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ELWOOD. Ind. July 1O.-NIrs John Os-
burn is dead al her home, seven miles north
of this city, of lung trouble. aged fiftN-nne
years. Funeral and interment will be at
Knox Chapel on Friday afternoon. A hus-
band and six children survive. CAL
vim Duncan. stepSOn of William +. Legg. a
farmer southeast of the city. died to-day Of
infammatory rheumatism, aged twenty
years Mrs. Joseph Tharp. aged
forty years, died last night of consumption.
The body will be taken TO Shirley on Fri
day.
KNTGHTSTOWN. Ind. July lO-Word
has been received OF the death at Rogers,
Ark, this morning of the Rev. John Lowry,
who was until two years ago resident of
this city. Mr.. Lowry for nearly half a CEN
fury was a pastor in the North Indiana
Conference of the Methodist Church. lie
also served as Il missionary among the
Indians along the Western frontier. lie was
seVenty-two years old and left a widow
and daughter
PORTLAND. Ind. July 1O.-Dr Henry c.
Hutchens died at his home in WOOdlawn
Park last night, aged siXty-eight years.
He was born I'm Montgomery county, Ohio,
July Z, 1894. In 1852 he married Sarah a.
Cunningham. who survives him. lie en-
listed in Company + of the Eighty-seventh
Indiana and served until the close of the
war. Funeral services will take place on
Friday afternoon.
RICHMOND, Ind, July 1O.-The Wayne
County Bar Association met this morning
and took action on the death of Judge
Lewis ID. StubbS Talks were made 10y
Thomas J. Study, Daniel w. Comstock
John L. Rupe Luther G. Abbott, \. L.
Study, Henry L. Johnson. Jesse 5. Reeves
and Charles f. Shiveley. The Bar AssOcia-
ton went in body TO the funeral this
Afternoon.
RUSHVILLE. Ind, July 10.-The funeral
of Sampson Wilson, who died at Lexing-
ton, XIV. will be held tomorrow at the
home of Rich Wilson, in this city. Mr..
Wilson had been a trainer of race horses
for many years. His sister and brothers
are Mrs Charles +. Kennedy, of Indian
apolis: J. Hooker Wilson, of Pennsylvania,
and Il. j. and Richard Wilson, of this
city.
HUTCHINSON. Kan. July 10. V. ely
mer is dead here, aged siXty-five years.
He was the first city attorney Of Hutchin-
son and was a member of the State I.egis-
lature in the 70s. lie served through the
civil war as captain of an Indiana regi-
ment
EVANSVILLE. Ind. July lO-Mrs. VIII
liam y. Sherwood died al her home i'm New
berg, suburb of Evansville. this after
noon, at the age of sixty years. Her hus-
band was one of the early hotel men of
Evansville
PARAMOUNT. Ind, July 10-Josepf
Hanes, twenty-One years old, was fOunt
dead on Wednesday night behind the coun-
tel OF his fathers meat market. He haf
died of heart disease. He was to have beer
married next month.
MUNCIE Ind. July l0.-John NJ Cald-
well. aged hftN-One years suffered a stroke
of paralysis last night and died this even
ING.
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MONON.-The temperance people Of the
town are already making preparations to
wage fight against the saloon keepers in
November. when their licenses expire
With the aid OF the decision of the Su-
preme Court rendered in May of last year
whereby the power o. attorney was held
valid. the citizens assert that they can
make the town as dry as it was three wears
ago Mr.. SaundCrsOn. OF INDIANAPOLIS
state superintendent of the Anti-saloon
League. has been here TO start the move
meut.
RICHMOND.-Much honor has been
shown George W. Conrad. Col0red this
week He was graduated IN law nj Ann Ar
Dor. having worked his way under many diff
iculties. and having previously been grad
usted from the Richmond High School and
Wiiherforce College. ON Monday night
public reception was given IN his honor and
ON Thursday night there was a second pub
lie reception In his honor and for the col
CrCd students who We're graduated from the
high school this year
BLUFFTON.-JohnJ Julian. house paint
er was arrested on Thursday nisht
By Mills a Canadian secret service officer
and Scott. q deputy United States marshal
OF Fort Wayne. He il charged with rob-
bling a residence near Toronto two years
ago. Julian denies ever being in Canada
AURORA.-The two-story building owned
BY Albert Bloom was destroyed by fire on
"Wednesday. The two-story building ac-
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REFUSES TO SEND TROOPS.
Gov. stone Thinks the Conditions Are
Not Serious Enough

