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6 Commission put forth a special effort to induce the promoters of the Exposition to adopt one of the parks as a site, or, failing in this, to further some plan by which a new park might be obtained for the city, as part of the outcome of the location and expenditures of the Exposition. It seemed to the Commission that of the many advantages to arise from this celebration, there should be obtained a site which, after uses as an Exposition, might with the Improvements remain in whole or in large part as a Lewis and Clark Memorial Park, thus insuring a valuable permanent result to the citizens of Portland and the public. Although the site finally adopted is from many points of view an admirable one, it is to be regretted that the ground is almost entirely leased territory, and that most of the improvements will either disappear or revert to private use.

In July, 1902, Honorable Geo. H. Williams became Mayor and Chairman of the Commission. The gross receipts and expenditures of the year ended December 31, 1902, were:

REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1903.
The provision of the new Charter came into effect January, 1903. The Park Board, by appointment of the Mayor, consists of four members: For the term or two years, T. L. Eliot and J. D. Meyer; for the term of four years, L. L. Hawkins and Ion Lewis; the Auditor being Clerk of the Board. Messrs. Hawkins and Meyer were made an auditing committee. Mr. Herman Lowitz, who had served the City efficiently under the Park Commission for the previous year, was