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Page 10 SECTION II THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon 5 Friday, May 21, 1954 MOUNTAIN SHRINE IN MEXICO -5,-. w-.it. i U MAMMA E B? ' 17V E Health Adiysory Gommittee Of Medicdl-Sbciety Expands ! At board meeting of the Marion County Health Depart ment Thursday tt was. reported that the - Marion-Polk County Medical Society has expandeii its One of the many shrines along the' mountainous road which are supposed to protect the traveler through the pass between . 'Mexico City and Pueblo. Volcan Ixtaccihauatl, 17,338 feet in ' height, third highest mountain in Mexico, in the background. ROME OF AMERICA Old Spanish Town in Mexico Visited by Salem Traveler ...... :Y;., By ADDYSE LANE Through rugged, twisUng mounUin roads, 84 miles from Mexico City, lies the typical old Spanish town of Puebla. The old barogue city is frequently refer red to as the "Rome of America." At Puebla's forts of Loreto and Guadalupe the invading French forces were defeated in the bat tle of the 5th of May, which all of Mexico celebrated yesterday. Fire works, bonfires and parades all day long in the city . . . sky rockets and floral swags decorat ine the statuary along Juarez avenue and dancing in the streets. Puebla was founded in the early 16th century and is one of the few Mexican towns not orig inally built by the Aztecs and ultimately elaborated on by the Snanish conquistadores. There is savins about Puebla. that it was "made by the Angels and inhab ited by Nobles." - There is a distant serenity sur rounding the old town. Twilight is the most beautiful part of the day to approach any city, or to leave it It adds romance and the ethereal beauty of a thing partly seen. It tips the mountains with rose and lavender mists. And it was from this perspective tnat 1 saw the dream of a lifetime, the vision of Popocatepetl posed ma : jestically above the city of Pu ebla. J Any person who has read and dreamed of enchanting spots and then had the surprisingly good fortune to see them personally can imagine my breathless won der, standing on the old worn bat tlements at the Fort of Loreto and seeing as a living thing, the sleeping greatness of ancient Po pocatepetl. - ' Aztec legend believed Popocatepetl,- which ' means ."Smoking Mountain," to. have been, a god. And from Its 18,000 feet into the sky, Popo looks down on his wife, the slightly lower volcano, Ixtac cihuatl. She is covered with snow now in May. The Indians call her "The White Woman." Night be gan to cover them both, and- a cold wind whipped the black clouds to and fro between them and the enchanted spectator. They became huge smoky blue guard ians of the city, magnificent and powerful. The Cathedral in Puebla is re garded as "the most beautiful in the Americas." Its architecture is Spanish Renaissance and was begun in 1575, long before the Cathedral of the Zocalo in Mexi co Citv. In the Church of La Com- pania, a few blocks down the street from the Cathedral, lie the remains of the legendary Prin cess Mirrha, 'known throughout Mexico as "La China Poblana." It was she, who in the early 17th century, was Drought as nostage from her native China to Acapui co. on the western shore of Mex ico. She was sold to a responsible captain there, who fell in love with her and took her to Puebla. Shortly after arriving at his home, he eave her her freedom. He sent for her Chinese clothes, which she missed in the new, stranee land. He Rave her jewels and bought costly materials for a new wardrobe for the little prin cess. She designed her new dress es utilizing what she had loved in China and something of what she saw the Indians wearing in the Tillages. She became known for her un usual dress, and soon people be gan copying her. She wore a red flannel skirt, trimmed with de signs of sequins, with about ten inches of green satin near the waistband. With this she wore an embroidered white blouse and a rebozo folded over the shoulders and crossed in front And the design of the little Princess from China,' who came to' Mexico as a hostage,' has become the typical Mexican oress ;. -. ana national feminine costume. Consequently, the- Mexican peasant - skirt and white blonse is part Chinese and part Indian, in origin. The colors of the Mexican flag, according to some historians, are traced to tne red, green, and white of the cos tume designed La China Poblana. Near- the first and oldest the atre building in America, an old rectangular building of crumbling walls and creaking eats, ana a staee that has held the "great of Mexico through four centur ies, is the "Sugar-cake House." The Sugar-Cake is the most fam ous residence in Puebla. It is comparatively modern, built in the- 18th century. "It derives its name from the richly decorated exterior which gives it the ap pearance, from a distance, of an elaboratelv-iced birthday cake. And the architecture here is typ ically Soanish Colonial ' In the Barrio del Parian, an old colonial district which housed the market and the euild of the spin- nine wheel workers