The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-20
IS RECEIVING SUPPORT
Proposition to Establish Public
Park Meets With Favor.
SITE IS A SPLENDID mi
An Outline Of the Plan OF the Proposed
Park n Fair Grounds Railroad
VIII Hold Its Trains 10 Min
utss During the Fair.

Missoula. Oct. 1s.-The proposition as
submitted to and accepted by the board
OF trade Of the city of Missoula to
build a public park and county fair
grounds on the plot OF ground west of
the European hotel is receiving encour-
aging support from the citizens OF Mis-
soula The plan as accepted by the
board of trade was as follows: To
close the street between block s and the
south half of block 3. Higgins addition.
making a piece of ground 300 feet wide
on Spruce by $50 feet on Woody and
Harris streets.
The proposed plan Is to use the whole
OF block 8 as a pleasure park. and to
use that space covered by the s0-foot
street and as much as may be needed
OF the south half Of block 3 to erect an
exhibition hall. Back of the exhibition
hall VIII be a street. and then there
Will be a row of 30 stalls for cattle and
horse exhibits. The exhibition hall is
to be used for exhibits during the coun-
ty fair and the fruit fair. The whole
OF block 8 will be laid on in flower beds
and walks. together with shade trees
and shrubbery. The entire plot Of land
In to be surrounded by a 10-foot side
walk n a small summer building or
grand stand Ii to be erected in the GEN.
ter OF the park proper Between the
sidewalk n the park there is to be a
hedge fence on the Woody. Harris and
Spruce street sides. The exhibition hall
will divide the park proper from the
paddock for the exhibition of stock.
This Is the cheapest and best loca-
ton for a park that a be found. and
IL is to be hoped that the people OF
Missoula n the friends of the county
fair will assist the board OF trade in
furnishing a permanent home for the
fair and adding a beautiful pleasure
park to the city OF Missoula. IL was
suggested that arrangements could be
made with the Northern Pacific rail-
road to hold the overland train here Is
minutes. making a stop OF 30 minutes,
each day during the county fair and
the midwinter fruit fair. and by allow
ing the passengers or the overland
trains TO visit the exhibitions. that this
would be the best possible advertise
ment that the ~esource of the county
could have.
III the esteemed Muscular would 60
to the trouble Of sending a reporter to
the meetings of the board of trade. it
would not be necessary to get Its infor-
nation regarding proceedings of that
body col handed as IL confesses in
issue. The second hand infor-
nation detailed by the Muscular to-
as news. was, as usual, wrong.
The committee on the selection of a
site for the park did not recommend
the selection of the site selected on
Woody street, but submitted their re-
port without recommendation, as de-
tailed In full in this mornings STAN
dard. Neither was IL the intention Of
the board to put the city OF Missoula
TO the expense OF putting up $1,000 to
the park. but the board OF
itself proposes to raise that
amount of money and to do the work
on the park.
The board of trade does not intend
to ask the city of Missoula TO contri-
one cent to the purchase price OF
h land, nor to lay out the park in
flower beds and walks. The south half
OF block 3 Is To be used as the perma-
nent home of the county fair, and all
Of block eight for the public park. The
Missoulian. in advising the people OF
not to contribute to the park
fair fund. II only following it's usual
OF obstruction and opposition
to the advance and prosperity of the
city. While IL is understood that the
evening paper is opposed to the opening
Of a park In our city. II should at least
a fair account of the proceed
Hngs OF such an Important body as the
ocal board OF trade. II you want all
he news all The time. read the Stan
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