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Show THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. ! I Salt Lak City has a fine free public library And this fact is appreciated and Is Vicing more appreciated every I month. There are 24.600 volumes now on the shelves of the library And there I H are 13,559 people who make constant use of the books that most appeal to t il Tbe average daily attendance during i the year has been 652. The total num- tH ber of visitors, approximately, is 195,00a. ifH The books loaned for home use total up to S9.42S; those lent in the reading-rooms reading-rooms were 68,489. Over 200 volumes ha e been added during the year 1904. Of all the books , on the shelves, some 37u volumes are obi and rare, therefore of special value, There are large numbers of technical I books, among them a medical library of 110 hooks. Of the 147 periodicals, 86 are daily newspapers. 2 are- vvokllep, 5 are Issued semi-monthly, 67 are monthly magazines, and three arsi I quartt riy n- ien i A great advantage has been gained by the moving of th Juvenile, department depart-ment downstairs. The room formerly u.--d by the Board of Public Works md for a long time onlv occupied 1c Government records, ha3 been turned Into a haven for the young folks. This has been an improvement for the chll- li dren. and a great boon for the adults. The latter have gained in having more quiet upstairs, more room anel lesa confusion. con-fusion. The report for the last month show s that there is a Juvenile membership member-ship of 2146, and thar the daily clrcula-tion clrcula-tion In the Juvenile department is 217. I There has been an Increase in membership mem-bership from K,234 to 18,568, The management of the library Is in very competent hands Miss Sprague as librarian. lvas had a long experience as assistant underTMlss Annie Chapman, Chap-man, the former librarian Under her care the library runs smoothly, to the I satisfaction of everybody who comes J Into the reading-rooms, and for the best advantage of true lovers of read-Ing. |