The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-12-25
WOULD CUT DOWN IL
BRARY APPROPRIATION

Meetings we're held in the Vale
Saturday 10 discuss the tax budge
submitted by the county court, and a
the Pine Grove meeting a resolution
was carried TO limit the appreciation
for the county library to $1,000. IL
commenting upon this action a membei
Of the library board said:
There is on file in the court house
and in the county library copies OF
contract drawn up between the county
of Hood River and the Hood Rivei
public library. According TO this con
tract, the County Court levied a ta'
for library purposes, the same to con
stitute library fund" for the
county. The library board agreed tt
open a public library, to maintain The
same in suitable quarters, and to ex'
tend the use Of the library TO the resi-.
dents of the county in accordSnce with
See. 1851 Lords Oregon la@s. The
members of the County Court are ex'
oificio members of the library board
with full voting privileges and COM
mittee appointments.
1.-THE county agreed to paw properly
certified bills of the library board 10
tho full amount of the Library fund,
provided that such payment shall be
only for books and periodicals, for nee
essary binding and supplies for same,
and the services Of librarian Of the
county library and for necessary trans
portation and travelling expenses in
maintaining the county system.
Last year the city appropriated the
sum of $3.50, sufficient TO maintain the
library in its present quarters. At
O recent meeting of the city council 1t
ocs voted to appropriate one-mill
sax, eppsoaimotely 81, 900 for lirbary
purposes. This Gill provide foe the
Iseinseneneo " the ne1 building, in
Guiding heoe, light, janitor service,
ard ON eseistsnt, fos olshoush the nev
building 10 fos TIE uee Of all the
cooaty, is 10 snaiateined BY the city
according 30 the Isssious contract. 1t
10 only by this cooperation between
city ana county that library is posai-
Bile in Hood River county.
The county librory is more than a
place shee all the people of the
county msy go TO read, study, or bOr-
row books. The library should be as
vitel a thing in the country as in the
city. Deposit stations have been To-
Gated in many parts Of the county.
Other sections or neighborhoOds may
have collections of books by simply
making request to the librarian.
Boxes of books are sent to these places
to remain too or three months. These
books return to the library and new
supply is sent out. Any borrower liv-
iDa in the country may ask by mail or
telephone for o desired book snd it will
be mailed postpaid to him. ID s not if
IN the library OF that time it vii! be
for him. person living in
ths country may borrow from any sta
Iion or from the centrsl library, but
he boot must be returned 20 the sta
lion from which il 10 borrowed"
A resolution Wss also psssed favor
ne the completion Of the survey now
lsinS made BY the State Highway
Commission, but 60 10 no further un-
ess sssured OF ststs sid.
The 81 B0 appropriation for q county
xhibt OF the Panama exposition was
lso voted down.
The meeting held ut Barrett school
ouse toos up the discussion Of the
sposition appropriation. and senti-
lent vas against it. but sitter an sx-
lsnation by Secretery Ravlin. the
uestion vas put 10 q vote, three vot-
70 in favor OF it and two against. n
Il was voted 30 sppr0se OF complet-
"a the survey OF the Columbia river
ighway, to stop at Hood River, after
n explanation by Judge Stanton as to
hat was beinR done.