Mower County transcript., 1903-10-21

ing free use Of Mrs. Cranes stove
and various culinary implements, and
bringing into service an outside. fire.
!. Ouraingenious ladies contrived ito serve
to their weary and hungry lordsa warm
and most excellent dinner thorough
exercise gave TO it an unusual zest. The
] occasion, SO far as the repast was con-
cerned,. reminded US of many a celebra-
ton of the immortal Fourth. ~ z
THE completion oi,the survey prepares
the way for distributing titles to the lots
collecting the money tobe paid for them
and completing the enclosing of the
grounds. Before long we should sci
apart a day to clear up the main streets
through the grounds. Individuals own.
ing lots will then be stimulated to clea,
and otherwise improve; them.'': The ap:
propriate name 1"Oakwood' as Mr.. Grif:
fifth has told me was suggested by Mrs
| w. Nv. Cook known to many of you and
nowsliving in ST., Paul. !. @> =; - :.
Feb. 18th, 1866 An appeal to lot own.
ers. >@if5< -sE:j52 2..,c&. * ~ =
May t3rd,o r865. Its:is shame that
oakwood should remain so long in its
present condition, and implied blame of
the Trustees. Z 49, ;y.sl ~: !,
4 l trust the reading of these quite ex-
tended memoranda has not wearied you.
lis as airevelation of some apassages in
the busy, lives of men and women whose
mouldering forms are lying all about us,
and on the whole, It's a commentary of
honorable mention. ....
From the commencement of reliable
records of proceedings from August, 1868,
tor several years l find nothing unusual
in the administration of affairs of the AS
sociation. - > .~-s
In the early seventies it does not ap-
pear that funds came in too. rapidly and
on March II, 1871, by resolution of the
board, lots were decided to H. M. Allen
and D. !. Tubbs each for work in putting
in an archway over the main entrance.
In july 1870, is the first indication OF
intention to buy: more land for cemetery
purposes; as the motion phrased it, a
committee was chosen ITO see about it,
= In. April,:I879, a committee had beer
J. appointed. to confer with. owners of ad
joining properties with view of purchas
s ing. land for enlargement.
4 In sMarch,18 887, asmotion indicates pur
pose to take.action5 to procure. land O,
! j north SIDE by q eedlngs q eondemna
ton.
5 May, 1850. Voted to withdraw con
demnatien proceedings which had bee,
f begun. ..
Aug. 5th, 1850. Voted to authoriz
| purchase of u 1925 acres of land in tn
northeast corner of the northeast quarte
J, of Section No. Nine, Township No. On
i hundred one, Range No. Eighteen at S.
f per acre, south of the fair grounds, whicl
: was made.
f Aug. 10th, 1891. AT meeting of tn
Trustees voted to appoint a committee
S to act with the Ladies Cemetery I'm
e provement Association to order an<
! superintend the Improvements. about t,
Y be made on Oakwood Cemetery.
And now introduces new factor
!. Eleven days before Uuly 3oth) there hat
S been organized a society of that name
whose records kindly loaned me by Mrs
S Ida Smith-Decker l have examined
t At its second meeting, Aug. 9th, it wa
S voted that the directors wait upon Mr.
: Adler and obtain his price for the lanc
$ adjoining the present cemetery. At th'
, third regular meeting, Aug. 18th, "Re
solved that it is the sense of this meeting
, that the Trustees of the Austin Cemeter,
7 Association be requested to dispose O
, the land they have bought south of tn,
e fair grounds, and to buy land near tn,
). present cemetery"
4 And here, as in the light of the presen
we must all admit, is the record of on,
), the most important of the steps in pro
, gression of development whose crownin,
A accomplishment we observe today AM
r it was the intuition of the finer instinct @
4 woman's nature joined to broad compre
hension of the possibilities of this site ii
|, its wholeness that prompted the move
e of that resolution and the vote that rati
S fled it. The mover of that resolution
+. was Mrs. D. H. Stimson.
t And now, my friends, we are on fami]
: lar ground. 'Tis not necessary for m
0 to trace, the relations between these tw
Associations, 'Tis sufficient that W.
t know that through their seven years har
: monious cooperation the best result
: were achieved. s-.a r -
Neither is required rehearsal Of tn
negotiations for final purchase Of III
Adler farm Of one hundred sixty acre
Tin October, 1894. Deed dated Nov. 5th
The needed sum for payment s8 90
( was borrowed of the city banks on note
E signed by twenty fouf citizens, whic]
$ cancelled notes, as i understand, hav
n haan -.