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Show A WORD ON LIBRARIES. There are three essentials that make for success in a public library. The first Is permanency. The library should be placed on a business basis should be opened regularly during the hours or days best suited to local conditions. To be placed on stall a basis It must be supported as our schools are, by a fund which may come either from the school or city, or both. The libraries and reading rooms in our state that hare had to depend on charity have almost Invariably In-variably gone to the wall. This Is a public Institution; It belong to all and should be supported by all. A second essential Is the right j books. As well have no library as on filled with books that no one will read, j Books are Inexpensive. Buy a few at a time and add a few more month by month to keep the library Iresh and growing. Do not try to start a library by asking for book donations. It may be some good books w ill coine from this source, but not many homes have attractive books to spare. The State Board of Education stands ready to help any community select the right books and get them at the lowest low-est cost. The-third am4 -l librarian the most Important of all. In selecting se-lecting the book leader for a community, com-munity, don't get a merely good person, per-son, get one who will work, who Is tactful with the young, who knows books or who will learn. If these three essentials be attended attend-ed to, the library Is sure of success. A fourth might help. Have your reading read-ing room where eople can get at ft readily. There is no reason why every community com-munity In Utah should not have a library. li-brary. The law permits school boards to open one to the public In places where there Is no public library. It also allows them to Join with the town board In establishing the library, the expense being divided between them. The town or city can vote a small tax to maintain a reading room. In the average town of 1000 to 2oiiO Inhabitants, $200 to $2.'.0 per year will keep open a library for five to eight hours per day. We trust that Millard County will forge ahead in this Important matter. The response to the library lectures recently given In Fillmore and Hinckley Hinck-ley by the writer, gives promise that the people In this live county will act at once to the end of giving their people peo-ple all the good books they need. As to buildings, there are plenty of vacant rooms In nearly every community com-munity In the school buildings or other oth-er public places. These can be readily read-ily fitted up and mad comfortable. Some cities may even desire when they get going to have a Carnegie building. But this is not necessary to begin with. The first thing Is good books not fine building. The fine building will come later If people will do the oilier things HOWARD It DRKUJS. |