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' THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN. PORTIAXD. FEBRUARY 1917. 5 THOUSANDS SHUT IN BY SNOWS ON LONG WINTER NIGHTS ENJOY BOOK SHIPMENTS State Traveling Library Goes Into Homes of Farmers, Into Districts Far Removed From Railroads and Inspires People to Study and to Social Development. fc O ! ,, '" " V J' ill a bonify Keep he 1 rVV ffrrarza.n Susy. fr : - V7-J1 lit ' v v &JSt-J i-.ii- i W-vw- ' ll 1 111 4 t"? I tJp-i! llVV mli4 Iter Jill III -1 ? ? ukl teICr 1. trrUrwi i - Hi iliisMl?i ill III - '1 rtilt- 11 ng "u"- Ukl vi!ljHi4H I III"" T I . t,x'' 1 .c y llfj' 1 Zjj I III ","y " 1 -issC T'V!5 Mil - - - ' j fin -t. .-31 1 B 1 v ft. : I'l 3tM- --OBSiEl!z2vM I' ?T i1 A 7?7? 'Library Corner io Dslani Orecort If comes LikE v.' , 1 vi uii-ivauuiiiiujr " i t t iv t i oca Bay. Ten-Mile Lake in hundreds of remote places in the state Tvhere the little Abraham Lincolns of Oregon sit up ir late perusal of books long after the rest of the household is IV r n rtp in Klppn v-n 1 1 fin tint find under the boys' eager eyes "Weema' Life of Washington." borrowed from a grouchy neighbor, who is very fastidious about his tomes, especially if he wants some rails split. Also, far out in the sagebrush plains, along distant searshoes and in isolated mountain districts," white under early enows, you do not And the little Daniel Vebsters of Oregon reading in endless repetition the ancient juvenile trium virate Shakespeare, the Bible and the pilgrim's Progress. And those other little boys, who will never be orators or statesmen, and whose lamps also gleam till late at night through the farmhouse windows and the Winter mist, are not reading the "iLrfe of Jesse James," "Old and Young King Brady" or "Young "Wild "West" or "The Shot That Made a Mil lion." The tousled heads of both sets of boys are bent over much the same kind of literature. There has been a change, a standardization, a compro mise. If as a result there will be few er orators and statesmen at. the State house biennially, there will also be fewer at another Salem institution perennially. Library Can Go 5O0 Miles. A kindly, paternal state institution, spreading its ubiquitous blessings abroad by parcel post, has brought this change about. The State of Oregon has not forgotten its rural boys, who may have potential greatness in their eouls and certainly have potential cit izenship. . For them, for their fathers and mothers and sisters, and for book less people everywhere, this state has gathered together a library of thou sands of wholesome books, which may be borrowed across a distance of 600 miles almost as easily as across a desk. Because of its multitudinous services this library reaches from Clatsop Coun ty to Malheur, from Curry County to Wallowa, to the . dweller . along the Nestucca as well as to the dweller along the .Willamette, to the forest ranger alone in his mountain cabin as well as to .the village girl who has no rrar-tner to the dance because this li brary belongs to the 700,000 people of Oregon it is called the Oregon State is a great mail order library, whose books circulate like active dollars. All the books are honey bees no drones. fife!! I , Some of the more popular volumes, though handled with all reverence and care by the users, are literally read to death in a few years. In the course of a year the same book may be read by people in Gold Beach, Astoria. Jo seph and Vale. A traveling library a collection of about 50 : books shipped in a box lasts about 10 years. This is a remarkable longevity, considering the fact that in the decade.it is shipped practically all over the state and is read by thousands of people. The services of the library are as varied as the wants of Oregon citizens. Are you a foreigner and want to find out that "Meester Wilson" is President and the other information necessary for citizenship? Are you maimed or halt or blind and need courage to face life? Are you invited to some swell function and have misgivings about the ade quacy of. your etiquette?' Do you live where there has not been ch.urch for 10 years and want to hear a sermon by such men as Beecher and Moody? , Dreams Are Easily Realised. Do you know your need and the book that will satisfy it? Your ambition and the book that will forward it? Your predicament and the book that win get you out fit It?, ..Write .to .the. Oregon State Library and by return mail tht book will come. More than that, if you. simply know your, need or ambi tion or predicament and will mention it, still the right book will come. The