Heppner herald., December 18, 1923, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4

Tuesday, December 18, 1923
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THE HEPPNKR HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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r The statement, made In print many
times lately, that the grout calamities
jn Tokyo itrnl Yokohama weiv "second
pnly to that of Antioch" has brought
,cut of obscurity a city that once was
' rival to Koine Itself: "AnMoch the
Glorious," ''The Eye of the Orient." It
"was the gate to the Kant anil through
it flowed eastward t lies gre-it tide of
Greek art and civilization und lioiuan
Jaw. And it was a center for another
great world influence, for, as j the New
Testament says, It was "in Antioch
4uat the disciples were first called
Christians."
The city was founded by Seleuous
INicutor, favorlle of Alexander the
Great and heir to much of his power,
and for nearly three centuries was the
capital of the Seleucid empire that at
times stretched from India to the
"Aegean sea. It was built on rising
(round between the Orontes river and
Mt. Sllplous In northern Syria In a
strategic location at the crossroads
between east and west, north and
outh.
To the north of the original site
Ihwe Is a broad bend In the Orontes
inclosing an Island. The geographer
4trabo says that the city came to have
tfour parts: the original Pity of Soleu
:Mw; the city on the Island, built by
fcAntlochus I; the portion between the
Urst city and the mountain, built by
SAntlochus III ; anil the most beautiful
kportlon to the east, built by Antl
fcrhus Eplpbanes. Inirlng the Selou
4"id em the elty covered a space four
unties long by two miles wide. In ad
dition, there were populous suburbs
ui'h as Ileraclea and Daphne.
The general plan adopted In bund
ling was one much admired at that
(time. There was one long main street,
in general parallel with the river. All
other streets were either parallel with
:lhls main street or at rlg'it angles
ito It. This "checker-hoard" plan was
typical of Greek cities.
Itrldges spanned the river both to
the Island and to the northern bank.
!Tlie points of the mountain were
.-frowned with temples, shrines and a
citadel.
, The whole city was surrounded by
a great wall which Is said to have
fceen 7(1 to. Ml feet high, to have been
.ju-otecli'd by IttiO towers, and to have
been so broad that a team of four
Jiortws could drive abreast on the top
r it.
Its Magnificent Main Street.
The most magnilicent splomloi of
,Anlioch was lis great street. This
run straight through the city from
ttKt to west. At eio h end there was
.an Impressive gate. The eastern gate
whs later known as the "G.ite of St.
3ii nl." It was still standing forty
years ago, almost complete; but now
ven the foundations have been re
linoved for buildings in the modern
idly. The western, or Daphnean gate,
was called the "Gate of the t'heru
ililiu," for over this gale Titus placed
lllie golden cherubim he had taken
ifruiu the temple lu Jerusalem.
These two gates were about four
idles apart. Itctwcen them was a
(rand boulevard.
tin each side of the Btreet wag a
! double row of columns. The outside
: aisle In each case was roofed over,
(furnishing a shady walk In summer
ud a dry and sheltered way during
ihe winter storms. Hetween the In
ner rows of columns was a broad high
,way for chariots and horsemen. It
bu been estimated that if these col
umns were the same dlstauee from
etch other as those still standing In
the street of Palmyra, there would
have been tt.StHI In nil.
This street was lined with magnifi
cent public buildings, temple, shrines
and palaces of the nobles.
Imagine, then, this grand highway,
with lis lung visia of granite, marble
and porphyry columns, its covered
promenade rich In statues ami carv
ings. Its marble pavements, Us beau
tiful Grecian architecture, and termi
nating all, the golden decorations of
th western gate blazing In the light
of the setting sun.
Ull this street with its busy throngs
ct men and wencn: here n rel'stoni
n. II e pi- vt-M ct;nl ill li.e
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Orontes, at Antioch.
(Ice, the animal for sacrifice decked
with wreaths and garlands of flowers,
and the company of singers chanting
the solemn processional; there a gay
throng of revelers in wedding proces
sion, escorting the bridal pair to the
beautiful Nyniphaeum, near the river
side, a great circular, dome-covered
building, rich In columns and statues,
and with cool, plashing fountains an
institution with special accommoda
tions for the celebration of nuptials ;
or, again, down the great street there
might come some victorious general,
returning In triumph from bis foreign
campaign slaves, soldiers, sovereigns,
all following his triumphal car. Thus
came the great Caesar himself, while
the city resounded again and again
to cries of loyalty and adoration.
