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commissioners will appoint a park com- 
mission of three members, who will 
act as an advisory body in matters 
pertaining to the care and extension 
of the city parks. The mayor will 
consult with the park club before 
making the appointments. It is the 
intention of the city commissioners 
to keep the parks of Walla Walla in 
just as good condition as they have 
ever been kept. As funds are avail- 
able, park improvements and exten- 
sions will be made. 
The park committee of the cham- 
ber of commerce of Sacramento, 
Calif., recently held a general meet- 
ing of representatives of all civic and 
commercial organizations to discuss 
and ascertain the sentiment of the 
people of Sacramento on the public 
park situation, and particularly to 
learn the wishes of the people in 
regard to the recent $250,000 bequest 
made to Sacramento by the late Wil- 
liam Land for a public memorial 
park. It is proposed to canvass the 
entire park situation of Sacramento, 
learn the desires of the people, and 
if possible to lay out a general plan 
that will lead to an early solution by 
the city authorities of the park ques- 
tion. 
The California Camera Club has 
instituted a campaign against disfig- 
uring advertising signs that occupy 
conspicuous places in San Francisco. 
The club at its last meeting adopted 
the following resolution: “Whereas, 
It is the sentiment of the California 
Camera Club that, for the improve- 
ment of our beloved city’s appearance 
and the benefit of the community 
generally, such advertising methods 
should be discouraged in no uncer- 
tain manner; Therefore, be it re- 
solved : That all members refrain 
from purchasing or using any such 
articles as may be advertised in such 
an unsightly manner.” The fact that 
many of the finest views in and about 
San Francisco are disfigured by bill- 
board advertisements is probably the 
motive. It is a good move, however. 
In the report of John W. Dun- 
can, superintendent of the parks of 
Spokane, Wash., he advises the re- 
moval of the city zoo from Manito 
park and in its place to install to- 
boggan chutes. Numbers of import- 
ant improvements and changes in 
practically every other park in Spo- 
kane are suggested. Mr. Duncan 
takes up and briefly discusses num- 
bers of proposed improvements in 
parks in all parts of the city. Ac- 
cording to the plans, park facilities 
for this year will be in better shape 
than ever before. In addition to ad- 
vising immediate attention to the 
sections that are not provided with 
parks, Mr. Duncan strongly advo- 
cates the park playgrounds idea, 
saying it has proven itself to be in 
many ways the most valuable of 
park additions. “In the development 
of the new areas,” he concludes, 
“there should always be borne in 
mind the working out of a scheme 
that will eventually connect all of 
the parks into one large system, 
which will prove the most valuable 
asset of the city.” 
William Land, a very wealthy 
resident of Sacramento, Calif., who 
recently died, left to the city $250,000 
in the hands of the city trustees for 
the purpose of providing a new park. 
It seems to be public opinion that 
the money should be spent on the 
new city park recently purchased by 
the city (Del Paso Park) with the 
name changed to William Land 
Park. 
Determined to secure for the city 
of Atlanta, Ga., a better system of 
playgrounds and parks the Chamber 
of Commerce committee, headed by 
V. H. Kriegshaber, is preparing a plan 
to suggest to council and through 
council intends to have the matter put 
directly before the people of the city. 
According to a report of the Civic 
League, St. Louis, Mo., has done, and 
is doing much in building and im- 
proving public parks and public rec- 
reation grounds, but it is still behind 
other cities in such work. In the 
United States Census Report for 1908 
the average per capita expense for 
public parks and playgrounds in six- 
teen cities of 300,000 or more popula- 
tion was shown to be 76 cents, while 
the St. Louis expense was only 44 
cents. 
Some 200 enthusiastic nature lovers 
of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, 
Alameda and towns in Marin county, 
California,, recently met at the Tamal- 
pais Center Stadium at Kentfield and 
formed the Mount Tamalpais Conser- 
vation Club. A constitution and by- 
laws were adopted, the membership 
roll signed and officers elected for the 
ensuing year. The object of the club 
is to check vandalism on Mount Tam- 
alpais and to work for the acquisition 
of the mountains, its spurs and envi- 
rons, for a public preserve. To this 
end the club will work for national 
and State appropriations. 
Undoubtedly the reasons of the 
Palisades Interstate Park Commis- 
sion for confining the purchase of 
property solely to that lying within 
the State of New Jersey and avoiding 
the expenditure of any part of the 
appropriation of $400,000 made by the 
New York legislature in continuation 
of the park through New York State 
from the State line to Piermont Creek, 
will be demanded. President George 
W. Perkins has said “the Commission 
had completed the task intrusted to 
them, that of saving the Palisades 
from Fort Lee, New Jersey, on the 
south, to Piermont, New York, on the 
north, and of acquiring the face of 
the Palisades and the land between 
them and the Hudson, along this four- 
teen mile strip of territory for the 
purpose of an Interstate Park.” And 
upon this report, Governor Hughes 
and Governor Fort, on Memorial Day 
of the Hudson Fulton Celebration in 
1910, dedicated the Palisade Interstate 
Park, as an Interstate Park, the idea 
then being that the park would take 
in land in two States. 
A hearing has been given by the 
House Committee on Military affairs 
on the bill introduced by Represen- 
tative Thomas, Third Kentucky Dis- 
trict, appropriating $1,000,000 for the 
purchase of 32,000 acres of land in 
Edmonson County, Kentucky, contain- 
ing Mammoth Cave, which it is pro- 
posed to use as a national park. It 
will take $650,000 to obtain the 
ground, the remainder to be spent for 
engineering road and other work. 
The park budget for the next fis- 
cal year for Detroit, Mich., will total 
$772,443.50. It is likely that they will 
reach $1,000,000 or more when the 
supplemental are forwarded to the 
city controller. For general mainte- 
nance Park Commissioner Hurlbut 
asks $627,585.50, and for improve- 
ments $174,850. One of the large sup- 
plemental that will be inserted is an 
item of $200,000 for reclaiming the 
lower end of Belle Isle. A request 
for $150,000 for resurfacing Grand 
Boulevard is one of the biggest items 
in the maintenance class. For re- 
surfacing the roads and walks on 
Belle Isle the commissioner asks $50,- 
000 . 
George Clark has deeded to the 
town of Morristown, Vt., that piece 
of land known as Pulpit Rocks, lo- 
cated east of the iron bridge on 
Lake Lamoille, consisting of about 
14 acres and the most picturesque 
place on the Lamoille river. The 
same is to be known as Clark Park 
and is to be used forever as a public 
pleasure ground. 
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Baer have 
presented the city of Reading, Pa., 
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