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land in question and the board of managers 
of Oak Ridge Cemetery has in return re- 
ceived payment for the valuable land in 
Oak Ridge Cemetery, which was exchanged 
at one time for lots in old Hutchinson 
Cemetery, now Forest Park site. 
New Cemeteries and Improvements. 
The Forest Hill Cemetery, of St. Louis, 
Mo., has recently been opened on the St. 
Charles Rock road, about a mile west of 
Wellston. The striking feature of the new 
burial ground is that it is a cemetery within 
a cemetery. Its ten acres, which front on 
St. Charles Rock road, are inclosed on 
three sides by the new Valhalla Cemetery, 
although there is no fence or other visible 
division save a hedge in front. It stands 
on the crest of a hill. The cemetery is 
owned and managed by the Jackson Secur- 
ities Co., International Life building, St. 
Louis. 
The Prineville (Wash.) Cemetery As- 
sociation was organized in that city recently 
for the purpose of securing title to the old 
cemetery, and caring for the grounds in 
a proper manner. M. D. Powell is presi- 
dent of the board of directors and C. W. 
Foster secretary. 
The Bethel Cemetery Co., of Troy, Ida., 
has filed articles of incorporation with the 
secretary of state. 
The Bash Yankey Cemetery Co., of Mar- 
tinsburg, W. Va., has been chartered with- 
out any authorized capital. The incorpor- 
porators are Max Cohen, Noah Kirson, 
George Katz, C. Fine and Philip Hock, all 
of Martinsburg. 
The Fair Oaks Cemetery Co., of Chicago, 
which is converting the old Elliott Park, in 
Matteson, III., into a cemetery, has made 
the announcement that they will spend $75,- 
000 this year on improving the cemetery. 
The work of laying out the burial plats, 
etc., will be begun as soon as the weather 
conditions will permit. 
The East Twin Grove Cemetery Associa- 
tion, of Twin Grove, 111., contemplates the 
building of a new fence on the south side 
of the cemetery. 
Articles of incorporation for the North 
Prairie Cemetery Association, to conduct 
the cemetery at West Liberty, were filed 
recently. The incorporators are Lemuel 
O. Dlosher, Edwin IMoore and E. C. Mc- 
Gowan. 
After several years of agitation the mat- 
ter of fixing up and maintaining Greenwood 
Cemetery, Kellogg, Ida., took definite form 
recently, and a general committee, with W. 
L. Penney as chairman, has been appointed 
for this purpose. The trustees expect to 
raise about $2,500 through subscriptions for 
improvements, including the draining of the 
grounds, building of roads and parking, 
platting and fencing the grounds. A fee of 
$2 a year is to be charged for the upkeep 
of the graves. 
Spaulding Cemetery, on Grand avenue. 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
Waukegan, 111., formerly known as Union 
Cemetery, is to be improved and enlarged 
this spring. 
M. C. L. Robinson, of Monmouth, 111., 
has given a deed for twenty-five acres of 
land, in Kelly township, to the trustees of 
the Terpening Cemetery, the income of 
which is to be used for keeping up and 
taking care of the cemetery. The present 
trustees are Ira M. Gardner, George M. 
Sallee, Ed Allen, Pearl Terpening and J. E. 
Britt. 
The city of Paducah, Ky., is considering 
the purchase of a new cemetery. Either 
the Rieke farm property, adjoining Oak 
Grove Cemetery, will be purchased and 
made an addition to that cemetery, or the 
Jackson Hill property, on the Hinkleville 
road, outside the city limits. 
A new iron fence is to be erected around 
tbe new Catholic Cemetery, a Short distance 
beyond Sunnyside, 111. 
The Veneman Cemetery Association has 
been incorporated at Forest, Ind. The di- 
rectors are L. R. Veneman, Henry Hatfield 
and Jacob Shoemaker. 
The Spencerville (Ind.) Cemetery 
grounds have been incorporated by the 
commissioners under the name of the 
White City Cemetery. The lot owners re- 
cently elected the following directors: John 
Horn, Reuben Renn, James Boots, John W. 
Henderson and John LTum. 