Some of Its Glories.
About the middle of the city
another broad street, also coionnaded,
extended from the river to the moun
tain. In this street, near the river,
was located the Nyniphaeum, men
tioned previously, und where It
crossed the great street was created
the "Omphalos."
This altar was the center of the
city and was devised in imitation of
that at Delphi, which had been erected
by the undent Greeks, supposing
Delphi to be the center of the world.
Here was a sitting statue of Apollo,
the patron god of the Seleucids.
Outside the eastern gate for a dis
tance of two miles King Herod of the
Jews built a continuation of the great
street.
Herod's street also had rows of
columns and was paved with marble.
It traversed the portion of the city
known as Herod's suburb.
From the western or Daphne gate,
a great highway extended for some
six or eight miles through the suburb
of Heracles to the noted Grove of
Daphne. This road skirted the low
foothills. At frequent Intervals there
were fountains, and on both sides were
the magnilicent villas of the nobility
of Antioch.
An abundance of good water con
tributed to the joy and pleasure of
the Seleucid capital. Not tally was
there the Kiver Orontes, but great
aqueducts brought a copious supply
of clear, pare water from the moun
tains. Two large aqueducts entered
the city from the east and a greater
number from the west, bringing the
waters of Daphne to the gardens,
fountains and baths of the city.
Scene of Terrible Earthquakes.
Typbon, the terrible mythological
dragon who was so fiercely at war
with the god Zeus, is said to have
been burled lu the mountains around
Antioch after having been struck down
by a thunderbolt. The old name of
the Ulver Orontes Is said to have been
Typbon. The struggles and twisting
of this monster under the mountains
were held to be the cause of numer
ous earthquakes ulong the Orontes
valley.
However fanciful this explanation
may be, the fiu-t remains that tliua
and again the whole region has beefs
devastated by fearful earthquake.
One ancient writer says the founda
tions of the earth were twisted, and
that great cracks were opened in the
earth and people were swallowed up
alive.
Ten earthquakes have been enu
merated which occurred between 150
R. C. and the Sixth century A. V.
Since that date there huve been many
more, and even at the present time
frequent treimirs are felt along the
Orontes valley.
The two most destructive earth
quakes occurred in the reigns of Tra
jan and Justinian, lu the former, it
Is said that even the people on Mount
t'asius trembled ami the fountains
and riers underwent great changes.
In the latter there was great loss nf
life. Large crowds of people had
gathered in the city to celebrate the
1-Vast of the Transfiguration. The
loss of life from falling walls and
Humes was put at 'Joll.OOO. After each
of the early calamities Antioch was
rebuilt, but after the great destruction
by the earthquake in Justinian's reU.i
a ncwr i:g::!n ruse to !r f"rir
ity ci ::i p,irtauce.
Daddy's
?dEveiiif,
fairy Tale
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cort mht rr virriut ncvwu union
IN ZOOLAND
"There has been one zoo," said
Daddy, "where they have bten able to
raise a polar bear cub successfully,
for usually polar bear cubs do not
care for zoos.
"It is different with big polar bears,
but the little polar bears have nut
found that zoo life agreed with them,
but this polar bear found it was dif
ferent and that zoo life agreed with
him perfectly from the time he was a
baby cab in the zoo until he became
quite good size.
Ho was so pleased about it that he
thought lie would sing a polar bear
song, and this was his song:
"I'm the Polar Hear so bold
Who lovea the weather when it's cold.
I wear a white suit which looks like
the snow.
And Itl tell you, too, I'm a dangerous
f ue.
But oh, how I love a cake of ice.
With it I'm really and truly nice!
I'm a bear that has grown from a tiny
bear,
And this is a great event for this zoo,
Where they have raised me since the
day I was born
And have cared for me ever since that
morn.
My mother, of course, was a great,
great help,
She understood ray every whelp.
But-this Is the first zoo to have raised
a cub
And they have called me the prize
bear Bub!"
"Yes," continued Daddy, "it was a
very wonderful event and the zoo peo
ple were very proud of it. They didn't
want to boast of it until the bear was
big enough to really be sure of grow
ing up into strength and full polar
bear size.
"Some of the animals were telling
the visitors who they were by roaring
and talking in their different ways,
and though the visitors could not un
derstand them, the animals did their
best to be understood.
