We have had twenty-four lot holders in 
thirty years who discontinued payment on 
lots up to 1912. We use no legal course 
to collect, only use ordinary statements. 
Our success is good in collecting, as we 
trust entirely to the buyer's honesty. We 
have never removed a body from a lot 
that was partly paid for, as the law will 
not permit us to do so, but we can sell the 
portion of the lot not occupied. We have 
no contract form ; all we do is to have 
party buying fill out form, giving name and 
address, showing cash deposit and amount 
they can pay in payments to suit their con- 
venience and ability, and with very few ex- 
ceptions they come in and make regular 
payments. If they show slowness in pay- 
ing we jog their memory by sending state- 
ment and kindly asking that they come 
around and see us as to why they are not 
making payment promptly. We employ no 
collector or agents to run after them. We 
find that our plan works very nicely and 
we are very well pleased with our people. 
Theo. E. Anderson, 
Supt., River View Cemetery. 
Portland, Ore. 
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We have been selling lots in Roselawn 
for the past twenty years on the install- 
ment and credit plan. In every case we 
exact a cash payment before the first inter- 
ment is permitted of an amount sufficient 
to reimburse us for the amount of ground 
used as a single grave, and take notes for 
the balance under a contract which reads 
as follows: 
PARTIAL PAYMENT CONTRACT. 
Till* agreement made and entered into this 
day of A. D. 191.. between The Pueblo 
Cemetery Association, a Colorado Corporation, party 
of the first part, and 
of County, State of Colorado, as 
part of the second part, 
Witnesseth, That In consideration of the sum of 
Dollars 
In hand paid to said first party by said second 
part . the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, 
and in the further consideration of promis- 
sory notes bearing even date herewith, and described 
as follows: 
all bearing Interest at the rate of eight per cent 
I**r anuin, now executed and delivered to said party 
of the first part by said part of the second part, 
tin- said party of the first part agrees to sell and 
convey to the said part of the second part the 
following lots and parcels of land for sepulture 
only, viz: Lot in Block 
In Ulvprview Cemetery, In the County of Pueblo. 
Siate of Colorado, according to the recorded map 
thereof filed in the office of the County Clerk and 
Recorder of said Pueblo County. 
The purchase price of said property is 
Dollars 
and “aid promissory notes represent the amount 
thereof less the cosh payment aforesaid: and it 
Is agreed that the said part of the second part 
may anticipate payment of said promissory notes 
In the regular order In which the same may be- 
come due. 
It Is further agreed that the part of the second 
pari shall pay said promissory notes punctually ac- 
cording to their terms; and upon said payments ns 
aforesaid being made, the party of the first part 
will upon surrender of this instrument, execute and 
deilrer to the part of the second part 
representatives or assigns a warranty deed of coil 
PARK AND CEMETERY. 
veyance of said premises in fee simple, for purpose 
of sepulture only. Subject to the rules and regu- 
lations of said association, and the provisions of the 
laws of the State of Colorado now in force or 
hereafter to be passed, regulating titles to ceme- 
teries. 
lime is and shall be considered as of the essence 
of this contract andi in case of default in the pay- 
ment of said promissory notes or any of them, or any 
part thereof when the same becomes due and pay- 
able, the party of the first part shall have the 
right and option to terminate this agreement by 
giving the part of the second part written notice 
thereof, personal or by mailing the same to 
address, named in this contract, and thereupon the 
part of the second part shall forfeit any and all 
payments made under the terms of this contract, and 
the party of the first part shall at its option have 
the right to remove the bodies of any or all per- 
sons buried on said lot and re-inter such bodies in 
single graves in said Riverview Cemetery. 
Nothing herein contained, however, shall be con- 
strued to limit or restrict the right of said first 
party to bring suit against said second part for 
the balance of said purchase price under this con- 
tract or upon said notes. 
In Witness Whereof, the said The Pueblo Ceme- 
tery Association hath hereunto affixed its corporate 
seal and caused the same to be attested by its 
proper officers, and the said part of the second 
part ha set hand and seal the day 
and year first above written. 
President. 
Attest: 
Secretary. 
Postoffice Address: 
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We find that while some people may be 
slow in paying the notes, very few have 
ever, refused payment. In case of refusal 
we use ordinary means of collection. If 
IMPROVING THE 
Any effort to improve the appearance of 
the lowly and general unlovely marker 
should be heralded with acclaim. We are 
therefore glad to bestow some well-earned 
praise to the very decorative type of flat 
or ledger marker that has been developed 
by the Lincoln Monument Co., of Lincoln, 
111. The “Hayward” marker, illustrated 
here, is a big improvement over the com- 
mon types of marker in many ways. The 
very decorative and beautifully executed 
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these means fail, we sometimes threaten 
removal of the body from the lot, but so 
far we have not attempted any removals. 
While there is no specific law in this state 
covering the removal of a body from a lot 
which has not been paid for, still we do 
not feel that it would be a safe proposition 
for us to undertake it. We have, in a 
number of instances, waited for years after 
all of the notes were due, until another 
death would occur in the family of the lot 
purchaser, in which case we would insist 
upon the full payment, with interest, before 
the interment would be permitted. We 
believe that we have this right, the party 
having no deed for the lot; at least, we 
have never been questioned. 
We have had some cases where parties 
have refused payment and have left the 
country. In this case we sell the remainder 
of the lot, either as a whole or in single 
grave. In this manner we lose absolutely 
nothing and take no chances in disturbing 
the remains buried upon the lot. 
Our experience is that we sell a better 
class of lots upon the instalment plan than 
if we insist upon all cash at the time of 
purchase, and are enabled to sell endowed 
lots at a good price to people who would, 
were they compelled to pay cash, have to 
bury in a single grave. 
Pueblo Cemetery Association. 
A. Sonneborn, Secretary. 
Pueblo, Colo. 
LOWLY MARKER. 
lettering, the pointed background, and the 
raised panel combine to make a genuinely 
decorative effect of this simple inscription 
and the G. A. R. emblems. This is one of 
a series of similarly designed markers ex- 
ecuted in Winnsboro Blue granite by the 
Lincoln Monument Co. Roy Gale, of this 
firm, has given much attention to improv- 
ing the appearance of markers and the en- 
couraging results speak for themselves in 
this illustration. 
LEDGER MARKER WITH DECORATIVE EETTERJNG. 