in the early days, streets are lined with paint ings; oils, water-colors, pastels, charcoal drawings, tacked to the walls of the tiny cube-like rooms racing the narrow street And of course the barrio now has a new name: The Artist's District, a kind of Mexican Greenwich Village. Returning to Medco City, the road twists through the sacred city of the Naioa Indians, the village of Cholula. Recent exca vations in Cholula have uncovered a pyramid larger at its base than Cheops of Egypt From the moun tain top road, looking down on the village, the moonlight picked up the spires of 23 churches. counted them again when a cloud had passed the moon. There were 26 spires this time. So many churches have been built in Cho lula that it is said there is one for each day of the year. Some have disproved the theory;, but it seems almost logical when you round the bend in the road and come upon the forest of tall. pointed cathedral towers outlined in black against the blue-gray sky. . . Along the country roads were the constant parades of goats, the farmer prodding them with his lone .bamboo pole; the great, black bulls grazing beside the highway; and the skinny little burros overloaded . with great bundles of straw and Dotterv iues. All this under the sbadows ot sleeping Popocatepetl At the university grounds dur ing the last month was an exhibit of modern German industry, the German Trade Fair. It has been said that American manufacturers wished to exhibit on the univers ity land, but that the proposal was negated by the president of the university. In one way, the German Fair was an American exposition because It was primar ily American capital which pro vided the impetus for post-war German industry. Among exhibitors .were the im posing units of the Krupp family and the Borsig company. The Mercedes-Benz cars held the spot light; the Porsch combination car for traveling, a- type of house Ideas for your summer comfort XPbr not nuke tti the Tnr ' you really do something vitb your porch and terrace. Yon cut add so much to the pleasure and . comfort of turnmettime. living . . by creating a place where the family can relax, take it easy and cool off. The June issue of Better Homes & Gardens in dixies 6 pages of ideal on bow In get porch, lawn, and terrace ready for summer. All in color. Get it today , trailer built into the rear area of station wagon; a modernized inter-office , communication sys tem operated by one telephone and eliminating the PBX board; and the precision made .watches and clocks, for which the Rhine land is famous. German and Mexican flags flew atop the university buildings, and millions of people thronged into the area to view new production methods and to investigate pre cision-type instruments. It is not difficult to realize wny tne Mex ican people are intensely inter ested in modern mechanical methods, because skilled crafts manship is rare in Mexico, iiaoor is cheap, but the skilled worker is hardly available. - I visited a new house under construction in the Toluca dis trict a new modern area opened for housing recently. The ceiling was to be a replica of the lava stones found on the ground near the volcanic areas. Four workmen were in the room. Two were sit- tine down near the window; the Other two were quudiuk - piaster on the celling. It was- dripping to the floor and hardening. -Event uallv. the other two pushed the red stones into the spots of plas ter and pushed them around until they were -more, or .less .evenly distributed. ' -. The result was a crudely made thing which looked more like children had been playing with mud pies and had thrown them at the ceiling. Tnese men were not carpenters or builders and did not pretend to be. The owners had decided upon a form of hard-done "artistic" ceiling, and they had apparently found two or four men in the streets, naa offered them five pesos each to finish the ceiling, had told them what they wanted and had let it go at that They would nave naa to pay more for a man who knew what he was doing. - And yet a mason or a carpen ter in Mexico, semi-sKUiea, re ceives less than 15 pesos a day, A peso is 8 cents. Having the necessary training .the Mexican workman can be made as efficient and capable as the similar work man' of any other country. But for most of the population, train-1 lng .programs are unobtainable. Even public schooling is not for the poor. It requires a financial sum beyond the means of thei lower economic class to enter a child in school. Under the new system, inaug urated over the Easter holidays, specifically the devaluation 01 the peso, the government hopes in time to industrialize the country. On a long range plan, because it will allow manufacturers to ex port items 44 lower than at the present time, it is hoped that the increased return will make possible sufficient money for ex tensive training programs. And industrial training pro grams are what Mexico needs at the present time; she needs them badly .. . . along with better schooling for the masses. Our public schooling is of course what makes America