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State Park Aid Debated as Iowa City Delegations Visit
Des Moines August 15 The state board of conservation heard delegations from Estherville Dollivar Hamburg Winterset Town Falls and Logan seeking park appropriations and announced a three day inspection tour of northern Iowa cities beginning August 21. The board postponed setting a basis for sand and gravel charges to its September meeting and favored local funding to match state funds. It also reviewed drainage and dam projects at Mud Lake Ruthven Tuttle Lake and Minds Purge and recommended purchasing the Sigma Wu Fraternity houses at Cedar Rapids known as The Palisades for a public resting place. to be presented to the executive council by secretary Merckens.
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Des Moines
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Emmetsborg
Iowa
State House
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Winterset
Town Falls
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Hamburs
Ruthven
Tuttle Lake
Hmindspurg
Sigma Wu
Cedar Trapids
Palisades
Executive Council
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