The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-12-19
NEW LIBRARY
WILL BE BUILT
$l7,5OO FROM THE CARNEGIE FUND
Hood River County Library Will Rise on
Site Between Oak and State
Streets

The joyful news was received Tues
day morning by J. z. Lucas, president
of the Hood River county Library
Board, that the trustees of the Carne-
gle Library Fund had made an appro.
priation of Sl7. 500 with which to erect
building for library purposes in Hood
River. The new building will be con-
structed on the library lot between
Oak and State street. The location
was formerly a portion of Fifth street.
However, it was rarely.used and had
never been graded. A grove of hand
some oaks grows on it. Through the
efforts of the Woman's club, who be-
gan. the agitation for the county library
but a little over year ago, the city
rededicated the street there to the
abutting property owners, J. II. He'll
bronner & Co., and h. l.. Smith and
they then donated il. for library pur-
poses.
During the past year the siteshas
been used as a city park. The ladies
had it seeded to Blue grass and it has
formed beautiful green location in
the city. The Fomth of July celebra-
tion was held there last summer.
As in all other cases, the trustees
stipulate that the appropriation will be
made if the city and county will ex-
pend certain sums on the maintenance
of the library and the purchase of
books. However, the stipulated sum
does not nearly exceed that already
expended by the county and city. The
city agreed to appropriate $3.50 for Ii
brary purposes and the county will
levy a tax of two-tenths of a mill this
year.
The other members of the library
board are Mrs. w. M. Stewart, vice
president: j. o. Mclaughlin, secretary
and treasurer; Miss Mary McLaren,
j. e. Robertson and Albert l.. Crocker.
Miss Della Northey is the librarian.
AT the meeting of the Woman's club
yesterday afternoon at the Commercial
club, the women were notified of the
appropriation of the Carnegie fund by
Mrs. w. M. Stewart, who was formerly
chairman of the library committee Of
the club.
The library building will probably be
| begun as soon as possible and com
pleted within the next year. Miss
Northey will visit Miss Cornelia Mar
win, of Salem, secretary of the state
| library commission, during the holidays
and confer with her about the architec-
| ture of the new structure, Miss Mar
vim is one of the best informed library
workers of the west on library archi-
lecture.
The library now has nine stations.
! Some of these stations will eventually
! become branches. Indeed, Odei, where
. great deal OF interest has been taken
and where room has already been ar
ranged, will probably be the first dis
trict to have a brafich with librarian.
The institution now has 1900 volumes
and receives 40 periodicals a month.
The following is letter received by
Mr.. Mclaughlin for the commission:
Responding to your communication
on behalf of the county of Hood River,
If the county agree by resolution of
council to MAINTAIN free public H.
brary at a cost of not less than one
thousand. seven hundred and fifty dol
lars, (Sl750) a year, and provides
suitable site for the building, Carnegie
Corporation of New York, will be glad
to give seventeen thousand FIVE hundred
dollars (S17 to erect free public
library building for the county of Hood
River.
ut should be noted that the amount
indicated is to cover the cost of library
building complete, ready for occupancy
and for the purpose intended.
Before any expenditure on building
or plans is incurred, the approval of
proposed plans by Carnegie Corporation
Of New York should be secured, to OBJ
tain which please send sketch plans for
inspection"