Daily camera., 1900-01-15
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
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of the population OF the capital city.

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of the population OF the capital city.
Surely she cannot adequately fulfil the
commands of that destiny without add
ing to the qualities here outlined pub
lie library. The Texas-Colorado Chau
tauqua has been located here, great
summer outing, educational. hygienic
and philanthropical IN its scope, uniting
the citizens of two states upon delight.
full camping ground, with pretty cottages.
and vast auditorium, on an eminence
overlooking the city. Thousands come
here duridg the summer to attend the
annual six weeks session and it would be
vastly helpful it the educators who come
here could have a library and library
building for their enjoyment and aid in
their summer studies. Within radius
of twenty miles are 1000 miners and
their families, eighty per cent American
born. al! English speaking. to whom
Boulder is their capital, their inspiration
and their source of supply. These peo.
pie and the large farming element tribu-
tary to the town would profit immeasur.
ably by the building and equipment of a
library here.
Why. then, has Boulder no public
library?
1t may be answered that the city has
not been wanting in public enterprise
She has built and rebuilt her water works
at large outlay of money. They are
hers but are yet inadequate to the needs
of the town and more extensive reser-
voirs must yet be constructed. She has
built school buildings and maintained
her schools on 50 high plane that for
several years the school tax of Boulder
was 28 mills upon total assessed valu.
alton of 100000, being one third Of
the actual valuation. rhe county and
city built sewerage system. she has
given Aoo. 900 in aid of railroads. She
has given her fine public park TO Boul
der county to tasten the county seat here
and have handsome court house built
within her limits. She has expended
10000 in building an auditorium for the
Chautauqua and purchasing a public
park. Her citizens gave forty acres OF
land and much money to secure the loca.
ton here of the university. Another
citizen gave substantial sum to found
its library. Another citizen gave that
great institution an art exhibit. and
another presented it with fine cabinets
Illustrative Of miEerology of the county.
Citizens gave literally to help the Colo.
RADIO sanitarinm, giving 1t the and upon
which it is located. Scarcely denomi.
nation of churches teaching the christian
religion but has a comfortable house
herr. whose spires proclaim a, once its
holy purpose and the cheerful giving of
the citizens of Boulder.
And yet Boulder lacks library. The
Libraries of the university and state PIE
paratory school are not for the uses Of
the public The gifts in either case pre-
clude such use. Neither are they SO
numerous or of such diversified char
acter. were they at our command, to
make them the nucleus OF large public
circulating library. The university
regents would forbid, the necessities of
faculty and students forbid, any ass mil
atiun of thes. Libraries. Hence it may
be said that Boulder is absolutely with
OF, a library for the uses OF its citizens.
In view OF the foregoing, we urge upon
the citizens of Boulder, the mayor and
city council and those interested in the
founding Of Libraries and the disssmina
ton of all that Is best in literature, sci
enc. and the arts, to aid US in building
AID equipping public library for
Boulder.