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Starting Date ForWork Is Still UncertainDefinite approval by the state board of conservation and theIfish and game commission of theII Swan Lake state park project was I secured yesterday at Des Moines j by a Carroll committee which met ‘ with the board.Some details remain to be arranged. However, ,*ie committee , wa.s so encouraged over the re-. spon.se by the state board that o|-timism prevails today that the project will be under wav beforevery long.Proceed To Buy I..and4I The board advised the commit-i ee to proceed with its .solicitation of funds and to purcha.se all the land it can for presentation rb Inc j state. A lea.se is now held on acres of the desired acreage.A topographical survey, to determine just how much land will ■ be needed, was begun this morning by Marvin ISchmeiser, engineer, assLsted by the staff of the county engineer. This .survey is one of the ) things which must be done before further work is possiifle.The committee was of ihe opinion that with this encouraging prospect, all people in Carroll should be willing to come forward with donations toward the land purcha.se. Pledges will be takennow and the money asked for when the purchases are completed.Those who made the trip to DesMoines yesterday included W'. H. Scharnweber, John Drees, Carl He.ss, County Auditor W. T. Flor-encourt. County Engiiieer J. F.! Maher and George M. Hmshaw.Jobs For too Meni The committee had a meeting with the board of con.servation yesterday afternoon at which the j board members listened with interest to the propo.sals of the loca I people. Late in the afternoon, after conferring wuth Senator I. G. Chrystal, they announced their approval of the project.Some of the financing detarils must yet be straightened out, but the prospect is good for their early .solution.As near as can be estimated at this time, the figure of 100 men.I all local, being put to work on the lake restoration job, will be : reached. Their wages w'ill be 50 cents an hour. The work will continue for at least 60 days and ; probably longer, it i.s believed.Man Found Dead
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Carroll Daily Herald
Carroll, Iowa, US
Wed, Nov 29, 1933
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