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Show County Retains RuralLibrary Rural RuralLibrary Library Service PlanEldora Plan PlanEldora Eldora . , , IowaHardin Iowa -Hardin Hardin - Hardm County CountyIowa , , Iowa , , claims claun5 the distinction dlstmctIon of be- be beIng being be being - ing the only county among the the3 3073 3 073 counties countlcs in m the thc United Umted States Statesto Statesto Statesto to provide provlde library hbrary privileges prlvIleges for ItS ItSfarm itsfarm itsfarm farm famlhesThe familiesThe families famlhes familiesThe The experiment expernnent dates back eIght eIghtyears eightyears eightyears years , . when the county board of ofsuperVlsors ofsupervisors ofsupervisors superVlsors supervisors entered into mto a contract contractwlth contractwith contractwith wlth with three municipal libraries I1brarles , , at atEldora atEldora atEldora Eldora , , Iowa Falls , , and Alden , , to tofurrush tofurmsh tofurnish furrush furmsh books to rural schools and andrural andrural andrural rural residents . . The books are provided provlded for two twoweek twoweek twoweek week periods at a cost to the read read- reader reader reader - er of six cents a volume , . plus three threecents threecents threecents cents a volume tor for postageSo postageSo postage postageSo So " , successful ucccssful was the experi xperI- xperI experi- experiment experiment xperIment - ment that the contract has been re- re renewed renewed re renewed - - newed to contmue continue until August August,1938 August1938 August,1938Under , , 1938 1938Under Under the plan a box of books is isreturned isreturned isreturned returned every six weeks to the thel1brary thelibrary thelibrary l1brary library from which WhlCh it lt v/as v as was / bor bor- borrowed bor- bor borrowed borrowed - - rowed , and a new set of books booksselected , . selected by the 1 I brarians , is sent sentout sentout sentout sentoutIn out . . In addition to serving scrvmg rural resi reSI- reSIdents resi- resi residents residents - - dents the library llbrary service servlce is ava avail avail--able avail able . . - ' - able to small incorporated mcorporated to\ms to ms toms tomswhere to\/nswhere to nswhere \ / where \ \ here no library llbrary exists CXIStS |
