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PAGE FOUR fEPFOTO MATL T'RTBTjyE. HfEDFOTlD. OHEGON", THURSPAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. E OF OLD MEXICO GETSJEW LIFE Atmosphere of Long Ago Is Revived in Pomona Val ley, Calif., School Project Travelers Attracted CLAHEMONT. Cal, (UP) Nestling In an old olive orchard In historic Pomona valley cut of Loa Angela la one ot the world'a strangest educa tional projacta, the Padua Hill In stitute for Mexican stuaents. The authenlo atmoepbere of Old Mexico and early California ha been recreated here in bustling southern California ao well that world trav elers and local resident are visiting In increasing numbers. Perhans the most unusual phase of the school I the presentation ot plays In Spanish, designed exclusively for patrons who know only Enguan The acting and settings are ao well enacted that the difference In lan guaga does not binder the unfolding of the play's theme. Since there have been no plays written In Spanish for English audi ences, a central Idea and story out line Is selected and then each actor contributes dialogue, songs and dances during rehearsals wblch seem appro priate to the role. Oalety Not Forced. This produces a simple, since ro quality of naive naturalness, soon tanlety and gaiety to the players that it seldom found In a theater. Th audience feel Included In the gay fiestas and Informal unrehearsed con versation as the play unfolds. All the actors mingle with the audience In the theater and dining room to re vive the famous hospitality of the early Mexican. Mrs. Bess Gamer, founder and di rector of the theater, ha made man) trips Into Mexico with her staff heads In search of folklore, legend and his torical Incident upon which to bass the plays. She baa brought back many colorful costume from the provinces for the plays. About 40 young Mexicans, ranging In age from 14 to 35, and many com ing from the pioneer families who settled California, live In cabins and dormitories near the theater. The; receive Instruction In English, Mexi can folklore, music and danolng. Bpanlah and the custom of their naltve country. All are required to work part time, either In the dlnlug room, kitchen, on weaving, mualo anO sewing project, or In the extensive garden and ground. The background of the theater Is a romantlo as Its present day fame Mrs. Garner mother of three sons, and wife of a wealthy manufacturer, knew nothing of dramatic, the thea ter or Mexican until 1030, when she and her husband Joined other friends In developing a 3,00-aore tract of land In the foothill north of Claremont. home city ot Pomona oollege and Scrlpps college tor women. Cultural Center Visualized. Visualizing a cultural center In connection with the colleges, the name Padua HUla was chosen for Its significance to Padua In Italy, one of the oldest university towns of Europe. 8an Antonio de Padua la the patron saint of the Italian city and here the nearby mountain peak. San Antonio, familiarly known a Old Baldy, seemed as if waiting to be a patron saint for someone. Hence the name Padua Hill. Early plays were presented in Eng lish by the Claremont Community Players after the darners built a theater which was surrounded by craft shops and gardens. In 1033. the Mexican helpers In the kitchen were discovered rehearsing little or iginal plays in Spnnlah and the Idea of Mexican drama was evolved. Week end appearances were staged in Span ish, and week-day plays were pro duced by the famous Pasadena Com munity Players until 1035, when a full program of Spanish play was Introduced. Juan Matute, assistant director of the theater, came from Mexico to work bis way through Pomona col lege, and became Identified with the theater from Its beginning He is descended from the Spanish colonla- era sent Into Guadalajara about 1840 Early Families Knireaenled. Many early families of California are represented here. Hilda Palo. mares Ramlres, 30, traces her llneat; to Don Ygnaclo Palomares, whuae family settled the vast San Jose rancho, now known as the Pomona valley. Eduardo Carrlllo Turley, 33, from Santa Barbara. Is a cousin of Leo Carrlllo. screen actor and a descend ant of the early Carrlllo In Santa Barbara. Juantta Pico Is related to Oov. Plo Pico, the lest Mexican ruler ot early California, and now teaches school when not attending the in stitute. Amador county of California was named for the grandfather of Caallda Amador. 10-year-old senorlta. while Eduard Montagno is from an early family of the Pomona valley. About one-third of the atudents were bom In California and two-thirds In Mex too. Only the most talented and ex ceptlonal arc chosen from the heav. application lists. Plans Drawn for Lakeview Postof f ice f? h ai ? .trs ... " i iiT- - . In J fl . 