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THE VANCOUVER WEEKLY COLUMBIAN WEDNESDAY MARCH 3 1920 eaaanWeaWssanaWjaaWJ an I 3- I IjBi iff MARTYRS TO FAITH THE NEW HUGE EXPLAINS Hopi People Punished for Embracing Christianity RIB LENS of writers They also said (key could not think of a single point that was omitted by the two highest Ralph Edmonds was first Mamie Seder-burg second Dclbert Perdue and Herbert Sederburg tied for third place SKS The smart folks jn our community are working their brains over the Limericks in the Telegram So far the only one who has seen any results is the malt carrier who sells so many more 2-cent stamps SUES PRUNE ORGANIZATION Mm Satisfactory Than a Plain Glass Lens CONCAVE NEW SAW MILL WILL EMPLOY 1000 MEN WHENCONSTRUCTED According to the reports on the new mill which is to be built on the Mulligan place at Vancouver lake it will be one of the largest in Washington The Grays Harbor Lumber company has not announced definitely the size of the structure but it is understood that the plant will employ at least 500 men and probably the total will be around a thousand The mill will not be built at once it is declared but work is expected to start within a few months probably this summer The deal it was learned today includes more than the 42 acres originally mentioned in the sale and a transfer of approximately 215 acres will be made It is expected that the final details will be completed early next week (By II Newhouse) CIRCLE PROJECTS LIGHT RIBS DIFFUSE MATTING DEFLECTS Ibe done through orchard fertilization arid spraying Inspection is possible Many people have asked us WALNUT GROVE (Special Correspondence) Walnut Grove Feb The Mis why the prune growers of Clarke county are organizing for the pur- of packing and selling the sionary society will be held immediately after Sunday school on Febru of th'is county Somewhat in ary 29 We regret to learn that Earl Rey nolds formerly of Walnut Grove died of influenza last week California Milton Harvey of Portland in call LEGAL APPROVED DEMANDED EVERYWHERE ed on to mourn the loss of hia wife order of importance we list the following reasons: Careful and Systematic Advertising of the Italian Prune Is Necessary Packers are admitting- that millions of pounds of last year's Italian prune crop are still unsold We ate told that this is due to an uncertain foreign exchange and the lowering purchasing power of Europe If this is true and no attempt is made to get at the dryer or plant A Clarke county Italian prune of superior quality for a discriminating market is our aim Co-operative Buying Such articles as lime commercial or barnyard fertilisers can be bought in large quantities by the association The growers in a year or two can save the cost of their stock in this manner Buyers Desire rawer Organized Finally large dealers in the East are beginning to look with greater favor upon organized growers Large concerns in the East backed by immense capital are urging the apple growers of this state to organize California is organized so is Oregon Shall Clarke county lag behind? and baby by death this week We ex A Light that Others Like to' Meet tend sympathy to him as friends and acquaintances in his hour of trial and feel sure he can find refuge in the "Rock of Ages" This lens passed exacting tests held by states of Washington Oregon California New York and Maryland Some of our people motored to these prunes into consuming channels these holdovers will compete with this Gaels Creek Oregon for the week end VANCOUVER MADE AIRPLANE SOON READY a complete success A partial tryout was made east of the garrison yesterday but no flight was attempted owing to the fact that the machine had not been completed year's crop Should this yar's crop Mrs Wanless and daughters Dorothy and Marjoric are spending LEGAL EVERYWHERE USE THEM IF NOT HIGHLY SATISFACTORY AREODINE DAY 18 MRS the week with their relatives in Walnut Grove Mr Licoski is having some scrubbing done The Boardman family as all sick at present Mr Bentley is hauling hay these days Mrs Lista Pohl spent Friday in Portland the guest of Mrs Genie Kimball and her sister Mrs Hugh McDougall of Penhold Alberta Mrs Nye and daughter Miss Muriel were calling on neighbors Wednesday afternoon DIES AT FAMILY HOME (From Balurday's Columbian Mrs Areodine Davis aged 29 years died yesterday at the family home on the Matn street road Mrs Davis has lived here for the past year coming here from Coburg Oregon She is survived by her husband Davis and a eon Marion Davis aged 7 and by her parents Mr and Mrs A Wilson of Vancouver Oovernment Ethnologist Invsstlgat Ing "Mound of Death'' Finds Evidence of Truth of story Long Current in the Southwest Etbaologically aaeaklng the Sooth-vest Is a region of many mysteries There In fortified villages built on shelves of rock high up on canyon walls