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'THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1908. n K AMERICA!! LIBRARIES AIDED BY STUDENTS '. . '. i : '. :-, Kisociation Aims to. Furnish ber at Least CostConvention Will Last Until ' "'..v , July Second, . '. Bjr FREDERIC J. JIASKIX. XCopyrlght 1808 by Frederic J. Haakln.) Washington, D., C., June 25. "Tha best reading" for the greatest ' number at the. least - coat", 1b the motto ot the American Library asso- , elation, which will assemble tomor row ; at jMlnnetonka,: Mlnni; this be ing the thirtieth annual meeting of that progressive body. The conven tion will last until .July 2, and the discussions, led by men and women who have made a life work of library keeping, library building and educa-1 library work, will touch' on every branch of the work work ' that growa broader and more comprehen sive every year. To secure the full realization of this aim Its activities include state library commissions, lyr library schools and training classes, F . , , . M . .VII wurary auTeruaing, rwms iur cuu dren and for the blind, cooperation with teachers, inter-library loans, , library f architecture i and various other like -interests pertaining to the development of the work. Affiliated wltlv the association la its active life , are the league of library commissions, the National Association of State Libraries., and the American Association of Law Libraries. Two other associations that the association hopes t have affiliated with It soon, are the Bibliographical Society of Amer ica and the -American . Association1 of Medical Libraries. Membership is open to library workers and to others Inter ested in the work, the latest roster of members showing a little over 2,000, of wnom it are not connected airecuy wna libraries In any way. Permanent head quarters for the association were es tablished In Boston In September, 190. f Publlo libraries have become one of the most Important factors In the gen- tral educational movement of the coun ry. Professor WUlUm . P. Trent of f:olurabia, recently stated that four hlnga support the nation the church, the court" of law. the school and the library. In the SI. years of Its exist ence me American iiorary aBsuciauun has done much to raise the educational ' standard of the nation. The association was one of the many progressive move ments that found Us beginning In the ' Philadelphia Centennial In 1874. It came as a result of a three days con ference of librarians. It stated Its pur pose to be tue promotion or norary in terests, the Interchange of experience MnlnlM . Ka Aha,lnln tit hMt r. m suits with the least expenditure of I money and labor, and the advancement I tt the rrofeaaion of librarian. Since the Centennial the association has. with the exception of twd years, : held annual meetings In various cities. , Harvard Wbrary. ' ' v Th cWrllajit libraries wera those eoit tiected with educational Institutions, Harvard eaublishing the first in 187s. Charleston had a publlo library In 1700. It was not long after the opening of this one that a public library began Its existence In- North Carolina. , The North Carolina general assembly, sitting In biennial session at the home of cap tain Richard Saunders at Little River, In the winter of 1715-17K, passed an act "for securing the publlo library be longing to St. Thomas parish in Pam- tico. The nrat Harvard imrary was not aneciallv rich in books, the num ber in the Pamtico library or the Charleston one. Is unknown. These wer the small beginnings, but from auch and , from the private libraries of early Americana has grown p tne compre hensive free library of. today.,, i There are now about 7.000 public, so ciety and school libraries of 1,000 vol umes and over. These have over 55, 000,000 volumes. This allows a library to about 12,000 people, even when the villaare and traveling libraries are not included, and every group of J 8 people may nave Tree, 11 dooks to reaa as tney filease. In the north Atlantio states here are 126 books to every 100 persons, ?nd the proportion varies with the popu ation, the wealth or the standard of literacy in eacn state. 4 v District of Columbia, - In the District of Columbia there are 125 books to every 100 persons, S, in Massachusetts 256. in California 137 and in Florida ana west Virginia omy is. The number of libraries shows as great a diversity of figures, the states being led by New York, which has nearly 1,000 libraries, one-seventh of all in the United States, and about 10,000,000 volumes, over a fifth of all the library books. Massachusetts ranks next with approximately 650 libraries, and 8,000,' Oon volumtL v, - j s, . There wer state libraries In New Hampshire and Pennsylvania In 1777, H Do loa Open lour South Like a young bird and gulp down what ver food or medicine may be offered you t Or, do you want to know something of the composition and character of that which you -take Into your stomach whether at food or mediclner a Most Intelligent and sensible people now-a-days Insist on knowing what they employ whether as lood or as medicine, Dr. Fierce