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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
by-laws. One of the first steps under con- 
sideration is the purchase of ten acres of 
land for enlargement of the cemetery, 
which now covers but five acres. 
The Eldorado Cemetery Association, of 
Eldorado, 111., have greatly improved Wolf 
Creek Cemetery. The entire cemetery has 
been cleared of all weeds, grass leveled 
and the graves mounded. All of the old 
cedar trees have been removed, and the re- 
maining shade trees neatly trimmed. The 
gravel driveways will be put in as soon as 
finances will permit. 
By the provisions of a plan launched by 
the council of Des Moines, la., the city 
will have an opportunity to sell an acre 
and two-fifths in Glendale Cemetery for 
$5,000. This plot would be used for a 
Masonic cemetery. The offer was made 
by James Maine for Pioneer lodge, A. F. 
and A. M. A resolution providing for the 
sale was referred to Park Superintendent 
Frase. There are 350 acres in Glendale 
The city council of Alpena, Mich., is 
considering a plan providing for the plac- 
ing of the control of the affairs of Alpena 
cemeteries in the hands of an advisory 
board, of which the city manager shall be 
a member, and also providing that the real 
control of affairs shall rest with the city 
manager. The chief feature of the new 
ordinance is that it provides for the re- 
ceiving of endowments for the upkeep of 
the cemetery in general or for lots in the 
cemetery. It is argued that the citizens' 
advisory board should be given supervision 
of the cemetery, under the control of the 
city manager, because persons w'ho might 
leave bequests would be much more liable 
to do so under the supervision of a board 
of citizens of this nature than if the cem- 
etery were simply a city department, with- 
out the painstaking attention which would 
be given it by an honorary board such as 
is proposed. 
The third annual report of the secretary 
of the Board of Park Commissioners of 
Zanesville, O., and Superintendent of Parks 
Flugh A. Tmlay, of the work accomplished 
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 
1915, accompanied by a detailed statement 
of the financial transactions of the Board 
of Park Commissioners for that period, 
has been submitted. At the spring election 
in May, 1915, a $26,500 bond issue for the 
parks was defeated along with bond issues 
for other city purposes, but at a later pri- 
mary election in August, 1915, the board 
appealed direct to the voters and the bond 
issue was submitted and carried. With this 
amount, together with a $10,913.61 balance 
in the park fund, much improvement work 
was accomplished. Some of the improve- 
Articles of agreement of the East Lawn 
Cemetery Co., of Springfield, Mo., capital- 
ized for $16,000, have been refiled for 
correction with John F. Alason, county 
recorder. 
Cemetery Officers Elected. 
A. J. Crone has been elected secretary 
of the Scandia Cemetery Association, of 
Deerfield, Minn. 
The Cemetery Association, of Cameron, 
Tex., has elected Mrs. W. A. Morrison, 
and Mrs. Bessie Low, secretary. 
The Matlock Cemetery Association, of 
Wabash, Ind., recently elected B. F. Hub- 
bard, president, and John Gillespie, secre- 
tary and treasurer for the coming year. 
The Rochester Cemetery Association, of 
Topeka, Kans., has elected F. P. Rude, 
Mrs. D. L. Button and A. C. Alerritt trus- 
tees for the coming year. 
The directors of the South Cemetery 
Association, of Danville, Ind., has elected 
Otis E. Gulley, president, and Miss Ida 
House, secretary. 
Herman Keil was recently appointed sex- 
ton of the Mt. Pulaski Cemetery, Bloom- 
ington, 111. 
The stockholders of the Lexington Ceme- 
tery Co., Lexington, Ky., have elected 
George R. Hunt chairman and C. N. Man- 
ning vice-chairman. Frank Bell, secretary 
and treasurer, and James Nicoll, for many 
years superintendent of the grounds, were 
re-elected. 
The Fowler Grove Cemetery Association, 
of Little Rock, 111., has elected J. S. 
Hatch president and Bessie Schumaker 
secretary and treasurer. The trustees 
agreed to ask for a donation to fix up 
fences and ground and next year to levy 
a tax of $1 on each lot owner. 
Alderman Daniel Lilley, Jesse Gillette and 
William Rich have been appointed members 
of the West .Aurora Cemetery Board, of 
Aurora, 111. The appointments all expire 
June 1, 1917. 
ments in the different parks are as follows; 
Fair Oaks Park, lawns graded and planted ; 
Jewett Park, grading, lawns and planting; 
Putnam Hill Park, lawns graded and seed- 
ed, 9,000 trees and shrubs planted, a water 
supply system installed, new light standards 
erected and cinder walks constructed ; Mc- 
Intire Park, grading and planting and a 
bandstand erected ; Pioneer Park, drives 
and walks graded, and planting. A swim- 
ming pool was constructed in Alclntire play- 
ground, toward which the Fraternal Order 
of Eagles and the Times-Recorder raised a 
considerable sum. 
Park workmen, under direction of Park 
Superintendent Getz, are overhauling the 
landscape in Swinney Park, Fort Wayne, 
Ind., in the region of the new Perry R. 
Randall monument. The monument will 
be completed when the bronze bust is placed 
in shape. Changing of trees and other 
points of the landscape is being done to 
give proper setting to the new monument. 
A petition has been filed with the super- 
visors of Fresno County for the purchase 
of the old Chinese cemetery at Fresno, Cal., 
for a public park. The tract consists of 
four and a half acres and is four blocks 
north of Olive avenue and three blocks 
west of Wishon avenue. The cemetery has 
been abandoned for more than two years. 
The signers of the petition, seventy-two in 
number, include the normal school trustees. 
Reports say that the land is topographically 
ideal for a park. 
Through the co-operation of Representa- 
tive Swager Sherley and members of the 
Taylor family the Public Affairs Commit- 
tee of the Rotary Club of Louisville, Ky., 
following up its movement to have the 
Zachary Taylor burial place marked by a 
more suitable memorial, has taken steps in 
the direction of having the Taylor place 
converted into a national park, according to 
statements of members of the committee. 
It will be necessary to obtain permission 
from the family to transfer to the govern- 
ment about one-fourth of an acre of the 
place, while the remainder, which is in the 
hands of the commonwealth of Kentucky, 
may be transferred through legislative 
enactment. 
A memorial fountain was recently erected 
near the center of Hill Park, Helena, Mont. 
It is constructed entirely of Montana gran- 
ite and represents an expenditure of ap- 
proximately $2,000, The fountain idea had 
its inception with the members of Winnie 
Davis Chapter, United Daughters of the 
Confederacy, of this city, several years ago, 
with whom chapters in other sections of 
the state co-operated in raising the neces- 
sary funds, 
THE COVER ILLUSTRATION. 
The entrance to Smithfield Cemetery, 
Pittsburgh, Pa., pictured on the cover of 
this issue, is a most effective and at- 
tractive type of the massive post en- 
trance that combines simplicity and dig- 
nity with tasteful ornament. The scroll- 
work is an ornamental and pleasing de- 
sign without being overdone, giving the 
gates an appearance of substantial ele- 
gance and dignity. These gates were 
built by Tlie Stewart Iron Works Com- 
pany, Cincinnati, O., several years ago. 
The photograph is a recent picture 
which shows the gates to be in a splen- 
did condition after years of service. The 
same design can be carried out, of course, 
in different sizes and materials and the 
gates made any height or width desired. 
While our illustration shows granite 
piers, large square newel posts designed 
in harmony with the gates might he used 
to equally good effect. The fence is 
made to match gates and the entrance 
makes a most attractive landscape pic- 
ture and a fitting introduction to these 
beautiful grounds. 