lived the cliff dwellers nobody knows how long ago Perched on lofty heights are ruined castles and tower Over the mean tops are scattered the remains of many ancle it towns One of these ruined towns Is rehv iveiy recent having been destroyed in be year 1700 and Its history fortunately preserved Is most remarkable It was called Awatobi and all that re mains of It today is a huge rubbish beep which Is known to the Hopi In dlans as the Mound of Death It was a Hopi town populous ano thriving and was attacked and rased by the Inhabitants of seven other Pueblo villages who killed sll the men aini carried off the young women and children Dr Walker Pewkea government ethnologist In chief having learned the story undertook to excavate the mound of rubbish and thereby obtained ample evldeuce of the truth of tbe tradition It seems that Awatobi was first to welcome the early Spalnsh priests and to embrace Christianity To this clr-lrcumstaare the nelgboring villages attributed' failure of rain The new religion was suspected to be a kind of -wrcery arid It was decided that the only remedy lay In wiping out tbe eff ending town together with its population which according to tbe Spanish mission records numbered about eight hundred souls Prom the viewpoint of the Hopi people to be a sorcerer was and Is to day the worst of crimes After all tbe good folks have prayed all night for rain a wizard may blow away the clouds with a single puff of his breath Sickness Is always due to sorcery and persons suspected of witchcraft are even nowadays made away with tu secret The attack was decided upon at a secret meeting In the pueblo of Walpl a certain spring was appointed as the meeting place for bands of warriors each man carrying besides his weapons an unltghted torch and bundle of greasewood Before dawn they marched silently up the mesa to th i-nst end of the doomed town the gate of which had been left open by agreement with traitorous Awatobi chief tain Choice was mode of a time when most of Awatobl'a warriors would be engaged In rites of religions ceremo nlal Id a large subterranean chamber or "klva" The attacking force Invaded tbe town without causing alarm surround ed the klva and plucked up the ladder which afforded the only means pf exit from It Then they lighted their torches and threw them down together vith lighted bundles of rtie Interior of the underground chamber was thus converted Into literal furnace end further to torment the hurnlug men the ruthless witch hunt- UNABLE TO RENT HOUSE OFFERS TO SELL CHILDREN Huntington Va March 3 After combing the city for three weeks for a house and failing to find one because of the landlords' objections to his three children Miller in a public advertisement offered to sell his children or trade them for a poodle dog Miller said that he found there was no objection anywhere in his having a dog The day following his advertisement Miller received many offers of places the landlords confiding that "they never thought about the matter in that light before" MONEY KEFUNUtiU --iMajpaasasi MADE IN ANY SIZE DESIRED For Sale by Dealers Garages and Supply Houses Price: Up to 8 inches $275 Pr 8y inches to 9V4 inches 300 91J inches to W2 inches 325 If Your Dealer Cannot Supply YOU call on us AUTO SERVICE CO DISTRIBUTORS Wholesale and Retail UNION HIGH PRUNE MEN JOIN ASSOCIATION 107 Washington St Phone 392 be short or should Europe quickly recuperate conditions may not be serious However growers feel that serious attempts should be made to increase the consumption of our prunes in this country and even in our own state They know that the California prune growers are 82 per cent organised and that they are spending $250-000 on the trade name "Sunsxveet" alone They further know that due to this intensive advertising the California Sweet prune is already bringing three cent a pound more than the tart prune The packers have not in the past nor aie they now making a serious attempt to advertise our prune Where it is done it is done by the organised growers We must increase the consumption of our prune not only because of the present holdovers but because of the alarming increase in prune acreage Thousands of acres of prunes have been planted in California and Oregon Even in our own county new prune plantings are extensive far more so tan the average person realizes About 200000000 pounds of prunes are thrown into consumption every year It is estimated that 100-000000 pound find their way into European channels leaving 100000-000 for local consumption or about one pound to the person This is too low both from the standpoint of the grower and the health of the average consumer A conservative estimate places the prune production in 1923 at 700000000 pounds We must increase prune consumption to take care of that 600000000 pounds or find a1 glutted market We arc now