by the Portland Park Board

“ This generous dedication is without condition, and was accepted by the Park Board.
In this connection the Park Board. will quote with approval an extract from the Commission's report for 1901, as follows:
"For some time Portland may not feel the same pressure for improved parks which is experienced by cities less favorably situated in native facilities of surrounding country, but all the more important is it for us to use the present period of our history in acquiring land in a wild state, inviting gifts for the purpose, and, in some cases, making purchases in order to secure the future. ”

“ We would call the attention of holders of large tracts to the fact that the setting apart of a considerable portion of their holdings as a park is one of the surest ways of permanently increasing residence values. ”

“ No person shall be eligible for appointment as a member of said Board unless he or she has been a resident of the city for at least five years next preceding the appointment.
Rules and Regulations. Section 262. The said Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the use, management and supervision of the parks, squares, openings, public grounds, and grounds surrounding public buildings, bath houses or other places of recreation, now belonging to the city or hereafter acquired by it, as to the Board may seem reasonable and necessary ”

“ Lewis and Clark Memorial. to consist of a granite shaft twenty feet high. The corner stone for the monument was laid by Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States, on May 21st, 1903. This monument is to be located at the most prominent point In the City Park, and will commemorate the visit of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific Coast In 1805. Monument to the Soldiers of Oregon, to consist of a shaft of stone, surmounted by a figure in bronze representing a soldier of the Oregon regiment during the war with Spain. ”