1 LAKEVIEW yp) Lakeview' mod est skyline will undergo Improvement with the completion of the recently authorized postotflce. Government designs have reached the city to show officials what they LAKEVIEW POSTOFFICE can expect for the S150.000 federal ap propriation. Cost of the building may not take the whole sum, the govern ment announced. The three-story building will have exterior wall reinforced with earth quake resisting maU-al. It will be brick faced with granite .steps and decorative lighting standards at the main entrance. The structure will house the post office, Premont forest service. land office and the county agent's head quarters. . Beautiful reproduction of ' early Mexican weaving are made on the school looms by Maria Prado and her assistants. The handiwork ot the students and collection made by Mr. Garner have given the theater ono of the finest wardrobes of Mex ican costumes In the United States. The collection 1 noted for Its com pleteness from the provinces of Yuca tan, Vera Cruz and Tehauntepec. Special summer classes were con ducted last year for students from the Claremont colleges. Dog Hero Dies In Bout With Rattler SHOSHON-E, Idaho, Aug. 5. (API Nigger, the snake-killer Is dead, and If there' a dog heaven he'll surely make the grade. Reared In a rattlesnake country. the dog, a pet at the J. A. Warring ton ranch, hsd many dead "rat tlers" to bis credit. But when one colled up before Mrs. Warrington and her two grandchildren, Jean and Marjorle, this week. Nigger leaped recklessly to their aid and was struck seversl times on the Jaw before he killed the reptile. First aid efforts failed to ssve the dog's life, Hoover, Jr., Unaware Of Oregon Oil Lands PORTLAND. Aug. 5 (AP) Herbert Hoover, Jr., son of the former presi dent, said yesterday he was unaware of any oil beds In Oregon or other sections ot the northwest. He visited Portland on a vacation trip through Oregon, his father's ' old home state." Hoover, president of the United Qeophyslcal company of Pasadena. described geophysical engineering as a new science for charting and map ping the strata by underground echoes started by small dynamite explosions. Pepya' diary, Invaluable as a record of the court and times of Charles II, was written from 1660-68. AIRPLANE SOLVES E I PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5. (AP) The airplane has solved the mystery of the missing Pilchard schools, Charles Oanlere, recently employed by the Oregon Pilchard company as aer ial observer, reported here today. He made his first "strike" Sunday on his fifth scouting expedition, and his discovery sent the company boats north of their usual fishing grounds, toward Tillamook Head, the youthful aviator said. "It's not surprising the fishermen found It difficult to find schools. They're best seen from an altitude of 1000 feet on up to 5.000," he related. "At that height you can look right down through the water and the "lsh are well defined. - "Bo how could a fisherman have chance watching from the deck of a little boat? Not much." i Finding the schools from the air, he explained, changes the actual fish ing from a night to a daytime occu pation. Fish were spotted previously when Individuals splashed from the water Into the beams of huge searchlights, or by their phosphorescent glow. 'We haven't located any really btg schools yet, but the mystery of where the school were before our experi ment started la solved," Oanlere said He sold a "patch" of pilchards measuring 50 by 150 feet represented about 300 tons, and the schools have been known to cover an acre. Nicotine haa no aroma and does not affect the flavor of tobacco. The pain of a bee'a sting la caused by formlo acid. Meteorological Report August S, 1037. Forecasts. Med for J Anrf vletnitv! Pnlr tnntirHf and Friday; not much change In temperaiure. Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday; considerable cloudiness in nnrthnrPRt portion and off coatt; slightly cooler in inrenur oi nortnuest and warmer In nortjieast; cooler In east portion Friday; moderate northwest wind off coast. Total monthly precipitation, nont Deficiency for the month, none. Total precipitation since September 1, 1036, 1665 Inches. Deficiency for the season, 0 09 Inch. Relative humidity at 5 p. m. yes terday, 12; 0 a. m. today, 73. Sunrise tomorrow. 8:09 a. m. Sunset tomorrow 7:24 p. m. Observations token at 5 a. m., 120 Meridian Time. H H 11 Srf Kl sl h U 2 7 f a o o Boise Chicago Denver Eureka Helena Los Angeles MED FORD .. New York Portland Reno w. Roscburg . Salt Lake San Francisco .... Seattle Spokane . Washington, D.C Yakima 100 64 , 84 64 . 96 60 . 66 60 . 86 61 . 96 68 , 8E 60 88 68 8t 70 08 78 100 63 96 48 74 64 82 63 94 64 88 73 98 63 Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear P.CUy Clear ClouCy Clear P. Cdy Clear Clear Clear Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy FARM SOLIDARITY IS WALLACE PLEA TO AIDJROGRAM Mutual Understanding Nec essary Says Secretary Seven Fundamental Prin ciples Are Outlined. CALDWELL, Idaho, Aug. fl. (AP) -Secretary of Agriculture Henry A, Wallace made a plea for farm sol idarity among agriculturist of the entire nation In an address today be fore the Dairymen's Cooperative creamery here. "A sound agricultural policy can be sustained In this country only on the basis of mutual understanding of farm groups and solidarity among them," Wallace said. "If farmers spilt Into regional warring camps, the hope of a sound 'and enduring agricultural program la dim. Will Aid Program "If the