Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-17 | Page 8 | Favors Canyon Park Project

FAVORS CANYON Former Ogden Man Urges Action on Playground Near Mouth of Gorge Frgin that Ogden take advantage offered in building a park und playground play-ground hear the mouth of Qgden ca,n-J'On ca,n-J'On and oalllng attention to the lm-niensr- value tin- park with an aUtO-mol.lb aUtO-mol.lb bouleVard would g.iin for the city m advertising, r, s, udder formerly of Ogdon. b.is written front Seattle to Mayor frh'hk Francis ip-pealing ip-pealing thai efforts be made n. ruaKe the proposed park a reality I read an article in the newspapei relative to the acquisition of ihe prori-' prori-' 'i the mouth of sden canydn for parks and playgrounds purposes mi Scudder wrote. "Natural!) i fell keenly interested and i trust no oi.-'lael, oi.-'lael, will aruse to u. l .y the imm-di-ate purchase. The fhmiKi ... me that the usu..l opposition Wt)Ultl forihcommg. more especially as he country in general Is trying U curtail cur-tail rather than Sdil to 'he bo- i the taxpayers,- Rut if they will stop fi . onsi.ler Hi,, w.ndeiful me ,,, . ,,. advertftlng this avenue affords i what a delay of even fiv0 years will mean in the purchase price I don" believe there are an) Joperty owners own-ers but what will countenance the necessary tax lew. "Ureal falls, Mont., has haj marJ worth While advertlsta, ttoXhthe mediom of it, pnri, " -stem for a city of lia sUl. JJJJJ any other place In the , ountry. n Seattle I haw heard more favorable I iin other city in thi country."