believes they have a perfect right to insist upon such knowledge. Sobs publUhcvco&&st and on each bottle wrapper, wbawFTTmecUcitics are made of tndesJrCTtr-eaTB Thl8he fe hecan wAfford to do nps iisr thn mnrj thejnaredlfnts oFwhlch his medicine are made are studies ndundertood t:e tnore will their superior curative virtue! or , For the cure of woman's peculiar weak nesses. Irregularities and derangements. giving rise to frequent headaches, back ache, drsrfflng-down pain or distress In lower abdominal or pelvic region, accom panied, ofttlmes, with a debilitating, pelvic catarrhal drain and kindred symp toms or weakness, ur. nerce s caroms Prescription is a most efficient remedy. It Is eausllv effective In curinff calnfiJ periods, In giving strength to nurslns mothers and In prepatlng the system ol the expectant mother for baby's coming, thus rendering cnuaDirin saie ana com paratively painless. - The "Favorite Pre scription Is a most potent, strengthening tonic to the general system and to the organs distinctly feminine In particukr. It is also a soothing and invigorating nervine and cures nervous exhaustion, nervous prostrr-tion. neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea or St. Vltus's danca, and other distressing nervous symptoms fit tendant upon functional and organic dis eases of the distinctly feminine organs. . A host of medical authorities of all the several schools of practice, recommend each of the several ingredients of which Favorite Prescription Is made for the cure of the diseases for which it Isclalmr d to be a enre. You may read what thot say for yonrnelf by sending a postal card request for a free booklet of extract from the leadlng-entborUles, to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In stitute, Buffalo. N. Y and it will come te you by return post- " i Reading for Greatest Num but it was not until after the Revolu tion that there was any general ten dency to have official libraries connect ed with state governments. Every state and territory has now long had its own library, the, support coming from ap- Drotriatlons bv the resDectlve legisla tures. Subscription libraries date well DacK into tne ism century, ana ben jamin Franklin was ana of the pioneers In this work, belnr resDonslble for the founding" of the Philadelphia library In 17X1. dna hundred and sixty years la fr fraa llbraxlea were ordered to be established , throughout Philadelphia at publlo expense and under tne direction of the board of education. Now the free library alone distributes some thing like 2,e00,OO0 volumes a year. -' Tha Tree Ubrary. 1 The f re library as a munidoal build Ing-ln the south owes Its beginning to Andrew Carnegie. "There la no insur ance of nations so oheap as the enlight enment Of tne people,- si saia once, ana mmemherinr the davs when he read in the "J. Anderson Library Institute of Allegheny City" en institution estab lished primarily for mill men far back In I860 Carnegie decided to Insure the nation by putting books In eaay reach. In 1899 he gave his first library to the American people, and since then has do nated millions to this .work, the bene factions ranging from a few thousand iven some small, struggllngfown to 1350,000 given wasnmgton. una con ditions attending such bequests are that ih, ritv which la. the beneficiary fur nish the site and guarantee the library an annual income of at least 10 per cent of the gift. The majority of the Carnegie libraries go to newly settled districts, and many have found places in the soutn. . ..; 'w , In . the north, where publior schools were almost contemporaneous with set tlement, publlo libraries soon became a neoeasity. In the south the publlo li brary cam twenty-five years aftor the fublio school, and the movement is raceable to the influence of the press, of women's olubs, the Southern Library association, and the Southern Educa tional association.. : ,v Plaatsrs libraries. - In Olden days, when a sort of feudal system was in vogue, and the- ?uth ern man the best read of his times, each planter had his own private' li braries, hl tutors and governesses, and there was no need f or publlo provision of these. Colonel William Byrd pf Westover had. in the early eighteenth century, the finest American library, about 4000 volumes In all. Jefferson s Ubrarj, of 6,700 volumes became, when purchased by congress, v the foundation for the - famous Library of - Congress. The southern novelist, Slmms, had a library of 13.000 volumes, and In South Carolina alone there were thirty-three private collections of books of con siderable else before tha Civil war. These - and other southern libraries suffered from the vandalism that fol lows nvthe heels of war. Rare books were burnad. carried away or torn up to furnish pictures for the decoration of negro cabins, many went as legiti mate spoHs of war, and many were sold to northern, : libraries by Impoverished owners, so that the best Southern Americana is to be found nowin the British museum or among : English . . n.n.. Tha nnthrn ttlanter of colonial and, postrevolutionary- days had his English factor set aside ten dollars from every cargo of tobacco to buy books for his private library. Now the purchases that count are made by the Tubllo libraries, the past two years each averaging abpnt $500 a year for North Carolina. 