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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1917)
TEN PAGES DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917. . PAGE SEVEN REPORT SHOWS LIBRARY TO BE UMATILLA COUNTY SECOND IN SIZE III STATE; THIRD III CIRCULATION road with Pendleton. There are 105 school districts, ninety-three of which are rural schools. The cities ot the Population 7,600 (est.) 1910 census 206 in raapogw to Inquiries from wide ly Afferent sources a to the Oregon methods of establishing and o Dent ine county libraries, the Btata Librar ian baa mad thle work a apeolal fea ture In the biennial report of the Ore gon State library Just published. Umatilla County Library la flv. en a oonaplcuoua place In the report with ix printed paces as well aa il lustrations of exterior and floor plana of the new Central Library. As the Oregon report Is studied and kept on file In all the. library schools of the country aa well'aa In the State Library Commissions and hundreds of the larger libraries east and west, thU may serve in one mors way to put Umatilla county on the map. The libraries of Portland, Pendle ton and The Dalle were each asked to give a resume of their county sys tems in Multnomah, umatllla and Wasco counties. Miss Marvin, State Librarian, introduces the subject as follow: County librarian. The tendency In the support of li braries, as in the support of schools, Is toward a larger taxing and admln lxtratlva unit. Under the library law aa It applies to cities, county districts and villages are deprived of library privileges except those offered by the Htate Library. The county library system has been developed as a solu tion of the problem of equality of II brary service for town and city, the main library being located at the county seat wlrh branches, dpoeit stations, and mall order service for the people throughout the county. The Oregon law does not define the manner In which these county librar ies shall be administered beyond glv. in the county court full authority t maintain libraries or to contract with existing Iwards for their maintenance The systems hare therefore, differed somewhat and have been experi mental They has all been carried on Help is Often Needed Von cannot Dearie' the stotn aWt, litre- and bnwrts and not mrrrt H. lie wise la time and TRY HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters - ' y l..4fc!a, by contracts through the county courts and existing library boards but there has been some conflict of au thority and the experiment has shown the need for amendment of the taw In1 some respects. It will undoubtedly take some time to work out an ideal law, but In the meantime we have in Oregon some splendid county library service which should be studied in de tail by those who are considering the extension of this service to other counties. The reports from Multno mah, Wasco and Umatilla counties which are given herewith are Included for historical aa well as for Inspira tional purposes ss they prove con clusively the wisdom and success ot the county system and are very in teresting in showing the development under this system In threa widely dif ferent counties. (1(14-16) This central library oi the Umatilla County system has had a most remarkable growth during the past biennial period. The Carnegie Corporation gave $26,000 for a coun ty library building, and in September. 1I4, the county voted to add $10,0110 to this. Architects Johnson A Mayer or Portland, have designed a most practical and attractive library build ing, a cut of which heads this sketch Floor plans are Included In this re port This building was opened to the public the 28th of August, IRK. Uma tilla County Is the first county In Oregon to plan a system of buildlnrs with the (Carnegie Corporation, the gifts for Milton and Hermlston, noted above, being part of the county plan. The llbrarian'a report for the year 1919 shows a gain of 110 per cent in the number of toooks circulated. In September, 191 . a hronxe plaque was put In the library In memory of Sam uel P. Rturgis, who left a book fund to the library which has increas.-l from HOOO to ilf.ilt. Miss Nason's report for Umatilla County follows; t'matUla County. I'matllla Count;; has an area of SI 7 square miles. which extends from the beautiful Hlue Mountains to the fruit farms of the Walla Walla Valley, and over the gebrush to Immense wheat, sheep and cattle ranches and to ths reclam ation projects where progressive towns are growing amid.