TWENTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO
STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
May 23, 1913.
The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the
Ohio State Archae-
ological and Historical Society was held
in the Hunter Society
Room, Page Hall, Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, at 2
o'clock P. M., Friday May 23, 1913.
The following members were present:
Mr. E. H. Archer, Columbus,
Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester,
Mr. T. B. Bowers, Columbus,
Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware,
Hon. Albert Douglas, Chillicothe,
Mr. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk,
Mr. D. H. Gard, Columbus,
Col. Webb C. Hayes, Fremont,
Mr. Almer Hegler, Washington C. H.,
Mrs. Howard Jones, Circleville,
Rev. I. F. King, Columbus,
Prof. W. C. Mills, Columbus,
Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield,
Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus,
Dr. W. B. Rosamond, Gilmore,
Hon. D. J. Ryan, Columbus,
Mr. J. S. Roof, Ashville,
Mr. L. P. Schaus, Mt. Vernon,
Dr. W. H. Scott, Columbus,
Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus,
Dr. G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin.
The meeting was called to order by
President G. Frederick
Wright, who made a brief address
touching upon the auspicious
conditions under which this annual
meeting was held. He al-
luded to the numerous acquisitions to
the Society, such as the
Logan Elm, the erection of the new
buildings at Spiegel Grove
(455)
456 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
and Columbus and the enlarged growth and
responsibility of the
Society, which should be particularly
congratulated upon the
generosity with which it had been
treated by the new Legislature.
Secretary Randall was then called upon
for his report. The
secretary followed the usual custom
regarding the reading of the
minutes, by simply referring the members
of the Society to the
proceedings of the last annual meeting
as published in detail in
Volume 21 of the annual publications,
beginning at page 468.
He read letters of regret, as to
inability to be present, from
Hon. F. W. Treadway, Cleveland, and Hon.
J. W. Yeagley, New
Philadelphia. Mr. Yeagley is the new
Trustee of the Society,
appointed by Governor Judson Harmon on
September 4, 1912, to
serve until February 9, 1915.
Secretary Randall reported the following
Life Members
having been admitted since the last
annual meeting:
Mrs. Howard Jones, Circleville,
Prof. Edward Orton, Jr., Columbus,
Mr. William R. Pomerene, Columbus,
Mr. Leonard Marker, Versailles,
Mr. Charles H. Lewis, Harpster.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
This report covers the period from the
annual meeting, June
26, 1912, to this meeting (May 23, 1913).
MEETINGS OF THE TRUSTEES, THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE AND THE
BUILDING COMMITTEES.
May 25, 1912. (Executive Committee). Met
at office of the Treas-
urer, Outlook Building, Columbus.
Present: Bareis, Buck, Harper,
Mills, Randall, Ryan, Schaus, Thompson
(H. A.) and Wood. At this
meeting the announcement was made of the
purchase by Prof. Edward
Orton, Jr., and Curator Mills from
Captain Hampton of the Philippine
collection of guns, armor, etc. Prof.
Orton was made a Life Member
for his assistance in this purchase.
Prof. Mills was authorized to attend
the annual meeting of the American
Museum Association, June 3rd, at
New York. Treasurer Wood made a report
of the collection of pay-
ments by property owners abutting on
Hayes Avenue, Spiegel Grove,
for improvement of said avenue.
May 30, 1912, Decoration Day. Ceremonies
were held at Port Clin-
ton, Ohio, at which tablets were
unveiled marking the beginning and
Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. 457
the end of the Harrison Trail across the
neck of land at that place.
The Society had provided some of the
tablets for the monuments. Pres-
ident G. F. Wright and Col. Webb C.
Hayes represented the Society on
this occasion and made appropriate
addresses. A full report of this cele-
bration, written by Miss Lucy Elliot
Keeler, will be found in Volume
21, page 345, annual publications of the
Society.
June 8, 1912. (Building Committee). Met
in Society Rooms, Page
Hall, Ohio State University, at twelve
o'clock noon. Present: Messrs.
Bareis, Mills, Randall, Ryan, Schaus,
Wood and Wright. Prof. J. N.
Bradford, architect, was also present.
