The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1941-02-13
LIBRARY. NOTES j..

Chance of birth has. made
February america Month"
Public observances of, the holi-:
days on. the 18th and 22nd keep
the nations heroes firmly in
mind and nc urging is needed
to assure us that the reading
of both young and old will turn
at that time to the old books
id 10 the new books on Am
-rica and the high points of
the American tradition. While
these stories never lose their
value and interest, this year,
the meaning of the background
of our nations development is
borne in on us all with terrific
impact.
AS the conflict and the horror
spread on every front, as our
protecting oceans shrink to
moats before our eyes, each of
us longs for the steadying con-
viction that what we are doing
counts in some measure; counts,
that is, against the forces at
large in the world today that
threaten those values that we
believe make life worth living.
just as this responsibility comes
to be most keenly felt, we have
America Month of 1941." We
shall, through the months to
come, use books to serve as
aids to industry and science,
to interpret events of the day
and promises of the future, but
in February the emphasis will
be on the inspiration and pow
ers that can come to each new
generation by reading anC
studying about the great figure.
of the past. This inspiration car
come best through books, not
only from the stories of Wash
ington and Lincoln, but through
the stories of all those brave
men and women who have con-
secrated this country far beyond
our power to add or detract
Books have a great power for
the national cause and on the
shelves of Big Horn County
library are many splendid ones
that will give help and inspir-
alton to those who read them.
We have believed it worth ou1
best effort to try to build a
foundation for international
friendship through better un-
Outstanding. The need is even
more urgent to do what we car
to build national understand
ing while there is still time
There is no age limit to the
need for building of this un.
Outstanding and the surest way
is through the medium of gooe
books. When the crest of thu
wave that is coming reaches us
it is difficult to see what car
save us but complete unity anc
solidarity.
Teaching Americanism is on,
of the major aims of "Ameri.
ca Month" along with the ev
embarrassing consciousness O
democracy's ideal and realiza
ton of these ideals in fact. De
Tense of democracy does not res
alone on arms and ornaments
! AS real Americans the observ
ance of America Month" of
fers each one of us, this year
especially, the opportunity o
making a very real and prac
tical contribution to the de
tense of our democracy.
Report for Big Horn Count,
library for January, 1941:
A total of 7,166 books wer,
loaned over Big Horn count,
from the county library and it
branches during January. Thi
Is $40 more than were loane'
in January, 1910.
Books numbering 6,051 wer
checked out from the librar
in Hardin to patrons all owe
the county and 1,151 wer
loaned by the three branche!
"A breakdown of the tots
gives the following information
Adult fiction, 2,738; new rem
tai fiction, 80; adult non-fictior
484; magazines, 1858; children
fiction, 2,135; childrens non
fiction, 361; Crow Agenc
branch, 489; Lodge Gras
branch, 288; Wyola branch, 81
Seventy new borrowers wer
registered during the month
Fines collected totaled 1924
There were 113 children who at
tended story hour at the Hardi
library.
! Information for rs major rel
renceS was located.
Twelve books were loane
through interlibrary loan fc
patrons over the county.
| Over 100 new books were pre-
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