Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-11-26

steSe meadow area may be easily
converted into formal gardens, lending colorful
beauty to the land with its borders OF maJest1c
trees In general the soil consists of clay with
occasional outcroppngs of rock"
1t is to be noted that the zoo site is con-
tiguous to forest preserve area Gin black on
three SIDES thus making it an integral part OF the
Salt creek valley preserve, which is exceedingly
picturesque The Chicago drainage caEal is close
by, and material from the spoil banks will be
utilized in the concrete work of the Zoo
incidentally it may be stated that the projected
Pershing road (Thirty-ninth street, will run from
Lake Michigan straight west fifteen miles 70 the
zoo According to the Chicago Plan commissions
project Pershing road will be nearly 800 feet wide
from the lake to Cottage Grove avenue, los feet
wide west to Cicero avenue, and 1oO feet Wlde
from that point to the zoo.
President Peter Renberg, who is intensely In
terested in the zoo project as in everything else
connected with the Forest Preserves, is about to
name a committee charged with the duty OF Or
ganizing the Chicago Geological Gardens society.
The work Of organization is expected TO proceed
rapidly, as strong support of the sproJeet is
promised in, many quarters at present Messrs.
Wilson, Maclean and Miller, constituting tne
Chicago Geological Gardens committee, are IN
charge of preliminary matters. Joseph Dillabough
is committee secretary at SAT County building
Chicago.
Chicago has given the Forest Preserves an en-
tbusastic Welcomes About 100000 people pic
nickeQ campeQ II the various pieSeANce ILLS
summer The recent encampment OF Indians at
Camn Reinberg Deer Park (Palatine Preserve),
under the auspices of the Chicago Historical So
ciety attracted one of the largest gatherings out
side of Chicago, in the history of Cook county.
All summer the several preserves have been USED
as public Fairgrounds by the people.
The Forest Preserve district now contains
ahout 20 600 acres and will ultimately contain
ahout 35 COO stretching 81 miles north and south.
Most of it is picturesque and scenicay attractive
Nearly all of it is historically interesting. Much
of If is real forest. The big tree shown herewith
is ample proof of this; wonder it is attracting
the attention Of Cleft to right Chief Forester
Ransome Kennicott, Dr. Henry c. Cowles, the
noted botanist of the University of Chicago, and
DR. G. c. Adams of the New York State Universi.
ty of Forestry at Syracuse.
If is no wonder that President Reinberg and
the county commissioners enthusiastic over the
700 nroiect as feature of the forest preserve dis
trict The fact that such men as Victor L. Law
son Col R. R. Mccormick, Charles b. Wacker
Dwight H Perkins William A. Petersen and John
O. Vaughan are citizen members of the Forest
Preserve Plan committee shows that chicago ap
nrecates the recreational and educatonal FEATURES
of the forest preserve idea.
Stewart Hodges construction engineer, globe
+rotter and big game hunter, has the honor OF be
inc the first Chicagoan to offer contribution e
+be Chicago ZOO He has recently returned from
two wears in Africa and Asia, says he's going
oqain and promises some interesting specimens.
Canada is under pledge to contribute largel!
from Canadian fauna Canadian officials remem
her that John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Mccormick
father presented Canada with $5,000000 to b.
used by its medical research institutions