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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS 
JAMES B. SHEA, Boston, Mass., President 
AND CONTRIBUTIONS 
J. J. LEVISON, Brooklyn, N.Y., Sec.-Treas. 
ASSOCIATION EMPLOYMENT BUREAU 
Mr. Frank P. Gossard, of Kansas City, 
Mo., a member of this association and for 
the past eighteen years condemnation man 
and secretary of Kansas City, Mo., Park 
Board, is no longer in its employ and is 
now seeking a position with some park 
board. He is thoroughly competent to 
hold any office in a park system and can 
furnish the best of references from Kansas 
City and other large cities. Those who 
wish to correspond with Mr. Gossard will 
please address “Frank P. Gossard, 118 
East 35th street, Kansas City, Mo.” 
THE DENVER 
The American Association of Park Su- 
perintendents has completed arrangements 
for what promises to be the best conven- 
tion in its history at Denver, August 25, 
26 and 27. 
The program is completed and the meet- 
ing at Denver promises to be one of the 
most interesting and valuable in the his- 
tory of the organization. The meeting is 
to lay special emphasis on practical out- 
door demonstrative work. It will be al- 
most entirely devoted to real work out- 
doors, and every park man in the country, 
whether a member of the organization or 
not, is urged to be present. 
Headquarters will be at the Brown Pal- 
ace Hotel. 
Following is the program : 
Monday, August 25. 
A. M. — Business meeting. Address of 
welcome by J. S. Macbeth, president of 
Park Board, and other city officials. 
Noon — Lunch at City Park. 
Afternoon, 1 :30 P. M. — Outdoor meet- 
ing of association on lawn at City Park. 
Papers and discussions. 
3 :30 P. M. — Auto ride of portion of 
parks and parkways. 
6:30 P. M. — Dinner, Montclair Civic 
building. 
8 to 10 P. M. — Attend band concert, 
moving pictures, and electric fountain, City 
Park. 
Tuesday, August 26. 
A. M. — Papers and discussion at head- 
quarters. Lunch at headquarters. 
1 :30 P. M. — Auto ride to Washington 
Park, to attend outdoor meeting on lawn. 
3 :30 P. M. — Auto ride over city, inspect- 
ing parks and playgrounds. 
7 :30 P. M. — Auto ride to Elitch’s Gar- 
I should like a position as superintend- 
ent or assistant superintendent of parks. I 
have had twenty-seven years’ experience in 
horticulture, landscape architecture and have 
had excellent success in planting parks and 
boulevards, making roads and lawns ; am 
an expert in blue-prints and have had a 
wide experience with wild animals. For 
the last three years I have had the posi- 
tion as park superintendent of Virginia 
Minn., with best of references from city 
officials and citizens. Address A. A. Bush- 
gold, Virginia, Minn. 
CONVENTION 
dens, to attend performance of stock com- 
pany. 
Wednesday, August 27. 
8:30 A. M. — Take auto ride to Mountain 
parks. 
Noon — Lunch on Genesee Mountain. 
1 :30 P. M. — Short papers and discus- 
sion. 
2:30 P. M. — Trip back to Denver, via 
Bear Creek or Turkey Creek. 
Note. — A question box will be placed at 
headquarters, where members of the as- 
sociation may ask questions that they 
would like to have discussed by the asso- 
ciation. 
Entertainment will be provided by the 
ladies during business meetings. 
Following is a list of the speakers and 
the subjects to be treated in the addresses 
and discussion : 
Paper on “Playground and Recreation 
Facilities and Their Management,” by 
Edw. De Groot, general secretary, Play- 
ground Association of Chicago. 
Lecture on “The New York Idea of a 
Zoological Park,” by Herman W. Merkel, 
forester, New York Zoological Park. Il- 
lustrated with latern slides. 
Lecture on “The Care and Planting of 
Ornamental and Shade Trees,” by J. J. 
Levison, M. F., forester, Brooklyn Park 
Department. Illustrated with lantern slides. 
Informal discussion on “Municipal Nur- 
series,” led by Messrs. Boddy and Alber, 
and on “Boulevard and Road Surfaces 
Suitable for Both Pleasure and Traffic,” by 
Ralph R. Benedict. 
“Field Demonstration of the Flora in 
the Vicinity of Denver,” by Mr. John 
Berry. 
DENVER’S PARK SYSTEM. 
By Fred C. Steinhauer. 
As the fifteenth annual convention of the 
American Association of Park Superin- 
tendents is to meet in Denver from Au- 
gust 25 to 27 of this year, a short descrip- 
tion of our park system may be of interest 
to those who contemplate attending the 
convention, as well as to others interested 
in park affairs. 
The Department of Parks of the City 
and County of Denver comes under the 
jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Prop- 
erty, Otto F. Thum, who has appointed 
five park commissioners, one from each of 
the four park districts, and the president, 
who is selected at large. The commission 
consists of the following: 
John S. Macbeth, president; Thomas D. 
NEW BERKELEY BATH HOUSE IN DENVER; COMPLETED JUDY 1, 1913. 
