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THE TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
Page Eight
called for the 19th of this month,
that a strong effort will be made to
procure sufficient funds to keep the
city library up to date.
ROAD WORK IS SECURED
FROM STATE COMMISSION
The county court was in Portland
for a few days last week attending
the October meeting of the state
highway commission.
The highway commission allowed
PUBLIC LIBRARY SHOULD BE
appropriation for work on what is
RECOGNIZED AS PART1 OF
officially called Unit 13 on the
coast .highway. This part of the .
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
load is near Mohler.
October 8 closed the work on the
Neskowin road project until next
spring. There will probably be a
small amount of work done on this
road during the winter months if
the weather allows but it will be
•Council of American Library Asso mostly in the nature of repair and
maintenance. All of the new road
ciation Recommends Revenue
that was open last summer on the
Neskowin section has been rocked i
of Dollar Per Capita
and is ready for winter travel.
NM SUFFICIENT FtlNBS FOR WK
When it is taken into considera
LARGE NUMBER OF WATER
tion that the Tillamook city library
PERMITS ISSUED LATELY
will circulate over 16,000 volumes
amongst its patrons this year, which
During the months of July, Au-1
number over one thousand, one can gust and September, one hundred
not close their eyes to the fact that and two permits were issued by
the city library is doing a large State Engineer Percy A. Cupper,
amount of good and laudable w*ork for the appropriation of water from'
along educational lines, to say noth the various streams throughout the
ing o f the pleasure of reading in- "ótate of Oregon. The permits cov-;
of
teresting literature of all descrip er the irrigation of 3185 acres
tions. And also to the fact that the land, the development of 90 horse-
library board should be highly power, and the use of water for'
and
commended for the admirable man mining, municipal, domestic
esti-!
ner in which the library is conduct various other purposes. The
ed. This is double the number of mated cost of construction work un
volumes handled since 1916, show der the permits is approximately
During this period,
ing the large amount of Interest $94,000.00-
a ken in the city library by those permits to store a total of 142 acre
who patronize it. Not only so, but feet of water in five reservoirs were
it conclusively shows that the li issued, the estimated cost of such
brary board is keeping the city li reservoirs being $12.500 00.
In Tillamook county, permit was
brary up to date with reading mat
ter that is highly appreciated by the issued to L. V. Junkin, of Manzan
ita, covering the appropriation
of
jople of Tillamook city.
water from Alder Creek for fish pro-'
The city library is supported and pagation purposes, at an estimated
receives its revenues from city tax expenditure of $3000.00.
ation, but it has always been more
or I chs handicapped for want of suf
ficient funds to keep the library up MR. AND MRS. HABERLACH
to a high standard. This appears to
LEAVE ON EXTENDED TRIP
be what is causing the library board
some anxiety at the present time, as
Carl Haberlach and his wife
the city budget, as tentatively pre on Saturday for a trip through
pared, only provides $650-00, where middle West. While away, Mr.
as at least $1,000-00 is required to Mrs. Haberlach will visit the
meet the necessary expenses for next tional Dairy Show at St. Paul
year. Few, if any, new books can will attend a convention of cheese
be added to the city library next dealers and producers which will be
year if the ibrary board fails to re held there this week. They will al
ceive the latter amount, and this so visit the cheese producing sec
would be a misfortune for the city tion of Wisconsin where they will
library.
make a first hand study of condi
What helped the city library the tions. The return trip may be made
past year was a gift of $103.50 from by way of Los Angeles and San
a tag sale on the Fourth of July, Francisco although this has
staged by the women of the city, been definitely decided, It is esti-
which was very much appreciated.
mated that they will be gone until
It was suggested that a subscrip the 22nd or thereabouts.
tion be started for the library
amongst the business men, but the
FOUR LOCAL MEN HUNT
library board is emphatically * op
DEER IN ROSBURG SECTION
posed to that, for the reasoj* that
the business men are called upon
Emil Wooley, Asa Hougen,- Har-
too often for money and they are
being overworked in that line
of ry Elliott and F. L. Eberman
endeavor. The library board
is turned from Southern Oregon
firmly of the opinion that the city week where they had gone i on
should liberally support the
city deer hunt, The hunters went over
and
library, because of the good that it the country below Roseburg
Is doing and the pleasure that it is killed two “spikes.’’
giving to so many of our citizens,
and $1000 00 is little enough
for INDICTMENT IS BROUGHT
such a meritorious community enter
FOR STEALING OF $557
prise.
This is how the library board fig
Frank Recob and Arlen Kinney
ures out some of the expenses for w-re Indicted by the grand jury for
next year: Salary ot librarian, $360. -lenllng $557 from the aufSmoblle
salary of Janitor. $50: supplies. $50;
f Roy F. Rvknian on September 15.
binding and repairs.
$D>0/ 100
he Rvknian car was standing alone
70 children
adult fiction, $95.00
ear the Wilson river when the rob
fiction, $100; 50 nmi-UcUon, $100
bery is alleged to have taken place.
shelving, $25 00. inagazi:*-. $75.
Adult fiction »ill return $60 Ou
in rentals and oth^i receipt«« may COMMITTEE EXPRESSES
bring the total up to $150 Ho.
THANKS FOR MUSIC
The Council ot the American L.1-
bi ary Association at its meeting in
A committee was appointed by
Chicago. December 30. 1921, adopt th» teachers at their annual insti
ed a statement eHing forth that tute last week to thank the McGhee
one dollar per capita is a minimum orchestra for the music rendered by
leveuue for the library in a com that organization during the meet-
ings held at the high school audi
munity desiring to maintain ade
torium.
quale public library service.
The public library should be rec
The construction of a railroad 30
ognized as a necessary part of pub
lic instruction and should be liber miles long, costing $2,000,000. to
ally supported by tax as are public open up virgin timber of the upper
santiam country in Linn county is
schools, and for the same reason.
It is hoped that when the budget proposed by a group of St. Paul
is discussed at the city meeting capitalists. x
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