Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-11
URGES OPTIONS
ON PARK SITES
IOWA CONSERVATION AssoclA'
TON FAvoRs IMMEDIATE
ACTION eY STATE.
SELECT NOW, BUY WHEN
MONEY Is AVAILABLE
Better Roads and Radical Amendments
70 Laws Relating to Pollution, OF
lakss and Streams Advoeated-New
Officers Elected at Convention Re-
Gently Closed at Ames.
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Ames, March Instrumentation Oh
places Of natural beauty or historic IN
terest, establishment Of a series OF
state parks and the extension OF iowas
road system were the subjects upper
most in the minds of those attending
the Iowa Conservation Association con-
vention at Ames, March and s. over
a hundred leading men and women OF
the state, representing the state col
leges. state conservation board, state
highway commission. county farm bu-
reaus. women's clubs, and commercial
clubs, gathered to discuss the program
Of establishing state parks In Iowa.
Resolutions were drawn UP and en-
dorsed by the convention, advising the
leasing and securing OF options upon
local tracts Of land which can not be
purchased at the present time on ac-
count of lack Of funds, advocating in
creased publicity to acauaint the tax
payers of the state with the purposes
and plans of the state park movement,
supporting the purposed national park
at McGregor and the preservation Of
historical data of the state, and favor
ing radical amendments in laws relat-
ing to the pollution Of lakes and
streams.
The new officers elected at the con-
vention were: President. Prof. George
l.. Kay, state geologist. Iowa City: vice
president, DR.. II. S. Conard. professor
of botany. Grinnell: secretary, G. r.
Macdonald, professor of forestry, Iowa
State College: treasurer. Euclid Sand
ers, Iowa City: field secretary, Rev.
George Bennett.
The members of the new executive
council are: Mrs. C. FL. McNider. Ma
son City chairman: Hon. ,Orville Lee.
Sac City: +, r. Harlan, curator of
state historical society; Prof. c. r..
Reyes, Mount Vernon: William +. Par
rott. Waterloo; Mrs. Fl. J. Taylor
Sioux City; Seth Dean, Glenwood;
Mrs. Carrie p. Sondrol, Clear Lake; /.
A Nichols. Iowa Falls; f. c. Hinshaw,
state game and fish warden, Spirit
Lake; Mrs c. f. Sawyer, Oskaloosa;
DR. F.. D. Ball. professor of zoology.
Iowa State College: G. c. Horbeck.
pI ofessor of forestry, Iowa State Col
lege: DR.. H. G. McGhee, Council
Bluffs; j. +. Ford. mayor of Fort
Dodge: Florence Clarke. McGregor;
Joseph Kelso. Bellevue; Althea SheI-
man. McGregor: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
LaZell. Cedar Rapids; Mrs. Henry G.
Taylor, Bloomfield; DR.. James II. Lees.
assistant state geologist; r. l. Crafty
curator of botany department. Iowa
State College: A. l.. Bake. professor
of botany. Iowa State College.
At the present time public interest
IN this matter is at high point. The
movement recently received an i'm
petus in the passage Of an act during
the last session Of the Iowa legislature.
the establishment of state
parks. extension Of the county road
system, and the establishment of a
board Of conservation.
People Not Appreeiative.
The board was in session during the
convention and heard the reports of
committees. representing every section
of Iowa. Their discussion covered
every phase of the subject and brought
to light many unusual and interesting
facts concerning the topography of
Iowa. Already one or more desirab BILE
park sites have been located in every
county and a national park area near
McGregor in Clayton county. The
region known as The Devils Back
bone" in Delaware county has recently
been purchased. Other places especially
desired, which were noted in talks or
papers were the. Buckingham lake,
Palisades of the Cedar river, Pilot
Mound at Forest City. the bluffs ana
ice cave at DEBORAH. Mississippi river