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The Poor Salamander
Alway Misunderstood
One innocent ere ature
rather common but seldom
leen Is the salamander. In
reality very few people know
what a salamander is, or
even what it looks like or
where it lives. In some sec
tions of the South and South
east there are at least a dozen
different animals that people
call a "salamander."
This poor, lizard-like crea
ture has always been mis
understood. . Mythology pic
tures this creature in a
strange and unjustified light
It gave the poor thing a
character and a reputation
that a real dragon couldn't
live up to, for mythology tells
of a hideous monster that ate
fire and breathed flame from
its nostrils.
To make the salamander
even more fearsome, the
creators of fiction have told
the u'-'nformed that the crea
ture 'en took on the form
of a l.ian or a manlike animal
that groveled in the dirt, and
waited with bared fangs for
Its helpless prey. The sala
mander of mythology was
only the brain - child of an
over-stimulated imagination.
Still Confused
Many people today are still
confused about this lowly,
mud - loving creature. In
many parts of the South it is
reputed to be an earth-dwell
ing animal that amuses itself
by piling heaps of earth on
lawns and fields. The culprit
that digs the holes and heaps
the piles of sand can truth
fully be called a "critter."
Actually it is a small bur
rowing rodent with fur and
harp claws, commonly
known as a pocket gopher.
Pocket, because there are
sacks inside the mouth that
the animal uses to carry
earth until it can come to the
surface and empty the cheek
pouches. It doesn't resemble
a salamander in any way.
' The real salamander looks
like a lizard, but isn't. Its
nearest relative is a newt. So
if you don't know what a
newt is, you are still in the
dark about a salamander.
The salamander is a , cold
blooded .creature hat resem-J
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
bles a large tadpole. In fact
they are related to the frogs
and toads and, like them,
spend their lives in shallow
fresh-water pools and ponds.
16 Varieties
There are about 16 varie
ties found in North America.
The common salamander, the
so-called "black," has bright
yellow spots on either side of
the smooth body. Seldom is
one ever found that exceeds
six inches in overall length.
They are seldom seen unless
the body where they live is
suddenly dried up, or drain
ed. They are pathetically
harmless, and relatively help
less. They are sometimes used
as aquarium pets, and make
interesting inmates in a fish
globe. Although larger, they
closely resemble tadpoles;
tadpoles whose development
was stopped at the time when
the tail should have been
absorbed by the body. The
salamander keeps his. Just to
be different, the tail remains
and the "critter" turns out
to be a real honest-to-good-
ness salamander.
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
Medford Man in
Antarctic Rescue
Christchurch, N. Z.-IDPD-
The U. S. Navy's most pow
erful icebreaker plowed
around the frozen Antarctic
today to rescue a stranded
five-man scientific team be
lieved to include an Ameri
can. The U.S.S. Glacier, com
manded by Capt. Edwin A.
McDonald of Medford, Ore.,
crunched through the white
seas to Robertson Island off
Palmer Peninsula where an
Argentine Antarctic expedi
tion has been stuck more than
a week.
The icebreaker was ex
pected to reach the men by
Jan. 27.
Capt. Edwin McDonald at
tended Medford high school
about 1920..
.Blitz
HAILED AS A "significant breakthrough," this five-pound
atomic generator was unveiled before President Eisen
hower at the White House. Standing only Wi inches
high, it can generate electricity from atomic head, may
serve satellite radio casts. It would have a real long life.
McLEOD
Couple Back
By CAROLINE L. HARDING
McLeod-Mr. and Mrs. Al
bert Esten have returned
from a trip to Providence, R.I.
where they visited relatives
and friends.
They made the trip east by
airplane, going by way of San
Francisco, Chicago and New
York City, and returned by
way of Portland, Ore.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlin Millard
and family of Lake Creek
have bought the Burl Good
man ranch on Crowfoot road
and have taken possession.
One of their daughters is in
the second year of high school
at Eagle Point and the four
younger children are in at
tendance at Elk-Trail school.
!
Jimmy Valentine and Bud
Gillespie have joined the Ma
rines. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Chandler
have returned from Santa
Ana, Calif., where they were
visiting Mrs. Chandler's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson,
and now the Chandlers are
living . in their trailer house
on the Applegate.
Mrs. Ray Gillespie celebrat
ed her birthday Friday eve
ning, Jan. 9, at her home
with a dinner party. Attend
ing were Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Vaughn, Mr. and Mrs. DeRoy
Gillespie and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Richardson and
Ray, Don and Bud Gillespie.