- the fertile Irrigated lands. The county popula tion, according to the 110 census, was t. t0(, but conservative esti mates place it at SO, 000 In 11. pen. dleton, the county seat, Is estimated at 7600. There are also twelve other Incorporated towns in the county, all but one connecting directly by rail- 68 400 T 10 1,2 200 811 200 600 225 enrolled Pendleton Adams Athena , . . Echo FTeewater ......... Hermlaton (1) Helix - Milton Pilot Rock Stanfield Jmaplne (2) '. Umatilla . . Weston Fern dale school . . . 1) Population 1 () Incorporated The Pendleton public Library. Tho Pendleton Public Library, which fire- ceded the Umatilla County Library, was opened as a free public library in May, 1909, with city funds amount ing to 1681.20. or two-tenths of a mill, besides room given In seccuij' floor of the city hall, with light, heat and Janitor service free from the city. The Commercial Association allowed the books of its library to be moved to the public library and administered from there. The civic club, In 1911, started a fiction rental fund from which several hundred books havn been acquired and these were placed in custody of the library. The city continued its library service for five years from 1909 to 1913, when the li brary board began preparations to extend library facilities throughout the county. As may be seen from 'figures' given later, the Pendleton city levy In 1911 was u-d only for library service and none for books. This was also the case in the years 1909, 1910 and 1911, according to the city treasurer's rec ords. In the five year period as a clty llbrory only $71-65 could be spared for books from the two-, three- and four-tenths, of a mill library ' levy. That the library board was able to furnfHh good reading for the public, amounting to 4733 volumes in 191.1. was .due to gifts, private subscrip tions, the untiring efforts of the wo mn of Pendleton, and to the books placed In their custody by the com mercial Association, and the Clvtc Club. Founding or the Vmatllla oounlv library To have a library whose service would be county-wide and which would be adequately supported by public funds became the aim of the library board. In October. 1913. circular letters were sent through out the county explaining the advan tages of a county system with branch es In every town. On October 0 the state librarian, president of the li brary board and committee began a three-days tour of Umatilla County holding mass meetings from which petitions were sent to the county court asking for the establishment of a county library system with the proper tax support. The county court was already interested and Immedi ately placed a $5000 levy for county county which are ths main d.strlboc- Ing centers for the Umatilla County Library are: ..; 1 Miles : from Pendleton Central Library, $36,000.00 Hranch Library 14 Branch Library in Branch Library . 2.1 Branch Library 27 Branch Library, to cost $8,000 87 Branch Library 17 Branch Library to cost 9,600 $7 Branch Library 20 Branch Lrbrary 29 Branch Library . 44 Branch Library 44 Branch Library 22 Rrnni-h Tihnnr 4A 60 within radius of five miles. In 11. library maintenance In the annual budget. . A contract was then drawn up be tween the county court and the Pen dleton library board, of which the main provisions were that the county should levy not less than one-tenth of a mill (about $6000) for library purposes, whicn should be spent only far books, periodicals, binding, sup plies, salary of county librarian, trav eling expenses and transportation of books. It .was provided that the City of Pendelton should maintain a li brary building and that the Pendle ton library books should be freely sent out to county residents. The county library board consisting Jointly of the county court and Pendleton board were to establish a system of branches and stations and provide books and supervision In all commu nities thut would agree to maintain such branohes. This was signed Jan uary 6. 1914. Development of the County Library Syxtcm. On January 15, 1914, the county librarian arrived and began her duties. . The library was at this time thrown open for the fre use or all county residents and plans started for opening branch libraries in the eleven incorporated towns of the county. A tour was made of these towns and by personal visits, letters to mayors, and newspaper items an nouncement was made thai the first town -to notify the librarian thos a .