HARRISBURG Pa. July 1O.-In reply to
a request from Sheriff Gombert. Of Carbon
county. asking that troops be sent to Lans-
ford and Summit hill to preserve order.
Governor Stone this afternoon sent the
following telegram:
your telegram of to-day stating that
strikers are gathering in large mobs at
Lansford and Summit hill, in Carbon
county, and citizens are attacked and beat
en-, and i'm danger of their lives, and that
you find that YOU are unable to preserve
order and protect the citizens and therefore
now call on me for troops received. The
law under which the National Guard is
called out does not justify action under the
circumstances and conditions which you
reCite. The National Guard are not police
OTIlCcfS. lhOSe conditions are entirely with
in your own province. and with the aid at
your hand YOU ought TO overcome the diff
hculty without the use Of State troops. If
there is condition of riot. mog or insur-
rectiOn which the civil authorities are un-
able 10 suppress the Governor Will not hest
tate 20 send troops, but under no clrcum-
stances Will he do so unless the civil au-
thOrity is exhausted after reasonable ef-
fort on the part of the sheriff and the pro-
lection of life and property demands il.
George NJ. Davis. T. VI. Whildin and John
L. Lauer, OF Lansford representing a COM
mittee of Carbon county citizens, called on
the Governor this afternoon and explained
the situation at Lansford and Summit Hill
The visitors said that the bUTgesses of
these bOrOughs and the sheriff had ex-
hausted their powers in trying TO preserve
order and that mob rule prevailed in both
towns The visitors also stated that the
trouble was daily becoming worse and that
il was question of only a short time when
il would be necessary 20 send troops into
the county 10 preserve order and protect
property.
The Governor promised 10 keep in touch
with the situation and explained that If he
realized that The presence OF troops Was
necessary Co maintain order he would not
hesitate 10 nrder on the militia
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JURY CUT OFF ITS FEES.
Twelve Men OF EIkhart Feel for
FelIOW-C itizen.
: indianapolis Journal

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
ELKHART, Ind, July 10.-In the City
Court to-day a jury heard evidence against
Gustav Ludwig. accused OF assaulting the
wife of his brother Alvin Ludwig, during
a family quarrel arising from the act Of
their mother in deciding property TO Gustav
The jury gave the following verdict: I'VE,
the jury, find the defendant guilty, and
recommend that he be assessed 81 fine
provided no jurors fees are charged against
him" Though technically illegal, Judge
Blake accepted the verdict, there being no
protest from the defendants attorney. and
Ludwig paid the fine and costs the latter.
minus the jurors fees amounting 10 Sl2.IO.
Though all jurymen conceded that Lud-
wig was technically guilty, the foreman
and another juror held out for the pro-
Visional verdict on the ground that Lud-
wigs offense was not seriuOs enough to
justify mulcting him to the full extent of
the court costs
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YOUNG BAPTISTS' UNION.
Rev. c. NJ. Carter, of Muncie, Speaks
at Providence Convention.

PROVIDENCE, X. l.. July 10.-Delegates
were present from every State and Terri
tory in this country and from Canada and
Mexico when the Baptist Young Peoples
Union of America met to-day. Nearly 10000
delegates cOngregated i'm Infantry Hall and
at the First Baptist Church for the opening
praise service. The convention, which will
continue until Saturday. was formally
called to order by President Chapman. of
Chicago. Governor Kimbal extended the
welcome of New England and Mayor Gran
ger that of the city of Providence. In be-
half of the board of members. the Rev. L
c. Laws, of Baltimore. made the responses
4 praise service brought all the delegates
together for the evening services in IN
fantry Hall The Rev. 6. NJ. Carter. of
Muncie Ind, after the presentation of ban
ners delivered an address upon the theme,
Conquest Through the Ministry" At the
First Baptist Church addresses were made
by the Rev. G. 5. Gardiner. Of Richmond,
Va. and others.
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CAss COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGEsHIP.
John =. Larry Says IL Is for Him to
Fill Out Mr.. Chase's Term.

