The Daily Star-Mirror
VOLUME XII
NUMBER 177
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923.
THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR, MOSCOW,
ASK MEMORIAL
ARCH AT PARK
CHAMBER COMMERCE MAY PROVE FINANCES—WOULD HONOR SOLDIERS STILL LIVING.
At the Wednesday meeting of the chamber of commerce, Secretary B. C. Rowe, who had just returned from Portland, reported that he had conferred with the owners of the McConnell block in this city, plans for the improvement of which are on foot, and that an option on the building could be secured. The price which the owners were willing to quote, however, was thought by the members to be excessive, and the matter was left in the hands of the committee appointed at a previous meeting, to negotiate further if it is thought advisable.
Mayor H. Melgard appeared before the chamber of commerce in behalf of the American Legion, suggesting that with the placing of the doughboy memorial statue in the Moscow park, as a memorial to those boys from Latah county who sacrificed their lives in the recent war, there should be some mark of appreciation for the services of the several hundred Latah county boys still living, who served in the war. He suggested that a memorial arch be constructed at the southwest entrance to the park, and said that the members of Dudley Loomis post, American Legion, are willing to furnish the labor, if the city will furnish the material. He said the expense would probably not be much in excess of $100, and asked that the chamber of commerce take  Some action in the matter. 