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I 6A MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Or., They'll Do It Every Mudfish Too Ugly. Vicious To Live But Does Nature must have been in a foul mood when she created such an unpleasant creature as the common mudfish. From any angle he's a mess. He and his repulsive wife in habit the muddy bottom of many fresh water lakes, ponds and rivers. Living as they do, in the murky depths, they are seldom seen except by unlucky fishermen who from time to time pull one of these creatures into the boat and wonder what manner of fish they have hooked. The mudfish looks about as bad as anything can look and still be alive. It's hard to un derstand how this hideous de mon can even tolerate himself. At it is he hates everything that lives and eats anything that has the faintest resem blance to flesh. Sometimes called "bowfin," the mudfish Is a voracious monster who can cut an ordinary fish in two with one snap of its powerful jaws. , Black Body The mudfish has a black body or sometimes greenish black, with a blunt head and a repulsive face. The fins are roundish and spineless. In ex treme instances the fish reaches a length of two feet. The back or dorsal fin is very long, running almost the en tire length of the body and containing many rays or spines. The male has a round, black spot at the upper base of the tail-fin. The spot is usually surrounded by a yel low colored ring. 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ED AS TOO WANT IT Sometimes you run into price comparisons where the higher-priced car has no extra equip ment, and the other has lots of it. This is not what we mean here. We mean only $200 more for a car fitted out the way you want it.; THEC SEE YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED QUALITY BUICK DEALER NOW . . . YOUR QUALITY BUICK DEALER IN MEDFORD IS: Wednesday, January 21, 19S9 Time Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins, more like an eel than a con ventional fish., They swim with a snaky motion. In some instances a pair of rudimen tary "legs" protrude from the underside of the body, just back of the head.' The body itself is peculiarly soft and unpleasant to handle or touch. The fish is worthless as a hu man food. Extremely Tenacious The mudfish is extremely tenacious, capable of surviv ing long time out of water or under conditions of impure water or even starvation which would prove fatal to any other fishj This is a fish that nobody wants. Even Mother, Nature herself seems to have abandoned them for the ancesters of today's mud fish lived millions of years ago. This is determined by the presence of a peculiar air bladder which, functions as a lung;, a breathing apparatus that was characteristic of primitive fish back when the world was young. Back then the mudfish prov ed too slow or too reluctant to adjust itself to changing conditions. Higher and better organized forms crowded out of the sea those who could not keep up with the advancing pace. The mudfish, for some unknown reason, moyed into fresh water and struggled on. Today they are the only liv ing representative of a lost fossil family; a throwback of prehistoric times. (Released by the Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) MOST SMHMUICK-CADILLM 143 S. Riverside By Jimmy Hatlo Federal Gasoline Tax Boost Meets Critical Barrage Washington -OJPD- The ad ministration's call for an in crease in the federal gasoline tax ran headlong into a con centrated barrage of critic ism today from organizations representing road users. Even before the fresh out cries, there seemed to be vir tually no chance Congress would enact the proposed IV2 cent a gallon gasoline tax boost proposed by President Eisenhower in his budget mes sage. Some congressional tax ex perts felt there was a possi bility the lawmakers might approve a V-cent a gallon hike, but others felt this had only an outside chance. Motorists now pay three cents in federal tax for every gallon of gasoline purchased. Gets Chilly Reception The President's proposal- which would raise revenues by $724 million next year received a chilly reception from the American Automo bile Association, The Ameri can Trucking Associations, The American Petroleum In stitute, the National Highway Users Conference, and Sen. Pat McNamara t (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate pub lic works subcommittee on public roads. McNamara said the Presi dent's proposal "may well sabotage the national high way program by burdening the motorist unfairly while at the same time making it far more defficult for the states to raise their share of the highway costs. A burning match will pro duce 1,500 degrees of heat three times the number of heat units needed to ignite forest fuels. IMPORTANT It buys a Buick ESABRE instead. You eoald pick the LeSabre 4-door sedan pictured here . . . including Twin-Turbine automatic transmission, "radio, heater, white sidewall tires, electric windshield wipers, direc tion signals, lighter, and automatic dome and glove compartment lights. Even with all that our statement will stand up. FURTHERMORE, YOU'LL OWN A BUICK Youll have a fine car, with a fine-car ride, a true