Oregon- State Library, like Joseph of old, will only give you the interpre tation of the ' dream, but the dream itself. - ; . - : , The library, reaches across a moun tain range to- hand a lonely man a cheerful novel; it gives a mother sor rowing for a lost- child "Little Boy Blue to read: it igives efficiency arti cles to the village storekeeper, data to the reformer and jokes to the com munity humorist. What the library means to the people is vxviaiy tola ty tne people them selves. Hundreds of appreciative letters have been written by--borrowers. These are spontaneous and entirely unsolicit ed expressions, from widely scattered users of the library. They tell the tale of its usefulness. . . Says one letter: "We are a little com pany of homesteaders up here on the east side of the Cascades, about 200 miles from the summit, and we are snowed in stormbound. We have a lit tie school and literary society of about 20.inembersr . Ve are .10miieg from the postoffice and 60 miles from the railroad. I do not have any idea when this letter will get to the postoffice, as we do not get our mail very regularly." Says another: "You can hardly im agine what this library means to the neople here in the mountains, mail three times a week and that over bad roads from three to six miles away; and we are all poor people who read these books, not able to buy books or maga zines, scarcely able to buy school books. No church, Sunday school or any kind of entertainment for children or grown people. These long evenings, it seema to me, would have been nearly unen durable. You should see the children come as soon as I get the library opened and on the shelves, and hear their exclamations of delight. I think It is one of the finest things Oregon ha) done placing so many good books at the disposal of the people." Saloon Becomes Ruding-Room. .Do you have an old saloon building in your town? Why not turn it into a library? That's 'what one community did. The State Library helped them. Following is a description of how it was done: 'Our library and reading-room is very popular. The organization is supported by public contributions and by entertainments. We rented the old saloon building for $20 a month, pay a librarian $30 a month and, keep the rooms open from 10 A. M. till 9 P. M. every day. "The place is becoming popular with the- general public as a meeting place and waiting-room on Saturdays and other days. The young people meet there and play games nearly every day. There are two large rooms and the noise is not noticeable. Many books and games of all kinds are donated by the citizens. The place is very cos mopolitan and no one would think of doing without it. We need a few more books for chil dren. We have not many books for children, but we have plenty of every other kind. The library has more than 200 readers and more than an average of 50 visit the rooms every day. Nearly all the daily newspapers of Oregon are contributed by readers. If you can send us more children's books we will appreciate it." Farmers Want Thrilling Stories. One nerson. in a nhilosrmhirnl rltnc-- nosis that fits many farming communi ties, writes: "This is a farming com munity: the people are fairly well edu cated, but most of them take no pa pers or magazines except a farm Jour nal or daily paper. They need fiction, something to make them forget the daily routine, but I am sure they would not appreciate Dickens. Thackeray and others of the same class. One man said he hoped there would be an ex citing story." Another person sent in the following request for books: "In this valley, with only a postoffice, 35 miles from town. there are about 60 persons. The school house is the only social element in the community. In Winter people can neither come nor go, so for about three months we are absolutely hemmed in no communication with the outside country at all. So you see a sihall library would help out a great deal. If you could send more than 100 books we would be glad to pay ex pense, if not too much (not more than $10). Kindly answer by return mail if you can send the books. Tell us how many you can send and about what the shipping charges will be. We have only one mail a week." In some instances the library is the provocation of a social center, as in the following case: "We have organized an association with a membership of about 50 young men and women. We hope to make it a hundred before we quit. eW voted a membership fee of 10 cents, which is to go to meet the necessary expenses of returning the books. This membership fee is good for six months; then we will make it more if we need more money. This organization will be the center of seven school districts and we wish to get in touch with each one." Care of Animals Learned. A farmer writes: "I should be glad to borrow Craig's "Common Diseases of Farm Animals.' 