Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-05-18

ment Of committee to purchase To-
cation for Cemetery. The committee
secured the southeast quarter of the
south east quarter OF the southwest
of section ten (lW, township 70, range
A. containing ten acres, from the 7. L
aud H. Co, providing 1t was to be used
ONLY for burial purposes. This was
accepted by the Association, and i'm
mediately surveyed into 668 lots exclu-
sive Of reserved ground. and the name
agreed upon.
The surveying, plating and mark
ing corners was done by j. s. Wattles,
at q cost Of 1881 SO. After this work
had been finished the lots were valued
and placed on sale.
At the time Of location, many COM
planned of the selection, thinking 1t to
be too far from town, and would, on
that account, be very inconvenient to
reach, especially so In cold weather,
but now it is found to be too near, as
the town has grown rapidly and bull
ding has already reached the line of the
of the boundry of the Cemetery, and
all now feel that it would have been
better to have been located at q
greater distance from the city.
AT the'meeting held April 9Th, 1877,
j d Brown was elected President. and
D NJ Harris, Secretary, which positions
they have held until the present time,
both having been reelected at the last
election, April 1899, being period Of
% years they have both served In their
present position, while s B Shields has
served nearly as long as treasurer. The
following are the present Trustees
] d Brown; j II Crowder: E Chap
man; B w Carlisle; w r O'Neil.
The Association has added to their
first purchase the N-EA of the S-EA
ofthe VIZ of the sen Of the S-wA
of Sec 10, 70, A, and sold to the Cstho-
lie Church ten acres north of Rose
Hill Cemetery, which they have plated
and named Mt. Calvary, and are ma
king it very nice Cemetery.
The citizens of Mo. Valley should
fell proud of their Cemeteries, as no
more beautiful selection could have
been made, and they are being well
cared for, and have many fine monu-
ments, and marble tomb stones, and
the grounds are filled with shade trees
rose bushes, evergreens, and flowers,
which removes from the mind Of the
visitor the feeling Of gloom and sad.
ness while contemplating the graves Of
our loved ones. If there is any one
thing that detracts from the charac-
ter of people it is the neglect Of the
last resting place of their dead. Death
in any form, has its sadness, but If at
ter death, we know the body will rest
in some secluded dismal spot, and no
monument to mark their silent home,
rose, flower or bush to break the mo-
notony, how sad the thought, how mel
oncholy the contemplation; but If
death must come, and it is the COM
mon lot of all, 1t will be q consolation
to know that our departed friend will
be laid to rest by tender hands, and in
beautiful kept grounds which, will rob
the tomb of halt its darkness. Rose
Hill Cemetery is beautiful city of the
dead, and every effort will be made by
itq nfficnra IN mako r. nno of tho rrot
test in the country. They have already
spent q large amount of money and la
Dor on it. and had, at the close of the
year, unappropriated $74421.
That it's nearness to the city is to be
regretted, but as it has been SO located
let us all labor to make it one of the
very best and most beautiful in the
entire county of Harrison, Iowa.