The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-11
Talk of the To,v,a
Whew! Amt 1t hot?

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Whew! Amt 1t hot?
MissOula Is experiencing tho hottest
week Of the summer and a hotter one
+! than has visited these parts in many
a month.
More than one citizen has expressed
| the hope that Missoula will never have
another July as hot as this one with
out the facilities of swimming pool
to help cool things off. And the
wca thcr is sure giving the pool fund
a good boost.
The last mcmcntos of MiSsOulas
third Stampede have fluttcred TO the
pavement in Higgins avenue. group
of workmcn took down the strings OF
var colored pcnnons which were sus-
pended over that thorouShfarc Take
good care of 'cm, boys, for we'll need
'em again next year
Did YOU happen to notice last nights
| sunset? There was a display Of glo-
rious color beyond the power of any
artist to reproduce From behind Il
| silver lined cloud which hung above
the Bitter Root range great streams
Of light stretched upward toward the
zenith. Below the cloud the peaks Of
| the mountains were bathcd in phos
| phorcsccnt rose which glowcd con-
stantly brighter until the sun, sinking
| low. appeared below the cloud and
| scattered the rose into Il golden haze
| before il passed out of sight.
| Lacking Il swimming pool. scores of
| MiSsoula boys are bathing every after
noon now in the river slough just west
| of the Milwaukee station. The slough
| has a sinister reputation. but the sun
| is pretty hot The youngsters evi-
IDENTIFY deem their fun well worth the
| risk which proved too great for Maui
rice Llafct and half Il dozen before
| him.
"A fclIa's got to go swimming in this
weather, hasn't hc?' demanded young
| Alton Pcarce yesterday. THE slough's
kinda dirty, and there are rocks on
the bottom. but it's better than moth
ing at an. What can you expect"
Alton couldn't wear coat last even :
ing at all. His hide and the sun have
conspired against his comfort. But
the sight of him and multitude Of
others, splashing and yelling in tho
! slough, will convince anyone that dam
| ger and sunburn are cheap prices to
| e, no irbt IF in,
But a boys life wouldn't be cheap
! 4 pool would be a cheap. safe answer
| to the question.
\ policeman yesterday afternoon
noticed an automobile parked wrongly
on Higgins avenue. He couldn't find
the owner, but reported the license
number to headquarters. The license
list issued by the state is somewhat
confusing, and Police Magistrate Allen
had to look "A long while before he
could find the number. BY the time
he had discovered that Lieutcnan,
Governor W. w. Mcdowell of Butte
owned the car the machine had van
ishcd.
Whcw. Let's so swimming. Where:
| the pool?
Community singing is being dcvcl,
open at the state University in Il dc.
lightful form. Regularly the students
and large number of Missoula people
! gather on the campus to sing ole
songs. loved by every American. Pro
fessor Peter Dykcma, an experienced
leader of large bodies of singers, con,
ducts the songs as part of his work II
connection with the summer session o
the university. Surprising progress.
has been made by the singers. TIL.
evening song hour is now delightful t,
listeners and participants.
Crowd singing is Il joy said
prominent Missouln citizen the othc
day. 1t ought to be encouraged.
recall going to Philadelphia once TO
an overnight visit. My wife and
happened to stroll past IL downtown
park where a band was leading :
great crowd in old time songs. Hun
dreds were standing there, singn,
happily. The effect was tremendous
We stopped, began singing and stayc'
| until the concert was over. In thu
morning we decided not to leave Phila
delpha until we had sung with tina
crowd again. We stayed in the cit,
almost a week, going every evening t
the park for the pleasure of singing
stat" University traditions hay
been followed in organizing the son,
hour on the campus. The old Ccrc
nony of Singing ON the Steps" /
preserved in the now experiment. TIL
singers gather about the steps of Uni
versity hall early in the evening Foil
songs and patriotic songs are SUM-
until s o'clock. At the first stroke O
; tho boil in the tower all singing stops
Hats arc removed and heads bowed i
: silence until the eighth stroke sounds
Then the crowd sings odd Collcg
ChumS," and silently dispcrses
THE MORNING SMILE.