18.600- for t Massa chusetts, ail, 000 xor-'aornio, win 120,000 f or New Torltr - s , Te Vplift people. ' The aim of tha libraries Is to reach and uplift all people. M One third of the books Issued are for children, so there arises the need of placing before them the right material, seeing; that the reading may supplement the school work, that it may be elevating to home life that picture books capable ot awakening an interest in art are given, that fairy tales keep alive the dream world, and that nature books and hero tales are plentiful. The modern ' li brary that has not ita children's room is rare. Special work, as recently done In various publlo libraries of the land. Includes the development of state arch ives . In , Connecticut. Pennsylvania, and Texas; stata bibliographical work ; in Connecticut! document collecting ; in Maine, Oregon and Vermont; traveling libraries In Tennessee. Washington and Wisconsin, and books for the blind, in Colorado. Harvard library has long been noted for its folklore collection and the Public Library of Boston for its -Shakespearean literature. Wash ington State library has several branch es of work Including a summer library school and women's study clubs. . The libraries have been of untold aid to Vi. hiinA Thiv have not only nut books In their hands, but they have taught them Handicrafts, nave own a rectly . and indirectly responsible for tha opening; of schools for them, and are now even going to the expense pf retting out catalogues for,, them in Braille. Led by the -Free Library 'of Philadelphia nearly a score Of libraries are doing special work for the blind. t I. tha B-rMt hone of the nubile li braries to reach all the people of the nation. - . ' ..'j Biowen w uuui : inn.. Hi nnnr whites of the south the work la slowest, for even when illit eracy has been overcome, the Anglo Saxon conservatism and opposition to paternalism in any form have not been ma easy to overcome. Thoso are now being reached by. traveling libraries, a r,t aHnnt(nI -effort that - was born of the fertile brain of MelvU Dfwey of the state library of New York, and had its beginning in that state in 1892. Through state 'library commissions tha library workers hope eventually to place libraries in reach of the members of rural communities as well as those of the city and town. ... v' , . The work of the publlo . libraries in social and moral, as well as intellect ual betterment Is vconsiderable. . To these leading thinkers point for a help In solving tha "Sunday problem." All tha landing fraa' libraries of the coun try, with tne exception of the Bfree li brary of Philadelphia are open certain timira An RunriAv. havens for the home less and diversions lor late mmas. inn way for the library worker naa invar- inhlv, lad - chill, but : the- measure of progress between John Harvard's sma 1 collection of books and tha libraries of Boston snd New York, of Philadelphia or Washington, is the measure of the nation. Its greatest exemplification is found in the Library of Congress housed In the - most comnlete library building in the world., Tha S.TSO vol umes bought from Jefferson have in creased to a million and a half, and the building, designed by the nation's lead ins architects, built of its most beau tiful stones end marbles, and decorated by ita leading artists, stands as a mon ument to tha progress of the nation. . COUNCILMEN VOTE V- : TO TAKE BATHS The nublio baths riven to tha Htv some time ago by L. Samuel and Ed ward Holman were formally accepted by the city council - yesterday afternoon after an opinion had been given to the eounollmen by City Attorney Kavanauprh to the effect that the cltv could lea-all v take over the bath establishment. No definite location has been decided upon by the city, but Harbormaster Speler will be Instructed to prepare a place for the baths. The baths are free of debt and- com to tha city with no incumb rances. The diamond, so lonr the harrfaat known substance, now has two rivals, the slllcide and the borlde of titanium iproducts of Henri Molssan's electric furnace being claimed to be as hard. asiiliiiid runs ROUSIliB FOURTH Southern Oregon City, Ar- ranging Attractive Pea tures f or Day. Ashland Is preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July with a program so at tractive that -all southern Oregon will Join in the festivities. The men at the head of the undertaking; are vigorously at work, and President E. T. Staples of ha A oh lnrt ftammarclal club is in Port land to engage special features for the entertainment. The Ashland f Commercial club na; general charge of the preparations, and Is sparing no expense to present a list of attractions that will please the pub lie. , Grants Pass. Medford, Jackson ville, Central Point and a part, of northern California are expected to join la the celebration. " ' ' Among the show features will