International Peace Garden, History and Progress

              moulding de\ elopmg and sustammg the peaceful relations tnat now exist between
these two nations The Garden can be made into a place of beauty that w i l l call
the attention of nations exervxxhere to the fact that here on the North American
continent there is a frontier 3 9ST miles long betxx een two nations and the only
tort is this Fortress ot Friendship located i n the centre of the continent.
The Peace Garden, the bram child ot a resident of Ontario, was nurtured in
its iniancx b\ Horticultural organizations ot the Eastern States and Eastern Canada.
In recent \ ears it has been left to the care of people living in the Centre of the
Continent To maintain the ideals of Peace m the minds of our citizens and to fully
finance the de\ elopment ot the Garden as planned b\ the National Parks Service
ot the United States in consultation with Canadian and American garden special­ists
citizens ot North America must realize thev are part owners of the Peace
Garden It is the hope of the Directors that Go\ ernments w i l l assist i n the develop­ment
and that citizens e\ erxxx here w i l l aid in its maintenance.
This star} would be incomplete without special reference to Mrs. \ lar> Allen,
a Director from Moose Taw Saskatchewan who has kept up a flow of correspond­ence
with people of man\ other countries thus developing an interest abroad in
the Peace Garden and its progress
Twent\ \ ears ha\ e sxxiltlx flown since Dr Henrx Moore made his radio broad­cast
on that Christmas night in 1931 Ten of these xears, 1939- 1949, were mainly
\ ears of maintenance due to Federal grants not being a\ ailable. These years were
not lost nature is nexer idle the forest trees dex eloped, the native beaver created
more lakes The ornamental trees and shrubs planted in 1939 and previous to that
time seem now to be a natural part of the whole setting north of the Border.
Islands ot exergreens planted a tew xears ago on the former farm land south of the
Lme are awa\ to a good start The Peace Panel, while not complete, is impressive
and recent dexelopmen's on the Terrace Panel are providing new items of interest,
so that it can be said t h i t the International Peace Garden while stall only well
started is at least on its wa\ to becoming the xerx beautiful garden most eamestlv
desued bx those w ho hax e w orked so hard to bring it into reabtx.
The three miles ot highw ax on the Pe ice Garden frontage are hard surfaced,
and this splendid road leads from the Boundarx north to the Trans- Canada High-w
ax at Brandon and also extends into the mining area of Canada's hinterland. The
hard surfaced road leading south links with several American east and west high-wax
s, and also extends south acioss the Lnited States and into Mexico Each \ ear
people from exerx state m the Union horn exerx prox'ince in Canada, and others
from bexond the seas pass through the Canadian Customs House at the Peace
Garden entrance These traxellers proxide the best adxerbsing medium possible.
Their reports on the Peace Garden, as thex traxel and m their home districts, will
increase the mterest aroused not onlx in the Garden as such, but in the ideal for
vxhich it stands a future in xxhich the Brotherhood of Man shall be first. When
that dax amx es then shall Peace and Plentx prex ail
Executiie Officers for 1951- 52
Chairman of the Board Mr John A Stormon Rolla \ orth Dakota
Honorarx President Mr \ V x, Udall, Ste 9 Fairmont Apts , Winnipeg Man
President _ _ Mr D G Mckenzie 267 Grain Exchange Bldg ,
\\ inmpeg Man
1st \ ice- President _ Mr V R Leslie, Morden, Manitoba
2nd \ ice- President — Mr Russell Reid, Bismarck, North Dakota
Treasurer — _ ^ Mr A T Robbins, Ste 15, Anx ers Apts , \ \ inmpeg, Man
Secretarx — _ Mr H am A Grax es. State College Station, Fargo, N D
Superintendent of Garden Mr M J Tmlme, Boissexam, Man ( 536— 12th St, Brandon)
Directors on E\ ecutixe_ Mr Russell Reid Bismarck, North Dakota
Mr W R Leslie Morden, Manitoba
Mr E n e B Goxxler Boissex am, Manitoba