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Show New Development In Free Public Library A freo public library for American Fork seems now more than n possibility. possi-bility. About bIx weeks ago Miss Elizabeth Downey, who is In Utah at the present time In tho Interest of public libraries, was hero nnd met .vlth n number of cltlzetiB to 'adopt some plan of procedure to procure a Carnegie library. Tho dny following, tho commltteo appointed nt tho meeting, together with members of tho executive committee com-mittee of the Civic Lenguo nnd representatives repre-sentatives from tho locnl school board, nccompnnlcd Miss Downey on n tour of Inspection of our local buildings with tho object In view of selecting quarters to sorvo until wo should bo able to erect a llbrnry' building. Thursday of this week thin samo commltteo met with tho oxecutivo commltteo of tho Civic Lenguo, in whoso hands tho mnttor now stands. Rev. Murphy nnd Clifford B. Young were rppointcd ns delegates to attend Mm llbrnry convention to bo held In Snlt Uiko next Monday and Tuesday. Stepa are to be taken nt onco to jeeure a suitable building in which to houso tho llbrnry. Three sites nro now under consideration, It lu tho present Intention to commenco the nucleus of n library by asking nil tho locnl organizations to help secure books, nnd when all nro In the officials offi-cials will buy additional ones to make up n well Imlanccd library. Then, when tho proper llbrnry Rplrlt has beenworked up, application will be mado to tho Ctirneglo commltteo for funds with which to erect n llbrnry building. |