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PAGE SIX THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON. IT Venice, Visited by Black Plague, M ade Sacred Vows PAYS! Venice, during the Middle ages, was much exposed to the ravages of the black plague, owing to its commercial relationships w ith the crowded and pestilence-stricken towns of the Levant. Then, disease was regarded as a divine visitation and punishment; men met the dis aster by vows and built churches to some influential saint. As the result of this practice, the Adriatic coast is dotted w ith such churches, recalls a w rite r in the Los Angeles Times. The famous Church of the Salute celebrates the plague which came to the city in 1630. One year after Quebec was taken by the English and while Winthrop was founding the city of Boston, Venice was just ending its light w ith the black plague which first invaded the city in 1575. The people vowed that if God would deliver the city the church would be built and it later witnessed the end of the plague and the fulfillm ent of the vow. The church was designed in the Palladian style by Longhena, a pu pil of Palladio, and is not ungraceful in its proportions. Almost every object of a rt that it contains bears reference to the pes tilence. Everywhere are pictures, some showing Venice at the feet of Our Lady imploring protection, oth ers showing angels dispatching the dark demons of disease. To buy cooperatively. Cooperatives are set up and operated by tbe people themselvee. Free yourself from the profit system which operates for the benefit of the few at the expense of the great m ajority of us. FLOUR BIG Y SPECIAL - 49 lb. bag A high patent blended hard w heat flour. Gives fine bread and all baking. $1.39 results for Jell-o Ice Cream P ow d er 9c Waxed Paper COFFEE BIO VALUE! Fresh Roasted Fresh Ground lb. fa d e s ' 15c BIG can 20c Reliance Fancy 15* I BRANS Cut Stringless - No. 2 cans For S$C 1000 Sheet T issue 4 Rolls FRESH HAMBURGER Lb. HERMISTON MERCANTILE We’re Here COOPERATIVE PHONE to Serve! 401 ♦ ♦ GARDEN CLUB CHATS ♦ * Would you like to s ta rt an a rg u m ent am ong your friends? Tell them th a t th e fam ily name of the good oldfashioned lilac is SYRINGA, and th a t the name of the shrub we knew as children as syringa is real ly PHILADELPHUS. You will s ta rt som ething th a t will not only create surprise but bring out all the obsti nacy of which an old tim er is capa ble. Catalogues and W ebster’s Un abridged are of no avail, and your party of the second p art may have no proof whatsoever, but w ith his last feeble gasp he’ll sw ear you and the botanists are wrong. seat. It is a beautiful display and w orthy of a stop for closer inspec tion. Ju st before reaching th e rock garden you will note a clim bing rose over a garage doorway a t the home of one of the hospital doctors. Many garden magazines show ways of beautifying a garage and it is a w orthy cause. Surely Portland can not excel the roses grown in H erm iston in any way except in numbers. Rose g a r dens seen this week th a t seemingly prove this are the Thos. F raser and Thos. Campbell homes. Also a t the Campbell house is a w isteria in bloom. A linden tree in Mrs. Alice Stone’s yard is one of the most beau tiful trees on the project. It is a large, shapely tree and will be in full bloom w ithin the next few days, a sight well w orth seeing. The rock garden at the sta te hos pital, en terin g Pendleton, is a t Be on the watch d u rin g the sum trac tin g a g reat deal of attention from m otorists going to the county mer for containers for your blooms for the fall flower show. B etter Homes and Gardens have the follow ing to say: “ Containers th a t are not tran sp aren t usually give b etter ef fect if they are darker th an the flowers they contain. This will not hold tru e for tran sp aren t ones where to remember about the stems form p art of the picture. Gray, gray-green and medium brown are generally the most satisfactory colors for flower containers. The container may repeat the color of | A 100% petroleum fuel— ideal the flower or foliage w ith almost for furnace, fireplace or stove. invariable success.” (No special equipment needed) 5 Points Gasco Briquets 2 H ighest heat content solid fuel. J of any No banking or shaking. fire all day or