It was the third opening of bids
for the erection of the Columbus
building. Contracts were let to The
Dawson Construction Co., Pittsburgh, for
$82,760; for sewer, plumbing,
gas fitting, heating and ventilating,
awarded to The Wm. Conklin Co.,
Columbus, for $8,497; leaving the sum of
$7,460 for architect's fees and
incidentals. Mr. Schaus was authorized
to consult with the Fremont
authorities and properly adjust the
settlement for the Hayes Avenue
improvement at Spiegel Grove.
July 17, 1912. (Executive Committee).
Met at office of Treasurer
Wood, Outlook Building, Columbus. Present: Messrs. Bareis, Buck,
Mills, Prince, Randall, Schaus, Wood and
Wright. Permission was
granted Adjutant-General C. C. Weybrecht
to camp a regiment of the
Ohio National Guard for ten days at Fort
Ancient during the month of
August. The date for the adjourned
session of the annual meeting was
fixed for July 26, 1912, at one o'clock
P. M., at Page Hall, O. S. U.
Mr. Schaus reported concerning the
adjustment for improvement of
Hayes Avenue, Spiegel Grove. Report was
made of the donation to the
Society of furniture purchased in Cuba
by Col. Hayes.
July 26, 1912. (Annual Meeting;
Adjourned Session). Report of
this meeting will be found in Volume 21,
page 468, annual publications
of the Society.
September 4, 1912. Governor Judson
Harmon appointed Hon. John
W. Harper, Cincinnati, and Hon. J. W.
Yeagley, New Philadelphia, as
Trustees for the term ending February 9,
1915. Mr. Harper succeeds
himself and Mr. Yeagley to succeed Rev.
N. B. C. Love, of Perrysburg.
August 10, 1912. (Building Committee).
Met in Society Rooms,
Page Hall, O. S. U. Present: Messrs.
Bareis, Hayes, Mills, Randall,
Ryan, Schaus, and Wright. Bids for the
erection of the Hayes Memorial
Museum and Library Building at Fremont
were received and opened,
but the acceptance of any bids was
postponed to a meeting to be called
later at Spiegel Grove.
August 16, 1912. (Building Committee). Met at Spiegel Grove,
Fremont. Present: Messrs. Bareis, Hayes,
Mills, Randall, Schaus and
Wright. The bid of The Carl Steinle
Company, of $42,668, less certain
alternates, making net bid $36,656, for
the erection of the Hayes Mem-
orial Museum and Library Building, was
accepted. August 23, 1912,
458 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
ground was broken for the erection of the Hayes
Memorial Museum and
Library Building.
September 12, 1912.
(Executive Committee.) Met
in Society
Rooms, Page Hall, O. S. U. Present: Messrs. Buck,
Harper, Mills,
Randall, Ryan, Prince, Thompson (H. A.), Wood and
Wright. The
salaries of the compensated officers of the Society
were fixed at the
same as last year. The Committee then adjourned to take
part in the
ceremonies of the laying of the cornerstone of the new
building on the
University Campus. A complete account of this ceremony
is to be found
in Volume 21, page 416, annual publications of the
Society.
November 23, 1912. (Finance Committee). Met in office
of Treas-
urer Wood, Outlook Building, Columbus. Present: Messrs.
Bareis and
Wood of the Finance Committee and Messrs. Mills,
Randall, Schaus
and Wright. It was determined that the necessary help
to be employed
in the new building, when completed, would be, a
curator, an assistant
curator, an assistant librarian, a clerk in publication
department, an office
stenographer, two janitors and a relic room custodian.
The following
budget to be asked of the incoming Legislature for the
first year (1913)
for the Museum and Library was as follows:
Heat and light ($500), salaries ($2,800)..................... $3,300
Pavement in front of building
................................ 600
Supplies, water and gas
..................................... 100
Extra new cases for Museum ................................ 5,000
Extra new cases and furnishings for Library
................. 5,100
M oving of collection ......................................... 300
Current expenses
........................................... 3,000
Field Work and
care of possessions.......................... 2,800
Publications ................................................ 3,300
Spiegel Grove, care of
........ .............................. 1,500
Spiegel Grove, heat and light ................................ 150
Spiegel Grove, extra for replacing certain features of
rotunda
and furnishings ........................................ 8,000
Total .................................................. $33,150
For the second year (1914);
Heat and light
.............................................. $2,000
Salaries ..................................................... 6,100
Supplies, water and gas...................................... 200
Spiegel Grove, heat and light ................................ 200
Care-taker and assistant librarian ...................
......... 1,500
Current expenses
............................................ 3,500
Field work and care of
property .............................. 2,800
Publications ................................................