Mrs. Nora Bradshaw of
Lake Creek is tfce guest of her
sister,. Mrs. Hazel JUlrich. .
' Blitz Country isn't all Mountains. One man claims it includes New York
He carried a couple of cans of Blitz along with him on a trip and
drank them in the Waldorf Astoria. As the Beer of the Bright Cascades
gurgled down his parched throat he was in deepest BUtz Country for sure.
If you'd like to explore Blitz Country yourself, pack in to wherever Blitz is sold.
Or six-pak into your refrigerator. Open the door, open a BUtz.
Country!
From East
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Ressler
and son are spending several
weeks in Portland on bus
iness. Mrs. Caroline Harding was
an overnight guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Vaughn, Wednesday, Jan. 14.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Chapman
and sons, Dwayne and Clif
ford and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
DeRoser and family all spent
the New Year holidays visit
ing relatives in Sanger, Calif.
Guests over the holidays at
the Ralph Goodes were Mr.
and Mrs. Don Hammon and
family of Redding, Calif., and
Mrs. Goodes' father, Jack Ny
ross, of Bandon, Ore.
The senior class of the Pros
pect High school will put on
the play "A Hillblly Wed
ding" on Thursday evening,
Jan. 22. The public is invit
ed. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clev
enburg have left for Mexico,
where they will stay the rest
of the winter.
Prospect . Lions auxiliary
held their monthly meeting
and dinner in the community
hall Wednesday evening, Jan.
14, with 19 members present.
The next executive meet
ing will be Wednesday eve
ning, Jan. 28, at the, home
of Mrs. Ralph Goode. After
the business meeting, which
was presided over by Presi
dent Velma Chapman, the
birthday song was sung to
Mrs. John Gartmanf Mrs. Joe
Back Stairs:
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
Washington-dJPD-Back stairs
at the White House:
President Eisenhower at
some recent social occasions
has reminisced almost nostal
gically, it seemed, about his
visit to Moscow after World
War II.
Obviously these reminiscen
ces were touched off by the
visit to this country of Soviet
Deputy Premier Anastas I.
Mikoyan. But the jovial man
ner in which the President
has been recalling his trip to
Russia could well lead to this
question:
Does he have another such
journey in the back of his
mind.
Morse, Porter Get
Invitation To Cuba
Havana-OIPD - Fidel Castro
Monday invited his foremost
critics in the U.S. Congress to
fly to Havana and see for
themselves how revolutionary
justice works. But his invita
tion was sharnly reiected bv
most of them.
.The congressmen-five sena
tors and five members of the
House-were asked to come
here along with 350 foreign
newsmen to witness "Opera
tion Truth," a move designed
to show that the provisional
government is actir g properly
in dealing out punishment to
followers of ousted Dictator
Fulgencio Batista. Castro has
said about 400 Batistianos will
be shot.
Among those listed as in
vited included Wayne Morse"
(D-Ore.) and Charles O. Porter
(D-Ore.).
Washington -(UPD- Rep. Al
Ullman (D-Ore.), has intro
duced a bill to provide rec
reational facilities for future
federal flood control and
reclamation projects.
Josepson, Mrs. Frank Booth
by and Mrs. Kenneth Van
nice. Miss Dorene Christian of
Eagle Point was an overnight
guest recently of Miss Jose
phine Hume at her home on
Big Butte creek.
Miss Suzi Chubb, Miss
Jacqueline Hume and Miss
Eda Larson are attending the
girls athletic convention in
Eugene.
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President Reminisces
Surrounded by Girls
Kim Novak, the blond temp
tress of the movies, and Perry
Como, the barber vhi became
a television idol, dropped in
on the President the other day
in behalf of the Variety club.
While they were waiting to
be ushered in the chief ex
ecutive's office, Perry was
surrounded by the girls of the
White House staff with a loud
voiced character . in Como's
stable booming, "Which one
are yas gonna kiss, Per?"
Como had much better taste
and dropped into a chair to
gossip with the girls who as
sured him faithfully that they
watched him every Saturday
night.
"The longer you watch, the
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shop." he said matter of fact
ly. Bull Session
Miss Novak, looking rather
wanly beautiful with only
mascara and lipstick for
makeup, borrowed one of the
ladies' rooms to freshen up
before meeting the President.
She had sort of a girl to
girl bull session with the
White House women, too, and
confided that she didn't think
much of going on television
when motion pictures were
her bread and butter.
She said one TV show in
New York had offered her a
new Cadillac with all taxes
paid if she'd just walk on for
a minute or so, and as much
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White House visit was moving
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