The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-28
BLAOKFOOTS CARNEGIE
/. LIBRARY AND Y. M. @. A.

Inc suggestions already made TO.
the location of the Carnegie librar,
on the Rowles corner at the inter
section Of Bridge and Main, east
seems to meet with general approval
and we suggest the city council refel
the matter to the general improve
ment committee for action.
The action we suggest is that al
association be- formed to purchas.
the property for the purpose named
and to keep and control it until such
time as the library can be secured.
Get Men Behind
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1t will not be much OF burden fol-
fifty or 100 men of the town to put
up the money for the site, and there
will be something in the way OF
rentals until such time as it is
turned over for construction of the
building, at which time the city gov
eminent or the town by popular SUBJ
scription can lift the financial load
from those who form the temporary
association.
AS many as possible should be in
cluded in this step, because it will
make the burden lighter, and be-
cause peoples interest is keener
when they have some of their
treasure in an undertaking. If five
men should assume the burden, the
community at large might not be in
terested enough to. protect them in
their trusteeship, but if a hundred
men are carrying the burden, hun
dred men will be banded together
to protect the plan, and there will be
loyalty and interest that will influ-
ence them to make the move to Sc
cure the library itself as early as is
practical.
Will Harmonic
Differences
Blackfoot needs a few projects
like the public library and tnerede ral
building t0get-ffs citizens to pulling
tQgetfer in matters of mutual con-
Germ, and it would have fine in
fluence in harmonizing all elements
ifNthe spirit Of cooperation could be
kindled in such work.
What About
Saloons?
People have banished saloons and
have not supplied anything to take
their place. -ney have shown dis
position to Danish the pool halls, and
are not creating anything else to
take their place. Returning soldiers
and their friends are talking about
establishing Y. M. c. A., and there
is some apathy because so many SOL
diers are condemning the Y. of Eu-
rope. If we are going to keep
saloons out, as we undoubtedly are,
the public library or the Y. or both,
should furnish the something that
is lacking now, for men want some |
place to assemble at times, and as
semble they will, and ought to.
Discredited by
Tramps
1t is unfortunate that so good an
as the Y should be dis
credited in Europe by enlisting in
Its ranks lot of broken down
preachers and teachers and tramp
editors, who never did business on
The square and never stayed in one
Town more than five years in their
whole professional lives. OF course
hey would graft when they had a
chance, or shirk their duties, just as
hey had always done in civil life,
out the Y had to take such men as
,ffered their service, for it organized
IN such a tremendous scale in such
short time, they were bound to get
'tung, with the kind of cattle men,
toned. People should not lose faith
n the Y just because there were {
characters in Sedan. There S
will be pillars of salt and the world k
viii wag well. Il
Welcome the II
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1t is time for Blackfoot to act, and I
[ a committee from the city council t
alls on you soon, just light the t
anne of cooperation by saying, u
Where shall I sign, gentlemen. I
ont care much what the details are. In
our time and mine are too valuable t
} be spent in long explanations" 10
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