Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10
FOUR STATE PARKS
ADDED TO DOMAIN
SENATOR BIRD OUTLINES PLAN
OF VAST IMPORTANCE
TO COST $4,000.
AssEM6LYMAN MCCONNELL PRE-
sENTS SCHEME INVOLVING
APPROPRIATION OF s16o,ooo.
Madison, February 4

State horticulture had the attention
of the legislature yesterday in the in
PRODUCTION of bills for the creation 81
new parks. In the senate the sum Of
100000 was asked for this purpose.
In the assembly the appropriation
outlined is s15O.0OO.
The senate bill by Senator H. ?.
Bird of Wausaukee asks for the ere
alton of four new parks to be located
and to cost as follows:
At Devils lake, at a cost of s25,0e0
At the junction of the Wisconsin
and Mis- issippi rivers, in Grant coun-
ty. costing s45,O 900.
At the dells, at Kilbourn, to coet
| $4,000.
In Door county, at an expenditure
of SOS, 900.
The assembly bill introduced by AS
semblyman John E. Mcconnell of La
Crosse provides for an appropriation
of $4,000 per year for 1909 and 1910
which shall be used for the purchase
and improvement of state parks upon
the written approval of the governor
The objects of the measures is 10
increase the places for public recrea-
ton and to enhance the value of real
estate in the state. Senator Bird 5
bill provides that the state park board
secure the sites and manage the con
struction of the parks. The board is
empowered to institute condemnation
4 nFnQnnfffp IL rha
TO secure desirable property thrc gh
the ordinary channels. THE stat.
board IS hereby authorized to acquire
In the name of the state of VISION
sin" the bill reads in part. ''by pur-
chase, gift, lease or condemnation.
land for the purpose of state parks in
the following localities: one in the
vicinity of Devils Lake in Sank coun.
ty; one in the vicinity of the junction
of the Wisconsin and Mississippi riv.
ers in Grant county; one in the vicin-
| lty OF the Dells of the Wisconsin in
juneau, Adams, Columbia and Sank
counties; and one in Door county In
the state of Wisconsin"
Relating to the powers Of the board.
the bill reads:
Whenever the state park board
shah decide upon a site as desirable
and be unable to acquire same by Dur
chase or lease at such prices and
upon such terms as said state board
shall deem reasonable, then the state
park board may institute, from time
TO time, proceedings for condemning
the land for state park purposes
The attorney general, the bill pro-
vides. is to give all the necessary L.
gal services that the board NAV -
! quire in condemnation proceedings
The care and management of the
parks Is given to the state park board
These parks will add good deaf
10 the value of the state" said a prom
, lnent member of the legislature
Inc parks viii be located in some
OF the most picturesque parts of the
state. People not only in the imne-
diate vicinities of the parks will have.
beautiful resorts, but people from
other parts of the state will fn6
something worth while visiting The
sense of the beau tiful Is strong amono
the people of Wisconsin, and If is
the purpose to give them all the 90
portunities possible for the satisfac-
tlon OF those faculties. There is M
thmg SO grand as the vast and wild
aspects of nature. The trainers NJ
tnese bills no doubt hope to bring
tnese as close as possible to those
VINO seek for the great phenomena
Senator Bird also introduced a hi,
20 increase the forestry appropriate,
Tom $4,000 to $4,000, with an fncreaea
OIL salary for the state forester from
sz'ooo to $4,000, and to extend forest
reservation.