The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-21
SWIMMING POOL PLANS
TAKE DEFINITE SHAPE
WILL SOLICIT FUNDS-EMPLoY
SUPERVISOR OF TOUR
lST CAMP.

Wallace is to have an open air
swimming pool This question which
has been under consideration for sew
/ eral months was finally settled at the
board OF trade luncheon yesterday
The proposition assumed definite
shape at the meeting a week ago
when Mayor Hugh Toole, who has
been persistent advocate of the
pool, placed the matter squarely up
to the board OF trade to get behind
the movement in cooperation with the
city council. The action of the board
was unanimous. but it was decided
to wait another week in order to per
nit the mayor to have the city engi-
ncer prepare plans for the pool and
submit an estimate of its cost. sgd
ney L. Shonts, city engineer, who is
also chairman of the swimming pool
committee of the board of trade and
Who has given much attention to the
subject, was present with a plan Of
the pool. which he estimated would
cost $500, Independent of the cost OF
conveying the water. which he said
would be assumed by the city. Mr.
Shonts said that his plan conformed
to the standard design, but which was
subject to slight modification to meet
The requirements. 1t provides for two
concrete pools each 25 by 5S feet in
side measurement and having a max
mum depth of feet. The two pools
tod Itr
little lower than the outside RIM the
idea being to have one pool available
for use all the time during the swim
ming season while the water is warm
ing i'm the other. One pool viii be
used probably three days when the
water viii be changed and the other
pool viii be used for a corresponding
period AT the east end OF the main
pools viii be wading pools for the lit
tie folks each 10 by 2S feet and with
arrangements for changing and
warming the water the same as i'm
the main pools. Around the pools Will
be concrete walk Another inter
estng feature viii be the skating ia
cinties in the winter The walls d.
vding the pools being lower than the
rim the water will be permitted to
submerge them. making one large
pool which when frozen over will pro-
vide quite a large skating area.
Liberal Subscriptions Expected.
AN prermnaries now being arrang-
ed. the special committee from the
board of trade will proceed at once to
give everybody an opportunity to
subscribe to the swimming pool fund,
and it is expected that there will be
general and generous response. 1t
is proposed to place the pool in the
northwest corner of the park and it
viii be for the use of both old and
young. 1t is strictly community en-
terprise and it is one in which I'M
usual interest has been manifested
1t is now simply a question of whe-
Their the people win show that they
have really been in earnest in their
agitation for a swimming pool If
they are then the work of the finance
committee will he easy. President
Mackey. of the board of trade, has
displayed good judgment in the selec-
ton % the committee TO raise the
funds for all members have given (
much attention to solving the prob
lem of a pool and it is largely through /
their efforts that the project has been /
advanced to the present stage. The /
committee is headed by Mayor Hugh /
roole and associated with him are |
Sydney L. Shonts and d. c. McKis-
sick.
Legion Hall Committee.
L. r. Hanley from the committee
appointed to report on the disposition
lf the fund raised 10 pay the rent for
american Legion hall. reported that
he committee had conferred with
'latt Morrow regarding the lease as
directed by the board. but as H. J
}ossi chairman of the committee
vas out of the city he asked that the
natter so over for another week. In
ranting this request President Mac
Key expressed qualification that the
Meeting would be spared a renewal Of
ne discussion of this vexed Ques-
ion
Reject Publicity Cooperation.
John IT, McEvers. chairman Of the
publicity committee. reporting on the q
roposition from the Standpoint cham i
er OF commerce for the Wallace
GARD of trade to cooperate with the g
Their commercial bodies of north {
iaho i'm an advertising campaign TO $
iduce tourist travel stated that the p
ommittee was not favorable 20 the p
roposition. The reasons for this po- o
tion were that the tourist travel a
YER the Yellowstone trail through u
'allace had already reached a point v
rat taxed the camping facilities that Is
zen if it was desirable it is now too n
tie to get any results from advertis- e.
s. this year that more effective Il
cans of advertising could be devils q
! and that to join in the Standpoint Il
opposition would accomplish no ben
lcial results The report was ap-
owed and Mr.. McEvers was in
ructed to advise the Standpoint body v
cordingly