. 3,300
Twenty-Eighth
Annual Meeting. 459
Estimate of
appropriations for years 1913 and 1914, submitted to
Auditor of
State, November 15, 1912:
1913 1914
Current
expenses .................................... $6,400 $11,800
Field work,
Fort Ancient, Serpent Mound and Spiegel
Grove (nothing
asked; item following substituted)
Field work,
Fort Ancient, Serpent Mound and Logan
Elm Park
...................................... 2,800 2,800
Publications ......................................... 3,300 3,300
Building for
Museum and Library purposes to cost
complete
$100,000 (nothing asked; inserted to
show previous
appropriation and amount on hand)
Building for
Museum and Library purposes; equip-
m ent and
walks .................................
11,000
For erection
and equipment of Hayes Commemora-
tive Library
and Museum Building on Spiegel
Grove, etc.
(nothing asked; inserted to show
previous
appropriation and amount on hand)
For Hayes
Commemorative Library and Museum
Building to
restore architectural features and
furnishings ..................................... 8,000
For the
proportion of the State of Ohio on account
of improvement
of abutting property of the Spie-
gel Grove
State Park, etc. (nothing asked; in-
serted to
show previous appropriation and
amount on
hand)
For care of
Spiegel Grove State Park and Hayes
Commemorative
Library and Museum Building..
1,650 1,700
For reprinting
volumes 1 to 20, inclusive, annual pub-
lications, for
distribution to members of Legisla-
ture (nothing
asked; inserted to show previous
appropriation)
Totals
.......................................... $33,150 $19,600
It was agreed
that the Curator receive, on and after May 1, 1913,
the sum of
$2,500 per year, this to cover all services to the Society.
This action to
be subject to approval of Executive Committee and con-
tingent Upon
the Legislature making the appropriations requested.
February 5,
1913, Governor James M. Cox requested of Secretary
Randall a
written statement of all meetings of the Society Trustees for
the years 1911
and 1912, showing members present and absent. It was
promptly
furnished, including meetings of all committees, Executive,
Building and
Special.
March 14,
1913. (Executive and Building Committees; Joint Meet-
ing). Present:
Messrs. Buck, Harper, Mills, Prince, Randall, Schaus,
460 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
Thompson
(H. A.) and Wright. Messrs. Ryan and Wood absent. Mr.
Schaus
reported progress of construction by University authorities of
tunnel
from their heating and lighting plants
to the Society Building.
Secretary
Randall reported action of Finance Committee (November 25,
1912)
and the estimates submitted to Auditor of State for appropriations
proposed
for the Society. It was agreed that the salary of the Curator
should
be, after May 1, 1913, $2,500 per annum, subject to the pro-
posed
appropriations.
Secretary
Randall and Prof. Mills reported the introduction by Hon.
C.
J. Smith, into the Legislature of a bill drawn by them, which bill
provided
for granting to the Society authority to condemn locations
of
prehistoric mounds and sites. The text of this bill will be found
herein,
ante, page 340. This enactment was passed April 13, 1913.
May
9, 1913. (Executive Committee). Met at office of Treasurer
Wood,
Outlook Building, Columbus. Present: Bareis, Buck, Harper,
Mills,
Prince, Randall, Ryan, Wood and Wright. The death of Prof.
Martin
R. Andrews, on April 20, 1913, at Marietta, was announced.
Mr.
Andrews had been a member of the Society since 1896 and a Trus-
tee
by appointment of the Governor since 1903. The Secretary reported
the
result of the appropriation bills for 1913 and 1914 as follows:
1913.
Current
expenses ........................................ ...$5,000
Field
work, etc .............................................. 2,500
Publications
................................................. 3,300
M
useum Building ........................................... 10,000
Hayes M useum Building
..................................... 5,000
Publications (reprints) ...................................... 7,500
Care Spiegel Grove
.......................................... 1,650
The
Governor, however, vetoed the item of $7,500 for reprinting
the
annual publications of the Society.
1914.
Current
expenses ............................................ $11,000
Field
Work, Fort Ancient, etc .............................. 2,500
Publications
................................................. 3,500
Spiegel Grove
.............................................. 1,800
At
this Committee meeting Mr. Henry C. Shetrone was
chosen
assistant curator, at a salary of $1200 per annum. Prof.
C.