consuming three pounds of raisins to one pound of prunes and this is due directly to organisation and careful advertising If the packers will not or cannot FELIDA Folida Feb Mrs Harvey Cameron and baby are visiting her aunt Mrs Staley at Brush Prairie The ladies' aid will meet Thursday March 4 at the home of Mrs Birchard Everybody is cordially Invited Fred Brook our local merchant installed a pump this week John Scott sprayed for Free Brooker at Lake Shore this week 0 HIGHLAND Highland Feb Mr and Mrs Victor Johnson are sick with the flu Mrs Johnson is taking care of them and caught the flu consin Miss Marion Hill a senior performs this seemingly impossible Eighty per cent of the prune growers present at the organization meeting at Union high school signed up their acreage in the association It was one of the most successful meetings held so far Mr Robert Webster presided Another organization meeting will be held Monday night at the West Mill Plain school house covering that district Manager Newhouse who was unable to be present at a former meeting will be present and explain the purpose and plan of the Christensen is putting in the crop for Emit Johnson Arthur Christensen bought some of Victor Johnson's land He expects kept busy even during playtime under the direction of Miss Viola Hall "Shiftless habits should not grow" declared Miss Hall "If you don't do something you like you've got to do something the teacher wants you to do" is the information Miss Hall invariably gives to her 6-ycar-old pupils As a result an idle grumpy boy or girl during play hours is a rareity Miss Hall claims that her plan stimulates inventiveness initiative and cooperation and kills selfishness to cut up the cordwood Bill Brown is putting in a crop for Mrs Johnson feat by placing her hand on a person's pulse In order to dispel any doubts as to the girl's ability to actually do what is claimed for her experiments have been conducted in the classroom by Professor Sharp The tests have beei largely attended Miss Hill's gift is explained byt Professor Sharp vith the statement that 1 every thought produces muscular re-acion almost imperceptible but which can bo detected by a superlatively sensitive sense of touch WEST PIONEER HAS NOVEL METHOD FOR TEACHING PUPILS The following pupils are on the honor roll for the month just ended: Gladys Birchard 96 Louise Garrison 96 Billie Futtrup 95 Pearl Slothowei 96 Elmer Davis 92 Fred Slothower 90 Clyde Carrick 92 Leland Sprecher 98 Opal Baker 94 Nina Bush 90 Alice Reynolds 94 Burrell Hathaway 93 Othel Scott Marie Bliss Mary Farin Edna Carrick Vernon Mclr-vin Charles Mclrvin Florence Smith Virgil Scott Melby Dietrich Alfrec' Birchard Iris Edison Mary Reynolds Fred Scott Violet Smith Agnes Williams Ellsworth Mclrvin Geneva Me-Irvin Helen O'Neal Ethel Smith Winton Williams Jack Sprecher anc" Walter Slothower In the grammar room Louise Garrison Gladys Birchard and Pear' (Special Correspondence) West Pioneer Feb The roads are improving so rapidly that the commissioners will soon be able to fulfill their promise to gravel them Mrs Pantz has been quite ill for several days Mrs Chas Horn who has been quite ill for some time has been WISCONSIN GIRL STUDENT READS MIND BY TOUCH Cincinnati Ohio Feb 28- A novel method of developing the minds of first-year pupils has been evolved by a Cincinnati public school teacher "Do anything you please but do something!" This is the rule upon which the activities of first-grade children arc Madison Wis Mar A young woman with the uncanny power of telling people's thoughts has been dis do this advertising then the growers taken to Ridgefield to the Henrici Reported Ill-Mrs Campbell who has been visiting her daughter Mrs Cleveland in Vancouver has returned to Portland and is reported seriously ill with bronchial hospital covered by Sharp professor of pnycnoiogy at tfte University of ls pneumonia Slothower tied in winning first honors In the intermediate Othel Scot I was first and Marie Bliss Mary Farin and Edna Carrick second Ir the primary Violet Smith was first MBanaaaaMLPIH tore from trie near-by house walls brings of red peppers that hung there drying crushed them In their hand and flung them Into the fire The story that led Doctor Fewke to undertake his Inquiry and exesvn tlon of the Mound of Death was told to him by sn aged Indian woman whose great-great-great-grandinothei was one of the survlrors of the mas acre She was even able to point out to him the approximate location of the subterranean chamber In which the men of Awstobl were burned to death Remember and Agnes Williams second The school children are enjoying- their new Neilson drawing books which were presented to them by their friend the author Colds and la grippe have been doing such deadly work in our neighborhood that only five pupils have been able to attend school