Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-05
BOISE LIBRARY
IS DEDICATED.
Nav Structure Formally Opened
With Impressive Ceremony
Yesterday Afternoon.
BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL ONE.
sOl,odIa ncdlca,ory Address Dellv'
cred by Judge {, C. Goodwill
0i Salt Lake City
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noise, Idaho, May S,-Thc new $4,000
carnegie library building In this city
/. now completed and was dedicated
with appropriate ceremony at the Coz
lumha thoator this afternoon, The
nr,nclnol address was delivered by
fndpr q &. Goodwin OF salt Lake CITY
Ater the conclusion OF the EXERCISES
,hc library waB opened for public IN
epocllon,
"Tbe columbian club, TO which we are
Indebted for our library IN me past
ana which was instrumental NJ secure
tnv from Mr., Carnegie the donnli for
,hs erection OF the building, gave a
very brilliant reception ANA ball laat
Mnndny evening, the proceeds OF which
are 10 20 toward providing the building
with furniture the Culneglc donation
Was for the construction OF the build
ipg only The Railways and different
ernrtmcnts were handsomely decorated
And the reception committee Of beau-
MN womon added greatly to the
charm Of the occasion,
LIBRARY DESCRIBED,
Tho building IL situated on Washing
ION street between Eighth and Ninth
~ Ia nm imposing structure OF two
slorlos, built OF cream oolofod pressed
brick with cut sandstone trimmings.
Tho basement, which N but two feet
below the surface Of the ground, COM
,alns the auditorium, historical room,
Kitchen, cloak rooms and closets, In
ascending the snrwa! 10 the upper
noor. we enter the distributing room,
ON either side Of which ARE the spacious
nnd comfortable reading rooms, At
The rear Of the distributing room II
sWatod tho librarians suite OF rooms
and additional cloak rooms.
The castings Of the interior are of
marble. the floors " tr ana the walls
are tinted In beautiful shades, those
on the nrst floor resembling oak
ONE FOR MOSCOW,
But boise IN no, the only Idaho city
that has been favored by the great phil
an,hropist The contract has already
been let and work has already COM
mcntsd FOR the construction OF u library
building IN the city of Moscow, which
Mr. CarneNos gift OF $4,000 made pos
sIblc
MIlburn Knapp Of Boise has taken the
contract for $500, which Nv TO cover
sewerage, heating plant lights, steel
book racks water, delivery desks, turn.
siie ana other modern convenience
The building " TO be ready for ocou-
pancy by Oct, OF this year,
In his dcdicatory address, Judge
Goodwin paid high tribute 10 Andrew
Carnegie, reoounling his achievements
from the time he BEGAN life M humble
citizen, until the had conquered every
obstacle and stood NJ tho head Of onN
Of the greatest Industrial enterprises on
earth, Refcrring TO hip noble impulses,
his generous thoughts, his dream ot
greatness, Judge Goodwin continued IN
this slIaini
SO we suspect that Andrew Carnegie
contemplating these things, finally SAID
10 himself
u have transmitted iron and coal IN
10 gold, but the naked gold by Itself N
Volueless II cannot carry my voice be.
yond this NE, II cannot, u flow years
heneo, cause men TO zee mo as | was
on Garth.
There must be another transmuta-
Uon II ] would be saved from oblivion
That may have been 10 him sorrow.
nj gay, for he realized IN full that great
hN"lU nus IN llnlllhUOlN
But he knew Peter Cooper IN his life
Time and had seen how no. with but a
tlthe Of the fortune OF tho steel king.
had founded an institute to prepare
young men and women TO enable them
10 make a better llsht for life, and not
"a mat Peter Coopers name was taxi
lhg on new reverence under the obb ana
iow Of years,
lie aoubiosa had read of the poor
EnNllHh ana American clergyman, who
dled AZ but who LETT his little library
~ wv volumes, and his little fortune OF
WV 10 establish IN Massachusetts,,
'heh almost a wilderness, u school,
he must have seen how from that
tvnool seven generations ~ young men
nave emerged TO take their places, IN
war ana IN peace, In the forefront OF
american civilization. and how much
IIey nave done I'm shaping the destiny
VI we republic how they have been A
most potent factor IN making our coun
wy what n H.
.,ho doubtless too, Needed tho fact
WAY " " niche IN the temple OF tho
mIl9h tamei the statue Of John Ilnr.
.atd has taken on divine proportions
nOd me woven halo OF the clrolne
ears mas aurcolcd his brow with over.
lasting lleht,
,ho may have rond that Thomaa Jof.
.vhoh az HIS life drew near Ils close
ntkGl that when his grave should In
n,eue' uhly a plain stone be place
npoVe " but that there might be ON
.oss'd on II the words, Thomas Jof.
Ws9n FOUNDER OF tho University OF
AZ had been olght years president
,ho we nltod States he had wrliton
en w u'e'hlcss Declaration OF Indopond-
nolri. We nhl run tho full gamut OF
w WorldN foremost statosmon, ono
q, Ho worlds most profound scholars
Wv, Whnt ho most elornNd IN ma he
w WuNeu haek along tho path OF His trl.
o "unbnanl llfe, was that he had fonndoa
~. INSTITUTION whore the choicest leaves
une book of knowledge would ho
for al time 20 come. WV '"'''"'
,Aud we young mon who annually.
nloNHh the watches ~ n century hnvc
,merFed from that classic snot bovo
..U lnolr badges of memborahln thorc
mo highest posshle honor for with
,w,n tholr names are linked lnaepnr /.
Ior WIN tho great n0mo OF Thomas
HIS GREATEST THOUGHT,
~ last q thought cnmc 10 Mr.. Car.
WvlC ma, IL possible, even II our
w, hore IN but n span, to trAnamutc
SV,u INTO phonograph TO carry n
. wm,ol voice no that II viii sound for
Wur down tho ngea into u rndInm
n"v WIN llRht that mover dImp viii
"a WIG eyes men, reveal for all tino
W. p,olnro OF n mortal form, no mat
dust, INV ''''" ""pN w
MO saw that II was possible thronph
Eol1 10 Incorporate his llfo into tho
I'VE OF thousands and tens OF thou,
snps ot mon who nrc to succeed him
NV 'nat whatever " snlendor the,
r,mnt achieve, q little OF Il would ~
o oo'oo hhok upon him who reached
,o y slrone hand 20 help to NJ them
'os .he'r hlsh work WIZ