•was recently held in the rooms of the 
Booster Club. The report of the account- 
ant showed the books to be in excellent 
■shape. The following officers were elected 
for the ensuing year : Charles E. Mosier, 
president ; A. G. Schuttinger, vice-president ; 
Thomas H. Warren, secretary-treasurer ; E. 
W. Reinhardt, superintendent. 
Trustees of the Prospect Hill Cemetery, 
Omaha, Neb., have asked the District Court 
to set aside an injunction granted many 
years ago, preventing the association from 
using for burial purposes a strip of land 
200 feet wide adjoining the cemetery. 
At the annual election of officers for the 
Town of Maine (111.) Cemetery Associa- 
tion the following officers were re-elected : 
Charles Duwel, president ; D. A. Leeds, 
of Park Ridge, and Messrs. Curtis and 
Wheeler of Des Plaines, trustees ; Fred C. 
Stagg, secretary; F. I. Gillick was reap- 
pointed treasurer. 
The Lake View Cemetery Association’s 
200 acres of unused land in East Cleveland, 
Cleveland Heights and Cleveland probably 
will be placed on the tax duplicate soon for 
$600,000, according to County Tax Com- 
missioner Fackler. This action will be the 
result of a ruling received from Attorney- 
General Hogan. 
The recently completed report of Secre- 
tary Clarence Cox, of the Oakwood Cem- 
etery Association, Fremont, 111., shows the 
organization in a most flourishing financial 
condition, with $25,000 or more in the 
standing endowment fund. 
Officers were elected at the biennial meet- 
ing of the Savannah Cemetery Association, 
of El Monte, Cal., recently, as follows: 
Treasurer, John Guess; Board of Trustees, 
J. M. Schaml, Mrs. 1 hos. Freer and Mrs. 
Mary Blackley. A supper is always given 
at every meeting, the proceeds of which 
are added to the fund. 
The “Perpetual Care and Improvement 
Fund, for the care of lots and graves in 
Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, 111., has been 
decided upon. The first official act was the 
investing of $500 in city improvement 
bonus, the interest to be used for the care 
of lots and graves of deceased persons 
who left money for that purpose 
A petition signed by a great number of 
residents of Elmhurst, 111., was presented 
to the City Council asking for the condem- 
nation and removal of the two small ceme- 
teries in the western part of the city, the 
German St. Peter’s Church Cemetery and 
the Catholic St. Mary’s Cemetery, contend- 
ing that the presence of these cemeteries 
was detrimental to the growth of the city 
and injurious to the health of the neighbor- 
ing residents. 
At a meeting of the Mound Cemetery 
Association at Springfield, 111., recently, the 
following new officers were elected : Pres- 
ident, Mrs. Delos Travis; vice-president, 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Miss Louise Clark; secretary, Mrs. John 
Longsdorf; treasurer, Mrs. Louis Roley. 
At a meeting of the stockholders of Oak- 
land Cemetery Association, Freeport, 111., 
William Koenig and Joseph Emmert were 
elected for three years. At the directors’ 
meeting all of the old officers were re- 
elected. 
A new fence with iron posts and woven 
wire mesh has been built around the Cath- 
olic Cemetery, northeast of Chenoa, 111. 
This is a much needed improvement and 
greatly beautifies the grounds. The name 
of the cemetery has been changed to Cal- 
vary Cemetery and adorns the gateway to 
the grounds. 
The Barnett Cemetery Association was 
recently incorporated at Kokomo, Ind. Di- 
rectors are : E. H. Bonnell, L. C. Miller 
and George Henry. 
The Finance Committee of the Alton 
Cemetery Association, Alton, 111., which is 
soliciting funds both for the immediate im- 
provement of the cemetery, and also a per- 
petual fund, report that they have collect- 
ed $1,155 toward the immediate improve- 
ment fund and $3,585 toward the perpetual 
fund. The association is now in debt to 
the extent of $1,000. 
The Glendale Cemetery Co., of Cincin- 
nati, O., was named defendant in involun- 
tary bankruptcy proceedings instituted in 
the United States District Court recently 
by the Indiana State Bank, of Indianapolis, 
and the East Tenth Street Bank, of In- 
dianapolis, holders of bonds of the com- 
pany. The cemetery company was formed 
by Charles Heinig back in 1909 for the 
purpose of buying and selling real estate. 
