be invested by 
them in safe, interest bearing, securities and said Board of 
Directors, shall make an itemized report of all such funds in 
their hands, and securities taken therefor, every two years, 
to the county judge in which the cemetery is located. 
Again the question of the legal protection of our ceme- 
teries. It is true we have ample police protection within the 
grounds but there are so many things that are very annoy- 
ing and some positively detrimental to the interests of the 
cemetery without the gates, which the cemetery police can- 
not control. 
It is no use to enumerate them here as they are common 
to all city cemeteries. Now you may say what is the remedy, 
and how can we improve our cemetery law? 
First, I would say to each superintendent make yourself 
thoroughly acquainted with the cemetery laws of your own 
state. 
Second, Become an active member of our National Asso- 
ciation, read Park and Cemetery, and keep in close touch 
with as many of our most progressive superintendents as 
possible. 
Third, Form an organization of as many of the leading 
cemeteries of your state as possible if you do not already 
have one, and through your judiciary committee secure such 
additions to your cemetery laws as will meet urgent demands. 
We of the Illinois Association of Cemeteries have suc- 
ceeded in getting one important bill through the legislature, 
and have several more pending which we hope and expect to 
have passed this winter, and as our numbers and influence 
increase we confidently expect to see such legislation enacted 
as will be of great and lasting benefit to the cemeteries of 
the state. 
Annual reports o?' extracts froju them, historical sketches, 
descriptive circulars, photographs of improvements or dis- 
tinctive features are reqziested for use in this department* 
Serious damage was recently done to two cemeteries located 
near the town of Vallejo, Cal., by fire. The fire was care- 
lessly started by seme campers, and very rapidly spread 
among the dry grass and wild shrubbery. It soon reached the 
Carquinez and St. Vincent’s Cemeteries, and, despite every 
effort to stay the progress of the fire, the flames swept all 
over the cemeteries. The damage was heavy. 
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Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala., is doing some ex- 
tensive newspaper advertising which its management believes 
is proving profitable. They advertise especially the feature 
of perpetual care which is something new in that neighbor- 
hood. John R. Gaudin, secretary and treasurer, who is in 
charge of their work, sent some specimens of their news- 
paper advertising, and also a photograph of the ornamental 
grounds about the entrance. 
* * * 
The New Mt. Hope Cemetery Association has been in- 
corporated at Champaign, III, by Frank J. Webster, W. 
George Kennard and Wesley E. King. Capital stock, $50,000. 
The association will improve a tract of ioj 4 acres adjoining 
CEMETERY. 
the old Mt. Hope Cemetery, from plans by E. S. Boudinot, 
county surveyor, Danville, 111 . The cemetery will be 
conducted on the lawn plan and all lots will be sod with per- 
petual care. Mr. King and Mr. Boudinot were in Chicago 
last month visiting the principal cemeteries. 
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Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala., publishes a monthly 
four-page paper, which contains many interesting facts about 
cemeteries in general and about Pine Crest in particular. It 
contains a discussion of the location of cemeteries, advo- 
cating the rural tract as against the city cemetery. 
* * * 
The annual report of Superintendent William Salway of 
Spring Grove has the following to say of some extensive 
improvements now under way there : “The work begun four 
years ago of laying out a new tract of ground for future 
sections and lots is now progressing rapidly, and we hope 
to have it completed by the spring of igo8. This new im- 
provement embraces 40 acres, nearly all of which is very 
hilly and rugged, necessitating the removal of about 190,000 
cubic yards of earth, and when finished will open a very at- 
tractive addition to the new part of the cemetery. From the 
north entrance there will be an extended view to the south- 
west, with sheets of water interspersed through the land- 
scape, making an effective picture. The improvement will 
add nine new sections of lots, two miles of roads requiring 
8,000 cubic yards of stone, 10,000 feet of drain pipe of various 
sizes, 15,000 feet of water pipe, 120 catchbasins and 3,000 
square yards of paved gutters, all of which will require an 
expenditure of about $75,000.” 
The annual report of Cedar Grove Cemetery, under the 
management of the New London Cemetery Association, New 
London, Conn., reports a number of substantial improve- 
ments. An avenue has been macadamized, and the general 
cutting of lots has been more extensive than usual. About 
nine hundred lots placed under care at the beginning of the 
year have received fourteen cuttings. A nursery of young 
evergreens was planted containing about 1,400 trees. 
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What the Association Has Done. 
Editor Park and Cemetery : — The twentieth convention 
of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents 
has gone into history. As we sit in the quiet of our homes, 
in the moments of thought we ask ourselves, how has the 
association benefited us? and we answer, in many ways. It 
has given us a broader and more comprehensive view of 
landscape gardening and a better education in trees, shrubs 
and flowers; it has been the means of establishing the per- 
petual care system in many cemeteries and caused many 
new cemeteries to start aright in this direction ; it has 
caused unsightly fences and curbings to be removed and 
has caused rules to be made prohibiting their erection in 
the future; it has also caused rules to be made prohibiting 
corner posts above the grass ; it has caused in many ceme- 
teries the unsightly grave mounds to be leveled, and in 
many other ways its good influences have been felt through- 
out all our cemeteries. We have learned much outside of 
our meetings in conversation with each other. Every super- 
intendent that has attended our conventions has returned to 
his labors a better superintendent if he had an ambition to 
better himself. We hope to see a good attendance next year 
in our eastern city. Providence is but a short distance from 
Boston, and Lynn and Salem are but a short distance from 
Boston, and Bro. Creesy and myself will be glad to welcome 
all who can make it convenient to give us a call. 
William Stone, 
Lynn, Mass. Supt. Pine Grove Cemetery. 
