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Calls pportunityi^.P. Woodcock Outlines Possibilities HereSanla Claus has already curue%lt; Carroll county in the form of le possible restoiation of Swan ■ike. \V. P. Woodcock, member of le state board of conservation, lid during: an address before aicked couitroom here last nig;ht.This is the best opportunity thi.s unty will ever have to scire a state park. Mr. WocHlcockintinued. but added that it de-mded solely on the amount of [terest the people here show in it. e observed that from the attend-icc and interest manifested last ijrht it would be put over.Mr. Woodcock's speech was the rincipal feature of the meeting:, illed to explain in detail what le Swan I^ke restoration project 1 all about. A large number of nefployed who hope to get work n the project, were pr.esent.J. W. Wilson presided, introdue-ig Mr. Woodcock and other peakcrs. Senator T. G. Chrystal as to have accompanied Mr. ik)odcock here but missed connec-;ons with him in Des Moines ves-«riiday afternoon..Sfi.UUO N»u‘d«*d To ISiiy LamlThe first speaker was Johnrecs, who, with W. H. Scharn-■eber has been canvassing localeople to secure funds needed tourchase land surrounding theike site. Mr. Drees said that theolicv of destruction of natural •/esources was responsible in large art for the huge surpluses which f)W vex the farmers. He cited Iwan LKike as being an instance of he return of sanity on such que.s-ions.iMr. Drees stated that it was es-imated about SO,000 would be icedcd to purcha.se the land round the lake and praised theleople of Carroll for the response hey had made to the hastily-rganized drive.Mr. Woodcock oegan his talk cith an explanation of the work of he board of conservation, whosenembcrs draw only mileage and lo .salary..Mainteiuince Fiiiui OnlyThe board has only .$85,000 a .’ear in its budget, ho said, and his is u.sed whollv for rnainte-lanco. It has no funds with which o buy land and must depend on ocal communities for that pur-wse. However, after a tract is icquired and accepted by the )oarlt;l, the latter must maintain it.He cited figures showing that ulics in Tow’a .spend much morenoney on their park systems than :he state board does on its 8,.500 icres in state parks.The state fair, he said, spends 85,000 a year to entertain 205,000 Deople for about five days, whcrc-is the board of conservation expends that much to entertain 10,-)00,000 people for 10 months, the ittendance figure at slate parks jeing represented in that.Fntitled To Park This center of population i.sogically entitled to a state park, Mr. Woodcock said, declaring that sentiment to be worked up in this mmediate vicinity will determine whether it is to be had.Three possible methods of getting the work done were \amed. One is the CCC camps, and another the public works administration. He did not believe either of these was feasible for the restoration project.The “Santa Claus” he said, has come in the form of emergency relief appropriations.No TaxThe speaker pointed out that this emergency relief fund is an outright grant. There will be no tax on the people of Iowa or the people of Carroll county to repay it. he declared.Mr-. Woodcock then told of what other cities were doing to get state parks or artificial lakes in their vicinities, mentioning that Ottumwa raised $42,000 to buy land for an artificial lake at Bunch, near the former city.The state will not permit private ownership of land to the waterks edge, Mr. Woodcock said, and sufficient land must be bought so that the common people may always have free access to the lake. He predicted that no matter how much was bought, it would be(Continued on Page 2)
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Carroll Daily Herald
Carroll, Iowa, US
Sat, Nov 25, 1933
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