L. Martzolff's report of serious damage done by the recent
floods
at Big Bottom Park was received. A similar report, by
Mr.
J. S. Roof, was made concerning damage done by the floods
at
Logan Elm Park.
Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. 461
REPORT OF CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN.
Professor Mills read a detailed
statement of his work during the
past year as Curator, Librarian, and
Secretary of the Building Com-
mittee. This latter function required a
great deal of his time and atten-
tion, as he has practically been the
superintendent of construction for
the Society and given daily attention to
the erection of the Columbus
building, with numerous trips to Fremont
in connection with the build-
ing of the Museum and Library at that
place.
He reported that the first shovelful of
earth was dug by the Curator
June 25, 1912, and the cornerstone of
the Columbus building laid Septem-
ber 12th; that delays in the construction
were caused by the March flood
of 1913 and a strike of the workmen
engaged in erecting the roof in
May last; but that the progress of the
building has been very rapid, and
it is expected that it will be in
possession of the Society for occupation
by October, 1913.
The building at Fremont has not
proceeded so well; strikes, floods
and change of plans have caused
necessary delays, so that it will be late
in the Fall, if then, before the
building will be under roof.
During the past year the archaeological
museum has had a number
of additions as follows: Mr. Almer
Hegler, Washington C. H., has
made two additions to his archaeological
collection, consisting for the
most part of flint implements; Mr.
Wilbur Stout, of the Ohio Geo-
logical Survey, has added three
different assignments of axes, celts,
hammers, spears, arrows and ceremonials
from Scioto county; the So-
ciety has acquired the collection of Mr.
Jacob Sayler, Hillsboro, which
collection consists of several thousand
specimens typical of Highland
county and is rich in grooved axes and
pestles; Mr. C. P. Thompson,
Delaware, has added several hundred
specimens to his large collection
of archeological specimens from Delaware
county.
During the year the number of books in
the Library has not greatly
increased, but many rare volumes have
been added. At present our
catalogue shows 5376 volumes; last year
4855, making an addition of
521 bound volumes. Of the above number
of volumes received, Mr.
Randall presented 98 bound volumes and
Mr. Heer 47 bound volumes.
The estate of the late Judge James H.
Anderson, life member of our
Society, through Prof. Edward Orton, Jr,
presented 294 copies of the
"Life and Letters of Judge T. J.
Anderson and Wife," by Judge James
H. Anderson.
The chair then called for the report of
the Treasurer, which
was as follows:
462 Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE YEAR
ENDING MAY 1, 1913.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand May 1, 1912
............................... $2,251 10
Life Membership
dues .............. .......................... 100 00
Active Membership
dues ...........
............................ 87 00
Books sold
.................................................. 115 17
Subscriptions .......................................
......... 33
75
Job printing
............................................... 1
25
Improvement of abutting property at Spiegel Grove State
Park 761
50
Interest
...................................................... 444 58
FROM TREASURER OF STATE.
Appropriation for current
expenses........................... $3,018 15
Appropriation
for publications
.................................
3,698 28
Appropriation for Field Work, Ft. Ancient, Serpent
Mound
and
Spiegel Grove Park................................. 2,483
19
Appropriation for building for Museum and Library
purposes. 1,810 88
Appropriation for Hayes Commemorative
Library............ 1,384 49
Improving property abutting Spiegel Grove
Park............. 1,942 02
Total
receipts ...............
........................... $18,131 36
DISBURSEMENTS.
Big Bottom Park ............................................. $5 25
Express, freight and
drayage ................................ 107 24
Expenses of Trustees and Committees
........................ 417
25
Field Work
................................................. 225
00
Fort Ancient
................................................. 333
80
Improvement of abutting property, Spiegel Grove State
Park.. 3,273 92
M useum and Library
.......................................... 1,022 14
Postage ...................................................... 56 82
Publications
.................................................. 3,701 23
Salaries (3) (Treasurer, Curator and Secretary)
.............. 2,500 00
Serpent M
ound Park ......................................... 342 75
Spiegel GrovePark.
............................ .............. 163 29
Logan E lm Park ............................................. 256 15
Building for Museum and Library
............................ 1,795 01
Hayes
Commemorative Library
............................... 1,384 49
Sundry expenses ............................................. 97
81
Transferred to Permanent Fund
.............................. 660 00
Balance on hand M
ay 1st, 1913
............................... 1,789 21
Total ....................................................$18,131 36
Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. 463
The Permanent Fund now amounts to the
sum of $8,820.00. This is
invested and drawing interest at the
rate of 5% per annum.