The Woodmont Cemetery Co., of Ke- 
nova, Wayne county, W. Va., has been in- 
corporated with an authorized capital of 
$10,000. The incorporators are M. Broh, of- 
Huntington ; Joseph S. Miller, T. N. Goff, 
W. R. Wilson and J. Miller Jackson, of 
Kenova. 
With the advent of spring, lot owners 
in Hollywood, Riverside and Mt. Calvary 
Cemeteries, Jackson, Tenn., are doing much 
cleaning up and are beautifying consider- 
ably their ground. 
I'he Ladies’ Improvement Club, of Bates- 
ville. Ark., is making many improvements 
in Oaklawn Cemetery. 
The two additions to Highland Lawn 
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind., have been 
cleared and prepared for platting, and will 
soon be formally opened to the public. A 
rest and shelter house will be built in 
Woodlawn Cemetery, which will cost about 
$9C0. 
Women of Kingsland, Ark., met recently 
and completed an organization known as 
the Cemetery Club, with Mrs. R. M. Dosta, 
president, and Mrs. Agnes Elam, secretary 
and treasurer. The club plans to beautify 
the cemeter^^ 
Ten acres of ground in Hensel’s Grove 
have been selected as the site for the new 
West Chicago Cemetery. A road extension 
will be made, and work of improvement 
will be begun soon after the contract has 
been signed by the city officials. A price 
of $300 per acre was paid for the land. 
The new Harris addition to the City 
Cemetery, of Harrisburg, 111., has been 
leveled and the ground put in shape for 
planting. The addition contains eight acres 
and adjoins the present cemetery on the 
east. It has been thoroughly tiled and 
driveways made through the grounds. An 
iron fence is to be placed around it. Rows 
of ornamental trees have been set out also. 
Cemetery Officers Elected. 
The Maplewood Cemetery Association, of 
Anderson, Ind., controlling two of the prin- 
cipal cemeteries of Anderson, elected Dr. 
H. E. Jones to succeed W. H. H. Quick, 
who died, as trustee. John L. Forkner, 
president, and W. H. Surbaugh, secretary, 
were re-elected. 
The Altona Cemetery Association, of Al- 
tona. 111., has elected C. L. Youngdahl 
president and Frank Nelson secretary. 
At the annual meeting of the Winne- 
bago Cemetery Association, Winnebago, 111., 
the following officers were elected ; C. P.. 
Coolidge, president, and John Frazier, sec- 
retary and treasurer. 
The Cemetery Association of Osceola, 
AIo., has elected for the coming year Miss 
Iowa Seevers, president, and Mrs. Samuel 
Hutton, secretary. The Osceola Cemetery 
has been greatly improved. An iron fence 
has been erected, gravel walks have been 
made, flowers planted, trees and shrubs 
trimmed and a substantial stone building, 
to be used as a temporary receiving vault 
in cases of emergency, has been erected, 
and the city water has been piped to the 
grounds. Good, substantial iron benches are 
also among the Improvements. 
The Le Claire Ladies’ Cemetery Asso- 
ciation, of Le Claire, la., has elected the 
following officers : President, Mrs. E. A. 
Curtis ; secretary, Mrs. C. W. Disney. 
The Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association, 
of Frankfort, 111., has elected the follow- 
ing officers : President, William Logan ; 
secretary, Fred Leppla. 
The Cemetery Association of Brooks, 
la., has elected H. J. Odell president and 
F. J. Heaton secretary for the coming 
year. 
The Sugar Grove Cemetery Association, 
of Bucks, 111., recently re-elected C. S. 
Scogin and J. F. Leggett trustees for three 
years each. The officers are : President, 
R. L. Swearingen ; secretary-treasurer, J. F. 
Leggett. 
Mrs. A. J. Foote was elected president of 
the Cemetery Association of Cherokee, la., 
and Miss Belle Wilson recording secretary. 
At the annual meeting of the Richland 
Township (Ind.) Cemetery Association the 
following officers for the coming year .were 
elected: President, John C. Walters ; sec- 
retary, William Bell. The association owns 
the John Nelson Cemetery, located in Rich- 
land Township on the Decker farm, and 
which contains three acres of ground. 
At the annual meeting of the Graceland 
Cemetery Association, Quincy, 111., the fol- 