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LOGANSPORT, Ind. July 1O-John S.
Larry. judge-elect of the Cass county Cir
cult Court to-day. filed his oath Of qualih-
cation and expects to begin his term as
Judge OF the Cass Circuit Court at once.
He succeeds the late Judge Dudley H.
Chase. whose term Of Office would not have
expired until next November. 1t was ex-
pected that Governor Durbin would ap-
point some member of the Cass county bar
10 nil the unexpired term of Judge Chase.
as the term OF Judge Larry was not sup
posed 10 begin until next November. but.
on account of the Governors absence from
the capital. the appointment was not looked
for before several days Judge-elect Larry
contends that, according 10 Section IA of
the Constitution of Indiana, he is entitled
to take the bench at once. the section pro-
viding for the appointment of judge by
the Governor only in the case Of a vacancy
He says that. fnasmuch as he was duly
elected and has qualified there is in real
lily, no vacancy. Attorneys are awaiting
with much interest. the action of Governor
Durbin In the matter
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Bnnl. snindIer Jumped or Train.

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GREENCASTLE. Ind. July 10.-At 4
O'Clock this morning a man. who has given
the names Of G. +. Clarke. Arthur Clarke,
a. Shaft and Frank Clarke jumped from
a rapidly-mOving Monon sOuth-bOund pas
senger train as it passed a point about a
mile south of Limedale Clarke was being
taken to Sa!tliCk, Bath county. Kentucky.
10 face he officers of a bank from which IT
is said. he illegally drew 500. Several days
later q bank in Chicago asked the Saltlick
bank If il would honor a draft on Smart $
account. The reply was 10 have Shaft ar
rested. He was being taken 10 Kentucky
when he jumped off the train near here.
No trace of him has been found, and II Is
believed that he has escaped on another
train or has secreted himself in the woods
near the place where he escaped, the woods
in that part of the county being thick and
full of sink holes.
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Suits Against Railroad Companies.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WABASH Ind. July 10.-The Big Four
Railway Company to-day was made de
PENDANT in three damage suits. the demand
i'm the aggregate being $4,000. The actions
were begun by Michael K. Crabnl. ex-
mayor of this city; his son. John Crabill
and the latters wife. Mrs. Ida Crabill. Of
South Bend. 1t is set forth in the com
plant that while driving near Treaty. this
county. last September. the plaintiffs drove
on a crossing from which a view OF the
track was INSTRUCTED ~ q cut OF freight
cars. and that an engine running at "A high
rate Of speed gave mo- warning of its ap-
proach. and the plaintiffs were struck and
all were badly hurt. The plaintiffs assert
that the injuries are OF permanent charac-
ter. Mr.. Crabil Is almost eighty years old.
TERRE HAUTE. Ind, July 10.-The Van
dalia company to-day settled. By compro-
mise, the claim FOR the death OF Richard
Stith the fireman killed IN the accident al
Browns Valley. on the Michigan division
last October by the payment OF $3.50.
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MERE SCRATCHES.
Inscriptions That AnthTOpoloEists
Have Tried Hard 20 Decfpher.

CHICAGO, July 10.--Dr. George Dorsey.
Of the Field Columbian Museum. has made
a discovery in his Investigations among
the Hopi Indians that overturns many OF
the old theories OF anthropologists I'm re-
gard 20 supposed inscriptions on the adobe
houses Of the tribe. lie has made the an
,,ounceu1ent Of his discoveries In a lecture
90 the students OF the University OF Chi
cage
These inscriptions that the anthropoin-
rists have been trying 10 decipher and read
- ,,sars said Ir Dorsey have h.cn
found TO be nothing more than the
scratches made by mischievous Hopi chill
dren In the mud OF the adobe houses after
they have been freshly built
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WINDOW GLASS MANUFACTURERS
Committee Appointed to Make Work.
ing and Price Schedules.

CLEVELAND, o., July 1O.-Window
glass manufacturers from all sections of
the country met here to-day for the pur-
pose of forming u combination and ad-
vancing prices. The meeting was called by
the American Window Glass Company.
Several prominent Independent manufac-
turers are at the meeting. 1t is said the
latter are opposed to an advance in the
selling price of window glass at this time.
The glass business during the past sea-
very prosperous \ committee
was appointed TO confer with the independ-
emit glass companies and other outside man
ufacturers not present To arrange for CO.
operation I'm regard TO the time of starting
fires, prices and wages for the coming
year. IL is suggested that manufacturers
begin blast not later than October for the
season of 1923 and continue not TO exceed
eight calendar months. The meeting ad-
journed, subject 10 the call Of the chair
man.
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views OF Mr. Gompers.

