The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-29
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO AID PAXSON
COUNTY DADS DISCUSS PAINT
INGS AND THEN TURN TO CON-
SiDER FAIR GROUNDS.

Yesterday the county commissioners
appointed a committee of five well
known citizens to meet and confer
with Artist e. S. Paxson concerning
the subjects to be selected for the
eight panels which the artist is to
paint for the county courthouse. J.
FL. r. Ryman, D. j. Donohue, H. E.
CLANCY, s. J. Coffee and F. S. Lusk
were anne on his committee and
will arrange for a meeting with Mr..
PaXson in the near future. The board
has implicit faith in Artist Paxson
and his ability to suggest and work
out appropriate subjects for these
panels but felt that a committee uch
as has been appointed might be very
helpful to Mr.. Paxson in making a
final choice n gathering the neces-
sary data he will need in working his
subjects out historically correct.
After accepting highway easements
from the Northern Pacific for two
public road crossings on the reserva-
ton between Arlee and Ravalli and
after refusing to allow the issuance
of a retail liquor license as petitioned
for by William Mcdonald Of Carter,
the board again turned it's attention
to the consideration of the county
fair, the grounds to be purchased and
the buildings to be erected. AS stated
in The Missoulian yesterday the COM
missioners had SO far received but
two offers of land suitable for fair
ground purposes. One of these was
the so acre tract out in South Mis-
soula adjoining the city limits hat
was offered last year by the South
Missoula Land company. The price
asked for this tract is $1S,50G.
A few days g another tract in
south Missoula was offered by Woody
and Ryman, this being situated fur
ther west and south-8O acres at $500
per acre. Yesterday the Did fair
grounds, now owned by the Greenough
estate, was offered the board in the
following communication from Sam
Walters, trustee:
Old Ground Offered.
81 will agree to sell to the county
of Missoula the site of the present
fair grounds situated one mile west
of the city limits, including the pres
ent graded one mile track, grand
oldtu, Ddilu ldHds "dlCi AaIlh, CIV,
and the grounds sufficient to hold any
further improvements that the board
may have in view, aid grounds being
outlined in green on the accompanying
map for the lump sum of $4,000;
should the board desire to purchase
the strip of Ian outlined in red, on
which are situated the present barns,
I would include same for an addi-
tional amount of $500.
"You will notice that by purchasing
the lands as outlined, you are pur-
chasing no waste lands or odd orner
as would be the Ease if a raw piece
of ground were selected. Should your
honorable body desire additional land
than that shown on the map, my CHI
ents are the owners of the land on all
four sides and are willing to quote
you a moderate price on anne
w believe hat by accepting our
proposition a saving of many thou
sands of dollars will be effected, due
to the race track being already graded
water being piped to the grounds by
a two inch pipe from the city mains,
and the buildings that would be avail
able to at least temporary use after
some repairs, making a total saving
of atleast SIS, 900 which could be cor
veniently used to advantage in build