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CANADIAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 
At a recent meeting of the Executive 
Committee of the Association of Cemetery 
Officials of Canada it was decided to hold 
the annual convention on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, August 26 and 27, 1913, in the 
city of Hamilton, Ont. 
The program which has been arranged 
will consist of addresses by some of the 
members of the association, members of 
the American Association of Cemetery Su- 
perintendents, and a question box. 
The question box is to provide the mem- 
bers of the association with an opportunity 
of obtaining information on any subjects 
which might be of interest or importance in 
their work, and you are requested to for- 
ward to the secretary at least one week be- 
E. Haertel, the monument dealer at Fair- 
mont, Minn., has made a recent successful 
fight against the community mausoleum in 
his town that opens up a new legal weapon 
against the tenement vault promoters that 
might perhaps be used in other states 
where laws are in force similar to those 
that govern cemeteries in Minnesota. 
Mr. Haertel brought injunction proceed- 
ings as a lot holder in the cemetery and 
the action is brought against the Fairmont 
Cemetery Association and the Fairmont 
Mausoleum Association and the individuals 
comprising each. Mr. Haertel alleges that 
the cemetery association has not the r ight 
to convey any land to the mausoleum as- 
sociation for the purpose of building a 
community mausoleum thereon ; that the 
erection of such a building would be of 
great damage to him and other lot owners 
in Lakeside Cemetery; that the Fairmont 
Mausoleum Association is a' loosely con- 
structed and irresponsible body; that mau- 
soleum interment is not such a disposition 
of the bodies of the dead as is permitted 
by law. 
The main contention of Mr. Haertel was 
that the cemetery association has no right 
under the state law or its charter to dis- 
pose of any portion of the property of the 
cemetery other than for burial purposes ; 
that a mausoleum does not furnish burial 
in the accepted sense ; that there are now 
but ten unsold lots platted ; that more lots 
must be platted in the very near future 
and the proposed mausoleum would take 
the best portion of the grounds yet to be 
platted. They also contend that no Fair- 
mont Mausoleum association has been or- 
ganized and that the real defendants and 
promoters are the people known as the 
Iowa Mausoleum Association of Waterloo. 
Judge Nelson, of Slayton, has granted 
the injunction, and the immediate effect 
fore the convention the question or ques- 
tions that are at present of special interest 
to you in your work. 
In view of the great importance of the 
work of the association to every person 
interested in cemetery management, it is 
earnestly requested that you will make a 
special effort to be present. 
Any superintendent, - secretary or any 
official or member of a board of manage- 
ment of a cemetery is eligible for member- 
ship. 
The welfare of the association, and 
equally your own welfare, depends on your 
attendance. William H Saunders, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
“Necropolis,” Toronto, Ont. 
of the proceedings is to temporarily stop 
all work on the building. All of the ex- 
cavating for the foundations has already 
been done. 
A decree for the sale at public auction of 
the land and other assets of the Lorraine 
Cemetery Co. of Baltimore was signed June 
3 by Judge Rose in the United States Dis- 
trict Court. The decree was signed upon 
the petition of Howard Bryant, William B. 
Smith and Samuel S. Field, trustees in 
bankruptcy of the company, who were also 
appointed trustees to make the sale. 
Plans to transform Rose Hill Cemetery 
into an Italian garden, advanced by Su- 
perintendent of Parks David Campbell, of 
Syracuse, N. Y., for beautifying the neg- 
lected burial grounds, are likely to meet 
with opposition on the part of some of the 
lot owners. It is doubtful if the $3,000 
appropriated would be sufficient to carry 
out successfully the suggestion, but it is 
being considered by the Park Commission, 
which recently was given jurisdiction over 
the cemetery. The cemetery is on the hill- 
side and so situated that Superintendent 
Campbell believes a large part of it could 
be terraced and paths could be laid out in 
such a way as not to seriously disarrange 
the burial plots. 
Mayor Franz and the City Council of 
Freeport, 111., propose to close up the city 
cemetery and allow no more burials there 
excepting by those now owning unoccupied 
lots. It is the mayor’s idea to build a fence 
around the place, plant evergreen trees 
along the border and have a night watch- 
man, if necessary. The lots are all sold 
and it is said that there is a confusion as 
to the location of quite a number of bodies. 
The Muncie, Ind., Press recently had an 
unusually fine descriptive write-up of Beech 
Grove Cemetery that paid high tribute to 
Superintendent O. W. Crabbs. We quote 
as follows from it: “In Mr. Crabbs the 
board found a most efficient man, as he has 
for the past fourteen years devoted his 
time and thought in transforming an un- 
kempt burying ground, overgrown with 
shrubbery and vegetation, with no business 
methods of interment, leaving little to mark 
the spot of the last resting place, into an 
artistic nature garden, showing a combina- 
tion of ideals and hard work, rather than 
science. Much new ground has been added 
to the cemetery plot and at the present 
time there is 105 acres, with 40 acres un- 
platted. Of the latter there will be two 
new sections platted this fall. Of the 
ground known as the new part of the cem- 
etery, the entire outlay has been the idea 
of Mr. Crabbs carried out in detail. The 
beautiful avenues which wind round and 
round from a central plat are shaded on 
either side with well trimmed and various 
species of foliaged trees, the few unsightly 
places are hidden with shrubbery and plant 
growth. Everywhere nature has some- 
thing to tell about the beauty of her ap- 
plication. It is all the result of the 
psychological instinct of one nature 
rather than of practical horticulture, for 
nearly every tree, shrub, blade of grass 
and flower has been painted by Mr. 
Crabbs. They are artificial, yet they have 
a bit of wildness in their profusion and 
abandon of natural growth, such as one 
would not expect to find in a cemetery. 
Added to the beauty of the landscape 
are two small lagoons. These are fed 
by fountains of fresh water piped from 
the city and are made attractive by being 
surrounded by plant life, and it seems, 
even in these has Mr. Crabbs found the 
secret of adaptation. This lesson is ex- 
emplified by the growth of cat tails, 
water lilies and willows, and a touch of 
artistic nature was added when a num- 
ber of ducks were seen to swim across 
the water. Everywhere are benches and 
shady nooks, and not a few people, at- 
tracted by the general scene, go there to 
rest.” 
Leroy Christie, superintendent of Ottum- 
wa Cemetery, Ottumwa, la., sends an inter- 
esting collection of little snapshots taken 
during the spring flowering season, show- 
ing the unusually beautiful effects secured 
on his grounds by effective planting of 
flowering trees and shrubs. The views 
show an abundance of flowers and foliage, 
and the cemetery has been blessed with 
plenty of rain this season, something that 
was lacking during the two previous years. 
Improvements and Additions. 
The Woodlawn Cemetery Association of 
Canandaigua, N. Y., has purchased a tract 
of land from the estate of the late W. H. 
Hubbell, which adjoins the cemetery on the 
north and will make a picturesque addi- 
tion. The tract contains ten acres. 
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