DENVER, Col, July 10.-President Com
pers, of the American Fedora ton Of Labor
who is in this city, in an interview, said:
The convention of the United Mine Work.
ers will meet in Indianapolis soon. and the
matter Of the strike fund will then be
taken up. The convention will. also, vote
on the proposition of calling all the soft
coal miners of the United States out on a
general strike. ] hardly believe they will
do this. because it would be better TO keep
them at work and concentrate all our
strength on the anthracite strike The
miners will win. We are with them heart
and soul "
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daughter of the late f. o. French, of New
York.
MISSOULA, Mont, July 10.-E. l.. Bon
ner, millionaire lumberman, merchant and
banker, fell from his automobile to-day, eX-
piring instantly He is said TO have been
stricken with heart failure. He was
pioneer Of Montana, and member of the
Republican national committee.
ALEXISBAD. Duchy Of Anhalt, July To-
The Duchess Of Anhalt-Berneburg died this
afternoon. The line is now extinct The
duchess was born in 1911.
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GIVES HIS WIFE TO ANOTHER.
Unusual Sacrifice of Fred L.. Reuh-
mann, of Evansville.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 10.-After
twelve years of married life, Mrs Fred l..
Ruehmann asked her husband to permit
her to join Alexander Edmondson, a rail-
road fireman. with whom. she said. she had
fallen in love. In addition she asked for
several thousand dollars as her share of
her husbands estate. Failing to dissuade
her, Ruehmann told her she might go, gave
her so and promised 10 sell some property
and send to her the proceeds Last night
he stood in the shadow of a building and
watched her and EdmondsOn board train.
To-day Ruehmann said he would sue for
divorce. His wife and Edmondson have
gone to Terre Haute.
Ruehmann is thirty-five years Old his
wife thirty and EdmOndsOn thirty. Rueh-
mann is said TO be worth $4,000, and lie and
his wife never had a quarrel.
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GREENE-GAYNOR EXTRACTION
Department Of Justice Active AT
Washington and Quebec.

WASHINGTON. July 1O.-The papers in
the case Of Gayuor and Greene. in which
the Department of Justice seeks the aid
of the State Department to secure the ex-
tradition of the men named. have reached
the State Department. They have been
referred 10 a reviewing authority, and
when Secretary Hay is in possession Of all
the essential points IN the application in
the case he will consider IL.
QUEBEC. July l0-In accordance with
a writ OF certiorari. issued by Judge Carey
on Friday last. the record and documents
in the Greene-Gaynor extradition case We're
brought into court to-day by Judge La
fontaine OF Montreal The new move in
the legal night FOR the extraction OF the
two fugitives will be made tomorrow by
counsel representing the United States
government. who vii move tor the quash-
ing OF writs OF habeas corpus issued on
June q.
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WARSAW, Ind, July 10.-The Winona,
Elkhart & South Bend Electric Railway
Company has petitioned the Warsaw City
Council for a ffty-year franchise. The
project includes the possibility of a line
from Nappanee TO Warsaw and Winona
almost Immediately. The promoters OF the
enterprise are Samuel 7. George, Dayton,
o., pres ident, also president of the Fort
Wayne. Dayton & Cincinnati Traction
Company; George w. Scott. Troy, o.; J. y.
Norris Baltimore, and Charles Geihart,
Dayton, o., secretary of the Fort Wayne,
Dayton & Cincinnati Traction Company.
The Council is favorably disposed toward
granting the franchise
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work of the Y. w. c. 4.

SILVER BAY, n. Y, July 1O.-At the
evening session of the city department Of
the Y W. 9. \. conference to-day. con
Quoted by Miss Helen F. Barnes. of Chi
cago. addresses were made showing that
b. nearly every association represented u
this conference meetings are held i'm from
one to e!sht factories each week and clubs
and Bible classes are formed Tn many in
stances the management has furnished a
rest room for the women employed.
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shot His wife and Himself.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RISING sun, Ind, July 1O.-George
Bradford shot his wife and himself on Main
street last night. in the presence of hun
dIeds of persons in town 10 attend the Sons
of Veterans Camp Mrs Bradford s
wounds are in the breast and hip. Her
husband put the muzZle of his revolver al
his head and fired. He was instantly killed
Mrs. Bradford is in a critical condition.
Her husbands funeral will be held to-mor-
row morning at the home of his sister. Mrs
Cornelius r. Harris. He drank heavily and
recently his wife filed a suit for divorce
They had been married twenty-five years
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TRYING TO GET RID OF A FAMILY.
Predicament Of the Town of Dana and
Its Marshal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
DANA, Ind. July 10.-JOhn Hutson and
his family long have been a power to
exasperate the citizens of Dana; that is.
the stricter citizens The Illusions keep
resort that their enemies regard as not
only disgrace but detriment TO the pros
perity OF the town. The Illusions several
times have been ordered 10 leave, but
they have stubbOrnly refused.
Town Marshal Lang has not seen fit to
arrest and prosecute the family, but he
has acted as a sort OF unsuccessful evicting
agent OF the community. To-day he called
on the Illusions and urged them to move in
order 10 avert trouble. He showed TO them
a paper on which certain citizens had
written the threat that if they did not
leave their house would be blown 10
atoms" Then the marshal retired and
both the good and bad citizens are walt
ing curiously 10 see what the Illusions will
do about Il.
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bushel The wheat was raised in a field
containing ten acres BY machine measure
the field averaged twenty-one bushels TO
the acre.
GREENSBURG. Ind. July 10-The yield
of wheat throughout Decatur county Is IN
excess OF the expectations James b LAIN
rop had a field or twenty acres that yielded
thirty-eight bushels per acre. Ills entire
crop OF one hundred acres averaged thlrtE
bushels 20 the acre j. ". Nation threshed
q field Of thirteen acres which yielded
thirty-siX bushels 10 the acre. Mrs. r }.
Dills threshed 200 bushels of a field OF
forty-seVen acres, being an average OF
twenty-siX bushels 10 the acre.
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ObituG

