The Delta independent., 1921-09-30
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS
PLAN FOR YOUR CHILDREN?

| If there is any one thing needed in
Delta county, it is some access to n
good library by the children in the
rural schools of the county. For two
years we have tried to find some way
to give these children a library of
their own, and at last we have hit
upon plan. Will you kindly give us
your response after you have read the
! following?
Delta county and most of Colorado
has a climate of the high attitudes.
Most cook books are written for east
ern climates, and most recipes are
modified for use in Colorado. From
exhibits shown at the Hotchkiss fair
and elsewhere, it is quite apparent
that Delta county has some of the
finest cooks in the world. Many of
these cooks live on farms; and no
matter where you live in Delta county
you are living in rural community.
Therefore, no matter where you live,
you find people interested in H.
brary for rural school children Now
our idea is this: To get these fine
cooks in Delta county to contribute
recipes for high altitude cook book;
have the cook book published by se..
ing advertisements to be placed in it;
have at least a thousand copies of the
book put out; have it contain about
two hundred pages of the choicest
and finest recipes to be found in the
world; sell these cook books at one
dollar apiece, and use the funds to
found rural school library.
The library will be maintained in
the following manner: Books to be
kept in the office of the County Super
intendent, to be sent out in the form
of circulating library upon the call
of the various schools; each rural
school board to appoint one member
of their number as member of
the county library association; the
teacher of each one-room country
school and the principals of all the
other schools to be members of the
county library association; these peo-
pie to elect from their number a
president and a secretary, the County
superintendent to be vice-president
ex-officio, and the treasurer to be
county; financial statements to be
published every six months, and in
such simple form that he who runs
may read" The County Superin-
tendent and the above named officers
will constitute the executive commit
tee, which will decide on the volumes
to be bought for the county library.
preference being given to supplement
tary readers and reference books suit
able for history, literature and geog-
raphy, in the upper grades of the
common school. Dues from each
school, each year, at certain
amount for each child, as for instance.
25 cents per child annually, will be
used in replacing old books, and
standing invitation will be issued to
all people in the county to give gifts
Of money at any time to the county
library. Also, if there are persons in
the county who desire to perpetuate
the memory of some loved child by
giving lasting and living memorial
of gift to the children of the county
by helping this library, special ar
rangements will be made for such a
memorial.
The keeping of these books in the
County Superintendent office will
eliminate the cost of library build
ing and the cost OF a librarian, and
will give easiest access to the various
schools and teachers of the county to
the use of the library. No reading
room will be maintained as this will
be circulating library. A certain
number of books will be sent each
school, and returned by them in fair
condition at the end OF certain time,
funds will be handled by the County
Superintendents office, but handled
entirely by bank chosen by the
library association.
1t may seem to the, readers of this
plan that a thousand dollars Is a very
small foundation for such a library,
but unless you have worked with the
rural schools you have no idea what
| a marvellous thing it would be to have
even this small beginning for a won.
| derful movement in Delta county.
Won't you please tell us how this
plan appeals to you? It seems to us
that every educated person and every
person who believes in better schools
and every person who loves little
children, should feel their hearts
warm to be able to help with this