" 'If they want to know Who's Who
In Zooland,' said the Polar Bear,
'they can find out a good deal from
looking at us. And our koepers will
tell them many tilings about us.
"'Now, in that outside cage, over
some distance, Mr. and Mrs. Emeu
"Oh, I Love a Cake of Ice."
are telling their friends and those
whom they are seeing for the first
time about themselves.'
"And," said Daddy, "it was true.
Mr. und Mrs. Emeu were stalking
about in their yard, and were grunt
ing and snorting their little piece
about themselves.
This is what it was when trans
lated Into words:
"I am Mrs. Emeu, and I'll have you
know
That I keep Mr. Emeu well on the go.
For he brings up the children and I
make him work,
While every duty of mine I shirk.
We have legs like long stilts, and
bodl-a like hay.
And except when it's spring I'm pleas
ant and gay!"
"And Mr. Ihneu said:
"Kvery word that she says Is true.
This Is what she makes me do.
She never, never will let me shirk,
She sees that I keep at my work.
She makes me bring up tje children
well,
And only aliowB herself a cross spell.
It's true, as she says, that she's cross In
the spring.
But at other times she's a pleasant, nice
thing.
She doesn't mind If I call her a thing.
For she knows that I'm willing her
praises to sing.
I like her. and that's enough for me.
And though she's strange, she and I
agree.
I'm willing enough to do all the work.
I don't really care to shirk.
And If she's queer with each leg like a
stilt,
I am the very same way, you see, built.
And we both have bodies that look like
hay,
And most of the time we're happy and
gay.
Yes, she tells you the truth In her
song.
And I lay the same, ding-dong, ding
dong." "So," Daddy ended, "these animals
and their keepers told the people their
names and their histories, and I've
put Into words you could understand
Just what it was they said, for the
keepers and those who study animals
understand animal language and will
translate it for people!"
Don't Cry, Bruvver.
Little Nod bad been to 'lie ctcus
with sister ar.d Daddy, ar.d the mest
valued part of It was a big red toy
balloon which Ills father bought him.
On the way home It broke away, and
went sailing off through the air. Lit
tle sister, seeing him in tears, said:
"Neer mind, Neddy, when you die
i-i t 'i t..v,n, if.:",! d't It."
OLD-BOOK SHOPS IN NORWAY
Ancient Scandinavian Volumes Are
to Be Found in the "Antik
variats" of Stockholm.
Norway, like China, has no old-book
ahops. Christiania, of course, was
only a provincial town in Scandinavia
when, a few years go, the partition
occurred, and even now, as the Norse
capital, It has a good deal less metro
politan amenities than Portsmouth or
Kournemough or Cardiff, says a writer
In the Manchester Guardian.
AXter assiduous Inquiries I managed
to reach a rather forlorn bookshop
down near the docks and was offered,
as a genuine antiquity, a devotional
treatise dated 1843. The old Scan
dinavian books are to be found in the
half-dozen "Antikvariats" of Stock
holm. They are fascinating old bookshops,
dusty and cobwebbed four of them
with numbers of tomes dating back
Into the sixteen hundreds, and some
even a century before. In one of
them I found three years ago a lot of
lOlzevirs at very low prices. In sm
other a couple of very ancient Bibles
bound in worm-eaten wooden boards,
with a yard of Iron chain attached.
11 may pn-em on aiifcc umi ..a . -
been chewing tobacco since I was twenty-two
months old and nm still chew
ing, says a correspondent of the Leb
anon (Mo.) Enterprise. About two and
one-half years ago I made a resolution
to quit and did quit for twenty-five
days, feeling no ill effects until about
the end of that period, when all of a
sudden I began to have sleepy spells
and had to quit reading.
Many times I (lid not know when I
went to bed, but when I went to sleep
my wife would wake me up some time
the next day. I finally got afraid to
go up in the woods for fear I might
go to sleep and the big snake would
carry me to its den and swallow me.
So I broke my resolution by taking
another chew and the sleepy spell was
broken as suddenly as it came on.
Can any one explain why all this hap
pened? NOTICE OF TKACHKItS'
EXAMINATION
Notice is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of Morrow
County, Oregon, will hold the regu
lar examination of applicant for
State Certificates at the Court
House, as follows:
Commencing Wednesday, Decem
ber 19, 1923, at 9 o'clock a. m. and
continuing until Saturday, December
22, 1923, at 4 o'clock p. ra.
Wednesday Forenoon
V. S. History, Writing (Penman
ship), Music, Drawing.