Rutherford and family have all been sick from the grippe Mark Rutherford and family arc also seriously ill Bolen's family are ill but from what no one seems able to say The Anderson children have colds and the Dun laps have the mumps The school had a sure enough fire drill Tuesday when the grass caught fire and spread to the fence The amateur fire brigade arrived just in time to save the fence The army essay contest caused quite a bit of interest in the West Pioneer school The judges were Benjamin Rich Lachtler and Maxon They said the comDosi- The Male and Female Manager Kig-gins announces that he has been able to secure permission to stage Male and Female at the Liberty for two additional nights It will be on the boards tonight and again on Thursday and Friday It has had the long Philadelphia Diamond Grid Battery Carries a Dependable Guarantee of 1 8 Months Shortage of Medicine Bottles American manufacturers of medicine bottles are offered an excellent opportunity tor tbe sale of their prod nets In the English market today Supplies are practically exbsusted reports Vice Consul Leroy Webber at Nottingham and the retail druggists arc looking to American makers to relieve the situation The shortage appears to be particularly In bottles ratiglug In size from one dram to 20 ounces In tbe wblte flint and quinine tint colors Tbe eight-ounce bottle quinine tint Is considered the recognized size of the trade sod tbe selling price at present Is $308 a gross delivered free as compared with $192 a must to protect themselves Lower Spread Between Producer and Consumer Even advertising will not cause the prune to be consumed if the cost is too high Above a certain price the average consumer turns to apples raisins cranberries or some other fruit While the growers in Oregon and Clarke county received an average of not more than 13 cents the prune in Eastern market- has been quoted at 40 cents and above We aie told that speculative handling of prunes realized parties who never saw the prune from $3000 to $6000 a carload The organized cranberry growers could have set their early product at $12 Instead they plated it at $9 and sold the entire crop in' spite of a sugar shortage The organized almond and raisin growers of California have reduced the spread making it possible to place these products upon the market at a price where the average consumer can afford to use them Grower Entitled to a Knowledge of the Market At present the grower sells his prunes blindly He has no reliable information as to actual market conditions The packer or buyer has that information because he has the means of securing it and he roust have it before he sets any price at all It is his business to buy the prunes at the lowest price Where many sell without a knowledge of the market and a few buy familiar with every phase of it tike result is easy to forecast Organised prune growers in Oregon last year averaged around 17 18 and est run of any picture ever shown in tions Mere all very good for the ages Vancouver 1 to 5 Tons gross paid In 1914 -The panel bottles are made In all sizes and In both flint and quinine tint while poison bottles are always dark bine la conformity wiib the British Pharmacy act JHE BATTERY" Deer Hunting From Wheel Chair Determined that his 111 health should not keep him from his annual bunt Kelly cashier of the National bant: In Barnegat was taken by automobile to hla favorite spot where ORDER YOUR FEDERAL NOW Your order placed now means quicker delivery sn earlier start and a longer season's work A Federal is assurance of fewer interruptions and more profits at the end of the year This year will see more and greater fleets of sturdy Federals because Federal is the one motor track built to endure hard usage Order now Interstate Vulcanizing Works Austin McCoy Mgr Third and Washington Streets Federal Dealers WE REPAIR AND RECHARGE ALL MAKES OF BATTERIFS FILLING AND TESTING FREE SERVICE Vah Matre Howard Battery Co Dim mvrc mar a 19 ceots a pound Using this com -oaieil In a chair bundled up in robes and heavy wraps be bunted to his heart's content Even the zero weather didn't chill his ardor and Mr Keltjr soys bt had a splendid time To be sure be didn't get his deer bat that mi because he was too well bundled op for a large stag ran oat of the lushes back of him bat before he free his arms to shoot the animal bounded out of sight parison Clarke county growers last year lost all the way from $100 to PAUL JONES Mgr $125 a tea Washougal district along last year lost $60000 enough to put up two packing plants Standardise Our Product Through the association the grow 5 MAIN ST Telephone 332 Wemen Own Barber Shops Women barbers are numerous la the larger cities and towns of Sweden jni many of them awn the shops In ers wQl try to improve the quality of their product Ia the field this can which tbey work I.