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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE.
THURSDAY, JULY 21. I860
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NEW CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN George
L. Williams recently Joined the staff of the
Public Library of Medford and Jackson
county as children's libarian, according to
Head Librarian Omar A. Bacon. Williams
has had varied library experience by serv
ing as head of the reserve books division
of Ohio State university at Columbus for
the past six years. Prior to that he had been
head of the reference section of the Kana
wha County Public library at Charleston,
W.V. He has worked with children in church
and community activities including camp
counseling, Bacon noted. Williams holds
bachelor of arts and master's degrees from
Ohio State university and a master's degree
In library science from Kent State univers
ity, . Kent Ohio. (Knackstedt photo)
$7 Million Reactor To be Used by Army '
Forest Glenn, Md. (Science
Service) A new million-dollar
nuclear recator to test the
efects of radiation on military
equipment will be installed
next year in the Forest Glen
section of Walter Reed Army
Medical center. It will pro
duce intense, self-limiting pul
ses of nuclear radiation to
which samples will be exposed
for short periods at repeated
intervals. General Dynamics'
General Atomic division of
San Diego, Calif., will design
and construct both the pulsed
TRIGA . (Training Research
Isotope (Production) General
Atomic) reactor and associated
Poison Glands Protect Toad
From Predators; Use Is Noted
Corviillis Warts on a toad
are poison glands which pro
tect the toad from predators
such as skunks, racoons and
owls. And toad warts don't
cause warts on humans.
Dr. Robert M. Storm, asso
ciate professor of zoology at
Oregon State college, said a
toad is actually a pretty help
less, but useful animal be
cause it eats insects, small
slugs and other garden pests
People who have sensitive
skin may get a reddening and
peeling of the skin from
handling toads, Storm admits,
But there is no evidence that
toads cause warts.
12 Kinds of Toads. Frogs
Oregon has 12 kinds of
toads and 9 are frogs.. The
three are Rocky Mountain
toad (found in extreme east
ern Oregon and along the Co
lumbia river near Umatilla);
spadefoot toad (found in the
dry areas of eastern Oregon);
and western toad (found al
most everywhere in Oregon
except In much of the Wil
lamette valley and the Coast
Range).
Main difference between a
toad and a frog is that toads
have a rough, warty, dry-
looking skin and are found
on land far from water, and
frogs have a rather wet-looking,
smooth skin and are usu
ally near water.
Toads probably became
adapted to a land existence
so they wouldn't have to com
pote with frogs for water
space.
The most prevalont toad
the western variety - Is not
found In Willamette valley
and the Coast Range, Dr.
Storm speculated, because the
steep mountain slopes and
lack of shallow ponds in the
western Cascades have kept
It from moving from eastern
Oregon Into the valley.
It Is possible that the west
ern toad could spread to the
valley, because It is found as
far down as Leaburg on the
McKonzie river. Another val
ley movement could come
about because It is found
abundantly In coastal ponds.
The bull frog, an Eastern
transplant, could keep the
western toad from becoming
too numerousln tho valley be
cause it is canhaballstic and
would eat the young tadpoles
and toads.
Once a toad gets by its
first year, it Is fairly safe
from many predators because
the numerous poison glands
the warts - develop and se
crete a milky substance. Gar
ter snakes, which are known
to feed on toads, aren't both
ered by the poison and could
keep the toads from invading
the Willamette valley area,
Storm said.
Mystery Rtmalni
It is still a mystery why
toads do not exist In the Wil
lamette valley. Storm contin
ued. Another wonder is that
snakes and IouHk jthum nnnHu
of tho high Cascades without
any difficulty.
During tho day, toads find
cool, moist retreats under ob
jects near water seepage, at
the odge of a stream, or in a
holo dug by a ground
squirrel,
At night when the humid
ity is higher, toads come out
and feed. A tood's skin ab
sorbs tho moisture from the
night air and holds it inside
Its body. Then all day In the
retreat, the moisture evapor
ates and keeps the toad cool
Just Ilk built-in ulr condi
tioning, Sturm said,
A unlquo trick of the spado
foot toad is thut It can dig
Itself Into tho ground Willi
spado-like projections on Its
feet and It can stay In the
ground until It rains. Several
weeks can lapse botween lis
feedings.
Take Advantage
Spadefoot toads ean take
advantage of temporary . wa
ter, They have been known to
lay and hatch eggs and get
them through the tadpole
stage within two weeks by
using cow tracks filled with
water.
And Just to keep the record
straight, the animal known as
a horned load is not a Inie
toad, but a lliard. The weal
cm load and rocky mountain
load have I body length of
4 Inches when grown; tho
spadefoot') body Is bul t
Inches. Toads have boon
known to live 20 yours, They
vary In color from gmy
through yullnw green and
green to brick red,
Toads, Dr. Storm said,
make good puts, They should
be housed In a cool, moist
place and can be fed any kind
of living insects and earth
worms, Dr. Storm presently has a
National Science Foundation
research grant to study the
embryology and relationship
of Northwestern frogs.
Couple Faces
Extortion Charges
Portland -ll'l'll- Extortion In.
(Ilelnii'iils were returned Tues
day HKulnst RU'hui'd Dowons,
21, niul Sybil llunler, 20, who
nlU'iieilly shook down an un
identified doctor because of
his hoinosuxual tendencies,
The doctor, 42, agreed to
leiive $4B0 and a bus ticket to
Seattle for the youth In an
envelope benentli a shrub ut
an address In norlh Portland.
Ho notified police and the
young couple was arrested
early Tuesday when they
picked up the envelope.
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