Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-11-08
DEDICATION OF
EVANS FIELD

From the Front Page)
would meet with her approval
and give her pleasure. The more
consider the subject of mem
orials, the more convinced am |
that living memorials are the
ones most deserving of appro-
baton.
81 would on this occasion like
TO make an appeal to the people
eof Baraboo to back the board
i'm it's plans to beautify Bara-
boo. Baraboo is city Of rare
;attractiyeness, alluring in seen
eery, vigorous in climate, appeal
ing in the neatness Of it's homes
and the gloriousness of it's trees
and splendid in the neighborly
democratic spirit of the people.
To measure up to it's full posi-
,bilities, however, it must avail
itself, more than in the past, Of
the wonderful advantages with
which it has been so literally en-
glowed by nature. The past fif-
teen years have seen more ac-
&ivity in this respect than all the
previous years and I venture to
prophesy, and also to express the
hope, that the future will wit
ness a multiplication Of these
activities.
Desired results can only be
accomplished by extensive, il
not universal, participation in
municipal affairs. 1t is not how
much, but how willingly, we con-
tribute that counts. Nor should
money contributions to civic
betterment be over rated. Good
citizenship should be determined
by the ownership Of the home,
not the size of the house occu
pied; by the neatness and ap-
pearance of the lawns, by the
paint on the house, by the flow
ers; yes, by the gardens. Civic
pride cannot be high where
pride In home is low or absent
altogether.
@'Let us have a volunteer or
ganizatiOn working for the beau
fification of Baraboo, working
under the direction of the park
board Let us model it after the
Red Cross of war days. Every
body push. Let it be thoroughly
understood that no dollar spent
for public enterprises yields re-
&urns like the one expended for
OuT local community | would
like to see a volunteer organiza-
'tiOn which would raise a consid-
rerable sum because of the large
membership. II possible l would
like to get about $5O0O.O0 year
for the use of the park board
Z every year. This would be less
than one dollar for every person
in BarabOo. A volunteer organiza-
,fiOn which contributed anywhere
from $25 to S. would nearly pro-
duce 1t. We could supplement
these voluntary contributions
from members by each year put
Ting on something at the AL.
Ringing theater where tickets
would be sold, somewhat like we
tdid for the Red Cross work there,
an ustrated talk or a movie
showing the work in other pla-
.ces.
"The Park Board should have
more money with which to work
and if in addition thereto we
could get all BaraboO interested,
4 think it would be killing two
birds with one stone and we
would. be accomplishing two. de-
$sirabIe results at the same time.
I also believe that the Park
Board should secure the assis-
tance of director whose exper-
fence and education qualities him
TO make intelligent, practical
recommendations. | think you
can find no better man than Mr..
,Clas. He has the enthusiasm and
the ability, as we'll as the gen
uine love of the work. | have
during the last two years been
frequently in Milwaukee and
have heard very nice things
about Mr.. Clas' efforts to i'm
prove Milwaukee, particularly
along the lake front.
4'I. express sincere regrets
that | cannot be present at the
dedication"
Other speakers were E. P. McFe