great; no coun try, regardless of its resources, can prosper with an ignorant populace. Time, the old elusive commod ity, will prove the internal value thing had- to be done; and the government took a step. Whether it was the correct one, tomorrow will decide. For the American tourist it is fine. But we are only the summer visitants in a countrv where its people must remain for life and find their living in a changing and precarious econ Death Claims John 0. Gcilef SWEET HOME (JP) John D. Galey, 48, who only the day be fore had been appointed tem porary circuit judge for Lane County, died at his: office from heart attack Thursday. . .. Chairman of , the West Coast Lumber Commission of the Na tional War Labor . Board in World War II, . Galey recently bad been serving as temporary circuit judge in Linn County. He was (to.. have moved 1 to Lane bench June 1. - 1 5 Galey, Vhose 'wife was in law practice with him here, also was Lebanon city attorney. He came here from Portland in 1947, and often served as an arbitrator in labor disputes. A graduate of the' University of Oregon law school in 1931, he practiced law in Portland until World War II Before- joining the -War Labor Board's lumber commission, he was Portland rent attorney for the Office of Price Administration. Surviving are' the widow; his parents, . Mr. . , and . : Mrs. Henry carter: , Galey , 01 Asmana;, . a daughter', Ann, a student at Reed College in Portland: and a son. John Michael, in the Marines, at San Diego... ., public health advisory commit tee , Members of the committee are available" for consultation serv ices with health department em ployes . relating to special med ical problems. .--... Dr. Willard J. Stone pumic health officer,' reported onv de partmental . activities and com municable E diseases. : - Measles and mumps' led the disease list After presentation 01 the pro posed budget for the department by Dr. Stone there was a discus sion. . To . meet merit . system standards for the personnel and to carry on the present program, It was said, several . financial problems will have to bft-solved. Mrs. Bernice.xeary. reported the results of the 1954 audl&me- ter program. There were 4,484 grade, school students tested. with 240 children being referred to their private physician. Re ports, such as this one are .used as a guide for the health depart ment to plan their yearly activi ties.. ; 'tr;'v ' J ; Dr. Dale Parker reported that next week lan anufluoridation hill will, be reintroduced to the committee on interstate and for eign commerce.- He read a tele gram from-the American Dental Association requesting all local organizations who have endorsed this public health movement to write members 01 tnis commit tee pledging ; their : support ior fluoridation.-- .-. ' VAN FLEET CONFERS IN JAPAN : TOKYO W) Gen'. James A. Van Fleet, former. U.S. 8th Army com mander now on a fact-finding tour, conferred Friday with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida GOOD NEWS. 9 I SC tit Four Chosen In Drawing ' Mmot F. Jelke,' who (Was sentenced March "7 last year to three to six years in priSuti, receives news at home -of his atorney in Miami Beach,. Fla., of a reversal of that conviction. :A New York appelate court set aside the conviction and or dered a new trial. ' (UP Tele photo) '- .'.- ' One Salem-man and two men from Albany have been selected in the regional drawing prior to the $100,000 Auto-Lite Family Charity - drawing to be held in New York Citj June I. , ' .- The re$ottal drawing was con ducted "putier the supervision of the Cregonj iaic r Mutur Asso ciation, and among 50 in Oregon were included. Wade H. Dickin son, 1638 South Commercial, Sa lem; and from; Albany - W. C Donohue, Z30 East Second ave nue; T. W. Lambrecht, 1219 Elm: and Mrs. W. R. Savage, 1007 East Third. Their names" are being for warded to the national headquar ters in New York city along with' those- selected' in' the rest of the United States! A national committee will choose 25 who will: be given the right to desig nate recogniztsd. charities, to re ceive a total of $100,000. Names of the winners will be announced on Auto Lite's CBS "Suspense" television nrnffram. . . - 1 All regional "drawings have been supervised by organizations affiliated with the. American Au tomobile Association, which will oversee the national drawings. i The- dealer establishments of 10 leading car manufacturers Hereford Breeders Sale Here October ? Glen Martin of McCoy,', north west of here.' announced that the second annual Willamette Valley Hereford Breeders sale would be held at the state fairgrounds on October 9. - ' -'.'. : The sale will be limited this year to 60 head and no more than five heifers' will be" accepted from any one breeder. The deadline for entries is July 10. Si Williams -of Hermiston has been , named sale manager. . ! . FOAM RUBBER Pillows i 1 2.75 up Mattresses . ' S27.50 up Remnants .... 50C up Shredded ... 59 lb. SLEEP-AIRE ' -2002 Fairgrounds Rd. ' Chrysler,-", Studebaker, ? 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