Show THE PIONEER LIBRARY Will Close Soon on Account of Lack of Funds The pioneer library which has been so useful to students and readers in the past i about to close its doors The cause given is lack of funds The city council stopped the 1000 a year appropriation to the institution and the library has bOon running on the strength of Its subscription list ever since This has been diminished lately because the citizens are expecting a free library very soon and dont care to pay for a year subscription when they can get the books for nothing in the near future But the free library maybe may-be fa distant The last legislature I passed a provisional bill that Salt Lake would have a free Ibrory and a tax of I 13 of a mill would be levied fo its maintenance provided that a petition I to that effect should be signed by a thousand tax payers o the city This petition ha only a few names and promises verv few more till these hard times are over A public library is more of a necessity neces-sity than a luxury a school Is about to begin and scholars use the reading room whenever they cn get a chance I The library ha a choice collection of books both entertaining and instructive instruct-ive and a good set O reference book Unless the citizens come to its aid I te citzens cme very soon It win close down and the l cose dOn ad the city will be witlBut one of Its most wi Ut Is use ful institutions The terms of subscrip I tion are 3 per year 175 for six months and 51 for three months |