night. Hold No ashes or clinkers to carry out. J One ton of Gasco Briquets is equal to two cords of the best grade first-grow th cord wood. Gasco B riquets cost less per season th an the best grade b it uminous coal. Inland C ooperative Inquire Herald Office When you stake your tall plants, make the first tie around th e stake itself, then around the plant, loose ly. This will prevent the strin g from slipping and hold the p lan t more gracefully. Next meeting, Ju n e 5th. Besides the report of the delegates we ex pect to hear details of a zinnia con test. COOKINGCLUB COMPLETES WORK Many Soldiers Lost When ‘Sultana’s’ Boiler Burst Quick’s “ Mississippi Steamboat- in ’ ’ ’ gives an account of the disas ter to the steamboat Sultana on A p ril 27, 1865. This boat, b uilt in Cincinnati in 1863, had been com mandeered by the federal authori ties. She left New Orleans on A p ril 21 and arrived at Vicksburg three days later, to take on board, 1,965 Union soldiers and 35 federal of ficers from the Confederate prisons at Andersonville, Macon and Caha- ba; in addition she carried two com panies of infantry, bringing her pas senger load up to 2,200 or more. Most of these soldiers were from Tennessee and Kentucky; some were from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, Kan sas and West Virginia. The boat waas greatly overcrowded. On A p ril 26 she lay at Memphis, unload ing sugar. Next day as she was passing a group of islands, called Paddy’s Hen and Chickens, one of her four boilers burst and she caught fire. About 1,700 men lost their lives, as the only way to reach safety was by swimming or holding on to floating wreckage. The wreck drifted down the river and finally sank. The boilers had been reported to be in bad condition, but orders were to patch them up as best they could. Get ‘Nose Fatigue’ Women sometimes complain that the perfume they bought is inferior because it has "lost its strength.” It isn’t as sharply fragrant as it was when they first bought it. They blame the manufacturer. They’re wrong. No one’s to blame but na ture. I t ’s a case of nose fatigue. Your nose gets too accustomed to a certain scent, and your sense of smell doesn’t react as sharply as it did at first. The same thing hap pens in the case of unpleasant odors. A man working in an oil refinery after awhile gets so used to the odor that he is unconscious of it. This “ nose fatigue” is a headache to the chemist-artist who evolves per fumes, for his sense of smell must be kept keen. When it isn’t he blun ders. When that happens, the only thing to do is knock off work for a few days, or even weeks. Uses of Non-Ferrous Metals Seven of the twelve principal non- lerrous metals used in steel are derived chiefly from foreign coun tries according to the American Iron and Steel institute. The three prin cipal uses of non-ferrous metals in the manufacture of steel are: (1) to assist in the chemical process of steel m anufacturing; (2) to give special properties to alloy steels, and (3) to serve as a corrosion- resistant coating. The principal non- ferrous metals used are aluminum, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, molybdenum, nickel^ tin, tungsten, vanadium, and zinc. Fourteen of tne 17 members of the Happy Hour Cooking club of U m atilla have completed th e ir work for this year. The club has been ac tive since it was organized last fall and has completed several projects. These include: two parties for small children about town, two food sales, donation of five dollars for the com m unity kitchen, kitchen shower, helped with two programs at Garden club parties and a program present ed at a Garden club meeting. Three members will atten d sum mer school at Corvallis June 5 to 16. Canada’s Only Walled City Members are planning to meet at High up on Cape Diamond, over various times throughout the sum looking the St. Lawrence seaway, mer for beach and swimm ing p ar stand the time mellowed ramparts of Canada’s only walled city. Tun ties. nels, secret passages and walls 20 feet thick and 30 feet high testify to the early struggles of kings for the city that cradled the civilization of North America. The citadel, main link in these strongholds, is entered by a narrow roadway just inside the walls near the St. Louis gate. In side the grim walls is a series of 25 buildings and an expanse of 40 roll ing acres. How Alloys Are Produced Alloys are produced by combining two or more metals, usually by melting them together. The combi nation of different metals may be made to increase specific chemical or mechanical properties or to cre ate properties not possessed by any of the constituents. