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Show RIVERSIDE SCHOOL ASKS PLAYGROUND Residents of Ttat Vicinity File Petition With City and Present Offer of Convenient Tract for Sale. Residents in the vicinity of the Riverside Riv-erside school havo petitioned the city commission to purchase an eight-acre tract adjacent to the school to he converted con-verted into a park and public playground. play-ground. In presenting the petition, which has several hundred signers, it is pointed out that there is no park in close proximity to that section of the city and that the children of that section sec-tion are forced to go a long way from their homes to enjoy playground privileges. privi-leges. The property suggested to be purchased pur-chased lor the playground site is lot 1, block 19 and all"of block 20, Jordan Place subdivision, and also a part of block 17, Butte subdivision. Accompanying Accom-panying the petition is an offer for the sale of the property on terms that total $11,500. This price, the petition says, is unusually reasonable, and the city is urged to take advantage of it and to provide the park and playground. |