The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-01-11

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Il library building to the cover
This move of the commissioners
+. is causing considerable comment
and discussion, and sharp protests
are being voiced not only in Plen-
s. tywood but all over the county.
= =. The lease on the present loca
:: ton of the Plertywood postoffice
r. is expiring, and the department is
asking for bids for the leasing of
: suitable quarters. 1t is expected
F that at last four or five different
people will offer bids, now that the
Z county is also entering the contest.
J.: III / An ECONOMY Measure"
II: A relatively small group, COM
E posed OF q number of Mainstreat
" businessmen and the board of
!. county commissioners, is support
:: ing the effort to move the library
und + the slogan that it is an
I. I. economy measure" They argue
J. that it will bring the county an
f added income of $1,000 a year.
/. They also state that in the library
Z building, the postoffice would be
more Centrally located"
s. TIE adversaries of this move, a
large group composed of farmers
and workers from all over the
county and a number of business
men and professionals, base their
~opro~itior' on the fact that a base
ment or any other obscure place
is not fit to house the library.
They regard the library as an edu-
= cational institution of which the
county as well as the city of Plen-
tywood can be proud. They point
out that in other town and cities,
libraries are given appropriate
places, buildings easily accessible
with nlcnty of windows to provide
enough daylight for easy reading,
ard furnished so that the public
can. read and study in relative
comfort.
:. The argument of an ECONOMY
mea'ure" they counter bv stating
that $1,000 additional revenue will
neither make nor break the financ-
. es of the county, but that On the
other hand the removal of the IL
brary into a basement may appre-
clably decrease the interest of the
public in hooks, magazines and
newspapers. They PORT out that
farmers coming into town, other
people travelling through Plenty
wood would like to use the library
as a place where they can rest,
Kill time and refresh their memory
on certain subjects.
"The present building is the
mcst appropriate place for the IL
Or'rv" they exclaim, "and if the
county and the city want to con-
TRUE to point with pride to this
institution, its present location
must not be sacrificed to the mer-
cenary Efforts of an economical
board OF county commissioners"
-. Petitions Arc Siorad
The library board, together with
MISS Ruth Johnson, librarian, is
Circulating the following petition,
protesting against the attempt to
lease the library to The u. S. gov
ern"'e' t. At the time this is writ
ten' the petition has already re-
eelved large number of sigma
turrs.
Petition
10 the Honorable Board of
Conrtv Commissioners of Sheridan
County, Montana:
:. The undersigned, citizens and
s "a within the county of
Sheridan and state of Montana. re-
sue @f'lliv protest against any at
Tempt on your part to lease the
To.' library building to the
pOSe~. FA
-. ans good library is we'll sup
y El'e4 with books, and it supplies
S'e entire county with reading
i 'natter, It is we'll and centrally
3. sSSea'ea' ard the valuable books
s snefeln. are well protected by fire
pre- 70. building.
The county library is used by
*~ IONS all over Sheridan county;
sao the board, in attempting to
s aaceure the lease of the same for
S so, purposes, penalties the
g Sp, =, OF Sheridan county, who use
Sa I library in great numbers, on
pla na! Of a few local citizens in
=" 5ywood who use the Plenty
nay pu eoStOffice only for the pur-
p Fe o. getting the mail of such
t"',ntywood citizers.
~ Sheridan county has a library
prot innlch we are proud; and we
hsm TsS against any attempt to
,fs per the educational facilities
Iee0 by the Sheridan county
.r ! rsry, IN order that a few pat
han. q the postoffice may, per
!. :. 'a ao have better service.
est ~ rod the principle of the great
: we blood sIed to ., the gre7test number,
:. NneVe that the Sbe~;5.