Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-06
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| the catalog will enable the big Ii.
braries to pool their resources and
multiply by many times the availa..
bility of their books, it was claimed
"On receipt of an inquiry for GER
tain book" Librarian Noon said,
the attendants at the union cat.
i, alog will scan the cards. If the
natl library, for example, it will be
sent to the person who requested it
who will pay only the postage. With
out doubt the union catalog will
mark the greatest advance in library
work in years, and at a small cost
the citizens of Ohio will have dozens
of books available where only one
catalog project, which will be com.
pleted in about six months, pro-
vides employment for 100 typists,
seventy clerks and thirty assistant
F; librarians as well as dozen car
penters who are building cabinets
for the card files. The catalog will
| be located permanently at the state
! library in Columbus.
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An investigation to determine
whether Ohio's per capita cost to
counties for the care of feeble-m
ed patients in state institutions is
too low was launched by Director
Margaret M. Altman of the state de-.
partment of public welfare. At pres
ent,- Ohio charges counties $3.50
weekly per patient, rate which Di-
maintenance costs and which does
not take into consideration such
items as depreciation of buildings,
additions, betterments and the cost
of administration. The welfare Of.
ficial pointed out that while Ohio
ranks fourth among the states in
wealth and population, it is thirty +,
seventh in standing in the per cap
1ta charge for keeping feeble-minded
persons in state institutions.
After long and involved search,
the grave of Ohio's first Quaker
minister, Thomas Beals, has been
discovered in a small Ross county
cemetery. 1t was announced by DR..
Harlow Lindley,. secretary of the
Ohio Archaeological and Historical
Pennsylvania and migrated to what
later became Ohio in 1875 He died
in 1901, and was buried in a coffin
hewn from log. DR.. Lindley is
direct descendant of some of the
first Quakers to come to America.
Success Of the division Of conser.
wildlife during severe weather has
been amply demonstrated according
to the reports of conservation Off
GERS and game protectors to Conser
vation Commissioner Lawrence
Wooddell. The division planted an
acre or more of game food on 40
game propagation areas throughout
the state and during the severe mid
December weather the places were
fronJInntn6 W oJ Nf
Commissioner Wooddell was inform
ed. Many farmers and sportsmen's
are cooperating with
the division in the plan.
Clamp Down On RustIers
Rustlers, the nemesis of western
ranchers, will have difficult time
ed action is taken by the general as
sembly to strengthen the states
laws regarding rustling. AS a re-
suit of recent wholesale rustlins
thefts in several Ohio counties, par
ticularly Franklin, Madison and
Delaware, two important bills which
provide more stringent penalties for
the crime were introduced in the
house of representatives and both
tin L. Davey and the Ohio State F.
grange. One, sponsored by Rep.
NJ McCulloch of Miami
would require persons trans
porting livestock within the state to
carry certificate of sale signed by
The seller, and the other, sponsored
by Rep. A. Lee Fair of Holmes coun-
ty would materially increase the
penalty for stealing livestock. In re-
cent years rustling has increased TO
alarming proportions in Ohio, and
has cost farmers thousands of dol