Greene County herald., 1920-11-26


~ five years = and probably much
1 sooner = the. -Chicago Geological
M Gardens-the best in the United
@pf States and probably without an
equal in the world. This zoo will
nc ts7Yf---fer-tftftf{ eo-
4 OETG mated by Mrs. Harold +. Mclar
M mick of Chicago. This site is three
fFIN miles west of the city fine and II
HS miles franl. the city haltr trsssgfhe 'fea-
ture of the aside frofif5ts. and csplpre
hensiseness vii! the exhibition. Of it's sqimagA
under the "naturSl dppdffRps ssySsm "
+. ,essS ons1s2 2@"Ssss "nS sSAssssgaF ~ ns%s @
viii be sort of comnssite,aflair. -Isereis Is TO d,e
a Chicago Geological Gardens soeiety made
UP Of Chicago citizens. Mrs Mccormick
gave 1.-THE land 70 the Forest Preserves Of Cook
county. These asa4'e. ewned by 1.-The People nper-'
pefity and are coptrolled bg the Forest Preserve
district of Cook county, This district was or
aanized a separate taxing body by the Illinois
legislature Thes Cook county commissioners by
virtue of their office are Forest Preserve CON-
missioners 1t appears, however, that these For
EST Preserve commissioners are without legal
warrant directly to- sunderwfite the enterprise
The public will AIthefeferes-ha have to- furnish 1.-The
slnews OF war. fpr- a while at least. H. - IL i
~ these circumstances the Forest Preserve
commissioners appointed a committee to VISIT the
ZOOS Of the United States and get helpful infor-
mafion- COMMISSIONER Frank J.aWilson, dhairN
mani William NJ Mdcean and George A. Miller
constitute this committee The nabl of theiH nee
portto President Peter Rsinberg and the com
..rSs<foners lies in their sstsggested !plau of or
3 g.fr4ration," as follows: IS,
tIi view of the program adopted by various
geological enterprises domestic and foreign. 1t is
the oflnipp sof.y9pr consrsiS -tat the honorable
president of this 50afd Further recbgnfzp the,.
Fesat generosity Of Mrs. Mccormick by inviting
The co-opeEatim Of 4 body Of REPRESENTATIVE citi-
Them organize the ChicacJ 3toiogicaf Gurdens
society. As the commissioners of the Forest
Preserve dlstrict are ithout legal warrant To-
Directly iinderfaKe w1rE OF underwriting tfe
enterprise it would become the direct business
of the society to" take formal action with refer
ence to financing installing and maintaining the
ssgne In manner commensurate with its i'm
porfan2szaazssunzaaz
1.-The authority of your board thus being linn
Eted assistance may be required in the event ~of a
more active or extended participation in the con-
duct of the gardens This authority necessarily
must be procured through legislative 'enactment
asi the promotion of this may be safely left IN
ahe hands of the influentiaf body Uf ma eeflprs
ang the corporate membership of the proposed
sociesy In this connection it is obvious that the
people of the entire state of Illinois may be
counted upon to lend their support to any assist
ancSs the great project deserve.% y =
Inasnuch as the building Installation and
maintenance of the zoo will depend upon sources
of income outside the Jurisdiction of the, Forest
Preserve district, it is instructive to note how
the various ZOOS of the country are financed
Take tie New York goo for example, 1t Is CON
Quoted by the Nav York Geological society, OF
which DR.. w, r. Hornaday is director and gen
sral curator. This famous contains 264 acres; !;
mas 1850 specimens of 99S species of mammals
birds and reptiles, and attracts about l,775,0OO
Visitors annually. Its sources of income are:
81 IN From the Geological society through sub.