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WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19. 19B1
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
Use of County's PuHSc Library
Increases 28 Per Cent in Year
' The use of the Public LI-
brary of Medford and Jackson
, county during March to
creased 28 per cent over a
year ago,' according to Omar
A. Bacon, librarian.
The increase is from 21,800
books borrowed for home use
in March 1960 compared to
28,000 this year. The greatest
1 increase was in the county
branch libraries, where the
.increase amounted to 3,900
books or 114 per cent, he said,
The March' use follows the
general heavy use which
.started with the current fiscal
": year last July. The home use
of .books Increased 30.5 per
cent In the nine months be
ginnings July 1, This repre
sents 48,500 more boons bor
rowed from branch libraries
and downtown Medford, or an
increase of almost one book
per person. The branch It
braries increased 107 per cent
and the Medford: library. IB
per cent,..,'
Moro Using Library J
:; Many, more persons are us
ing the services of the library
now than last year. . There
.have been. 5,100 new users in
.the nine months, compared
.to only 3,700 borrowers whose
registration expired. This is a
net gain of 1,400 persons, or
38 per. .cent, Bacon noted,
Each month an average of 145
new patrons are added to the
total served.
Other services of the li
brary show equal gains, More
" persons use the reading room
facilities, and more children
attend the story hour each
week, he said. Publicity of the
story hour had to be dlscon
tlnued to hold attendance
. within the' capacity of the
library facilities.
' There are many reasons for
the increased use of the li
brary, . according to Bacon.
.The main ret son is the fact
that the library represents the
basic source of adult informa
tion and cultural knowledge
in the county.
The public library Is the
only agency charged with pro.
viding general information for
adults, and is a supplementary
source for students ot all ages.
Another Reason
The next greatest reason
for the rapid increase in the
library use is due to the in
creased budget for the current
year.
The city of Medford provid
ed an increase of $4,011, Jack
son county court, $14,404, and
a state library grant $27,000
for a total of $45,415 increase.
These funds made it possi
ble to open the branch , 11
braries many more hours,
start a branch in Prospect,
and provide Quantities of new
books, pamphlets, and records
to the entire county.
Since the library has been
depressed for many years
-when compared to libraries of
Klamath, Douglas, and Jose
phine counties, this "shot in
the arm" from the increased
funds produced a rapid in.
crease in library ;' use and
users, Bacon said. '
Becoming Cultural Center
As a result of the increased
budget and . general accept
ance, the public library is on
the road ; to equality . with
neighboring counties,, and to
Ashland Man Pleads
Guilty To Petty Theft
Ashland - Michael Bow
Kin Lam, 19, of 455 South
Mountain ave,, Ashland,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
petty theft in Ashland mu
nicipal court yesterday. ..
Lam was sentenced to five
nights in jail and was ordered
to pay a $25 fine. The charge
originated from the theft of
an item from an Ashland gro
cery store April 8,. Ashland
police said. . '
Turkey Gets New Phone
Number To Help Eviction
! Massena,' N.V.-(UPI)-"Tom the Telephone Turkey" may
be making a long distance move today.; . . ...
' Tom Is a 15-pound, three-foot, wild turkey who likes the
comforts of the aluminum , telephone booths at Barnhart
Wand State, Park., . ' , '
Park director!, who think' telephone booths should be
rerved for people, are planning to net Tom and ship him
1 i to the Thousand Islands State Park about 100 miles west
tt hre. ; ', ..'"'' ' i ' , ' '
The officials arc depending on seven lady wild turkeys at
t' e Thousand Islands Park to woo Tom back to the joys of
i trtt and swimp. ':;,'.!. . .
C.'liolals were going to bring. a hen turkey to Tom, but
ladies turned out to be as hard to catch as Tom was to
. frark Director Charles Mitchell said.
f-s having his troubles too. Ever since Friday when
his telephone number appeared In print, his phone has been
ringing almost constantly. ! i r . ....
Park rangers discovered Monday that Tom had moved
to a new booth, about a half-mile away, apparently to escape
the ringing. The unsympathetic rangers immediately re
vealed Tom's new number - Rockwell 9-9773. .
becoming an effective cultur
al service.
The future of the public li
brary depends on continued
generous support, according
to Richard H. Travis, presi
dent of the Public ' library
trustees. . .
The state grant of $27,000
ends July 1 this year. Unless
local support is increased for
the coming year, library serv
ice will drop back toward the
limited service of prior years.
Present library users will be
turned away unless funds are
available for more help and
more books, he said.
The budget presented to the
county court and the city pro
vides for an Increase of $28,
771 from the two bodies,
Travis said. :
City's Share
The city's share was set at
$7,199, and includes $3,939
to improve the lights in the
Medford library reading
rooms. Better lighting was
recommended as a result of
study by the California Ore
gon Power company, which
showed that light levels in the
reading room ranged from 3
to 20 candlepower. Recom
mended levels range from 60
to 75 candlepower.
