Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-30

a genuine desire for library privileges
will manifest Itself in the practical
form of local taxation adequate to
the proper maintenance of public Il.
braries, is through the travelling Ii
brary, Schools. waterworks, light
plants, roads, courthouses and city
halls swell taxation in this countcy
often beyond endurance, and the av.
erage citizen suggests that library ap.
preparations can be deferred, but the
travelling library loaned to the farm.
ing community or the village becomes
the first step toward developing a de.
sire for books and what the people
did not care for at first they soon rec
cgniZe as distinct. advantage Tor
themselves and their children. Trav
cling libraries accomplish the best &
suits in the way of developing this in
terest, if they are a part of stale
system, for to do the best work they
should have trained supervision, BY
those who will watch the comuni.
ties where they are loaned, nd who
will follow up and assist the first show
of interest for a local library. Com.
munities feel more free to borrow tina !
which is supplied by the state, and
therefore, supported by taxation.
The Educational Library, consist
ing of general reference books, is
free to all the people of the state up.
on payment of transportation charges:
and will be of great use to study clubs.
debaters and individuals studying
along some definite line.
The Legislative Reference Bure au
is new kind of special library which
is rapidly gaining favor all over the
country with law makers, state Off
Gals and others interested in the
growth of affairs of state and the MAX
ing of laws which shall enbody the
best experience of other state and
countries. The collection will not
represent much of money expenli
ture, but will consist of reports, laws
and bills from other states on sub.
jects which are of live interest in
North Dakota. Clippings from the
newspapers and the country at large,
as well as articles cut from the lead
ing economic and political periodi-
Gals, will also throw light on legisla.
tive measures.
New York, Wisconsin, Michigan.
California, Nebraska, Indiana, Oregon
and Alabama, all have useful legisla.
tive reference departments Missouri
is starting one and North Dakota is
showing the spirit of progress in the
establishment of such a library.
AS an outcome of Grover Cleve
lands recent article in a popular
periodical, bills have been introduc
ed in the house and the senate which
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presidents of the United States and
give then good income for life.
Both measures provide that former
presidents shall be ex-officio repre-,
sentatives, for life, of this country ct
the pan-American and other interna.
tional conferences in which the Unit.
ed States may participate, fixing their
salaries at $4,000 per annum and al
lowing them $4,000 per year for pri-
vate secretaries, together with al
travelling and actual expenses incur
red in carrying out the work of the
commission. The duties of the com
mission, of which four members are
to be appointed by the president from,
civil life, will be to investigate AMI.
from time to time, report upon the
several propositions looking to the
force in international relations, with
a view to securing more enduring
peace among the nations OF the worth
Representatives BarthCldt of Missouri
stands sponsor for the measure in the
house, and Senator McCreary of Ken.
lucky. for that in the senate, and
both believe that the plan outlined
will not only take care OF the men
who have occupied the White House
for four years or more, but will give
permanence and stability to the in
vestigations calculated to abolish war
as a means of settling international
disputes.
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We regret to see the Pierce Coun.