Arizona republican., 1904-01-30

which the younger brother has strug gled; while the younger brother has come to believe in the tenderness of the strong, and both have heard the solemn voice which demands of a nation that it shall not despise its poor nor believe itself safe while one poor man within it's borders cries in vain for justice; nor great while one little child wanders with none to guide its rowing feet"
 The needs of the south were further presented by Miss Margaret Henry of Maryville college, Tennessee. who is deeply interested in settlement work among the mountain whites. Miss Hen " won her audience by her first sen tence: "I am not missionary to the mountains; I am one of them. I was born at the foot of Chilowa' mountain, and my grandmother was born farther back in the mountains. She spoke feelingly of the northern aid which had endowed a college near her home and founded sco,Grships. by one of which she had been educated.
 The Woman's club of Phoenix was in the mood to talk and hear library" at the first meeting after receiving NIT. Carncgie's promise of S25,OO0 for build ing in this city. Mrs. James IT. Mo ClintOck. chairman of the library com mittee. read the telegram announcing it and laid before the club for criticism and endorsement her drafts of letters acknowledging the gift. She gave brief ly the history of the movement which had resulted so favorably and paid a. tribute to Mir B. A. Fowler, MT. Walter Talbot, MT. Dwight B. Heard and Di- rector Walcott of the geological survey, for their aid in the matter.
 Afterward the feasibility of travelling Libraries under the management of the Arizona federation of women's clubs was considered. Mrs. Dwight B. Heard, member of the federation committee in charge of this department. presented the subject in a happy fash ion. A route covering twenty-six sta tions is now maintained by "a gentle man, who. in driving over the territory, noticed a lamentable dearth Of books" Mrs. Heard modestiv refrainei from mentioning the fact that this gentleman was her father, MT. A. C. Bartlett. It was news to many that 1900 volumes are now travelling in Arizona. The routes laid cut by the federation will supplement- rather than in any way conflict with those already established. The discussion was continued by Mrs Downing and Mrs. Ceilings. A tax of ten cents per capita was voted, which will start a fund for. buying books and the necessary outfit. and every member will he asked to donate, on a day to be fixed later, at least one book to the travelling library.
 The trustees of the Tucson Carnegie library report the purchase of 1900 new books during the past year. Twenty in the north wing which is to be used for a children's department and 400 juvenile books have been ordered for it. The trustees were prompted to do this by the large number of school children who frequent the library during the noon hours.
 Prescotts public library is completed at a cost of $14,O0O. Mr. Andrew Car negie gave s4000 and the public spirited citizens of the mountain city contrib uted the rest. r. is now "uD" to the moneyed men of Phoenix to raise" Mir Carnegie's gift to this city proportion atcly
 The Woman's club of Yuma. the promising young babe" of the Arizona federation, kept open house New Years day in the parlors of the Hotel GandoI- fo. Refreshments and a good musical programme augmented the attractions and the affair was largely attended, especially by the sterner sex" said local journal
 P. V. CUSHMAN.