The county court is asked
for an increase of $21,612 for
the coming year, according to
Travis. The increase will be
used to keep the Prospect li
brary open for 12 months in
stead of 6, as this year, and to
open the busy Central Point
library 40 hours a week, In
stead of the present 30 hours.
It will also provide $6,500
Increase for books and maga
zines. Telephones for the
branch libraries are also in
cluded, '' ,''
Total Requested
The total budget requested
this year is for $120,754, com
pared to $114,704 last year. A
total of $67,876 is requested
from the county, $42,303 from
the city of Medford, and $10,
575 from miscellaneous fees
and services.- These services
will include $1,000 from Ash
land public library for cata
loging their adult books, and
$1,500 from the Jackson
County Curriculum Materials
Center for cataloging its ma
terials. . ,
Library fees and services is
Increased by $4,675 over the
budget of 1960-61.
The public library is pro
viding an important service
open to all the people of the
county, Travis noted. It now
has registered more than 25
per cent of the people in its
area. When children under
five are excluded and family
cards are included, It easily
directly serves half the people
of the county, The other halt
benefit indirectly.
"It is our hope," Travis said
"that funds will be available
to continue our present level
of service."
PLAYING THE GAME
T'ovsmcn Dbvise Game To Keep From
rdlinn Aslcop in Press Gallery
, Br DICK WEST
Washington - ICTD - One of
the problems that many Wash
In tnn MWfDapermen mutt
cope with is
how to keep
from falling
asleep during
c o ngresslonal
debates,
In s a y i n g
that, I don't
mean to Imply
. i . ,
I VSa?'.i I nallsts are un-
drowsiness or that all forensic
activity in the House and Sen
ate Is necessarily conductive
to somnolence. 1
' The oratory, at times, can
be stimulating, or at least irri
tating, so that wakefulness
presents no difficulty.
, The problem only arises
when the floor is being held
by a certain group of law
givers whose speeches, if they
could be bottled, would quick
ly corner the sleeping pill
market 7
. There Is ' no written rule
that I know of that expressly
forbids slumbering in the
press galleries, but anything
more than an occasional cat
nap Is considered bad form,
Pinch and Punch
For this reason, the gallery
occupants must Improvise
ways of staying awake. Some
of them punch themselves,
some take turns pinching each
other, and some of us more
scholarly types play the spon
sor game.
The object of this game is
to think up odd kinds of legis
lation that could be intro
duced and then pick the ap
propriate members of Con
gress to sponsor the measures.
For example, one of the
players recently hit upon a
proposal to change the size of
coins so that dimes would no
longer be smaller than nickels
and pennies. .
: As sponsor of this measure,
he selected Rep. Paul A. Flno
(pronounced "Fceno"). Thus
It became known, under the
rules of the game, as "The
Fino Mint Bill."
The real sport, however,
comes from the invention of
mythical bills that hava co-
sponsors. In this category, the
players must ; find ' combina
tions of congressmen-to match
the legislation.
Three Choices :
' If the measure happened to
deal with farming, the logical
sponsor would be Sen. Norris
Cotton, Then the player would
have a choice' of three possi
ble co-sponsors, ,
He could have a "Cotton
Hull Bill," or a "Cotton-Bush
Bill" or a "Cotton-Mills Bill,"
depending on whether he
picked Sen, Prescott Bush, or
Rep. W. R. Hull Jii, or Rep.
Wilbur D. Mills,
Each player writes on a
slip of paper a brief descrip
tion of the ' legislation and
then lists the co-sponsors. The
last time I played the game,
we had measures that:
- -Required all homeowners
to have a backyard bomb shel
ter: The Diggs-Celler Bill.
-Established rates for use
of federal highways: The Toll
Rhodes Bill.
-Required disclosure of
gambling operations: The Bar-lng-Betts
Bill.
-Set standards for carbine
manufacturers: The Short-Rel-fol
Bill.
-Fixed minimum wages for
chefs: The Kitchen-Cook Bill.
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4-H NEWS
Busy Beavers
The Busy Beavers 4-H club
met at the home of Charles
Mose recently.
The meeting started at 7:30,
and the 4-H members brought
their enrollment cards to be
signed by the leaders.
Planting shrubs at the Sams
Valley school was discussed..,
Cynthia Pleasant's cousin,
Maria Ysunza was visiting.
Carole Jacket,
Reporter
Modern architecture re
quires tres and shrubs and
landscaping In general to pro
vide -warmth and naturalness
to man-made buildings, ac
cording to the American As
sociation of Nursery man,
whether they are homes, fac
tories, or other structures.
I WHO IS I
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Measures Signed By Gov. Hatfield
Salem - (D?D - Gov. Mark
Hatfield Tuesday signed Into
law SB75, extending civil
rights laws to all goods and
services offered to the public.
Other bills signed:
SB4 - Deferring reapprais
al in certain counties.
SB29 - Highway abandoned
vehicle account funds.
SB30 - Chauffeurs' licenses.
SB31 - Permitting initial
vehicle registration .up to 15
months.
HB1320-Chiropodists' ex
ining board renamed podia
trists' examining board. .
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