'THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL; PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1908.
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AMERICA!! LIBRARIES
AIDED BY STUDENTS
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Kisociation Aims to. Furnish
ber at Least CostConvention Will Last Until '
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'. 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
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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
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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 '
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, 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
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Simplicity of management no compli
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Sliding damper, which admits of per
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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
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of fire. , ' v
Scientifically proportioned oven, which
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This is the main secret of its success.
-Be sure to investigate this feature.
J
The above are only a half dozen superior points
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