different agricultural re gions recognize this essential unity of their Interests, If the great groups of farmers stand together In support of sound farm policies and If we all seek to harmonize agricultural welfare with national welfare, the hope of a sound farm program Is bright." Wallace outlined seven fundamen tal principles of agriculture: Farmers mould have a share in the national income which will give the average farmer as much pur chasing power as the average non farmer. Welfare of all farmers demands that wide fluctuations in supply and price of the major crops be evened out so far as possible by the use of ever-normal granary and crop In surance. . People who live on the land must have security of tenure. Boll must be conserved for the sake of future farmers and future city people. Farmers must come Into control of those marketing, processing, pur chasing, and service functions for which they are capable of displaying superior business efficiency cooper atives. Family Farm Best Fmlly-lxed farms should be fav ored by the federal rules having to do with benefit payments and other such aids to rural income. Federal and state money should continue to be spent to promote agricultural research and better farm efficiency. "These unifying' principles for which we should all continuously battle should serve not only the wel fare of farmers but the welfare of the entire nation." Wallace contin ued. He told the Idaboans that Senator James P. Pope, (D, Idaho) "has been a steady, constructive force Is behalf of farm unity." Wallace accused the "old guard" of attempting to destroy farm sol idarity and "farm security determines national security, farm sentiment de termines the national direction." Group Interdependence has be come the cornerstone of the new economy. It Is the Job of the peo ple who live on the new frontier such ss Idaho to find new ways and means of making the economic wheels go round without friction or regional and national depression. The way to get at local problems is to get at national problems, and tie the two together." Tucker Appointment Told In A. P. Story This paper inadvertently failed to mention that information published Wednesday regarding the appoint ment of William P. Tucker to the office of librarian for the state of Washington was procured from The Associated Press. LAFFERTY PROMOTED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC Promotion of O. D. Laxferty, as sistant general freight agent for the Southern Paclflo company at Port land to the position of Industrial agent for the company at San Fran cisco, has been announced by fl. W. Klein, general freight agent at Port land. Laflerty will be succeeded by Frank A. Smith, now an assistant general freight agent In San Fran cisco. Lafferty Joined Southern Pacific In June. 1913. upon Bis graduation from Oregon Bute college, starting In station service at Corvalll. FOR SffilY IN EAST LYNN, Mass. (UP) Some 1,4000 Lynn school children have registered their bicycles with the police depart ment's traffic bureau a a safety measure believed the first New England city to have such a move ment. Kach cyclist wrote out a descrip tion of bis bicycle. Including the condition of lights and signal de vices. When a bicycle passes examina tion, the owner Is given a "bicycle permit," which be carried with him whenever he rides. An aluminum non-rust license plate also la Issued at 36 cents cost. The department gives each reg istrant a printed book ot safety rules. Tattooing Is regarded art in Burma. a a fine Phone 643. We'll baul away your refuse. City Sanitary Service. Closing time for Too Lata to Clas sify Ads 1 1:30 p. m. Dae Mall Tribune want ad. SYPHILIS CAII BE CONTROLLED Syphilis strikes one out ot tea adult. Each year more than one half million people In the United States consult a doctor for recently contracted syphilis. An equal number contract syphllla each year but do not consult a phy sician until the late crippling forma of the disease develop. Syphilis can be controlled only when the infected person 1 properly treated. Consult your physician. Insulin 10 c.o U 40 is tl.13. Ot course we give S. & H. Oreen Stamps. Heath's Drug Store, phont 884. Board Vour Peta at the Humane Society Shelter Summer Bates We Call and Deliver Midway Boad Phone loir CHRONIC COUGH Oe relieved at n?r oy our herbal remedy crieo ana tested avel thousands ol rears Chinese oerb. will give ron relief no mattei what roo are afflicted with yon awe It to yourself to ose this upportunlty Co regain fool health. Chan's oerbs have restored health to thousand of people Why not rout Uo roo nave Oaa Constipa tion. Stomach Trouble Kheumatlsm Hay Fever, Frustatt Trouble. Ulcers. Children's aeo Welting. Gall Stone Bun Down Condition xinos Trouble, asthma. Influents female Trouble Piles Chronic couih High Blood Pressure. Arthritis Colitis. Nervousness, appendicitis 1'onsintis Kczema. Heart. Liver madder. Kidneys Lungs Blood trlnarj unorders Free consultation Open 10 to 8 P. M, . CHAN CHAN Sat till a PJL Tura-Thnrs 10-12 A. M CUwd snn Chinese Med. Co 230 B. Main Use Mall Tribune want ads. 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