The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-02-07
LIBRARY is OPEN.

be discouraged, They met discouraging
views when they approached the men on
the question, but they managed the un'
d4rtAking and the men When the WORD
was given ont that ''tbey were going TO
have a library, whether any help was
given them or not" the men realized
that the library was practically a settled
fact, and they graceful ly turned about
and lent their assistance. Not that the
men of Dodge City do not favor pubic
libraries and everything In the educa-
,ionaI line, but the city has been wrlg-
Cling out Of debt for veral years past,
and the men believed, At least The major
ity Of them, that our Efforts should Or
conferred upon this work little longer.
and that other things should be looked
after before a library proposition was
taken up. Then this Is strongly com
merc!al age. and book does not have
the attraction for the ma mlty of men
that il should hHveand some of them were
ourspoken for lower taxes, even II II
meant fewer books. The ladies had the
matter takeH up with Mr.. Carnegie, ami
/ appened TO strike him on dull day.
when be had been able to give away on'y
a few hundred libraries, and he readily
t"ok advantage OF the opportunity to
make It one more BY giving one to Dodge
City. The library proposition, which
makes It obligatory on the part OF the city
council to levy tax to the amount ef
$3.50 annually for the maintenance OF the
ii rary, was easily carried at the elec-
ton. board was appointed by the CITY,
and the work of planning aud building a
library was begun That part of 1t is
history now, but the fact that Dodge City
has one of the pre,resI and most conven-
len, libraries in the state may be told as
news to some.
The building was formally opened to
the public on last Saturday, and good
share of the people of the town called in
the afternoon and evening to celebrate
the event. Nearly everyone brought
donation, and great many nicely bound
single books, as well as srIs, were re-
ceiyed at this time Follow ing are few
of the donors: Messrs A. B Reeves d
j NJ. Kirkpatrick, a case OF the Encycl'-
paedia Britannica, twenty three volumes !;
also four olumes of he Peoples Ency-
clopedia; j. A. Arment, seventeen vol
umes of RO0sevelt's works; Mr.. SWINE
hart, thirty. two volumeF;J w Sidlow'
four volumes OF the Personal Memoirs OF
us Grant; Mrs. Burnett, The Life OF
Frances Willard; 5. Gallagher, eleven
volumes Of American Literature; w. ID.
Graves. six volumes of Theodore ROose-
yelt's works. Mrs. q N Hoover, SET
of Steyenson's works. There were some
cash donations by number of those who
mad failed to bring books, and this will
be used to purchase books
At the reception the handsome little
building was made attractive for those
who were to view Its interior for the firsl
time The ladies of the board acted al
reception committee. and all visitors were
gladly welcomed and shown through th'
rooms. The arrangement OF the llbrar,
Ia very satisfactory. A small entrance
way leads into the large main room
which, when entirely furnished, will b.
the reading room and will contain all tn
latest standard magazines and papers
interest. This room is tinted 10 gree
above the red brick base. The pillars ar
Ia white and gold, as are also the smalle
decorations on the ceiling and walls. L
the southwest corner Of the room Is
pressed brick fireplace and mantel. l
the northwest corner is the lib arian
desk. Back of this good sized roof
which will contain the books. Als
opening of the main room near the libr'
RAMS desk is a smaller room, TO De use
as an Office for the librarian, and II
members of the BOARD. Immediatel
east CT this room is the stairway leadin
| to the lecture room upstairs. This roo
is finished 10 light blue, and is circul'
with small platform at one side. Del
cious punch with waters was served b,l
/, free, both afternoon and evening, BY q
Misses Ada Hobble and Hazel Smit
There are no seats 10 this room asye
and il is not known just what its capacl
Tor seating will be, but this will be a vel
useful room for small entertainments an
Clubs. The base ment Is used solely as
furnace rooa and 10 light and airy. III
whole building is wired with electrici
and makes charming appearance wht
n lighted. A telephone has also been II
stalled, In fact the library is who'll
modern, both In the interior and exteI
Tor. Very few books pave been pul
chased as yet, but those which have bee
donated number four hundred and twent.
three. 80 with these books and yeI