fine-car feel. You get a quieter, more substantial car. This year's Buicks have been judged the "outstanding" cars in their field in a recent poll of car owners. Exceptions Search for To Battle Following Is the third of four dispatches on latest developments In the war against cancer. By PATRICIA McCORMACK New York -(UPD-A boy with intestinal cancer was given one of the first cancer-fighting drugs in 1948. Aminopterin, it's called. For six years, the patient, at Children's Medical Center in Boston, continued receiv ing the drug. The "boy" is now a young man more than six feet tall. He recently passed his Army physical. At a New York hospital, another anti-cancer drug - TEM - was given to a young girl with Hodgkin's disease six years ago. Now, she's mar ried and has two children. ine two cases are excep tional. In many patients with similar cancers, the same drugs have had little or no effect. ( isut exceptions such as these have spurred the search for a battery of drugs against cancer. The use of such drugs, chemical bullets, is called chemotherapy. A few of the pioneer drugs have cured cancers in ani mals. A dozen or more are of "temporary" benefit in some cancer patients. Historic Search Grasping at the straw, Uncle Sani poured $20 mil lion in 1958 into an historic search for one or more drugs that will cure human cancer or beat it into submission every time it flares anew, It costs about $120,000 to put one of the anti - com pounds through the research works, and at least 40,000 compounds are now being tested. This year, even more will be screened at the sev- e r a 1 hundred laboratories woven into the fabric of the program across the nation Man-made chemicals, anti biotic beers, steroids and even plant extracts are being tried out against tumors in animals in this push. Over the years, nearly one million naturally - occurring sub stances also will be tested The search for chemical cancer killers goes on around the world. Regression of Tumors In Osaka, Japan, mitomycin C, an antibiotic, was given to 82 patients with far - ad vanced cancer. The trial started in August, 1957. Dr.- Yawmon Shiraha and his associates at the Osa ka City University Medical School have now reported: "In 30 patients, the anti-tumor antibiotic caused regres sion of tumors. In the U.S. the same drug has been reported effective against a wide variety of ex perimental animal tumors. Recently it was made avail able for the first time here in an organized clinical test ' About 120 million Ameri cans play cards in the United States. They use up approxi mately 60,000 decks a year, PIUS NEW ECONOMY, HIGH TRADE-IN VALUE The engineers planned to build noticeably better gas mileage into the '59 Buicks. Reports now in from owners, and careful competitive tests, too, prove they did a very successful job. Alongside all this, put the good trade-in value which the Buick name and Buick's successful new styling assure . . . and you can see why we , say this $200 difference in price is the most important $200 in the automobile world today. See your Quality Buick Dealer soon. Let him prove it in detail. THE Spur Drugs Cancer ing program on human pa tients. The latest battle report on drugs against cancer is this: so far they win minor skirm ishes. Sometimes, they beat back the malignancy long enough to add months or a year or more to the patient's life. They don't cure cancer-yet. (Next: Research Frontiers.) Brig itte Bar dot Afraid Of American Planning To Editor's note: American wives who've wondered how their hus bands would behave with Brigitte Bardot need have no worry BB is afraid of American men. In the following exclusive interview with United Press International Corres pondent Robert Ahier, she tells why. By ROBERT AHIER Paris -UPD- Brigitte Bardot came out with a startling ad mission today: American men frighten her. So much s.0, in fact, that she doesn't want to go to the United States and meet them. She said in an exclusive in terview that Frenchmen, des pite their reputations, are easier to handle. "I would love to visit the States as a private tourist with nobody staring at me in the street," she said on loca tion at Joinville outside Paris. "I'm sure I would love it and I would have a lot of fun. But to go as a movie star and be shown off like the Statue of Liberty - never! Startling Admission "I don't like that sort of thing and in any case I'm afraid of American men." This was a . startling admis sion coming from the girl whose naughty adventures on the screen have won her world - wide fame as the "sex kitten." Naturally Miss Bar dot was asked why. "Every week I get some 200 fan mail letters," she said, the famous pout much in evi dence. "About half of them are from Americans, propos ing marriage or simply offer ing to take care of me. "Imagine going to the States and meeting all those people. I'd never be able to keep them off." Brigitte talked' oil the set of her latest movie, in which she switches from sex ' to RIFT IN UAR Jerusalem, Israel -(UPD- A decision to replace Bulgarian military experts with inex perienced young Egyptian of ficers in Syria has caused a serious rift in the United Arab Republic high com mand, reliable sources here said. They said Egyptians just out of foreign training schools are taking over as in structors in Syrian infantry, artillery and air force units. The Family Council Editor's note: The Fmil Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers. Each article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible agencies and counselors. 