The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-07-28
CAMPAIGN STARTS FOR WADING POOL
PUBLIC SPIRIT OF MOSCOW IS
ALIVE TO MOVEMENT FOR POOL

= Moscow is to have a wading pool
for the children of the city and have
it now," said member of the COM
mittee appointed yesterday by the
| Chamber of Commerce. ''There is not
| in Moscow man that would not be
glad to give a dollar or a woman that
would not give fifty cents toward the
building of wading pool in the city
park for the kiddies" said Mayor
Melgard when seen by a Star-Mirror
representative.
The committee believe the Mayor
is right in his estimate of the public
spritedness of the citizens of Moscow
and they have arranged to give every
everyone an opportunity to contri-
butte by putting on a tag sale tomor-
row and Saturday Young people will
make a house to house canvas of the
resident section tomorrow and the
business section Saturday. Tags will
also be on sale at number of the
business houses.
1t is the hope of the committee that
the people will respond promptly and
that sufficient funds will be available
to permit them to let a contract Mon
day morning start construction at
,once and have the pool completed and
available for the children in ten days
eff the people respond promptly the
committee will see to it that there is
no delay in the construction work and
the city will be given a pool of which
it can be proud" said the Chairman of
the committee.
The type of pool as decided upon by
the committee is the one that is now
in use in many of the larger cities. 1t
is saucer shaped constructed of ce-
ment, approximately fifty feet in
diameter with a four foot walk about
the outer edge The water will vary
in depth from a few inches at the rim
to two and half feet at the center,
a sufficient depth for children to
learn to swim. The committee met at
the Park yesterday with Mayor Mel
gard and Mrs. Warren Truitt, Chair
man of the City Park Board and
location was selected at the southeast
corner of the park.
Chairman Truitt, who for many
years has taken an active interest in
the park and has done much with the
assistance of other women of the city.
in making it the beauty spot that it
is said, II am happy women today
and there will be many more when
they learn that at last we are to have
q wading pool. If the men only real
zed the number of children that come
TO the park for their pleasure, they
would not have waited this long be-
fore building this pool. Next year I
nope they will go further with the
good work and provide a swimming
pool for the grownups at the fair
grounds. A swimming pool for the
young people at the University and
he Auto-tourists is essential and
would attract many to our CITY,"
Chairman Orland of the committee
stated the building of the wading pool
n the park was but the initiatory
tep in providing swimming facilities
or all That his committee was CO.
,perating with another committee of
he Chamber which had the swimming
,ool in charge and it was the concen-
us of opinion that Moscow should
ventually have two pools, a wading'
,ool in the park and a swimming pool
It the fair grounds in conjunction
With a tourists camping ground; that
he time was not opportune to try and
nance the building of a $4,000 to
10000 swimming pool but the time
vas opportune to construct the wad-
ng pool and provide the children with
swimming hole"
Mr.. Orland said, For years the
hildren of Moscow have walked miles
0 find swimming hole; they have
sed any mud holes that they could
ind In the past few years three
YES have been lost and several near
rownings have occurred for the lack
f suitable swimming hole. This
vading pool will provide a place for
he little folks and it is hoped that
ext year will provide for the big
MS