The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-19
Campaign Makes Great Prog
ress, hut Is Far From
Completion.
"H0NOR ROLL" SHOWS
GRATIFYING INCREASE
Women Of the City Meet To-
day to Discuss Methods
Of Helping.

ON Wednesday morning The Mis-
soulian announced that the Missoula
Mercantile company had contributed
$1,000 to the building of a municipal
swimming pool. This Saturday morning
finds the subscription list so long that
we have been forced to resort to pre-
viouSly subscribed and to place The
Honor Rolf at the end of the story.
The total this morning, good friends.
is S2,574Sa Now don't get a self
satisfied smile, lean back and think
that the campaign is over and the
victory won. Far from it. It's just
well under way.
Figures secured from Billings show
that the plant there cost $14,953.69.
We of Missoula may be able to shade
this price ii little, but this figure gives
some idea of the magnitude of what
we as a city have undertaken and what
we as Il city are going to put through
to a successful conclusion. The fight
has been all in our favor up to the
present time but the victory is only a
little over a seventh won. The tri-
umph will come in time. but many a
"heave- and many a strong pull is
needed to arrive at the point where we
AdlI iSetI puSh tlld say NSII, oiu
Missoula sure puts things across when
she makes up her mind to it."
The Woman's Club.
One of the big influences which will
make the movement u success is the
active help and cooperation of the
women of the city. This seems as
sured. Mrs. George Briggs, president
of the Missoula Womans club, has is
sued a call for a general meeting of
the city's women at the Masonic temple
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The main
feature of the gathering, according to
the president, is to be a general dis
cussion of the purpose of the cam
paign and the way in which the wom-
en- of the city can give the most aid.
NJ. j. Hutchens. editor in chief of
The Missoulian, and A. l.. Stone, dean
of the school of journalism. will make
short talks on the reason why Mis-
soula must make this campaign a
success. Several women have prom
ised to make very short addresses
and then the meeting will be thrown
open to u general discussion.
Il sincerely hope that the women
of the city will turn out we'll for this
meeting" said Mrs. Briggs yesterday.
Il have CALLED the meeting because !
am heartily In favor of the proposi-
tion and because ! was asked to do so
| know that the women are interested
and the women of this city have es-
tabishcd a reputation for success in
their undertakings. 1t seems to me
that all they want to know is where
! they can serve best"
The Missoula MinstreIs.
Laying aside all inclination toward
press agent work. the fact remains
that Missoula is about to see the best
minstrel show ever staged in this
city. John Trewhela, Ed Levasseur
Actor Hugh Campbell, Fred Angevin,
in fact all of the stars of past sue
cesscs are in the harness and plugginG
with every bit OF their well-knowr
enthusiasm for the show which is to b,
a real show and which is to prove g
big aid toward the campaign for Mis-
soula's swimming pool.
Ed LeVaSseur is to be generalisSim,
of the Missoula minstrels. His under
studies are all to be experienced IL
the art of arranging and producing
minstrel performance. All the avail
able talent in the city-and that is n,
mean array--Will be pressed into scrv
ice. The dates for the show have bcel
set for June 10 and 20. The first re
hearsal will be called as soon as tn
music has been selected and the gen
eral outline of the show arranged.
The musicians have come forwar
and joined the ranks of those who ar
working for this municipal poo
5 George johnson. leader of the orches
ira, said yesterday that he. and his me
5 could be counted on to do their yer
= best in every way TO aid in maxim
2 the show a financial and musical sue
cess. That's the spirit which will Civ
4 Missoula's children and grown ups
: swimming pool
The Subscriptions.
Now just a minute more Of yo,
valuable time to call attention to som
of the donations made toward II
I fund yesterday. The pupils and teach
crs of the Roosevelt school have start
cd a subscription list which up to II
present time has reached the impress
c i've sum of $1,000. Pupils and teacl
q ers have subscribed toward erecting
the memory of their schoolmate ar
= pupil a lasting monument. Better tha
IS a cold thing of granite will be tn
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