'Reynolds' Veterinary Studies' and Rushworth's 'Sheep and Their Diseases.' We live over 65 miles from a veterinary, so the library is es pecially heipful. , You will . perhaps remember Bret Harte's story, "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar" and the little boy asking. "Who is Sandy Claus?" There seem to be real boys and girls like him. for read: "In my community Christmas comes and goes without the children realizing what it means, but this year I wish to inform them by telling them stories. I wantto get them into the real Christmas spirit, so I am asking you for material. I not only want stories of how there came to be Christ mas, but stories about Christmas in other lands. I would like the story of 'The Other Wise Man.' " One teacher asks: "Could you please send me data regarding the traveling library? I am teaching a little school up in the mountains, where wo have much need of good literature of all kinds, and no other means of securing it. Would you send a library to the school district? I would like to know about this as soon as possible, for we would like to make out a list of books and get them while the weather will permit." "I am considering nursing as a voca tion," says one writer, "and I would like to have some literature on nurs ing." "If Mason's 'Woman's Share in Prim itive Culture' is not yet in," says an other patron of the library, "please send Colt's 'Cosmic Relations,' and imagine my pleasure when I am actually open ing it for study. Thanks to your prompt response to my need. Isn't Ore gon great!" 104,C10 Books Distributed. During the past two years 9122 re quests have come to the State Library for books, in answer to which 8976 packages, containing 50,752 volumes, have been sent to all parts of the state. Most of these requests have come from the remote places of Oregon, from peo ple like those whose letters you have just read. The borrowers have paid transportation charges both ways, the money that it would take to purchase one book being enough to defray the cost of shipping on a great many. In addition to the books mentioned 53,943 volumes were shipped to rural stations schools, clubs and villages, where they were placed on shelves and borrowed by the local public. During the two years, therefore, 104.696 vol umes were lent by the State Library to the people of Oregon. This is almost double what it was during the bien nium previous, 64,176 being lent during 1913 and 1914. Of the traveling libraries those blue boxes containing about 50 books each there are 403. For these the supply is not nearly equal to the demand. In one month last year 646 mail or der requests came into the library and 555 shipments of books were made. It is a far call from Abraham Lin coln with Weem's "Life of Washing ton," the only book in the community and that belonging to a hard-fisted old miser, to an Oregon boy of similar cir cumstances today with 125,000 volumes at his command, on the qui Vive to come to him, in mail sacks carried in stages, on donkey back and in motor boats down turbulent Winter streams. (Continued From Page 4.) will be under the direction of Dr. Ar thur Laidlaw, the president of the club. Dr. Laidlaw will be assisted by the following committee: Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Crum. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Ritter. Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Manner and Mrs. Laidlaw. The Iowa Society will hold its reg ular monthly meeting Wednesday night, February 7, in the assembly hall at the Multnomah Hotel. It will be a special social evening devoted to dancing and cards. Supper will be served. The Minnesota Society will give a dance Tuesday night. February 13, at the Multnomah Hotel. It will be an informal affair, one of those "good time" dances that linger In the memo ries of the guests. The dance is not limited to Minnesotans. St. Gerard's Society will entertain Thursday night at Hibernia Hall. Card tables will be arranged in the parlors. while dancing goes on in the ball room. The proceeds of the affairs will be used for charity. The Iowa Society will hold its next meeting Wednesday night . in the as sembly hall of Multnomah Hotel, Mrs. William Crossley to preside. Reserva tions have been made lor bo members of the organization. ' .Mult-Raw Dancing Club will give their last