Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-07-26
Washington, D. c.
July 81, 1900.
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Dear Editor SHEAF:-

know just who he is or the exact place
where. that dreaded being can be
found, but his trademark may be
found on little charts stuck up here
and there called weather maps, which
continually leave the District of Co.
lumbia within the ''law"; or his hand
writing may be seen in the newspa-
pers, where it is stated this hot wave
will last for about twenty eight days.
But his exact whereabouts no one has
yet discovered. Perhaps that fact
makes women so bold as to declare
that "if that weatherman could only
be found they would soon fix him..
1t has been an unusually warm
summer so far. People who have lived
here for years declare they have not
experienced anything like it but once
before. To a westerner, who is used
to cool nights no matter how high the
mercury rises during the day, this eli
mate is almost overcoming. The
nights seem more unbearable than the
days. Still ''hope sees STAR The
summer is half over. ...
To write letter that may be of any
general interest to your readers is ex-
ceedingly difficult. feel it is simply
to impose on their generosity and
mildness of criticism. And l must do
so this time. A few things have oc-
Cured to me that perhaps may be of
general interest.
read in your valuable paper, which
pays me weekly visit and tells me
of ''Home, Sweet Home," that the
Fourth of July was celebrated in Ar
gyle or at picnics in the close vicinity
of Warren. When I came to this
place I was in high hopes of witness
ing an unusual celebration. But all
such expectations vanished long be-
fore the day arrived. True, base
ball game was played in the afternoon
| between government team and an
athletic association, and number of
bicycle races occurred at place some
distance out of the city, and, to finish
it all, some firecrackers were shot off
at regular intervals by the boys
But this was all. Those who did not
care in any way to participate in this
kind of celebration took some one of
the numerous excursions that left the
city that day. A great number went
to Baltimore and Chesapeake Beach,
others went to Harper's Ferry, and
the rest lived the day at some one of
the neighboring all-year carnival
places. So, however much this city
is otherwise, it cannot compete with
even Warren or Argyle on the Nation
al holiday. .:
Naturally enough in as large city
as this is, a number of buildings are
continually being torn down, others
built and still others repaired. But
among all these there is one that at
tracts particular attention. You will
find it in place formerly known as
the vermont Park, located between
the 7th and 9th Streets on the east
and west and New York and Massa-
chusetts Avenues on the south and
north. In this place is to be built the
new Public Library building. It will
be one of the finest buildings in the
city. The District has furnished the
site by special act of Congress, and
Andrew Carnegie, the multi million
aire, has donated 1926, 100000, for
which the library will be built. The
building will be two stories high
above ground and rooms will be used
in the basement as we'll. Lawns and
buildings will extend over two blocks.
The present library is far below the
standard of American public libraries:
It is located in a private building and
the number of volumes is not very
great. It has only $4,000: volumes.
In the new quarters the public will be
better entertained and accommodates
better system of cataloguing will be
employed, better shelves will be in
troduced and at least 100000 more
volumes will be added to the present
number. The excavations for this
great building are nearly completed
and the stonework will soon be COM
menced. If opportunity comes, per-
haps more detailed description of a
modern library for the public would
interest your readers. When per-
son sits down to think of these great
gifts by rich men he cannot escape of
almost being convinced of the wisdom
in many cases of having great wealth
stored with single individuals. Too
true it is, in many cases, that such
wealth is simply boarded for personal
gain and comfort without giving the
world at large any benefit of that
wealth. Such an individual is always