Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-10-19
WORK AT PARK
TOP PROCEED

Devils Lake State park, was given
permission to erect a building. then
the order was revoked by the Con-
servatiOn Commission on account of
objections made by the Claudes. a
public meeting was held in Baraboo
in which a strong voice was raised
for the improvement, and now comes
Ia letter from the commission which
gives Mr.. Prader the right to go
ahead with the work. The letter
reads:
State Conservation Commission
Madison, Wis.
Oct II, 1922
Mr.. L. ID. Prader,
Route 4,
Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Dear Mr. Prader:-
This commission this morning
made a definite decision in the mat
ter of the new building for storage
and laundry facilities on the park.
AS you will remember, we believed
temporary halt in operations, out
of consideration for Mrs. Claude and
until we licked into the matter fur
Their. was advisable. The strong rep
resentation yesterday for contin-
uance of the work, which will add
much needed facilities to the park.
on the part of responsible citizens of
Baraboo, who are familiar with the
park and it's needs, has received
consideration from us, and after
weighing the facts as presented by
both sides, we have reached a con-
clusion, and authorize you to put up
the storage and laundry house on the
site originally selected, to put down
the well, and to run a pipe line to the
pavilion.
The question Of a pipe line to a
new tent colony will have to rest for
the time being until we have an op.
portunity to look over the available
locations.
Please arrange to talk over the loca-
tiOn of this building well, ETC., with
Atwood Smith, and keep him inform
cd of your plans for these improve
ments. We appreciate the fact that
valuable time has been lost for this
work during the past few weeks. and
authorize you TO go ahead under the
above plan with out submitting to us
plans and specifications for approval,
as this would consume still more time
that we believe should be devoted to
the active building work.
In order that no misunderstanding
may arise in the future, we feel it
advisable at this time to say to you
that the whole intent and purpose Of
the concession which you hold at the
lake is it be operated as an annual
affair. We would consider failure to
operate during any season on your
part-unless the reasons were espec-
tally CONTINGENCIES a revocation OF
5our lease, and this commission
would take such action and would
then feel free to make provisions to
offer the public the services you now
offer either through another conces-
sionaire or as a direct state activity
The public has learned of the facili
ties at the lake, and we feel that
such facilities must be in operation
and accorded the public each success
sive season.
We have also taken under advise
ment the question of selling produce
etc, on the park, and have concluded
as follows:
/. That farmers who handle for
sale the products grown or made on
their farms shall have the right to
come on the park and sell their pro
duce, either on foot, by wagon or by
auto. They shall not have the right
to offer for sale on the park, products
that have been manufactured by 9th
ers, nor can they operate on the park
at any time so that they would fall
under the legal definition of 'peddler'
2. Merchants in Baraboo or else
where shall have the right at all
times to deliver to the park or on the
park, articles or produce ordered vol
UNFAIRLY by those stopping at ths
park. This commission shall dis
courage at all IlIleS lue oOlICllluS VI
business from door to door or tent
to tent on the part of regularly estab-
lished business men in BarabOO or
elsewhere.
8. Questions arising in connection
with these privileges shall be sub
mitted to the park superintendent for
decision, and no authorized decision
can be made by anyone other than the
park superintendent or this commits
sion.
AS you realize it is our endeayor to
make the state parks as useful as pos
sible for all and still retain as much
of the wild natural conditions on
these areas as possible. Our first
thought in the management of these
areas is of the public and of the ser
vice and comfort of the public on
these areas. We have and do appre-
ciate your efforts to cooperate with
us in the management of the Devils
a.