PARK AND CEMETERY. 
attention above indicated, and the fresh, green foli- 
age so different from that along the sides of dusty 
drives ought to repay any community for the small 
expense incurred. I wish everyone could have the 
spirit and imitate the action of an old gentleman 
whom I saw one day walking along an unfrequented 
country road. He noticed an old newspaper which 
some one had carelessly thrown among the bushes 
at the side of the driveway, and picking it up with 
the remark that he never liked to see such things 
flying about, put it carefully where it would not be 
near any dry leaves and then burned it up. 
In northern latitudes, the care of the snow in 
winter is an important thing. Where left to indi- 
viduals, some of the citizens are apt to neglect their 
places and in this matter one is as much interested 
in his neighbor’s sidewalk as his own. It is best for 
some one person to be responsible for the care of 
all walks in a certain district. He should be out 
early in the morning and do the work when it can 
be easily done. When thaws occur, catchbasins 
should be kept open and such ditches made through 
the snow as will allow the water most readily to run 
away. It is a good plan to see that all catchbasins 
areclean and in good order before itis time for the first 
snow. After the snow is all gone and the frost is out 
of the ground (usually about the first of April in this 
latitude) it is a good plan to roll macadamized or 
gravel streets to make them hard and firm, thus coun- 
teracting any effect which the ffost may have had. 
In almost every community there are some per- 
sons so selfish, so lacking in public spirit, so willing 
to allow their neighbors to do things for them, that 
it would be a measure of justice for a uniform tax 
to be levied for the purpose of taking good care of 
the streets in the manner above indicated. I be- 
lieve it would be to the advantage of any individ- 
ual or corporation in subdividing a large tract of 
ground for a residence district to make a provision 
for the perpetual care of the streets by setting aside 
a portion of the receipts from the sale of lots for 
this purpose. The fund thus created could be placed 
in the hands of a trust company for safety, the in- 
terest only being used. This income could be ex- 
pended by the individual or corporation making the 
sub-division until all lots were sold, when provision 
might be made for its expenditure by a committee 
not exceeding three members elected by the resi- 
dents or lot owners. It is fully as important for a 
citizen to have the street in front of his next neigh- 
bors house sprinkled and cared for as it is to have 
such work done in front of his own, and the 
provision just suggested by insuring permanent, 
uniform care of the street would add, I believe, far 
more to the value of the lot than the amount set 
aside for the purpose named. O. C. Simonds. 
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PROGRAMME OF THE TWELFTH ANNUAL CONVEN- 
TION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENTS, 
OMAHA, NEB. 
September 13th, 14th and 15th. Headquarters at 
the Dellone Hotel, corner 14th and Capitol 
avenue, Omaha, Neb. 
September J3th, MORNING SESSION, 10 a. m. : 
Prayer by the Rev. Roy S. Hand— Reception of New Mem- 
bers and Roll Call — Address of Welcome by his Honor, 
Frank E. Moore, Mayor of the City of Omaha — President’s 
Address— Secretary and Treasurer’s Report— Communica- 
tions — Appointment of Committees— Question Box — In- 
foimal Discussion — Recess for Lunch. 
Afternoon Session, 2 p. m.: 
“Our Association, Its Objects and What Has Been Accom- 
plished.” By O. C. Simonds, Chicago, 111. 
“Why New Cemeteries Should Adopt the Lawn System.’ 
By A. W. Hobert, Minneapolis, Minn. 
“What Trees and Shrubs are Suitable for Cemetery 
Embellishment.” By Bellett Lawson, Sr., Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
Discussion. 
Visit to the Limnger Art Gallery and a Bird’s-Eye- View 
of Omaha from the High School Grounds. 
Evening Session, 8 p. m.: 
“Sunday Funerals.” By Rev. S. Wright Butler, Omaha. 
“The Importance of System in Cemetery Management. 
By H. J. Diering, Woodlawn, N. Y. 
“Cemetery Records.” By Frank D. Willis, St. Paul, Minn. 
September J4th, Mokning Session: 
“The Importance of Large Bodies of Water in the Land, 
scape, Natural or Artificial, in Cemeteries and Parks.” By Geo. 
H. Scott, Chicago, 111. 
Nomination of Officers. 
“The Early History and Development of the City of 
Omaha and the State of Nebraska.” By Dr. Geo. L. Miller, 
Omaha. 
“Review of the Cincinnati Meeting.” By M. P. Brazill, 
St. Louis, Mo. 
Question Box. 
Afternoon Session, 2 p. m.: 
Visits to the Cemeteries, City Waterworks at Florence, 
North Boulevard and Exposition Grounds. 
Evening Session, 8 p. m. : 
Election of Officers. 
“Driveways, Their Construction and Maintenance.” By 
Prof. Geo. R. Chatburn, State University. 
“The Pleasure I Derive from Seeing Our Work Expand.” 
By Charles Nichols, Newark, N. J., the Father of our 
Organization. 
Question Box — Informal discussion. 
September !5th, Morning Session, 9 a. m.: 
Roll Call — Installation of Officers. 
“Aquatic Plants and Other Flowers in Our Cemeteries.” 
By Wm. Stone, Lynn, Mass. 
“The Importance of Preserving the Beauties of Nature in 
Our Cemeteries.” By Timothy McCarthy, Providence, R. I. 
“The Importance of Placing Our Cemeteries Under Per- 
petual Care.” By George M. Painter, Philadelphia, Pa. 
“The Advantage of the Lawn System of Cemetery in Our 
Western States.” By S. W. Rubee, Marshalltown, Iowa. 
Informal discussion. 
Afternoon Session, 2 p. m.— In the hand of the Executive 
Committee: 
Reading of Papers and Communications — Unfinished Busi- 
ness — New Business — Adjournment. 
