XVIII 
PARK AND C EM ET ERY. 
NEW PARKS 
Adrian Iselin, Jr., has turned over 
Woodland Park, a private place on 
Woodland avenue, New Rochelle, N. 
Y., to the Improvement Association. 
The park, which has been closed for 
many years, is now open to the pub- 
lic. 
An ordinance has been passed by 
the city council of Oakland, Cal., set- 
ting aside certain lands belonging to 
the city for playground purposes. 
The state of Iowa will soon pos- 
sess a small park in the heart of the 
town of Wyoming, la. It is the spot 
where, in August, 1862, the young 
men of that town were mustered into 
the service of the United States as 
members of the great army which 
saved the Union during the civil 
war. A bronze tablet 38x48 inches 
marks the spot where the boys took 
the oath to support the constitution 
and the flag. They were mustered in 
by Dr. M. H. Calkins. The ceremony 
took place under an old oak tree. 
The program of the Park Board of 
Hibbing, Minn., includes the acquisi- 
tion of two new parks. 
Six and a fraction acres of land, 
comprising fifty city lots, situated in 
the southeast portion of the city of 
Houston, Tex., have been purchased 
by the city for a consideration of $23,- 
000, or at the rate of $460 per lot. The 
property will be used for a school 
and a park site. 
Work on the new Santa Fe Rail- 
road park, which is to be built be- 
tween the freight and passenger de- 
pots at Iola, Kas., is under way. 
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