be a balloon aacenslon and parachute leap by Professor Virgil Moore of San Fran claoo, who has been engaged at an exj pens of 1300. Mr. Staples has Just oloaed contracts that will taka a s lected company of vaudeville artiats from Portland theatrea to Ashland for special performances in Ashland thea tre July and 4. - The Southern Pacific ' company has agreed to furnish a special train to ac commodate the crowes that will go from Grants Pass and points south. Crop conditions in southern Oregon are excellent, and the fruit crops good, notwithstanding a slight touch of early frost, which did no damage. Orchard owner have , been busy for ; several weeks thinning fruit on the trees, show ing that there will be a good crop of peachea, apples and pears. : Mr.. Staples said;- - 1 - - "It la not at all improbable that with in a vary short time an excursion will be organised of Portland business men, to Ashland, including a trip - up the wonderful AshlSnd canyon to the sum mit of Ashland Butte. The Butte has an elevation of 8,000 feet, and one may stand on its summit In a bank of snow on the hottest summer day, and aee all the prominent peaks within hundreds of miles. - .-. m . ; iy - , : "Tha purpose of such an excursion 1 would be to give greater publicity to the beauty of Ashland and the sur rounding country, which is hardly ap- f reciated by the residents of that sec Ion even, and but little known by the non-residents. When one recalls that there -. are - natural ' hot water sulphur springs within the corporate limits of the town, and near by Ice cold bubbling soda springs: with a precipitous '-mountain stream bursting out of tha canyon right into the center of tha town, it rftuat appeal to one's ideas of tha beau tiful." -r . -. . 'V:-'. ... in w . .' I. Two Assailants Captured. J . (Special Dllpateb te The-Journal. . Astoria, Or., June 26. John Salma Jarvl and A Krottl, two of the men who committed - tha murderous assault on Matt Walquiet last Saturday night, were arrested last evening and are now in Jail awaiting their preliminary hear ing. 11 Trovo, the third man impli cated, is . supposed to be in hiding in Portland. - --The way they are vtadf I hert's the charm I ; Thetis the quality that It s the way Impenales ' No hypno- X. ' f L Y tism in the name w ff "Imperiales' to impel v I smokers to buy them- . 1 fc-V 7 Nothing fancy about the pack- .' If age- I ' I But the tobacco in J l 'CIGAIS&TX&Q rich, delicious tobacco, the way this tobacco is rolled in thin, pure, mats paper crtmded, . not pasted and mouthpieces that up tup ui w neap m puDiic iavor. Smoke them all day long if you want to no after effects. The of the West smoked over 12 O00,000 Mail .jav r A Beautifier that will not Injure the skin. A freckle eradlcator that Is sure. A liquid invisorator for the flesh that Is not greasy or sticky. .Such Is H a rsci n 'c Magnolia Balm, j It Is a particularly favorite toilet article with ladies who I dislike the effect produced by face powders and paint. Its I use ' cannnt ha detected aArf nnlv the nleasinsr result it 9. apparent. ' , - -. , Put up In two colors PINK and WHITE. Sample of elthfr color free, but better yet buy large bottle at your druggists for 75 cents. ' . LYOM MANUFACTrmmO CO- aa South Pifth St.. BSOOEXTN. K.T. 'Slrrgj j.i &: 11.1 ' CITY AND RAIL -' HIE DOTH SAFE '"V ' "'"' sBaaBaHBaaasSBssaBsaaaaaieMB) '!f ',: v Council Passes Mount Hood Franchise Ordinance ; Differences Settled, f ' There war" not a dissenting; vote among the eounollmen yesterday when the Mount Hood Railway & power com pany franchise came up, and from opin ions expressed by the city officials yes- Uerday aU difficulties between the rail way company ana me cny wm adjusted without the city losing any of its rights to the use or Bull Run river. All the eounollmen give credit for ths consummation of the ' negotiations to Councilmen Bennett and Cellars, who ar ranged a meeting- with President Clarke when he was la Portland severs) weeks ago which led to a peaceful settlement of the differences existing between the city and company. . Previous ' to the meeting suits had been started which would nave involved tne , city jn nearly endieaa lltlaration. . After the way had been opened for ths negotiations city Attorney Kavanaugn conducted the business for the city, and prepared the ordinance which waa sub mitted to the water board and the mem bers of the committee on Judiciary and elections. ' After a few changea the measure was paaaed yesterday. The water board also retained the services of R. W. Montague as special counsel The ordinance will protect tha city's rights in-every respect, according to the opinion of the councilmen and members of tha water board. CLUB TROUBLED WITH : TOO K1AHY OFFICIALS Two Sets of Officers, Elected in Warring Mount Scott Organization. When is a club not a clubT Answer: When It has two sets of officers. The Mount Scott ' Improvement club organized primarily for the promotion Of good feeling on the part of Mount Scott residents Is still promoting feel ing, but good is not ths appropriate ad jective. Monday evening the club met for ths annual eleotion of officers. President Nagel : was not present and Secretary Dobson left with the books of the club soon after the hall at. Arleta' began to nil up with members. Those who par ticipated' in the first election of officers say that Mr. Dobson saw faces that he knew were not friendly to his cause and decamped. -About is old members of tha club were present. These elected - a tern- does the business I are blended from pure, equipped with individual has put Imperial es safely ; Impertcues Cigarettes tn I907. 