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PARK NEWS. 
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The annual report of the Park Commis- 
sion of Atlanta, Ga., recommends the pur- 
chase of three additional acres to increase 
the size of Mozeley Park, in West End. A 
school building is also needed in this dis- 
trict, and a building suitable for this pur- 
pose is already situated on the proposed 
tract. 
Olnistead Brothers, of Brookline, Mass., 
recently made a thorough inspection of 
Louisville (Ky.) parks and reported what 
they thought the park system of this city 
needs. Among them are : That Louis- 
ville should have a city planning commis- 
sion ; that park scenery should not be 
marred by the erection of public build- 
ings in landscape parks ; that the city gov- 
ernment should invest much more largely 
in land, for parks, parkways, playgrounds 
and ornamental squares. 
William H. Lindsey, superintendent of the 
Department of Parks and Public Property 
at York, Pa., in his annual report to the 
council tells of the improvements which 
have been made to Farquhar Park and 
Penn Common. He recommends that Al- 
bemarle Park be enlarged and that New- 
berry street be opened northwardly so as 
to make parts of Farquahar Park more ac- 
cessible. 
At the regular meeting of the Board of 
Town Trustees of Los Angeles, Cal., Mrs. 
J. E. Ellis offered the board to set out 
plants in a portion of the park surrounding 
the new town hall. 
John Nolen, landscape architect, of Cam- 
bridge, Mass., had an interesting contri- 
bution on city making in the California 
Outlook of recent date. In discussing the 
creation of a park system, he says : “In 
nothing is a city so permanently benefited 
as in the selection of sites and the con- 
struction of an adequate system of play- 
grounds and pleasure parks. If you agree 
to the standard accepted elsewhere, no city 
in California has yet a park system; for 
a park system should be comprehensive, 
including city squares, equipped and su- 
pervised playgrounds and playfields, small 
or urban parks, large or suburban parks, 
and scenic reservations, all connected, one 
with the other, by parkways or boule- 
vards. And to be adequate, such a system 
should not only meet the demands of all 
classes of citizens in all parts of the city 
today, but should reasonably anticipate the 
needs of the future.” 
New Parks and Improvements. 
Mayor H. A. Finch, of McKinney, Tex., 
recently donated five acres to the city for 
a park. 
St. Louis’ plans for a Central Parkway 
and an outer park system were praised 
highly recently by Henry Wright, a land- 
scape architect, in an illustrated lecture on 
"The Economic Side of City Planning,” 
before members of the Engineers’ Club of 
St. Louis in the Academy of Science. 
The Orange (Tex.) County Commission- 
ers’ Court has adopted plans for the es- 
tablishment of a public park on the court- 
house square, and the work will begin in a 
short time. 
At a recent meeting of the City Council 
at El Campo, Tex., it was decided to plant 
more shade trees in all the city parks. The 
variety decided upon is the Ligustrum Jap- 
onica. Something over 100 trees are being 
planted. 
Of the $3,400,000 bond issue at Kansas 
The Oneota Cemetery Association, of 
Duluth, Minn., recently met and planned 
improvements. Dr. Burnside was chair- 
man of the meeting and John Hall was 
secretary. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Farnsworth was elected 
president and Mrs. Renna Bowermaster 
secretary at the annual meeting of Summit 
View Cemetery Association, of Ottawa, 111. 
A committee of the State Line Cemetery 
Association, of Texarkana, Ark., is raising 
funds for maintaining the cemetery. 
Figures compiled by Superintendent W. 
J. Barry, of Oakwood Cemetery, Dixon, 
111., show that during the twelve months 
the largest number of interments was made 
in June. 
The Ladies’ Cemetery Association, of 
Norwood, 111., recently gave a “hard times” 
social at the home of Mr. J. B. Lafferty, 
for raising funds for the cemetery. 
The annual meeting of the Riverside 
Cemetery Association, Dodge Center, Minn., 
was held a short time ago at the office of 
the secretary, D. T. Rounseville. 
At the annual meeting of the trustees of 
the New Providence Cemetery Association, 
Taraine, 111., recently. Treasurer L. C. 
Shriver and Secretary R. E. Laycock were 
each re-elected for one year. 
The annual meeting of the Ward Ceme- 
tery was held at the town hall in Verona, 
O., in January, for the purpose of electing 
one director and discussing other business 
that may come before the meeting. 
At the annual meeting of the Rienzi 
Cemetery Association, recently held in Fond 
du Lac, Wis., M. Wagner was elected presi- 
dent and C. W. Henry secretary. 
City, Mo., $500,000 will be allotted to park 
improvements; $350,000 of this amount will 
be spent in improving Swope Park. 
Excavations have been begun at Alamo 
Plaza, San Antonio, Tex., the new rose 
garden park to be built in the heart of the 
city. 
Two pieces of park property are offered 
to the Park Board of Dallas, Tex., by J. 
F. Strickland and Osce Goodwin. The 
properties are Kirkland Park, 82 acres, and 
Glendale Park, 32 acres. 
T. Glenn Phillips, landscape architect, of 
Detroit, Mich., announces the organization 
of the firm of Phillips, Wilcox & Kruse, 
landscape architects, 1601-2 Kresge build- 
ing, Detroit. The firm is composed of T. 
Glenn Phillips, Raymond H. Wilcox and 
Arthur M. Kruse. 
Geo. C. Kessler, of Dallas, Tex., has com- 
pleted the revision of his proposed plan 
for the improvement of the grounds of the 
University of Dallas. 
The Scandinavian Cemetery Association, 
of Rockford, 111., recently held its annual 
meeting, and C. A. Lundvall was re-elected 
president and C. F. Nordstron secretary- 
treasurer. Burials for the year were re- 
ported as 208, extensive improvements have 
been made, including cement walks and 
brick roads and gutters. It was decided 
to plat the addition to the east of the 
present grounds for use at once. 
A joint meeting of the Seward Ceme- 
tery Association and the Mound Associa- 
tion was held in January with Mr. and 
Mrs. Peter Crook. 
The annual meeting of the Pleasant View 
Cemetery Association, Mankato, Minn., was 
held at the Minnesota State Bank. 
The annual meeting of the stockholders 
of the Oakland Cemetery Association, Clin- 
ton, la., was held in the First National 
Bank parlors and Howard Romer was ap- 
pointed superintendent and Geo. Buecher 
president. 
At a meeting of the Riverview Cemetery 
Association, of Streator, 111., held in the 
secretary’s office, President E. H. Bailey 
and Secretary George Goulding were re- 
elected. The secretary's annual report 
showed that $825 had been added to the 
perpetual care fund, which now amounts 
to $1,525. 
The annual meeting of the Lakeside 
Cemetery Association, of Biwabik, Minn., 
was held at the office of the Myers Com- 
pany. H. G. Seeley was re-elected secre- 
tary and treasurer. Terms of other offi- 
cers had not expired. 
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