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Show Library Movement To Be Resurrected 1W of Male Librarian L'nth.rsrs lommlltiT, nim win it(MulllU. 'I heir Marts Tliu movement Tor securing the cB. tnbllolinieiit of a Carnegie library for American Fork has been mused back to health again and will now bo pushed lo a successful conclusion Tho medicine Hint seemingly has worked tho miracle was the visit of Miss Downey here !ist Monday and her talk in the Second Ward meeting-house. meeting-house. The lady Is girted talker and Impresses her hearers with tho Idea that what she says Is true Her lalk was deoted on how to get books and how to keep them. She ndvocnted the commencement or a library even before a Cumeglo building was erected, saying thnt Jt was or great Importance to have the library spirit worked up In ndvanco of securing the building. She told of the catching of the library fever by borne other town getting It llrst. When Mantl got a library ICphralm wanted one. When the little town or Unrlnnd made application ror one costing $10,-000, $10,-000, llrlgliain City asked ror one costing cost-ing $L'0.000. Tho committee having the matter in charge will now redouble their efforts ef-forts to secure signatures to tho petitions, peti-tions, which already are numerously signed, and then the city council will call a special election. No community Is educationally complete com-plete without a public library. It Is the people's college. It fills tho gap that now exists In our educational system, olTcrlng to both children and parents a chance to continue their education edu-cation when they arc out of bchool. It reinforces the school, tho homo nnd the church In their efforts to uplift humanity. It Is the best kind of substitute sub-stitute for the saloon and the street corner, It gives to a community the book leadership It miiBt have, and It makes Tor all a center or uplifting, refining Influences. As to the expense or maintaining a library; It Is the least expensive or all the educational Institutions, For a city tho size oi American Fork lr a tax levy ot ono mill, which would mean not moro than fifty cents to ono dollar were made, the library could bo splendidly maintained and tho city could havo for the nsklng, jOli brnryntldiiig?tCn'd-of"10,O6u. Tilh, Carnegie will give such a fund provided pro-vided tho peoplo agree to maintain the library. Wo do not know how long this generous offering will remain re-main open. The question Is not, "Can you afford It?" It is rather, "Can you afford to do without It 7" Would It be worth a dollar a year to each rani-lly rani-lly lo have the privilege or going any day to the library blocked with two or three thousand good books? Would it not save parents money, rather than add to their burdens to have the privilege pri-vilege or getting magazines, papers anil books rree whenever they wished? wish-ed? Would not the poorest homes get tho greatest benefit? Many other towns and cities in our stato hove decided that the library Is worth while. They have been willing wil-ling to tax themselves to maiutalti one. Already 15 libraries agrcga-llng agrcga-llng in cost more ilian $250,000 hnvo been built or aro being built In Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Eureka, Tooele. Cedar City, Garland, Parowan, St. George, Illchlleld, Mantl, Price. Klchiuoiiil mid Ephrnlm We suggest that you write lo these cities and llnd out what they think of the advantages of the library. This Is your problem. Faco it as you will. ,i |