10 for 10 cents feist JKawryaWtara TBX JOHN BOUMAlf COMPART Manufacturer Satttraadsco v ' ... w , u,' aftg-j?i. imrr j. ??-J porary chairman snd secretary and went ahead with business. They first voted! iO new members into tha- club and then proceeded with the election ot offlcera Charles 8tout of Flrland was elected president, and Fred T. Marshall of Archer Place. . secretary and treasurer. W. E. Bplcer, Frank Cunningham and Fred T. Marshall were appointed a com mittee to wait- upon "ex-Secretary" or "Secretary" Dobson and demand the books and moneys of tha club. If these era not turned over to the committee partisans of this faction will taka the matter into the courts, they say, and get possession of the books and money that way. . . . . - . .,: ; - ., After the election of Stout and Mar shall by tha first faction of the club re tainers of tha old officers met and re elected Ed T. Nagel and John Dobson as president and secretary, respectively. The club meets a week from . next Monday evening and tha question now arises, who shall preside, Nagel or Stout? Stout is the representative - of tha Annexationist party in the Mount Scott district and Nagel is an antl-an nexationlst. The question of annexation is the rock which has split up the die trlct into Inharmonious factions. There will be probably an interesting time at the -next meeting. Pays fss It The "Eclipse" is used in 16,000 Portland homes and is noted for quick baking. "Eclipse" Steel Pay Only $1.00 Down Then Chief Quick baking, with small consumption of t fuel, making it a most economical range to buy." Simplicity of management no compli cated flues or dampers. Sliding damper, which admits of per fect control over oven. No other range has its equal. Broiler ratchet, an unrivalled con venience for broiling orv toasting over coals. No other range has this. . Own EVURlZSEllJS IT FOR LESS JLjJ(flOIIIO COURT RULfHG ECHO : OF DEAD -HOLIDAYS Presiding Judge Gantenbeln in ths circuit court yesterday decided that as December B, t and 7 were not proclaimed legal holidays by the coventor, although the days preceding- and following wars so declared, a foreclosure suit filed after the expiration of tha holiday period can not be maintained. Xn other words, ths Court held " that the ault should - have been filed on tne first judicial day, which would havs been December 6. :. It will bo remembered that the gov ernor etole a march on tha public when he failed to proclaim three days In De cember legal holidays. Every one over looked the faot that the regular proc lamation had not appeared, and every one proceeded on tha aasumption that the holidays still were on. , The -case in which the decision was Points of "Eclipse" Superiority Your Own Sew- This is the Machine and these are the Easy The Whole- sale Price is oH Thats all you pay. And you have the use of the Ma- ' chine while you pay for it. You are welcome to credit 1 rendered waa a suit hy T. Tt. rirsth s " ( Others against I Q. SwetlanJ r1 oth-- to foreclose a mortgage for il .usa. -i i. six months allowed bv law fnr f:;i -such papers expired durtnn the holi days, and expired before lweembfr (. the first of the non-Judicial days, a f murrer waa entered against the com plaint and this was sustained bv Judge Qantenbeln. Sailor Rescues Boy, a. (Special Plspatck te The Journal.) Astoria, Or.. Juns IB. While the crowd waa sn board tha torpedo boats festerday afternoon a boy named Msys ell overboard. He no sooner struck th water than a sailor lumped after hli& and had him on deck In a very few min utes. The sailor waa vociferously cheered for his gallant act. BneUea's Arnica Salve Wins. Tom Moore, of Rural Route J, Coch ran. Georgia, writes: "I had a bad sore come on the instep of my foot and could find nothing that would hal K until I applied Bucklen'a Arnica Salve. Less than half of a It cent box won the day for me by affecting a Eerfect cure' Sold under g-uarantee at kidmore Drug company'a drug store. You pay from" $10 to $20 LESS for the "Eclipse" than for other steel ranges and you get . BETTER service. Range $1.00 a Week Front grate, which admits of perfect and complete draft upon entire length of fire. , ' v Scientifically proportioned oven, which guarantees thorough . and rapid baking. This is the main secret of its success. -Be sure to investigate this feature. J The above are only a half dozen superior points but enough to popder over. There are oth ers. See this range before buying, v..,- We IMskc It Easy to 4 Do So! ierms: $1.00 DOWN 50c A WEEK 0 S.A) YOUR 'CREDIT ISGOODATGEVniZ