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date several hundred. The people of Enid 
realize the money they have spent on their 
parks has proven to be the most satis- 
factory and is actually the biggest dividend 
payer of any investment the city has ever 
made. The planing and landscaping of this 
park was done by Spencer Herbert Allen, 
Supervisor of The City Parks. 
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Probably no city of its size in the south- 
west has made more progress along the 
line of municipal beautification during re- 
cent years than Enid, Oklahoma, a city 
little more than nineteen years old, with 
a population of over 15,000. The major- 
ity of western cities of this class have paid 
but little attention to parks and other im- 
provements which go so far towards the 
making of ideal living conditions, but Enid 
is fortunate in having a park board com- 
posed of men who realize and appreciate 
the value of attractive parks, and they 
are now developing a system of city park 
improvements which has already given 
Enid the distinction of being one of the 
most beautiful cities in Oklahoma. 
CONSTRUCTING LAGOON IN SPRING PARK, ENID, OKLA. 
gether with trees of many varieties, com- 
plete the landscape of this handsome park. 
Paved streets lead to the park entrance. 
The grounds are lighted from electroliers 
of ornamental design. A band stand is 
placed on the north side of the lagoon, 
while the bluff on the south side is tiered 
with cement seats sufficient to accommo- 
NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY MEN AT BARRE 
The New England Association of Cem- 
! etery Superintendents held what its mem- 
! bers are unanimous in declaring was a 
' unique summer outing, June 16 and 17, at 
j Barre, Vt., the greatest monumental gran- 
j ite producing center in the world. The 
meeting was the biggest and best attended 
J yet held and in the interesting and profit- 
1 able things to be learned in viewing the 
great granite quarries and the manufac- 
turing plants where more cemetery monu- 
\ ments are made than anywhere else in 
[ the world, the occasion was as instructive 
as it was pleasant. 
The meeting was also unique in the his- 
tory of the organization in the whole- 
i souled hospitality with which the entire 
| town of Barre turned out to welcome its 
guests. The Board of Trade, the mer- 
I chants’ and business men’s organizations, 
the Granite Manufacturers’ Association, the 
Quarry Owners’ Association and individual 
j citizens of the town took charge of the 
visitors from the time they alighted from 
the train till they left town. They were 
quartered in the homes of the citizens and 
were the people’s guests, individually and 
collectively, during every minute of their 
stay. 
On the morning of June 16, when the 
Green Mountain express rolled into the 
local station, with two special accommo- 
dation cars attached, representatives of the 
four organizations in charge of the enter- 
tainment were present to extend greetings. 
Across the square was flung a huge banner 
bearing the words “Barre Welcomes the 
Cemetery Superintendents,” and a sight of 
this cordial salute was one of the first 
things that greeted the eyes of forty-two 
delegates, many of them with their wives, 
who alighted from the train and were di- 
rected to the breakfasting place by com- 
mittees from the Barre Board of Trade, 
the Granite Manufacturers’ Association, the 
Quarry Owners’ Association and the Barre 
Retail Merchants’ Association. 
One of the enterprising features of the 
outing came immed : ately after 9 o’clock 
Tuesday morning, when special cars pre- 
ceded one of the big Barre railroad engines 
up Millstone hill, to show the visitors how 
the stone is quarried that is finding its way 
into so many of New England’s cemeteries. 
Stationed in the several cars were mega- 
phone men, who explained the various 
sights. A progressive tour of practically 
every quarry on the hill was made, once 
the train started at Websterville. Quarries 
of the Wells-Lamson Co., Wetmore & 
Morse, Barclay Bros., the Consolidated Co. 
and the E. L. Smith Co. were visited in 
succession. In a few cases it so happened 
advantageously that some of the monstrous 
NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION SEEING BARRE, VT, 
Left to right: President H. S. Adams; Alex Hanton, Supt. of Cemeteries, Barre; 
H. A. Derry, Everett, Mass.; Sec. N. E. Cem. Assn. 