Wednesday Afternoon
Physiology, Reading, Manual
Training, Composition, Domestic Sci
ence, Methods in Reading, Course of
Study for Drawing, Methods in Arith
metic. Thursday Forenoon
Arithmetic, History of Education,
Psychology, Methods in Geography,
Mechanical Drawing, Domestic Art,
Course of Study for Domestic Art.
Thursday Afternoon
Grammar, G e og r a p h y, Stenog
raphy, American Literature, Physics,
Typewriting, Methods in Language,
Thesis for Primary Certificate.
Friday Forenoon
Theory and Practice, Orthography
(Spelling), Physical Geography, Eng
lish Literature, Chemistry.
Friday Afternoon
School Law, Geology, Algebra,
Civil Government.
Saturday Forenoon
Geometry, Botany.
Saturday Afternoon
General History, Bookkeeping.
Very truly yours
J. A. CHURCHILL,
State Supt. Public Instruction
32-34
SIMMONS
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon for Morrow County.
Charles Beckett, Plaintiff,
TS.
Gladys Beckett, Defendant.
To Gladys Beckett, Defendant.
In the name of the State of Ore
gon, you are hereby required to ap
pear and answer the complaint filed
against you In the above entitled
suit on or before; six weeks from the
date of first publication of this sum
mons, or on or before six weeks from
the date of Bervice upon you, If
served personally without the State
of Oregon, and if you fail to so an
swer for want thereof, the plaintiff
will apply to the court for the relief
prayed for in his complaint, to-wit:
For a decree of the court granting
to the plaintiff an absolute divorce
from the defendant and granting to
the plaintiff the care atul custody
of the minor children of U;e plain
tiff and defendant.
This summons is served upon you
by publication in the Heppner Her
ald, a weekly newspaper of general
circulation published at Heppner.
Morrow County, State of Oregon,
once a week for the period of six
weeks, by order of the Hon. William
T. Campbell, County Judge of Mor
row County, State of Oregon, made
and entered on the 3rd day of De
cember, 1923, and the date of first
publication of this summons Is De
cember 4, 1923.
WOODSON & SWEEK,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
32-36 Address, Heppner, Ore.
NOTICE OF FIXAL ACCOCXT
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Caldona Sperry, deceased, has
filed his final account in said estate
with the County Court of the State
of Oregon for Morrow County, and
the said Court has fixed Monday,
January 7th, 1924, at the hour of 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day
as the time and the County Court
room in tho Court House, at Hepp
ner, Morrow County, Oregon, as the
place of hearing objection to said fi
nal account and the settlement of
tid estate, and all persons having
objections to said final account or to
the settlement of said .estate are
hereby required to file the same in
said court on or before tle time set
for the hearing thereof.
Dated this 13th day of November,
1923.
WAYNE SPERRY,
29-33 Administrator.
XOTIGE OF SHERIFF'S SALE
UNDER FORECLOSURE
In the Circuit Court of the State ol
Oregon for Morrow County
Helen V. Knappenberg, Plaintiff,
vs.
A. C. Allison and Cora A. Allison,
his wife, and the Farmers and
Stockgrowers National Bank, a cor
poration, Defendants.
Notice is hereby given, that under
and by virtue of an execution and
order of sale issued out of the above
entitled court in the above entitled
cause to me directed, dated the 30th
day of November, 1923, upon a judg
ment rendered and entered in said
court on the 25th day. of October,
1923, in favor of the plaintiff, Helen
V. Knappenberg and against the de
fendants above named for the sum of
$10,000 with interest thereon from
November 1, 1920, at the rate of 6
per cent per annum, $640 attorneys
fees and costs and disbursements
taxed and allowed in the sum or
$18.60, and accruing costs of sale,
and wherein the court decreed the
sale of the real property mortgaged
by the defandants, to secure payment
of said judgment.
I will on Wednesday the 2d day of
January, 1924, at the hour of 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
at the front door of the County Court
House in the city of Heppner, Mor
row County, Oregon, offer for sale
and sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, the
following described real property
situated in Morrow1 County, Oregon,
and ordered sold by the court, to
wit: Southwest quarter, East half
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of the Northwest quarter, East
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West half of the Southeast quar
ter of Section 8, also that por
tion of the East half of the
Southeast quarter of Section 8
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1923.
GEORGE McDUFFEE,
Sheriff of Morrow County, Ore..
32-37
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