Show kiwanis wanis hold aeeti meeting g at the regular meeting of the local kiwanis club held wednesday evening agthe new park hotel a general discussion prevailed relative to ways and means by which citizens of park city might promote interest in and lend support to the movement to perpetuate a midwinter sports carnival the discussion was visa led by representatives of tho the norwegian american athletic club of salt lake city who were special guests for the evening of f kiwanis those cand present were str strand larson andreason beckstrom and hansen these gentlemen thanked park city people tor for their past interest in winter sports and skiing and expressed the hope that this interest would continue during the addresses and discussion that followed a number of significant facts were presented it was pointed out that no less an authority than the late instructor tor in skiing to officers of the allied armies in the alps during the world war an expert who immediately prior to his death was giving instruction in skiing at the university of utah had pronounced the hills near park city as equal to the alps tor for natural seii loca eions it was urged that park city should be continually alive to the development of this unusual natural resource and to capitalize it as a substantial business asset in the past three skit tournaments have been held through the co opera tion of members of the norwegian american athletic club and local citizens the first was held on the hills bills west of town the succeeding ones were held near and Rasmus sene sens ranch last years program at rasmus sens was the biggest and best thus tar far attempted it Is proposed to make permanent the Kas mussen site the ogden chamber of commerce has this year appropriated a substantial sum of money to put on a winter sports carnival including dog races similar to those held at ashton idaho and true truc kee california park city might get tile same dog teams that ogden is to have hatt it if she goes after them 1 everyone present present were enthusiastic la fit tho the view that this worthy enter prin should carry on and become a perman ent part ot of our civic activities during the long winter seasons better than the spectacular and commercial values ini in ln i boived in one big tournament la Is the thal training that young and old may receive in the use of 0 skits tob to boggans aggans etc with which to secure pleasure and me physical exercise k the problem ot of how specifically to lend immediate assistance to the salt balt lake people in fixing up the site tor for next winters skit tournament and ana ol of how generally to promote a bigger and 3 better program of winter sports for or park paik city was referred to the committee jao on public affairs |