1 Marvin J. My wife and I have been married ten years and have two children, aged five and seven. I have a night job and from the looks of things now I'll be working nights for years. It's not a pleasant prospect, but nothing can be done about it. . My wife wants more social activity and I certainly don't blame her for that, but I say we're going to have to restrict Men; Not Visit U.S. smiles to play the frothy comedy role of a girl soldier in the wartime French army. Film for Children "I'm not going to get un dressed in this picture," she said firmly. "Anyone can come to see it even the chil dren. "Don't think that I have given up sexy parts. I'll play some more. But I have to feel in the mood, and right now I want to show people that there is another side to BB. Miss Bardot also scotched rumors that her engagement to guitar-player Sacha Distel was on the rocks. Left Bank gossip has had them drifting apart for some time. jusi as soon as we can find some time and a quiet place, we are going to get married," sue said. "We want the ceremony to be a private affair. J " in DRAPES AHHUERSARY I j II II Give your home a new look . Jj I .'' :! I w"h fresh plastic drapes. lh :''l!jX Choose from our large pattern ' , - LADIES' RAYON j ' Wf PANTIES A'f Blouses Vl -T Ray0" ace,ate PantIes in whi,e and Roll-up sleeve style ladies SS. V colors. Sizes 5-6-7. 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Bush or climbers. lVV A BIG VALUE CQ )jf S No. 2 Grade.... 0l M s& 88 Each Mo..Grade..00 S M STORE HOURS Daily 9:30 to 5:30 p.m. I "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Monday. -9:30 .. 9:00 p.m. OR YOUR MONEY REFUNDED" I I 39 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE MEDFORD, OREGON it to week ends. My wife says she wants to belong to a cer tain club that meets during the week and she'd like to go visiting a neighbor's home occasionally. I feel that she ought to stay at home with the children. They need her in the house especially since I'm not there. don't like leaving the kids with a baby sitter for so much time. Rose J. Marvin is distort ing the whole issue because he happens to be a bit jea lous. He talks about this "baby sitter" as if I were leaving the children with a stranger. Actually my sister, who has been a perfect gem about it, stays with the chil dren. She goes to college and says she can study in my house as well as home. Marvin is really riled be cause our neighbor's husband has taken me home on several occasions in the past. This man is very good-looking and has an impressive personal ity, but he is a perfect gentle man. There certainly can't y e any harm in his taking me home. Marvin knows how I love to get out evenings. I have more patience with the chil dren when I can have a lit tle change. The Council: It probably would help to clear the air if Marvin would state his full and honest reasons for want ing to keep his wife home evenings. Possibly he is ashamed to exhibit any, jea lousy, but , we think that I there is no reason to be ashamed. It is perfectly understandable that he should not like the idea of a hand some neighbor escorting his wife home at night. We suspect that Rose takes some pleasure in this event. Probably she. wouldn't want any "harm" to come of the whole thing, but she should be thoughtful enough of her husband's natural feelings to give up any trivial gratifica tion she gets out of her neigh bor's attentions. If she must go out evenings without her husband she should make dit ferent arrangements for her return. Neither do we think Mar vin is so far off the beam on the baby sitter issue. A col lege student who happens to be a doting aunt may make an excellent sitter, but she is still only a substitute. Child ren who cannot have their fa ther's attention in the eve ning need a little more than a substitute mother. We don't recommend that Rose remain at home resent fully. If she feels angry and chained down by her mater nal responsibilities she won't be doing her children much good. We would suggest in stead that she try to see what she can do about round ing up a little social activity in her own home. Possibly she BIG DOUBLE LOADS Dry Cedar $ljJFhOO or Dry Fir ' U McGINTY FUEL CO. PHONE SP 3-6297 can have club meetings there or encourage her neighbors to visit her informally one or two evenings a week. She should try to find some crea tive things to do and she'll feel much happier about the time she must spend alone. (Copyright 1959, General Features Corp.) MONEY At Crater Finance you may borrow for , any worth while purpose on your FURNITURE AUTO SALARY and repay in monthly in stallments. You may choose the terms most suit able to you up to 24 months. Loans may be paid in advance or in full at any time Crater Finance CORPORATION 135 Pine Street Central Point Phone NO 4-1273 Frank Wilkinson, Mgr. Convenient Parking
