Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-07-07
STATE HOUSE.
Hon. |. D. Carver, State Ii
brarian, Chats on Books.
Monthly Meeting Of the State Asses
sors Will Be Held Today.
Gossip Cleaned from the Various De-
partments-New Corporations.

Hon. L. D. Carver. State librarian,
and his assistant, Ernest w. Emery
study the secondhand book store
catalogues for rare and valuable MIS-
torical works.
eft is SURPRISING" says Mr.. Carver,
what a demand there is for DOCKS
and magazines from the days of the
Revolution until 1910. That space OF
time is not we'll covered by authors
and of course literature IN tnose Gays
cost more than from the time foliow-
ing the Civil War.
1.-The magazine department IS one OF
the most important of any library"
continued Mr.. Carver, land, without
casting any reflection on our own
magazine, 1 think those published IN
England are more able ana eiluurlhs'
but not as entertaining as the Amerl-
can. Why in my opinion, don't be-
lieve that the English newspapers IS
as Interesting as the English maya
zine. A gentleman who wished to
study the relations between Great
Britain and the United States recently
visited the library and for reference
examined the BlackwelPs volume, the
first number of which appeared in 1914.
The Westminster Review and few
other periodicals are always IN de-
mand."
do the people care much for fc-
tion?" queried the Journal reporter.
mot so much as one would imagine"
replied Mr.. Carver. There are only
about 1900 books of fiction in the Ii
brary and those are read almost
wholly by Augusta people. The fiction
department is really only side issue.
or course the law decisions and reports
are eagerly devoured not only by the
attorney but by the business man
and the bank cashier in particular. ]
have an ambition to get all of the de-
cisions and reports published In the
English language. l have already those
of Canada, England, India and most OF
the Scotch works, but lack those OF
Ireland, Australia and Van Dieman's
| land. The Legislatures really ought
to appropriate $4,000 annually for the
| law department alone.
81 presume the increase in the num-
| Der Of women's clubs has created a
great demand for literature?" asked
the reporter.
| Eyes. indeed" was sthe reply. "In
almost every city. town and village OF
| the State there Is at least one club
either for the study of literature, art
science or sociology. Down in Belfas
there is a club that Is a patron to the
travelling art gallery which is conduct
ed on lines similar to the travelling IL
braries. That is, by sending $500 to q
New York concern set of pictures
will be shipped and after a stipulated
| time returned Then again what
| might be termed the common people
are delving into industrial statistics
| So you can see that every year tina
| rolls by creates a greater demand 10
| all literature from the lightest book OF
fiction to the deepest part of law"
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of State assessors, Hon. OH:
| Hayford of Canton, Hon. George Pot
tie of Lewiston, and Hon. F. Marion
| Simpson of Bangor, will be held in thu
| room of the committee on judiciary
| where the office is temporarily Located
| pending repairs, at 10 O'Clock thi
morning. A large amount OF routin
business will be considered and it l
believed that the assessors will com
nit the annual excise tax on the tele
phone, telegraph and express com
panies of the State.
Hon. Kendall M. Dunbar o
Damariscotta, secretary of the Senate
was at the State House, yesterday.
The next bulletin of the agricultur
he iccr mr.
lSeptember.
Miss Eva l.. Shorey passed tn
Fourth and Sunday at Belgrade as tn
guest of Miss Sadie F. Lord.
The following letter has been re
ceived at the executive department:
"Section 90 of the Acts of Congress
approved March 3, 1908. contains tn
following clause:
THAT it shall be the duty of tn
commissioner general of immigratio
to detail officers of the immigratio
service from time to time as may b
necessary in his judgment to secur
information as to the number of alien
detained in penal reformatories an
charitable institutions (public an
private) of the several states and terri
tories. District of Columbia, and othe
TERRITORY of the United States, and
inform the officers of such institution
of the provision of the law in relatio
to the deportation of aliens who haV
become public charges
"To enable this bureau to compl
with above mentioned statue. l haV
the honor to request that you wi
cause to be furnished a list of the ir
stitutions in your State of the elias
mentioned, together with the locatio
and name of the superintendent
official in charge, upon whom the pei
son, detailed, in conformity with tn
law cited, may call"
The latter is signed by w. B. Sal
gent, who is commissioner-genera {
Immigration. and is approved b
George Is. Cortelyou, secretary.
The list will be furnished in cor
formity with the above letter, and
may be that Maine may be able
thin out the population in some of 1,
institutions, as a result
.. Among the recent visitors at the fis
, and game department were the following
GLADYS Twitchell. Grace NJ. Stone, Robe