Arizona republican., 1891-04-16
FREE READING ROOM
AN INSTITUTION MAINTAINED BY
 THE GOOD rEMPLARs.
People Can Spend Their Leisure Moments With Books and Papers.

The free reading room has beer moved to the new hall recently prepared for it by the Good Templars. The hal has been nicely finished inside and tables, chairs and paper racks have beer added, making it one of the cosiest places in the city to spend an idle hour Papers, magazines and books are sup piled by the Good Templars lodge which has the room in charge. A board of trustees, consisting of J. B. Wicker, sham, chairman; I.E. Irvine, secretary Mir. and Mrs. c. A. Garlick, G. K Smith and Miss Lizzie Maxwell, have the management of the room. A janito, is employed who attends to it's opening and closing.
 The committee has not yet made any arrangement for a library. They have been trying for some time to secure the old Marcopa library, which is in the hands of the trustees of the Maricopa Library Company and which is stored away in the city, doing no one any good but so far they have not been able to get
 
 library together 10 get any satis- faction from them, one way 0r the other. Another committee will make an at tempt in few days to get possession 'oi this library and drag it out of its present hiding place and put it where the most good can be derived from it's literary in- fiuence.
 The following territorial papers are donated: Phoenix Herald, ARIZONA RE PUBLICAN, Phoenix Gdzeste, Tucson Citi- zen, Wilcox Stockman, Yuma Times, Prescott JORrndt- Miner. Tempe NeUs, Buckeye Biade and the Yuma Sentinel. Papers outside of the Territory donated are the San Francisco Post, six months free, after that half price; Union Signal (ChicagO), New York Witness, New York Foice. All other papers are secured for hall price.
 Below is full list of all the outside papers and periodicals: Hdrper's Weekly, Wustratpd London News, DOminiOn Illus rdied, Temperance AdUOCdte New York ], Is"Psra"ce ErG"gettst Indianapolis), St. Nicholas, PdHsy, Our LiHe OHes, Men and Women, Youths Companion, Hdrper's Monthly, Scribner's, Forum, Ladies' Home Journal, WOmdn'S Jour nal, The Century, Detroit Free Press, New York Herald, Chicago Weekly Nsus, Los Angeles Ldity Times, San francisco Ldiiy Chronicle, Ldily EIaDoiner, Toledo Weekly Bldde.
 The San Francisco Duly Examiner is the only paper taken for which the full subscription price is demanded.
 A number oi miscellaneous books and papers are on the table, which have been left by patrons and friends of the reading room, and are not on the regu- lar list of reading matter furnished by the committee. There are in the room several sets Of checkers, chessmen and domnos. Card playing is not permit ted. The trustees at their meeting last night selected and ordered several farm and scientific journals.
 At present the expense of keeping up the room is about $50 per month. This Is only for janit0r, light, rent, etc., and does not include money for subscrip- tions. About S20 month is raised from regular monthly donations, and the balance of the necessary funds are raised by entertainments and donations from the Good Templar's lodge.
 NO record oi visitors IS kept at pres ent, though it is the intention of the committee to get a register for that pur- pose.
 The doors are opened at o'clock every morning and kept open till 10 o'clock at night. Young men and boys who have no home in which to spend their leisure moments are the principal patrons.