Respectfully submitted.
E. F. WOOD,
Treasurer.
Treasurer Wood moved to supplement his
report with that
of the auditors, which report was
received and is as follows:
REPORT OF AUDITORS.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 22, 1913.
HON. E. O. RANDALL, Secretary the
Ohio State Archaeological and His-
torical Society.
DEAR SIR:-Having completed the annual
audit of the books of
your treasurer, Mr. E. F. Wood, we
submit herewith statements show-
ing transactions for the fiscal year
ending April 30, 1913, and the finan-
cial condition of your Society at that
date.
The cash balance as herein stated, has
been verified by comparison
with the bank pass books. The
certificate of deposit representing the
permanent fund, has been examined by us
and found as represented.
The balances of various appropriations
as herein set forth, have been veri-
fied by comparison with the records in
the offices of the Auditor and
Treasurer of State.
The statement prepared by us shows the
balance of appropriation
for the Hayes Commemorative Library to
be $29,268.46; the balance as
shown by the Treasurer's book is
$35,960.26, a discrepancy of $69,691.80
An examination of the records of the
Auditor's office shows that
a warrant had been issued against this
appropriation to cover an estimate
given the Steinle Construction Co.,
dated March 11, 1913, signed by
the Chairman and Secretary of the
Building Committee. Evidently no
report of this voucher had been made to
the Treasurer, and as a conse-
quence, no charge had been made against
the appropriation upon his
books.
We find the books of the Treasurer in
good condition, and, with
the above exception, to faithfully
represent the condition of the Society.
Very respectfully submitted,
COVERT, MCKNIGHT, & Co.,
By J. J. MCKNIGHT, C. P. A.
[This difference of $6,691.80 mentioned
above is explained as fol-
lows: All estimates for buildings are
paid direct by the State Treasurer
and do not go through the hands of the
Treasurer of our Society.
When estimates are completed by the
Architect and Building Committee
a report is made to the Society's
Treasurer by said Committee, who
makes the proper entries in his books.
Such a report was overlooked
on estimate No. 2 as stated.-Editor.]
464 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TRIAL BALANCE, APRIL 30, 1913.
Dr. Cr.
State Treasurer ................................
$75,244 29
Appropriation for Current Expenses ........... $1,543
71
Appropriation for Publications.................. 1,685
31
Appropriation for Field Work, Fort Ancient,
Serpent Mound and Spiegel Grove State
Park
...................................... 65 28
Appropriation for Building for Museum and Li-
brary
purposes
............................ 36,782 65
Appropriation for Hayes Commemorative Library 29,268
46
Appropriation for State's proportion of improv-
ing property abutting Spiegel Grove Park.. 5,989
88
C ash
........................................... 1,789 21
E. F. W ood,
Treasurer.........................
1,789 21
Investment-Ohio State Savings & Loan Assn.
Certificate of Deposit No. 57,518--5% ...... 8,820 00
Permanent
Fund
............................... 8,820 00
$85,853 50 $85,853 50
THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SUMMARY OF
CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING
APRIL 30, 1913.
RECEIPTS.
Balance
May 1, 1912 ............ .......... ... $2,251 10
Improvement Hayes Avenue-
J. H. Younkman .................. $137
50
S. Wolf .......................... 125 00
City of Fremont ................... 499 00
---- 761
50
Life membership dues ............................ 100 00
Active membership dues .......................... 87 00
Subscriptions .....................
............... 22 25
Books sold ....................................... 126 67
Interest .......................................... 444 58
Job
printing .......................
.............. 1 25
State Treasurer from Appropriations-
For building for Museum and Library....... 1,810 88
For improvement of abutting property of Spie-
gel Grove
State
Park...................
1,942 02
For Haves Commemorative Library and Mu-
seum Building ................... ...... 1,384 49
Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. 465
For Field Work, Ft. Ancient, Serpent Mound
and Spiegel Grove ..................... 2,483 19
For publications ............................ 3,698 28
For current expenses ........................ 3,018 15
Total receipts ......................... $15,880 26
DISBURSEMENTS.
