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Show City May Buy New City Park Liijk Out Pnilng District nnd Iniestl-gates Iniestl-gates I'll in ping l'lanls. At a special meeting of tho City Council hold Wednesday night, for the purpUBo of passing n new ordinance creating it pn!ng district, tho question ques-tion was discussed regnrdlng tho purchase pur-chase of n tract of land near tho center cen-ter of town for tho pttrposo of bulld- --- -- lug n now city pnrk. Tho opinion w'ns '''Is frooly discussed that tho city needed i lf n placo hoar tho center of tqwn, l ! B whero tho pooplo could go for an hour . f ' ' in tho afternoon on summer days, m, ' I and whom tho straugor could go whilo 1 I if waiting for his train. It was pointed cj, 4 j out that a largo tract was not ncccs- rt K! I snry, but thnt an ecro planted to' f If lawns, flowers aim shoddy trees .B' jj would probably answor tho purpose. s j j Sevornl tracts havo boon discussed jl und othors will probably bo consider- ft', cd. Tho Wngstaff traofc.ofjwo acres jj j on the lauo west of Dr. Noycs' homo , , . w has been mentioned, and an aero In tho center of tho block back, of tho "mi ' Crookston homg'ucnr tho Orom depot J seems to invaVlth favor. , tt.fi Tho Courictonlso voted to luvestl- SI gate some pumping schemes with an . Jj 'i Idea of digging an experiment sur- i fnco-woll nenr tho old Robinson mill I J ft site. Tho Council mado n trip yostcr- i ' day to tho Jordan Pumps, nlso to u & plant nt Riverton, to examine tho kind ,! of a pump most sultublo for cxpori- , ,' ment purposes. ,K Tho ordlnnnco creating n ow pav- ' k vlng .district docs not mean moro , sldownlks, but- Is for tho purpose of "' $ valldifying tho ono put in last year. I - I |