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FIGHTING GIPSY MOTH WITH PARASITES. 
Over 12,000,000 specimens of two para- 
sites which prey on the gipsy moth and 
brown-tail moth were released in 201 towns 
in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts 
and Rhode Island during the fall of 1914 
and spring of 1915, according to the annual 
report of the Bureau of Entomology, 
United States Department of Agriculture. 
As a result of the successful establish- 
ment of colonies of these and other para- 
sites which feed on gipsy and brown-tail 
moths, marked progress is being made in 
reducing these pests. Effective cooperation 
Announcement has been made that the 
Department of the Interior has completed, 
on the rim of the Grand Canyon in Ari- 
zona, a memorial to Major John Weslay 
Powell, the intrepid pioneer and celebrated 
scientist who first explored the Grand Can- 
yon. The memorial is an altar decorated 
in Indian imagery and supporting a bronze 
tablet, resting upon a pyramidal base of 
rough-hewn stone. Fifteen steps lead from 
the west up to the altar floor, from which 
one may gaze into the very heart of the 
glowing mile-deep canyon. It is a structure 
worthy alike of the rugged forceful per- 
sonality of the man and of the titanic 
chasm which it overlooks. The spot chosen 
for the memorial is Sentinel Point, a pro- 
montory south of the railway station, which 
commands a particularly fine view of the 
Granite Gorge and of the river, whose un- 
known terrors of whirlpool and cataract the 
Powell party braved in small open boats. 
The structure, which is built of weath- 
ered limestone from the neighborhood, has 
a rectangular base 21x28 feet. The altar 
carries on its east side a medallion portrait 
of Major Powell in bronze bas-relief by 
Leila Usher and the inscription. 
R. B. Marshall, chief geographer of the 
United States Geological Survey, has been 
changed to the position of superintendent 
of the national parks, to take effect at once 
and to continue during the balance of the 
fiscal year. Sledge Tatum has been desig- 
nated acting chief geographer and he will 
continue to serve as geographer in charge 
of the Rocky Mountain division. 
The Board of Park Commissioners of* 
Cincinnati, O., recently issued its annual 
report for the fiscal year of 1914, which 
consists of a resume of the year’s most 
important work, reports of the executive 
officers and financial statement and statis- 
tical tables of Cincinnati parks. The total 
donation of park property during the year 
was 205.003 acres and the total acquisition 
of park property 397.909 acres, making the 
is being afforded by the states, which carry 
on as much work as possible within the in- 
fested areas, thus allowing the federal au- 
thorities to carry on field work along the 
outer border of infestation, so as to retard 
the gipsy moth’s spread. 
As a result of the scouting work car- 
ried on by the entomologists in 223 
towns in New England, the gipsy moth 
was found in 4 towns in Maine, 23 in 
New Hampshire, 3 in Vermont, 10 in 
Massachusetts, and 10 in Connecticut, 
making a total of 50 towns where the 
insect had not been previously reported. 
total park area at the close of business De- 
cember 31, 1914, 2,400.864 acres. Five new 
buildings were erected, namely, one each at 
Washington Park, Lincoln Park, Grant and 
Svmmes playgrounds, and Eden Park mu- 
sic pavilion. An addition was also made 
to the Inwood house. Seventeen of twenty- 
two playgrounds were in operation. The 
attendance exceeded a million. The grounds 
are placed throughout the more populous 
districts of the compact city, the most east- 
erly being at Turkey Ridge, the most west- 
erly in the West End, the most northerly 
in Walnut Hills. Although the Kessler 
plan includes numerous parkways, but one 
has been undertaken, and that in part only, 
namely, the Bloody Run Parkway, extend- 
ing from Chapel street, Walnut Hills, to 
the north end of Avondale, ostensibly to 
connect Eden Park with Avon Field. The 
parkway will consist of good, smooth roads, 
bordered by wide grass, sidewalk and tree 
spaces, interspersed with gardens, pools, 
playgrounds, tennis and game courts, groves 
and shrubberies. For convenient reference 
the parkway is divided into six sections, 
in two of which one road is complete. 
Three sections are under construction. This 
parkway is 2 J4 miles in length. Eighteen 
thousand seven hundred and fourteen 
Following are some items of interest in 
the by-laws of the Cemetery of Calgary 
recently passed by the council of that city: 
Rights and Duties of Lot Owners: Lot owners 
shall have their lots cared for and sodded under 
the direction of the superintendent, and shall pay 
therefor the charges set forth In the Schedule “A” 
hereto, and such owners may have any extra care 
or attendance given their lots, such as planting, 
cultivating or watering trees, shrubs or flowers. 
shrubs and trees, 2,984 herbaceous peren- 
nials and 21,075 vines were planted during 
the year. 
New Parks and Improvements. 
Plans are being prepared for a new park- 
way connecting Ottawa Park and Ottawa 
Hills, Toledo, O. It will be offered to the 
city as a part of the city planning scheme 
and will be suggested as a site for the pro- 
posed Gunckel monument. 
At a special election held recently the 
people of Jackson, Miss., decided to issue 
bonds in the sum of $36,000 for the pur- 
chase of Livingston Park, a tract of ground 
composed approximately of 78 acres and 
situated at the end of the West End car 
line. Definite plans of the administration 
relative to any improvements to be made on 
the property after the purchase have not 
been announced. 
The city of Newcastle, Ind., is consider- 
ing the purchase of ten acres of land 
owned by the Maxwell Motor Co., south of 
the city, to convert into a city park. 
Charles E. Coffin, Samuel E. Rauh and 
Fred C. Gardner were recently appointed 
members of the Board of Park Commis- 
sioners of Indianapolis, Ind., to succeed 
Dr. Henry Jameson, J. W. Fesler and John 
J. Appel. 
A considerable number of city officials, 
leaders of the women’s clubs and directors 
of the Chamber of Commerce of Dixon, 
111., recently met and discussed plans for 
beautifying their city. E. N. Howell, 
chairman of the Park Board, presided over 
the meeting. Following are some of the 
suggestions made : Make a beautiful park 
out of Haymarket square; improve and 
beautify both shores of Rock River from 
the Illinois Central railway bridge to the 
east line of the city limits; mark in a fit- 
ting way the spot where Lincoln was mus- 
tered into the United States army and 
where met Lincoln, Jeff Davis, Zachary 
Taylor and Captain Anderson, the hero of 
Fort Sumpter; extend North Crawford ave- 
nue, with the brick and the street car lines, 
on past the state colony and into Lowell 
Park, giving a shorter and more scenic 
route to the park ; connect park drives to 
be laid out in the state colony grounds with 
city streets. 
upon paying the superintendent such sum or charge 
as may be agreed upon. 
Owners of lots shall have the right to cultivate 
trees, shrubs or plants for the purpose of adorning 
their lots, provided such work is done under the 
supervision of and with the consent of the super- 
intendent, and provided such trees, shrubs or plunts 
do not in any way, in the opinion of the superin- 
tendent, detract from the good appearance of the 
cemetery or materially obstruct the view. 
Any persons altering their lots after same have 
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