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BY THE WAYSIDE 
W, H. Upham, Marshfield; Mrs. H. F. 
Whitcomb, and Professor 0. B. Zimmer¬ 
man, Milwaukee.—From Madison, (Wis.) 
Democrat. 
At the business meeting, after the sec- 
secretary-treasurer’s report, an informal 
report of Miss Marshall’s work on By 
The Wayside was given by the, secre- 
retary and her resignation received. A 
vote of thanks was passed in acknowl¬ 
edgment of her service. Miss Edna Ed¬ 
wards of Appleton, was chosen to con¬ 
tinue her work. 
Proposed State Parks. 
The project, started over three years 
ago, to have the state park or preserve the 
Devil’s Lake region, one of the most 
beautiful in its boundaries, is assuming 
definite form and receiving increasing 
favorable and enthusiastic advocacy. 
When' governor, Mr. La Follette, by 
authorization of the legislature, appointed 
a commission “to investigate the advisa- 
bilitv of establishing and, maintaining 
state parks at Devil’s Lake, Sauk county, 
and the Dells of the Wisconsin in Juneau, 
is. • '• H 1 " YV! 
Adams, Columbia an/1 Sauk counties.” 
Two of the, commissi op, Mr. Griffith, 
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state forester, and Mr. Hutchins, of the 
state library bo^rd, (the third member 
has not yet been appointed) have in¬ 
spected both localities ijpd favor parkjng 
both, but on account of the lack of unan- 
imity of opinion of the, people of,. Kil- 
bourn, consequent of the uncertainty of 
the outcome of the proposition todevelope 
the waiter power at the Dells, their report 
to the governor will be, it is understood, 
in favor of the lake region. A moment’s 
reflection will convince anyone that this 
does not preclude the possibility, or even 
probability, that the Dells will be parked 
at some future time; indeed the parking 
of the Lake will, it is believed, be but a 
forerunner of the parking of the Dells. 
The thing desired by those interested 
in the project is that advocacy which 
shall best acquaint those people of this 
state and of other states who will use 
their influence to secure the passage of 
a bill by the next legislature providing 
for an appropriation for the purchase 
and maintenance of this most beautiful 
region. 
This lake park is designed to serve as 
something more available and accessiable, 
something nearer to the great centers of 
population, something between a formal 
city park and a large and scattered forest 
reserve, and a place more completely 
under the control of the state and the 
watchful eye of-the many who will, surely 
come to look on it gs property common 
and requiring the protection of all. 
There is in the promotion of this project 
no contemplated exploitation of the in¬ 
dustrial building up of any local com¬ 
munity; its prime movers are actuated 
by th,e insistent realization that here is a 
beautiful spot which calls for immediate 
protection against certain destruction. 
That is, and will continue to be, the main 
propelling force back of this movement. 
The proposition is certainly outside of 
politics—let it be kept there—and let 
every reader of this lend his enthusiastic 
support to the consumnation of this com¬ 
mendable undertaking.—From Baraboo, 
(Wis.) Democrat. , 
“If the people of Wisconsin know what 
they are about they will take early steps 
to prevent the desecration of the beauty 
of the Wisconsin river dells at Kilbourn 
by commercial interests which are pre¬ 
paring to develop electrical power there,” 
said E. H. Ro^er, Buffalo, at the Plank- 
inton yesterday. “We of New York 
