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Show 1 What Shall we Do I with Wines Park H (Communicated.) BE Tlio question of how slinll tho city jm keep tlio Margaret Wines park up to MS tlio rcviulrmciits mmlo by Mr. Wines ttS ,M tho ,ll'l1 transferring It to tlio city, E mill on Its present finances, la n Slj illicitly tmrloiiB question. Already It nflj promises to become ouo of thu lend. H lug mirations in the fall campaign, aj nnd It Ih not mi Inprobnblllty that this w$ inny become- tlio leading Issue In the jffi full election. It may be that n city ma council may bo elected that would not M favor tlui expenditure of $S00 last lyj ' yenr, ?l,ti00 this your nnd $500 each JR your thereafter. If the city docs not IS spend $1,000 thla year nnd then keep K, up annually thu required pnymentB, 3V tlio helm of Mr. Wluc9 can step In R ami annul the title. jBj 1 think It wnH Mr. Suuthwlek who lau, showed nt the school meeting that IQK I.ehl and thu I.olil school district were UM over $120,000 In debt, tlio Interest on IE this nloua Is n grievous burden. Uut IH besides this, the city recorder's last QH flouclnl stntemont showed I.ehl Inst BJ year went behind In Its ordinary cur- H rout expenses tibout $2,000, and a ro- WM ferenco to tho record bIiowb that n big Ivj deficit In thu gcnornl running oxpen- BH sos has been tho rule for the pnst 10 Mm years. Exports sny that, to bivvo this fl city from bnnkrupcy, tho taxes must Q i)0 Immediately Increased nnd cxpen- H ses iiiusl bo reduced. H All this Is written with the utmost M friendship towards tho city offlclnli M who are doing JiiBt what the pcoplt h want them to do, nnd many find fnull KSI because they do not spend more cltj HK money It Is also snld with thu great- Hj est ndmlratlon for Mr. Wines, who H put of tho geuerousuess of a big heart H has been more generous than nny oth- H e,r citizen thu town ever had. But H thero Is no ouo acquainted with the DJI facta who will Bay that Lohl can keep Ml up (8 present pace. What then Is H the remedy? H Tho writer doivi not pretend to sny Qaj what should bo done, but he thinks B that u committee of lending citizens H, should wait on Mr. Wines, show him Hs tho present Indebtedness of thu city Hl how much Is requireI for Interest H and how much for common running H expenses, Mr. Wines Is n buslnesi H man nnd will readily see thu sltun B tion. Ho should then bu asked to H; transfer tho Wines park to the. school Hr district, who could make a fine cam- H pi i of It nnd park tho four corners fll v.' i grass, llowcrs and evergreens Hi i "1 somo day n magnificent high fl i horl building would bo built In the B r of It. Tho building would b. f i 'ed tho "Margaret WI1103 Ills) HBJ. i ,.ol" nnd v.ould bo the grcntiM fl' rnnument pualblo that could bi HBf rr ted to 'ho memory of thl.i uobli HBV man, nnl be the most acciptnbli H fc..'t that could bo given to this com- B muulty. The 200 high school stud- HH cub with two days inch year coulO H keep tho gioundsi In order, with th H hrlp clvcu each summer by tho school H Public spirited citizens should thon H' purchnso tho block to tho west nnd fl iiuikn of it n park to which it Is nntur- B ally adapted. Tho fenco on the west H ulilo could bo removed; tho two H ditches bo mndo into ono nnd the B whclu bo plowed up, plantod to grasB, HDJ shruboory nnd trees. Thcro would H, bu but little, leveling, as tho rolllur, flft) nature of tho tract gives It an added Hl beauty over an oven plocc. Tho big H trees to tlio west nnd Uia grass bo- Hff tuvith thim make U todr.y tho best j clilMrcim piny ground In tho city, nnd M Ns'"1 a "ttle "10l' uork tuo "hole V tvnt could bu madu u boauty spot M 'f tuo Btrcct wo0 "l'dcil it would tunko n tract of theso nerc.s, or ns nrgu ob tho prosont plot sot nsldo for this purpoao. Taxpayer. |