ball of the season on Thurs day night in the Hotel Multnomah. The patronesses will be Mrs. J. S. Reisch, Mrs. W. 8. Nash. Mrs. H. F. Sturdevant and Mrs. John Shull. Rosebud Council, No. 2987, Knights and Ladies of Security, will give a val entine stepping party with "500" and prizes at the Bast Side. Business Men's Club rooms, 114 Grand avenue, Satur day evening, February 10. The Women of Woodcraft will en tertain -with a ball at their hall. Twelfth and Taylor streets, on Feb ruary 14. Card tables will be ar ranged for non-dancers. Mrs. J. H. Krall will entertain the Off;cers' and Guard Club at her home, 553 Hoyt street, on Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. All Macabbees are invited to attend. The annual police ball will be held this year on Washington's birthday at Cotillion Hall. Hundrds of tickets al ready have been sold and this event promises to eclipse all former affairs. The entertainment committee of the O.-W. R. & N. Employes' Club. Mrs. Therese De Pue chairman, announces a valentine dancing party at Cotillion Hall on February 1C. Invitations are being issued. . Multnomah Circle, 744, Women of Woodcraft, will give their next dance and card party Friday night, at the Woodmen of the World Temple, 128 Eleventh street. Card social to be given by the Y. L. S. of St. Lawrence at St. Lawrence assem bly hall on Wednesday evening at 8:15 P. M. ANNOUNCEMENTS. An event of the early part of the week was the announcement of the marriage of Miss Mildred Kramer to Alfred James Dow. The engagement was made known to her young friends at a party given at the home of Miss Dorothy Donaldson. The wedding will take place early in February in Honolulu, where Mr. Dow U established in business. Miss Kramer will be accompanied to Honolulu by Mrs. Victor von Goetz, of this city. SOCIETY PERSONALS. Dr. Milo Kirkpatrick who has been seriously ill is recovering rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Carl William Frank left last week on their annual visit to California. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Haworth, of Ho tel Mallory. returned Wednesday from California. Miss Edna Irvine arrived on Wednes day from New York to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Irvine. Dr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Watkins are being congratulated on the arrival of a baby daughter, who will be chris tended Betty Jean. Mr. and Mrs. George ' E. Sullivan (Nan Mann) have returned from an ex tended, honeymoon trip through South ern California and into Mexico. , Friends of Mrs. John Williamson are extending messages of sympathy to her over ner illness. She is at the home of her son, C. C. Murton, 898 Overton street. Victor H. Sinks, graduate of Oregon Agricultural College, class '16, left Monday for Schenectady, N. Y., to en-te:- the employ of the General Electric Company. Mrs. Julius D. Weinstein ia a guest oi ner mother, Mrs. c Henning. Mrs. Weinstein arrived recently from Juneau, Alaska, and will remain here for some time. Mrs. D. Brower and daughter Irma are recent arrivals from Juneau, Alaska, and are visiting with Mrs, Brower's mother, Mrs. Weinstein. They expect to remain for several months. Mrs. J. Alter Wills, of Norwalk, Conn., is the guest of Mrs. Alice F. Moore and family in Rose City Park. She will also visit in Southern Califor nia and the Middle West before return ing to her home. Mrs. Lewis Branstetter and son. Prcscott Branstetter. of Eureka, Cal., Valentine Time at Gill's vrpr ALENTINE time the : Jay of the w year when young; and old send ap . propriate greetings of friendship or affection. Whether it is the type de sired by young folks serious or comic or whether it be the simple or elaborate val entines of friendship or affection desired by their elders, "We have it." (2d Floor.). BOOKS for VALENTINES Books are increasing in popularity as Valentines the intellectual woman of today appreciates and enjoys a good book give books! A few sug ' gestions (Main Floor): Riley's Poems..... 75 Adventures in Con- I Was Thinking of tentment . ......600 You 50 A Volume of Mod- n , . . em Verse 7oc to $2.50 O. Henry's Stories $1.6 AU bookg pp Kipling's Books $1.65 Valentine dressing The Turmoil. 600 without extra charge. For the Valentine Party Decorate appropriately for your Valentine party! We have a complete selection of Valentine deco- ration s Favors, cups, cut-outs, Nut cups, almond cups, candle sticks, etc. (2d Floor.) Miff!! li 3 i i 5 3 j K-Bl sE V. sT-I.Cs BsL- C 1 J BooKssllsrs. Sttioisr )r V. Complete Offi&a V..