Show PU LIC OPENED MANY ATTEND dedicatory SERVICES SATURDAY PROF G H BRiM PRESENT pleases large audience with eloquent address musical numbers good saturday evening a large larce audience n b led in the new nen public library to haten to the dedicatory exe crises at the time of opening there wn wib very few unoccupied seats the committee on arrangements had been bushall busy liall all da in placing seats to accommodate the expected crowd in order to do this the commercial club rooms the I 1 0 0 f k hall the opera house and the district court room had been of all loose chairs in III this aay ay seating accommodation s its had been en furnished fo 50 person s and I 1 it is tafe safe to say that there were nearly joo persons persona present before the exercises closed those taking part on the program pr oram the members of the retiring and the incoming council and the library committee occupied seats near the rostrum As previously arranged 11 II N haes acted as master of ceremonies and in a short address congratulated the citizens eit izena of richfield on the aus ocious occasion and the opening of a i free public library mayor james M peterson the chairman of tho the library board gave 1 a I brief recital of the events that led up to the establishment of 0 the fund f for or the maintain anee ance of a public library and the securing of the means for or the erect un on of the building in the near ear 1909 under the administration of heber christensen ob mayor vt if richfield the people voted a ta tax for librara librari and gymnasium purposes the first payment made on this tax was in 1910 and in the summer of 1911 correspond correspondence ance began with andrew carnagie relative to furnishing morel for the building in 1912 the site vas as selected and there being urn lent funds aNai available lable from the tax levy the sto sito where the building now stands was wag purchased in june of the same year bear word ward was receiver cei ed from mr carnagie tru the funds required were at the disposal dis of 0 the tha committee and the contract was let to A G young and company for the erection of the building g several plans hadl had been submitted and the library board at last made selection of the plan submitted by watkins and birch from which the building had been president robert D young offered the dedicatory prayer dedicating the building and aid its contents to the baube of education prof george 11 Brim brimhall ball the principal speaker of the evening made an Lle i quent ad address drogs his subject being the re quItis of persevering in justry austry ho his entire address abounded in well selected examples of what had been done by persevering indus try in the past and showing that it would always be a primal moving liti potter vier in the affairs of mankind mr mir Brim brimhall nall was frequently a applauded find and was listened to with rapt attention some of the tha beat musical talent in the city took part in tho the exercises ind and the program was vais interspersed with music both instrumental in and vocal vocel the anona orchestra gave as their portion the poet and peasant overture and american songs A double mixed voice quartette sang the quartette from Rl Rg goleta oleta and in praise of song the richfield male quart ettia sang bang creole loo song those who were fortunate in being at the meeting expressed themselves as having enjoyed it very much and ill all feel that the town is going to be benefited by the library maor major peterson Pe tereon said that a considerable Eid sid erable portion of the credit for the traction trec tion 0 of the building was waa due to the library board beard composed of 0 H N habee ia es secretary and heber C chris norb mra E U E hoffmann john hood mrs ines brown ind and geu geo M 1 I jones |