The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-10-16
{. L. SMITH LAYS IL
BRARY CORNERSTONE

BRARY CORNERSTONE
Despite the rain in the first part of
the week and on the day before, the
clouds cleared away Saturday morning
and the afternoon was brigsK and sun
shiny for the laying Of the Cornerstone
OF the Carnegie buildingSf the county
library. By +. Lgo Smith. A large
crowd assembled under the classic oaks
that have given Hood River broad
spread fame for beauty.
The me%Sng was presided over by
Truman Bpt1er, chairman of the build
ing committee of the library board.
Seats had been arranged on the i'm.
provised fiootof the structure, and the
large crowd was resent. The chief
address of the afternoon was made kV
+. l.. Smith, whose talk, after he had
placed the first trowelful of mortar at
the base of the big stone, closed the
exercises. In his introduction. MIR.
Butler. as did all of the speakers who
had preceded him. paid great tribute,
to MIR. Smith. ~ wish that might
properly expres0 our APPRECIATION of
our grand old mar" said MIR. Butler.
And bWant to extend to him the good
wishes of host of friends.'
|" wonder if you think of the Benefit
that will be5n from Ais beautiful oc-
tobT day. " Sid Slf. Smith. "Tbis
library Otll be- IN emblem op the intel
lectuality or tho Eople Of our COM
munlty. 1t UtIl be the means of
postgraduate Corr for the students of
our high schools. Thomas Carlyle said
that collection of boe,s is the best
university We may have.
Mr.. Smith told of the aims of An
drew Carnegie in establishing libraries
aper the land. He named number of
bic great institutions of learnisg that
he had endowed. ''The great Scotch
man, said Mir. Smith, tells us that
a love of bt4ls will drise t1lt the lower
tfEtes of people. Gle aQluired his
wealth, not ltfppuah speculation in
stocks efd bends, but by straightfor-
ward business methods and he consid-
ers teeh he fsas held ittin sind of a
tuss arsi aho litEEies nrsl insa atdtions
of l6tpairts o0IR tata knH tse hoirty on
doYed feg the tsartaat oR the people"
kAs Smitb recalled Gaa earnest york
bis wife had dorss toyar3 sacuaing
EeasAye matter dfor itffe pNbpIcdSeiea
p sMaTy E.earspsig one iE@urt HofrJ Jus ~
be saH. "When RSe pat@etic paapka of
this vallee, White SafnDn and Ihe
Ds1s ats wsuse assumbhsd here. q woman
was ssan sellirEs iee creHm frdM a
YEgon. She Was nep- do1rs 10 sOr
proaS, bat Niat Rtta6s nsS1aa be mised
to tay s1slsaasqe asaS b&fss. fbr ret1-
ina uoom for Afe gessae.
Il am bapFy tha8 tfe hnilding has
been erected htna an tbs paOporty that
is aacred to me-
Mayer Rlancsars suEFse On behalf of
the city. "Rtbs daos notnsHan to us
merely tn aktractive building" said
MIR. Blanchip ''that we may show
@ith pride to oar visitors, bat 1t means
that go yill have mairrdned an insti-
altion Me1 Ys may tsl ltslM 70 use to
increasS ouW knog lo$gn. ko6 u help
in tho gork, tf&o in intaEest. and lG
not repay residents t1 DE toEn. but
citiaCis.' Mr.. Hanchts1stated tLat hes
understood this Me Carnegie corpora
tion had appropriated moros money fobl
tho loctfl building than Sor amy other
ciW in tho state proporaonffe to popu
lation.
Judge G. R. Castnew folloEed Nayor
Blanehar, sayingf ''This is time for
congratulations for all the people of
the county; with branches established
at Parkdale, Reunt Hood. Odell, Pine
Grove. Cascade Locks and other points,
the people of all the county are given |
the privilege of using the institution.
Last week some one telephoned in |
in the evUing for COW book. By
next morning 9 mail the desired volume
1gas on its way by parcel post. =
Z j. Z. Lucas spoke in behalf of the
library board. "Many years ago s6I |
passed U the Columbia. little did |
dream chat fair city would rise on
the banks of the Classic Dog river,
and that some day we would have an |
institution of learning second only to
the public school"
MIR. Lucas told of thDneoric fight |
made by the Woman's club. BGh be |
AMI Mr.. Smith praised the bosSd for
the selection that had been made in |
securing Miss Della NortLey as libraSS
ian. In closing his address he pai0G
trihnte to t. late j. M. Schmeltzer,
who was an earnest worker on the Ii
brary board.
Mrs. Chas. II. Castner, president of
the Woman's club. gave short adj
dress, telling of the efforts of the
women. and declaring that the event of
the laying ogthe corner stone was the
most imnortaGt ever participated in by |
the meS6bers of that organization.
Mrs. Castner deposited beneath the
corner stone, as symbolic of the things
in which Hood River people are inter-
ested the following articles: A picture
of little Ruth McLES, the second
youngest baby of the Woman's club
the year book of the Womsn's club; "a
photograph of those participating in
the ground breaking exercises. copy
each of the Hood River Glacier, the
Hood River News and the days issue
of she 0regonian, and 1918 penny.