The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-10
Talk of the T0,vn

parks summer season will be really
opened. High water has, until now,
kept many out OF the park, but today
the stage is all set for the first mid
summer invasion. This afternoon he
who will take the trouble may learn
the real value OF the late r. l.. Green
! ough's great gift to his city.
There are people who rather laugh
at the idea of such n park in such a
city They highly approve OF green
boulevards and stiff little half-acre
| gardens set brightly about the town
| but why" they say. should n city
| set squarely in the heart OF q park
bigger than some states pay out good
money for the npkeep of a little bit Of
natural scenery
These people. poor things, imagine
that all the rest OF the world is on
wheels: that others may Gas they
themselves do) pun a lever and find
themselves among the mountains. Mis-
sonla has, indeed. a great many auto-
moblists. but on any Sunday after
noon Greenough park will prove that
most Of the city goes afoot, and usual
~ with toddling restraints upon pc
destrianiSm A sunny midsummer
Sabbath afternoon will draw hundreds
OF family picnic parties to Greenough
park. Every nook of the big play
ground will be filled with men and
women and babies. all glad of the
chance to find the real outdoors with :
in an easy walk OF their front gates.
That is why Greenough park has
been good investment for the city OF
: Missoua. Those of us who have
:. means or time to go picnicking in the
l hills may have all the delights of a re-
l moter outing almost within earshot OF
E the courthouse clock. The fishing ma
not be quite as good as it is farther
$ upstream. but 1t is good enough to be
t enjoyable. There is good wading fol
the youngsters and good climbing
q There are big trees and charming
g scenes; fresh air and. GOODNESS ant
comfort
Young man." said a Missoula 20
I liceman to red-headed youngste
who was playing at war with an OLE
cap pistol yesterday, don't you know
that you may frighten somebody will
that thing and get yourself int
| trouble?"
- The youngster looked the policeman
:, over coldly.
~ MY grandpa, Mr.. Bill Smith. used t,
g be chief of police here, and I'm goin,
to be some day. TOO. I'm practicing.'
DyOu ever hear of the Woodwork
!. building in New York? What woul,
II you think if somebody showed you
II searchlight so powerful that il 70,
e played it on that immense structure a
Y night. you could spot every fly on tn
II building? That's the kind Of IL search
: light that Tom Edison. famous inven
tor, is working on right now. and no
! only will it show every fly on tn
: walls Of the building. but will show tn
IS whites of the fly's eye. according t
= A. G. Moore. representative OF IN
II Thomas A. Edison company. who is il
!. Missoula On business for the dictatin
- sales department OF the company.
Most people think that a government
II job is n soft snap. but there is on
Il man in the country who is on the jo
e ntes out of every ~. according I
q And Uncle Sam thinks so much .
L. E.dison's inventive qualities that h
J. furnishes the genius with specia
'e guard detail OF soldiers. who surroun
the plant at Orange. n. J.. and prOteC
If its owner and his Inventions. And
j. won't be long before Edison find
something that will make the subma
rine look like a One-hOrSe shay |
competition with q racing auto. say
Moore.
is Nearly every registrar who serve
in on registration day has something re
n freshingly new to tell about his ex
i'd perences on that occasion. but on on
ID thing all Of the registrars who coache
is sons of the Balkan states through tn
Is mazes of the registration formul
I'd agree. and that Is that none of tn
ID swarthy ,Slavs want to go to war.
Is 1T was hard to make them under
D. stand what was wanted, but a goo
te many Of them had been in the war |
Of the Balkan states some four years ag
t. and they all had the same overwheln