ATLANTIC CITY. y. j.. July 10-Coi.
Nathaniel Mckay. the leading millionaire
hotel man OF Washington. died suddenly
to-day OF heart failure at beach front
hotel Colonel Mckay was married less
than three weeks ago. and ne and his wife
were on their wedding ;our TO this city
Colonel Mckay was sevcnty-One years old.
LONDON. July 10.-LOrd Cheylesunore
civilian Merton Eaton) died here this
morning He was born In 1888. LORD
Cheylesmore Is succeeded by his brother
Major General the Hon Herbert Eaton
whose wife was Miss Elizabeth French,
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MAIL-wAGON DRIVERS THIEVES.
Mother OF One Helped to Hide stolen
Goods i'm Her Cellar i'm FIT Wayne

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FORT WAYNE. Ind. July 1O.-After four
weeks work Postoffice Inspector Sherman
c. Kile has exposed a system of robbing
the mails. Two young men who drove
mail wagon from depot TO postofice are
charged with stealing packages OF mer-
chandise They are Harry Davis and Earl
Reed. Horace MariOtte. a pawnbroker. is
charged with receiving and concealing
some of the stolen goods, and Mrs Harriet
Reed, mother of one OF the boys. is charged
with hiding several boxes filled with stolen
stuff in compartment of her cellar All
four were bound over to the federal grand
jury to-day.
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Trouble In Panther Creek.

TAMAQUA. Pa. July 1O.-The striking
miners in the Panther Creek valley are
becoming restless and unruly and the citi-
zens of Lansford. Summit Hill and Tama-
qua are preparing TO organize vigilant COM
mittees TO uphold law and order. Newton
Wildey an aged man, was being maltreated
BY strikers last night, when the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Comapny sent 4 squad
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To Succeed Father Meissner.

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PERU, Ind, July l0-The Rev John
Guendling will be chosen to succeed the
late Rev Henry Meissner as permanent
rector of the ST Charles Catholic Church.
He will come from Goshen next week. He
read his first mass i'm Peru in 1850, was d.
rector of ST. Josephs Orphan Asylum in
Lafayette eighteen years and served as
vicar general at Fort Wayne during the
sickness Of Bishop Rademacher
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At wINONA ASSEMBLY.
Woman's Club Elects Officers for Sen
son-Recent Arrivals

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WINONA LAKE. Ind. July 1O-The
woman's Club has been reorganized and
officers have been elected for the season.
They are: President. Mrs. \. *. Clark, Fort
Wayne: vice president, Mrs. John NJ CouI-
ter, Chicago: secretary. Miss Margaret
Hill. Knightstown. At the first meeting Of
the year Mrs. +. F. McCrea. OF Indianapo-
lis. read a paper on THE other Side: or.
The New Woman"
Ernest Thompson-Seton. with his stories
Of animal life. was the principal attraction
az the assembly to-day lecturing both this
afternoon and evening. The afternoon lee
ture was on Personalities OF Wild AMI
mails" and tonight ne gave his lecture on
wild Animals / Have known" At s
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Park and Library for DnIeviIe.

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MUNCIE Ind. July 1O.-The will of Gran
Vile Ellison, of Daleville, was probated to-
day and in it he bequeaths five acres OF
land and 5000 in money, which. after the
incorporation of the town. is 30 be used for
building a public library and maintaining a
public park