-niitable room was ready, with prop er light and heat and attendant would he the first to receive branch library service. Other towns would be served In the order of their prep aration of library quarters. The Umatilla County plan has been to foster locally a personal interest and responsibility In the success of the branches, therefore, the city councils were asked to appoint local library boards of six members, just as provided by law in towna under 3000 population, where independent li braries are established. By February of the first year eight towns and the two largest rural school districts were making active preparations for libraries with the help of councils, women's dubs and commercial clubs. " Eh pj SIDNEY C. WHITE IS20 ALAMEDA DRIVg PORTLAND. OREGON February 26 1917 3 Domestic Laundry H Pendleton, Oregon H Mr. Robinson-Dear Sir: There has been something coming to you for a long time, and now I believe I'll just 'hand it to.you 1 right and proper. When a person getsZbum service in a gro cery or a shoe store or even in a lanudry, he has ai right to kick--yes, he ought to kick. But kick to the boast hereally is the one responsible for the poor service, if such it be. And, conversely the boss's 'fine Italian hand' shows in good ser vice. So, to be fair, one should be equally reaay .to comp i imeo t, . S For f i ve year s I , have had frequent occas 1 sion to send work' to many laundries in Oregon. II I have tried most every one outside of Portland. So it has come about that, whenever I am within II one hundred and f i f ty mi 1 e s of Pendleton, I al ii ways send ny work to' the Pomestip. I have found it first'. in workmanship (you do my collars super f bly), first io' promptness and first . in courtesy. II When you mail a bundle to me it always is proper- ly and (ecurely wrapped: ,thi s I cannot say for pi. many others. H Itisnotsurprisi ng , therefore, that now HI i;$end my work past other cities to have it done H by the Domestic at Pendleton. And while I am not U personally acquainted with you, it gives me plea- H sure to commend your service and to tell others H about it whenever the occasion arises. H Very sincerely, The above letter speak for itaelf. on file in our office. It is only one amonf jnany of similar nature M!HIIS , u"--'u-"- - aiuuiuuuuulllMIIIIlllIIIIISMlluilliuiuiiiiaiuimiiiuii uumiii. .i....,..m.m,,-.-..-.........ii,,i,i,m,i, i.ii .....-...-...-...i.iMiiwii-iimHirii.,,, m II- , : ' . Business Men? B YOU KNOW? won THAT the Pendleton Meat Co.; during 1916 expended for labor in Pendleton, the sum of $13,000 all of which found its way into the hands of local business houses and local workingmen? THAT the Pendleton Meat Co. during the year 1916 paid the farmers and stockmen of Umatilla county the sum of $180,748.04 all of which went towards building up their industry upon which Pendleton partially depends? THAT the local meat markets shown below, who retail the Pendleton Meat Co.'s products in this city, ex pended for labor during 1916 $11,500.00 all of which was spent with local insti tutions and Pendleton betterments? THAT institutions like the Pendleton Meat Co. who put into circulation the sum of $205,248.04 each year in Pend leton and territory tributary are worthy of your co-operation, because they are the institutions contributing to Pendleton's and Umatilla county's prosperity. THAT the Pendleton Meat Co. is always in the market for more livestock; pay the highest market cash price for the best quality and that farmers and stockmen of Umatilla County should see them before they market any of their livestock. THAT everyone should buy Pendleton Meat Co.'s PEMECO products because the quality is alwaysthere INSIST ON GETTING "PEMECO" MEATS AND LARDS, SOLD BY THESE MODERN MARKETS. Empire Heat Market 607 Main Street Charles Greulich. Prte. TeUpbeM IS P. DeYeunc Sec.-Treaa. The Central Market 1M Eaat Alta Street Rom E. Caraey, Pres. Telephone 455 J. H. Loedlnr, Sec.-Treas. Pendleton Cash Market Teleph 101 303 East Court Street L. B. Ramadell. Pre. H. P. Whitman. Mgr. Harvey McPhenon, V-Pree., Mrs. Nellie Horton. S.-Tra. Haims, Bacon, Lard, Steaks, Chops,, Cutlets, Sausage, Hamburger, Fish, Poultry, Etc. 4 e .1 I 2 i r -a S 1 3 '? 1 1 I 3 II 3 i s a i 1 I i 3