The Oregon Public Library Centennial
![Women behind library desk.](https://oregonareahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LibraryCentennialDesk.jpg)
Prior to becoming a public library, a “subscription library” existed in 1898. Thirty-five families belonged to the subscription library located in the Pease Drug Store. Members paid $3.00 a month. Every three months a box of 50 books arrived.