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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
ing objectionable posters, and the en- 
forcement of ordinance against spit- 
ting. 
Sanctioned by the Board of Trade, 
Business Men’s Association and Parks 
and Playgrounds Association of 
Wheeling, W. Va., a bond issue is to 
be submitted to the voters to ap- 
propriate a sum to be used in making 
the now barren surrounding hills 
beautiful playgrounds and parks. Mr. 
Harris A. Reynolds, a Boston land- 
scape architect, has outlined plans. 
The field force of the United States 
Geological Survey is searching for 
deposits of minerals to furnish the 
three necessary elements of plant food 
that are contained in “complete fer- 
tilizer,” namely, phosphate rock, 
nitrite salts, and potash salts. It has 
already discovered and surveyed enor- 
mous deposits of phosphate rock, and 
2,398,590 acres of public land contain- 
ing phosphate, have been withdrawn 
at the recommendation of the Geolog- 
ical Survey, and are now waiting leg- 
islation by congress to enable their 
development. To insure an “all- 
American” fertilizer, regardless of im- 
portations from other countries, it re- 
mains to discover deposits of nitrate 
of soda and potash salts, and it is 
believed that the geologic conditions 
prevailing throughout a large portion 
of the arid West favored the accumu- 
lation, during earlier periods of the 
earth s histor}'', of both of these salts 
and that if these still exist in concen- 
trated deposits it is only a question 
of search to discover them. Hardly 
anything could be suggested which 
would be of greater assistance to the 
American farmer than the discovery 
of commercial deposits of either of 
these necessary fertilizing minerals. 
A strong movement has developed 
in Billings, Mont., for a park system. 
Although 30 years old Billings has 
nothing worthy of the name. 
Juarez, Mexico, is believed to be 
the only city in the world in which 
the direction and control of the city 
parks have been turned over com- 
pletely to women. The parks in 
Ciudad Juarez still will be cared for 
by men, but above the men will be 
a board of eight woman managers 
composed of four “dames” and four 
senoritas,” who have exclusive con- 
trol and direction of all parks. 
Secretary of the Interior Fisher 
has suggested to the Mountain Park 
Committee of Denver, Colo., that in- 
stead of the proposed foothills park 
attention should he directed to apply- 
ing to the government for a tract of 
land anywhere from fifteen to twenty- 
five or thirty square miles in extent 
for a national park. He declared 
that the city would have little diffi- 
culty in obtaining the grant and an- 
nounced his willingness to press the 
matter in person before congress. 
He further suggested that a commit- 
tee be appointed from the two or- 
ganizations to carry the proposition 
to Washington. 
Seattle, Wash., is agitating the 
question of water front parks. The 
city has a long water line, and be- 
fore it is too late, the water front 
park scheme should receive particular 
attention. 
It is publicly stated that the city 
of Oakland, Cal., is, eventually, to 
become the owner of the beautiful 
Piedmont Park, which is under the 
control of Mr. Frank C. Havens, who 
has spent thousands of dollars in 
making it one of the most attractive 
of the private pleasure resorts of the 
city. The art gallery which is situ- 
ated in the park and which has been 
inspired and sustained by the same 
gentleman will also be included in 
the magnificent donation to the city. 
Mr. John A. Dunn, the owner of 
Dunn Park, Gardener, Mass., has 
publicly announced that the park, 
which is unsurpassed for natural 
beauty in Massachusetts, is to be- 
come the property of the town when 
he has it developed to the point that 
he desires. 
Two bills were passed by the last 
Mfi scon sin legislature concerning 
state parks; $50,000 was appropriated 
for the year ending June 30, 1911, and 
the same amount for the following 
year. This is to be expended by the 
park board for its expenses and for 
the purchase or acquisition, and im- 
provement of state parks. Another 
appropriation of $50,000 was made 
for the purchase of additional state 
parks. This sum is to be paid to 
the park board in five equal install- 
ments. The board is being urged to 
take some action in this work. 
An extensive educational campaign 
in behalf of the proposed outer park 
system for St. Louis, Mo., city and 
county will be conducted this fall, 
according to John FI. Gundlach, 
chairman of the Civic League’s Com- 
mittee of One Hundred. It has been 
definitely decided to resubmit to the 
voters the proposition for the crea- 
tion of an outer park (public reserva- 
tion) district, voted down with other 
meritorious measures in the excite- 
ment attending the prohibition agita- 
tion. 
The Committee on Parks and Park 
Sites of Richmond, Cal., has recom- 
mended to the city council that $100,- 
000 be appropriated from the city 
treasury and expended in the pur- 
chase of four parcels of land for park 
purposes. Two of the proposed 
parks are located in the west side, 
and two on or near MacDonald ave- 
nue, at the eastern end of town. 
Here is another argument on the 
value of parks to a city on the “dol- 
lar bill” side; According to figures 
collected by City Accountant Camp- 
bell, Mount Royal Park, Montreal, 
Canada, valued last year by the city 
at $7,511,600, has cost the city from 
the commencement only $1,106,353.16 
in capital outlay. 
The suggestion of changing the 
name of Central Park, Davenport, 
la., to that of Vander Veer Park, as 
a memorial and tribute of respect to 
the late A. W. Vander Veer, has met 
with practically unanimous approval 
all over the city. 
NEW PARKS 
The city of Dayton, O., has leased 
White City, formerly an amusement 
park, for a term of ten years and 
thus has a fully equipped municipal 
park of 40 acres, centrally located and 
with nearly a mile of river front on 
the Stillwater and Great Miami rivers, 
and with unsurpassed bathing beach 
and boating facilities. 
Part of the lawn on the Thirteenth 
street side of the Ridgway Branch of 
the Free Library of Philadelphia* 
library building, extending from 
Christian to Carpenter street, has 
been fitted up as a breathing space, 1 
following agitation by the South 
Philadelphia Business Men’s Associa- 
tion, and it will be open to women 
and children only. 
Colonial Park, covering the twelve I 
acres bounded by One Hundred and j 
Forty-fifth and One Hundred and j 
Fifty-fifth Streets, and Bradhurst and j 
Edgecombe Avenues, New York City, | 
has been formally opened by the Park | 
Department. j 
Gov. Deneen, of Illinois, has ap- : 
pointed a special commission as pro- j 
vided by law, to have charge of the | 
laying out and organizing of a great 
public park, which shall include 
Starved Rock, one of the historic | 
points of Illinois. | 
One of the most beautiful spots in 
the city has been given to Des i 
Moines, la., as a park and more than 
$75,000 in money and property is ; 
given to the various charitable insti- | 
tutions in the city by the will of the 
late Joseph S. Lews, filed for pro- ! 
bate a few weeks ago. 
