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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
The development of the new Mil- 
dred Park, Springfield, 111., will be one 
of the principal works of the Park 
Board this year. Roadways have been 
laid out, the timber cleared for the 
new roads, and extensive improve- 
ments are already under way. The 
more costly part of the road work, 
including the construction of the 
roadbed, will be delayed, however. 
The Aberdeen, S. D., Park Board 
is working on plans for improving 
the city park system. Aberdeen has 
nine parks ranging in size from 25 
to 160 acres, the total acreage aggre- 
gating 235, and six little parks a block 
or two in extent, and a systematic 
plan of park development is being 
worked out, by the park board. In 
the center of Wylie Park, the larg- 
est park, twenty-five acres have been 
converted into an artificial lake sup- 
plied by two artesian wells and in 
the center of the lake a small island 
has been built. Boats will be put 
on the lake this season. Boat land- 
ings have been provided at either end 
of the lake, and the banks have been 
riprapped with heavy stone 
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