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. Copper and zinc are alloyed to make brass. Nickel silver is a combination of copper, nickal, and zinc, and bronze Is an alloy of copper, zjnc. and tin. RETAIL M ILK TESTS SATISFACTORY Salem— Recent bacterial testa of reta il milk for sale to consumers in U m atilla county reveal th a t the m ilk supply, for the most part, was pro duced under satisfactory sa n ita ry conditions, the sta te departm ent of ag ricu ltu re has announced. Laboratory tests of 15 samples col lected in the county show th a t 11 samples were well w ithin the legal lim its for bacterial count, aays A. W. Metzger, chief of th e d ep a rt m ent’s foods and dairies division. The rem aining four sample« con tained too m any b acteria to come w ithin the sta te requirem ents and were therefore illegal. Under sta te law, pasteurized or raw “grade A” m ilk m ust not con tain more th an a 30,000 bacterial THURSDAY. JUNE 1, 1939. count per cubic centim eter. Other raw milk sold a t reta il is required to keep w ithin a somewhat higher lim it. "For the most p art, dairym en in the county are supplying consumers w ith a wholesome, san itary pro du ct,” Metzger said th is week. “T here is room for improvement in some cases, however, and the sta te d ep artm en t of ag ric u ltu re is an x i ous to help th e tn tu stry where pos sible to m aintain consistently high q u ality .” The milk supplied by dairies in Freew ater, M ilton, W eston, A thena, Adams, Helix, Echo, S tanfield, H er miston and W alla W alla, W ashing ton, was sampled by M. J, Belton, departm ent d istrict representative at Pendleton, a week ago last Tues day. It was im m ediately placed in refrig eratio n and shipped to th e de p artm en t’s bacteriology laboratory a t Salem where the tests were made. “The b acterial counts of milk show th e relative sa n ita ry condi tions in the p la n t,” Belton says. "A certain num ber of bacteria Is nor mal in all milk, and some bacteria are even good. Most b acteria found in milk are harmless. W hen the bacterial count is high, however, it indicates th a t the milk has been handled under Insanitary conditions and is therefore more likely to con tain harm ful organism s.” CALL FOR WARRANTS. School D istrict 6, U m atilla, Ore gon, hereby calls all w arran ts be tween No. 8636 to No. 8922 inclu sive. In terest thereon ceases on this date, T hursday, May 25. K ath ry n Sherlock, Clerk. (May 25-June 1) ■........................... . 1 . . . ■ !■»! ^ ¿ ife w a y ' " - I t I 22^ *7 PRICES LIK E MAY SOON BE THESE HISTORY ! ! ! ! i Sensational Savings! Stock Up! FLASH H ere is the y ear's most sensational news in grocer ies. Every item marked down to th e lim it to give your bud get the g reatest saving on record. B ut you’ll have to hurry! Such values cannot last long! Read over these trem endous bargains and you’ll agree when we say “Prices L ike These May Soon Be H isto ry !” 5 DAYS June 2*7 R eal Roast P -N u t B u tte r 2“s- 25c Made from Selected P eanuts P alm o live T o ile t Soap ■»« 5c For B etter Complections! L ib b y ’s Tom ato Juice »»™ 17c DeLuxe H ealth Beverage - 46 oz. L ib b y ’s Corned Beef REG. 12 OZ. TIN For Quick Lunches Ivory S o a p Large Bar W h e a tie s P er Pkg. 8c 10c 2 Lb*- 1 9 c C lab b er Girl 5 Lbs. 2 5 c B row n S u gar LB. 6 9 c L ip ton ’s T e a * l & 39c No. 2 Tin 1 0 c L ib b y’s C orn 49c S p ry S h orten in g 10c P araw ax Silk T issu e G rape Fruit J u ice R ea d y to E at Shrim p H ig h w a y P ea c h e s K aro S yru p BROOKDALE Salm on POPULAR DESSERT J e ll W e ll 9 Assorted Flavors Pkgs..................... CRACKERS Lb. Pkg L ig h t or Dark K err R eg. Lids Inland V a lle y P ea s AIRWAY Coffee 3 E n glish W a ln u ts 2 Lbs. 35c E d w ard s C o ffe e 2 Lbs. 45c 2 lbs. 25c C ascad e S alad D ressin g H a rv est B lossom Flour M axim u m P a n ca k e Flour L ib b y’s P in ea p p le T id b its E l C a m p o T u n a F la k es F ra n co -A m erica n S p a g h etti at*’
