Show LOCAL LIBRARY HAD BAD BUSY YEAR althae although h it is somewhat late for reports report of activities dunns luring 1016 11 to bo be consid considered eted as ag naw tho the news advocate has just looked ovir for the arst time the report ot tho the price C Cirni gio library the year ending dt De comber 31 1916 and finds therein mry m 1 ry y ibern that mil giove piove love of interest to the public at the begin beginning hing of the e jear 1910 1916 the library con t lined 1193 volumes being for adults and for children during the year volumes were purebred and w were ere preben presented ted to the library making a total of volumes added to the shelves Sixty two vO volumes linnes were list or withdrawn leaving u net total of 1706 in the library at the beginning of the present year in additon to the books the library re L dived ived 47 newspapers i and periodicals regula regularly fly there bisin wis in the library fund at the beginning of the year 1916 a balance of 63 the tax levy deded 1500 and the city council gave the library on account of a previous fund being overdrawn in connection i with tho building I 1 the institution arnd minor receipts breight the total to 2779 52 for the ipar ear the pealing of new nev furniture and fixtures fi tures waa the biggest item of ex e pensy pense during the year totaling other repairs and improvements amounted to 79 ahe new books added co 72 and the periodicals cost 67 Librat librarians ians sal bluy tu service and hi ought the he total expenditures to 96 leaving on hand at tit the th b ginning of the Pre present year of 56 although there the e were 1106 borrow ers lards in force at the end of the I 1 ar thy the total 1 number of books taken out amounted to of these children took and adults the library was open for circulation cult cu lation tion on days during the year ind nd the largest number of books taken out on one day w wis is 80 the smallest number taken on any gnp day wis w is six and the averi avenge WAS 27 the number of those who visit the library to consult erce ucros or read the periodicals IR ig constantly in creasing Creasi tig and with the addition of so many new volumes and the In install stalla tion of needed fixtures the library a is rigidly becoming the institution that it was intended by its plo motels it should be much of tl i pid growth and is due to the tile splendid work of the librarian bliss miss matloc strong |