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CAT SUHVIVES BURIAL - A cat named when bulldozers dumped earth at the foun-
"Kitty," shown at left, crawled out ot the dation of this home at Bismarck, N. D.,
hole pointed out at right by young Davy "Kitty" crawled her way to daylight 15
Johnson, after the feline accidentally had days later, scrawny and hungry.
been buried alive for 15 days. Buried (UPI Telephoto)
Minimum of 100,000 Books
Desirable in Local System
The 46,500 books In the
Public Libraries of Medford
and Jackson County are not
enough when compared to the
recommended standards of
the American Library associ
ation. Omar Bacon, head libra
rian, said the ALA recom
mends that libraries serving a
"sizeable" population, should
have a minimum of 100,000
books. The 58,375 persons
served by the city-county sys
tem can be considered a siz
able population, he said.
A minimum of 100,000
books are needed in a system
of this size, he said, because
of the great diversity of read
ing needs in the community.
The Ashland library serves
a population of 12,325 per
sons, yet has a total collec
tion of 39,146 books. Average
wise the Ashland library is
far ahead of the Medford sys
tem in books per capita pop
ulation, Bacon pointed out.
Strive For Goal
Bacon said the library will
strive for a 100,000-book col
lection but it will be some
years yet before this goal is
reached.
He anticipates that the col-
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lection will reach 56,206 vol
umes by the end of the 1959
1960 fiscal year.
The library board is asking
in its 1960-1961 budget that
the money alloted for the
purchase of books be increas
ed from S8.500 to 510,000.
The increase in funds would
come from a $1,800 budget
item which has previously
been used to rent books, it has
been pointed out. The library
will no longer rent books.
The increase would enable
the library to purchase 3,600
new books, not counting other
articles and pamphlets, dur
ing the year.
Besides direct purchase the
library also obtains books
from state grants and gifts.
State money for books Is
graniea wun me conauion
that the books be used to
boost rural library collections.
The state gave some 700
new books to rural libraries
in the city-county system last
year, including five new sets
of encyclopedias.
For the 1960-1961 fiscal
year, the state has already
committed itself to grant $20,
000 to the library for the pur
chase of books. Approxi
mately 7,500 books can be
purchased with this sum, Ba
con pointed out.
He said that an average of
from 2,500 to 3,000 books are
received each year by the li
brary as gifts from various
persons. Many persons give
books he said, ranging in num
ber from one to several hun
dred. Total Number of Gifts
Bacon said the total number
of gifts this year may well
exceed the average of pre
vious years, since some 500
books had been received as
gifts in just one week recent
ly. Bacon pointed out that
books which are gifted to
specific branch libraries are
normally kept there perman
ently with the understanding
that any library in the system
may borrow them.
When the library accepts
gift books, they do it with the
understanding that each one
possible will be used in the
system. However, some books
which are needed are given
to community groups, other
libraries or are turned back
into the community by sale.
This Peculiar Bird
Flies Under Waterl
There is a large bird, who
Inhabits cypress swamps,
rice marshes and bayous, that
can fly under water, spear
fish at the same time and
confound scientists because of
its many peculiar habits; the
water bird known technically
as Anhinga. The more com
mon names for this uncom
mon creature are water-turkey
or snake-bird. And the
only -method ever discovered
about the feeding habits of
this odd-ball is underwater
"spear-fishing."
The water-turkey's appear
ance is just as peculiar as its
habits. It can hardly be said
even to be shaped like a bird.
The body is streamlined, glos
sy black in color with silver
markings. The neck is very
long, very thin and termin
ates in a head no larger
around than the neck to
which it is attached. On the
other end of this misfit is a
tail shaped exactly like a
lady's open fan. When at rest,
on a water-side stump, the
bird constantly flexes the
long neck, which probably
gave some early observer the
idea of the name "snake
bird." Perhaps the glossy
black feathers as well as the
bird's size suggested to some
one else the common name
"water turkey."
Within its range the bird
is common, but because of its
natural timidity and its re
luctance to appear near hu
man habitations, it Is seldom
seen. The birds are found in
many of the states bordering
the Gulf of Mexico and in the
backwaters of South Ameri
can rivers.
They often are found In
company with the various
herons, sometimes even in
heron rookeries, often build
ing their crude nest of sticks
in the same tree.
Nothing this strange bird
does seems to be ordinary.
It never dives into the water
like its relative, the cormor
ant, the sea gull or the terns.
The water-turkey insists on
being different; it perches on
a tree limb over some likely
section of water and watches
below for a fish.
When the unlucky fish ap
pears, the bird plops into the
water, feet first in a regular
belly-flop, with head and
neck erect.
Once in the water, the
bird submerges and pursues
the fish, propelling itself with
powerful short strokes of its
wings, its webbed feet vio
lently churning the water.
While swimming, the head is
carried back, by sharply
crooking the neck. This is a
"cocking position" giving the
head a forceful thrust when
approaching the victim.
The strike is a flashing
strike, driving the sharp bill
into the body of the luckless
fish. Then the bird comes to
the surface, tosses the fish
in the air and swallows it
headfirst, all the time keep
ing its body just below the
water's surface.
There is little double but
the Anhinga started out to
be different; different in
name, appearance and aloof
ness, as well as in behavior,
until It actually overdid it. In
most respects this odd-ball in
feathers is practically ridicu
lous.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1960)
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