Show GOOD 00 BOOKS AT T ALL crossroads a american library association urges adoption of county library system IDEA PROVES successful california the pioneer other states adopting the plan the american library lu in announcing its for lvery boily body movement ie to to be nation wide in ite its scope advises aid arres it 11 e 9 extension of the county library system as a solution of the problem of supply ing good ro to the rural die tile tracts its intention ie Is to persist in advocating tile nation wide adoption of the iden as opi lied in III california ohio and maryland until every one of the countie s in ili the lie unten hare have adopted the ami and regular shipments of 0 good goott books arc are being from the central if ilant lilt la in the tile county to the lie designated outi osta california stands out aa as the in the successful application of the idea of the tile GS 58 counties in tho the slate state 42 have adopted and are tl it e system at a trilling coat cost I 1 ahls ills it tirell a as a part of its it enlarged nini blikh alms to promote a better cattron dalp and to comb it the social and in lu unrest through the teaching of annerl can I 1 leals leat and traditions to the ilia born bom the book needs of tie tle sixty million nill llon or more Ameri americans catis who live outside ot of lie the big cities will be called to the at lention of those in a position to serve them county libraries urged the county library system provides for establishing one central library lit at the county seat or in the largent town in every county this does doe not mean necessarily the erecting eiting er of a library building and find it e stocking of its shelve shelves in many cases the tools already exist prom from this central station books will be joanel to designated outpost stations the books will be ile delivered by trucks parcel post or whatever method may be adopted in any elven given county to the country toll tollgates gates post ot of flem schoolhouses and private homes hen one shipment has ben be n circulated and returned another will be sent out also in communities of any tiny size in the county brands libraries artes will be maintained the american library association with its calve active librarian members and its 40 4 years of practical functioning tio ning Is I 1 in a position to know tu ia needs of the country and in the fight for wider knowledge Is I 1 a force to be reckoned with the enlarged program tills for rn expenditure of there will be to 10 drive er or intensive campaign the morey will be raised by the librarians rians library 1 trustees and arl friends nde of libraries ahe movement for better citizens and a well read population Is on and nd the tile slogan Is books tor for lvery body |