He withdrew from the company some years 
ago. It is understood that the company had 
charge of the sale of lots in the cemetery. 
Judson Pratt is president and C. M. Skill- 
man is secretary of the company. 
The members of the Woodland Cemetery 
Association, of McHenry, 111., met recently 
and the following officers were elected for 
the ensuing year : Mrs. E. S. Wheeler, 
president: Mrs. T. J. Walsh, treasurer; 
trustees. Mrs. C. C. Colby, Airs. Tames B. 
Perry, F. L. AlcOmber, John F. Claxton. 
C. Schubert, superintendent of Alma City 
Cemetery, Alma City, Kan., was recently 
complimented in the local press on the fine 
work he has done in making this cemetery 
one of the beauty spots of the city. 
At the meeting of the Wapella Long 
Point Cemetery Association, held at Long 
Point, 111., recently, the following officers 
were elected : Frank H. Roberts, presi- 
dent ; Robert Summers, vice-president ; 
Abram Summers, secretary ; A. D. Metz, 
treasurer. Trustees for two years, E. Al. 
Bell, E. Norvell and C. E. Swearingen. 
The revised cemetery ordinance regu- 
lating the construction of monument foun- 
dations in Oakland Cemetery, Princeton, 
111., has been adopted by the council. The 
principal change in the ordinance provides 
339 
for a minimum charge of one dollar for in- 
spection by the cemetery superintendent and 
that all unused materials and refuse, after 
the construction of a monument founda- 
tion, must be removed in accordance with 
the directions of the superintendent. 
The Roscoe Cemetery Association, of St. 
Clair, Mo., held a meeting a short time ago 
at the Burch Hotel, and the following offi- 
cers were elected : John S. Pence, presi- 
dent ; Walter Garver,' vice-president ; Mrs. 
T. A. Baker, treasurer; Arta Aloore, sec- 
retary. 
Oakwood Cemetery Association, of Aus- 
tin, Tex., held the first meeting of the fall 
in the early part of October. The follow- 
ing officers were elected : Mrs. Mary PI. 
Mitchell, president ; Mrs. Edwin Bowen, 
vice-president ; A'Irs. J. K. Dounan, treas- 
urer ; Miss Kate Barnhart, secretary ; Mrs. 
E. P. Jordon, corresponding secretary. 
Oakwood Cemetery is conducted under 
municipal management and Mayor A. P. 
Wooldridge and the commissioners have 
made many improvements since coming 
into office. Among the most noted is the 
mortuary chapel now nearing completion. 
This is a purely Gothic structure of white 
stone with rich brown trimmings and 
stands in a beautiful grove. 
A beautiful memorial has been erected 
to George W. Liniger on the family lot in 
Poorest Lawn Cemetery, Omaha, Neb. In 
size, character and proportion it is an ex- 
act reproduction of the Cornelius Lucius 
Scipio sarcophagus, preserved in the Vat- 
ican Aluseum at Rome as one of the ancient 
masterpieces of mortuary art. It was cut 
in light gray Vermont granite and was 
erected by the Harrison Granite Co., of 
Chicago, and is the finest monument in 
this vicinity. Size at the bottom is 14 feet 
by 9 feet 6 inches, stands 6 feet 6 inches 
high and weighs 27 tons. Two other hand- 
some mausoleums are also being erected in 
this cemetery, one by Joseph Pajeau & Son, 
of Chicago, for George A. Joslyn, and the 
other by J. F. Bloom & Co., Omaha, for E. 
M. F. Leflang. Other beautiful mauso- 
leums are the Joseph Cullen Root, the 
Charles N. Dietz and the Guy C. Barton 
structures. 
St. Clair Cemetery, of Greensburg, Pa., 
recently issued a book on the history of 
this fine cemetery. It is illustrated by sev- 
eral of the most noted mausoleums and 
other monuments erected on its grounds 
and shows what progress this cemetery has 
made toward beautifying and improving its 
land into one of the finest cemeteries in the 
country. 
The annual report of Joseph C. Spear, 
secretary of Spring Grove Cemetery, of 
Cincinnati, Ohio, sets forth the following 
statistics. Number of lots sold during the 
year, 89; fractions, 20; area, 38; 623 square 
feet; number of vault permits issued, 23; 
number of interments to date, 85,238; 
number of lot holders, 12,257. Disburse- 