Transferred to permanent fund .................... $660 00
Building for Museum and Library ................ 1,795
01
Improvement of abutting property of Spiegel Grove
Park ....................................... 3,273 92
Hayes Commemorative Library and Museum Build-
ing
......................................... 1,384 49
Fort
Ancient
.................................... 333 80
Serpent Mound .................................. 342
75
Spiegel Grove Park .............................. 163 29
Logan Elm Park................................. 256 15
Big Bottom Park................................. 5 25
Publications ..................................... 3,701 23
Field W\ork ..................................... 225
00
Museum and Library .......................... ... 1,022 14
Salary .........................................
. 2,500 00
Expenses of Trustees ............................. 417 25
Express, freight and drayage .................... 107
24
Postage
......................................... 56 82
Premium on Treasurer's bond .................... 15
00
Sundry expenses ................................. 82
81
Total disbursements ........................ $16,342 15
Balance, April 30,
1913 ................... ................ 1,789 21
Capital City Bank ................................ $989 21
Ohio State Savings & Loan Assn.-Savings Ac-
count No. 40,017 ............................ 800
00
$1,789 21
R eceipts
.................................................. $18,131 36
Disbursem ents
.............................................. 18,131 36
Vol. XII-30.
466 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXPENDITURES
FROM BUILDING APPROPRIATIONS OTHER THAN THROUGH
TREASURER'S CASH
ACCOUNT.
FROM APPROPRIATION
FOR BUILDING FOR MUSEUM AND LIBRARY PURPOSES.
1912.
Aug. 1. Estimate No.
1, Building Committee ........... $1,805
00
15. Estimate No. 2,
Building Committee ............ 1,073
50
31. Estimate No. 3,
Building Committee ............ 5,516
65
Sept. 16. Estimate
No. 4, Building Committee ........... 3,479
50
Oct. 1. Estimate No.
5, Building Committee ............ 2,461
45
15. Estimate No. 6,
Building Committee ......... 6,650
00
Nov. 1. Estimate No.
7, Building Committee ........... 6,125
00
15. Estimate No. 8,
Building Committee ............ 1,920
90
Dec. 5. Estimate No.
9, Building Committee ........... 5,772
20
17. Estimate No. 10,
Building Committee............ 3,243
30
1913.
Jan. 2. Estimate No. 11, Building Committee
........... 4,233
20
17. Estimate No. 12,
Building Committee ............ 4,132
50
Feb. 10. Estimate No.
13, Building Committee ............ 3,243
30
Mch. 11. Estimate No.
14, Building Committee ........... 5,082
50
11. Estimate No. 1,
Conklin Contract.......... 1,120
05
Apr. 9. Estimate No.
2, Conklin Contract.............. 1,425
00
9. Estimate No. 15,
Building Committee ......... 4,009
00
$61,293 05
FROM APPROPRIATION
FOR HAYES COMMEMORATIVE LIBRARY.
1912.
Dec. 3. Estimate No.
1, Building Committee ............. $2,655
25
Mch. 11. Estimate No.
2, Building Committee ............. 6,691
80
$9,347 05
Prof. Mills made a
verbal report concerning the condition
of Serpent Mound,
which was visited in October, 1912, by Secre-
tary Randall and
Treasurer Wood, who found everything in sat-
isfactory condition
and authorized Custodian Daniel Wallace to
make certain
improvements.
A written report by
Prof. C. L. Martzolff on the condition
of Big Bottom Park
was read by the Secretary. It gave a de-
tailed account of the
disastrous effect of the March flood, the
park being on the
banks of Muskingum, south of Stockport.
Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting. 467
The fence and gateway were washed away,
the monument over-
thrown and portions of the ground washed
away. It will take
much labor and expense to restore the
same to its normal condi-
tion. Prof. Martzolff was authorized to
expend $1OO towards
the restoration, and report progress
after that expenditure.
Mrs. Howard Jones made a very
interesting and minute
statement concerning Logan Elm Park, how
the members of the
Pickaway Historical Society had labored
to secure the money for
its purchase, how they had raised a
certain amount of funds for
the restoration of the tree and how Miss
Elizabeth Ruggles of
Circleville came to the rescue of the
Society and supplied a large
portion of the funds for the purchase of
the site. The details of
this transaction and the transfer of the
Park to the State His-
torical Society are related in Volume 22, page 267, of
the annual
publications of the Society. Mr. J. S.
Roof of the Logan Elm
Committee was authorized to make a
contract with Mr. James
Shaner for the care and improvement of
the park for three years.