-ljp at Outfitters NjQj5X THIRD ALOIS ST8 11 Children's Orchestra to Be Organized Here The names of fifty (50) boys and girls up to 15 years of age who play musical instruments are wanted. A children's orchestra is being formed under the direction of a prominent local musician and instructor. Give name in full. Address. Age. Instrument played. Address all communications to BD 50, Oregonian. are visiting Mrs. Lynn Caton, at 825 TlOoraook street. Mr. and Mrs. Bran stetter were well known by many Poitlanders when they resided on their beautiful ranch on Sauvies Island some seven or eight years ago. She is an old resident of Portland, and always has been active in the First Presbyterian Church. At one time Mrs. Williamson was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of this city. She is more than 80 years old. She has three sons, George Murton, of San Francisco: Her bert Murton, of Alaska, and C. C. Mur ton, of this cirt', and a daughter. Mrs. John O. Reichle. also of this city. DR. UNDLEY TO BE HEARD Visiting Professor Will Make Ad dresses Here Tills Week. Ernest Hiram Lindley, visiting pro fessor at Reed College from the Univer sity of Indiana for the current semes ter, began his work In Portland this week. His first public appearances were on Thursday at the weekly Reed College assembly, in which he spoke on "The New Pioneers." and at the weekly luncheon of the Progressive Business Men's Club. Dr. Lindley will be the speaker at the Reed College vesper service at 4 o'clock- this afternoon, and will speak at the Ad Club on Wednesday and at the meeting of the Realty Club on Friday. His course on psychology as applied to business will begin at the Central Library tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock and will continue on Monday and Wednesday evenings throughout Feb ruary and March. Thu course will be open to the public. No reserved seat tickets will be issued. Pupils Sign to Grow Potatoes. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) More than 100 grammar school students have signed up to compete in the potato-raising contest, to be con ducted on vacant lots here this Summer by the Chamber of Commerce and county agriculturist. The three best gardens conducted by children of asy PROMINENT COUPLE OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. fr I f l III . ,tNV, -,1 Irove Photo. Captain and Mrs. Jeremiah Tawney were honored on Monday at a recep tion given by Mrs. Herbert A Van Home to celebrate the fiftieth wedding Anniversary of the complimented guests. , school will be awarded prizes of $10. $5 and J3. and the three best gardens In he city will receive similar awards. Several Aberdeen youths last year raised as much as 1500 pounds of spuds in the back yards of homes which oc cupy lots 50 bv 130 foet. "YES, JANE, CHERRY'S CLOTHING SHOP STILL OFFERS BARGAINS REQUIRING NO INITIAL PAYMENT ON THEM." "And you shouldn't miss this oppor tunity to get that Coat you want so badly! I- bought a Suit and Coat, too. you know, and saved many precious dollars on each of them. "I know how tempting Special Rales always are at Cherry's Shop, so. when I heard that I might omit the initial pay ment, which has always before been required. I lost r.o time in getting up to CHERRY'S. "Even so, however, many " jmen were there ahead of me. All one has to do, Jane, is to give satisfactory references to Cherry's Credit Department, and. for a woman who's always paid her bills promptly, that is very easy, in deed. "It seems as though the management of Cherry's Shop must have planned this new courtesy for the benefit of folks like me, who love to save on clothes, but who couldn't spare even a. few dollars right now, so soon after Christmas. I'll begin paying for my new togs when I make my first regular Installment payment." . "It's easy to reach Cherry's Shop, Jane, they are so centrally located right in. the business district, 389-91 Wash ington street, Plttock Block." Hand-Made Lamps, See Oar Elegant Stock of msm 1W- to. Also FURXITVRE HAVE TO ORDER, S. KUGEL & SON 130 Tenth St. WORKSHOP 405 Washington St. Rose Reingold (ROZIKA RAE) Exponent of Classic Dancing - Specializing in Technique . " ISTEBPRETI VK TOE, BALLET) STACK AMI SOCIETY . Discerning Mothers vrlll appre ciate Miss Keingolda Unique Meth od of teaching; children endorsed by Sigr. Albertierl of Mew York. For ' particulars Phone Main 333S Cream of Rice The new food wonder, one 15 cent package makes 8 pounds of delicious muffins, pancakes, puddings, coffee cake, Johnny cake, breakfast cereal, etc. On sale at Meier & Frank Grocery Dept., or Allen & Lewis Co., jobbers. ASK YOUR GROCER. It