Mrs. Jones and Mr. Roof both reported
damage done to the
Park by the late floods. Congo Creek had
gone on a rampage,
overflowed its banks, carried away a
large part of the park
fence and cut channels across the
driveway to the tree. Mr.
Roof was authorized to repair the same.
Col. Webb C. Hayes spoke at length on
Spiegel Grove. He
recommended new markers for the trees,
described at length the
condition of the property, the proposed
dedication of the Mc-
Pherson and Harrison gateways, the
ceremonies attending which
are to be held on August 2, 1913, which is
the date of the celebra-
tion of the defense of Fort Stephenson,
and he made certain sug-
gestions concerning the erection of the
Museum and Library
building and improvement of the grounds.
Col. Hayes moved
that the Secretary of the Society extend
an invitation to the
members of The Maumee Valley Historical
Society to participate
in the dedication of the gateways, which
motion was carried.
Prof. Prince read a written report
concerning the condition
of Fort Ancient, which also has been the
victim, to a certain ex-
tent, of the late flood; the hillsides
in certain places beneath the
fort embankments were carried away by
the water and the un-
dermining of the walls is likely to
occur unless immediate steps
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are taken to prevent the same. The
matter was referred to the
Fort Ancient Committee.
The reports of committees having been
completed, the elec-
tion of Trustees was held. Before any
action was taken con-
cerning the election, it was decided by
vote of the meeting that
at this election and hereafter the
Society select as trustees only
those who are not to be or actually are
salaried officers of the So-
ciety. But this is not to apply to
appointed Trustees. A com-
mittee on nomination of Trustees was
appointed, as follows:
Messrs. Archer, Bareis and Gallup, which
committee retired and
after due deliberation reported as
nominees for trustees, Hon.
D. J. Ryan, Hon. Albert Douglas and Hon.
L. P. Schaus, who
were duly elected by vote of the members
present. These three
Trustees were chosen to succeed the five
whose terms expired at
this time, namely, Messrs. Baughman,
Mills, Ryan, Schaus and
Thompson (H. A.). But three were chosen
at this election, in
accordance with the change in the
Constitution made at the an-
nual meeting of 1912, when the
total number of Trustees to be
elected by the Society was reduced from
fifteen to nine, three to
be elected each year, instead of five as
heretofore. The Board of
Trustees, therefore, as chosen is now as
follows:
TERMS EXPIRE IN 1914.
Mr. H. E. Buck, Delaware.
Col. Webb C. Hayes, Fremont.
Dr. W. O. Thompson, Columbus.
Hon. F. W. Treadway, Cleveland.
Dr. G. Frederick Wright, Oberlin.
TERMS EXPIRE IN 1915.
Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester.
Mr. C. H. Gallup, Norwalk.
Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus.
TERMS EXPIRE IN 1916.
Hon. Albert Douglas, Chillicothe.
Hon. D. J. Ryan, Columbus.
Hon. L. P. Schaus, Mt. Vernon.
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TRUSTEES APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield, 1914.
Mr. E. 0. Randall, Columbus, 1914.
Hon. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati, 1915.
Hon. J. W. Yeagley, New Philadelphia,
1915.
Hon. James E. Campbell, Columbus, 1916.
Hon. Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland, 1916.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES.
Immediately following the adjournment of
the annual meet-
ing of the Society, there was held the
annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees, with the following
Trustees present: Messrs.
Bareis, Buck, Douglas, Prince, Randall,
Ryan, Schaus, Wood
and Wright.
The officers for the past year were
re-elected, without
change, viz.: G. F. Wright, President;
G. F. Bareis, First Vice
President; D. J. Ryan, Second Vice
President; E. 0. Randall,
Secretary and Editor; E. F. Wood,
Treasurer; W. C. Mills,
Curator and Librarian.
The Executive Committee chosen was as
follows: Messrs.
Bareis, Buck, Douglas, Harper, Prince,
Randall, Ryan, Schaus,
Wood and Wright.
The Trustees then fixed the compensation
of the salaried
officers for the ensuing year, as
follows: Curator and Librarian,
$2,500; Assistant Curator, $1,200; Secretary, $1,000; Clerk to
Curator, $720; Caretaker of Museum and
Library, $780; Treas-
urer, $300. The matter of the
appointment of further assistance
after the removal into the new building
was left for action when
the requirements of the offices should
be determined upon.