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cended by steep stairways on one or
more sides. The interior mass is Of
earth and stones. or of stones and
mortar. In some cases the slopes were
filed In to a smooth slant
The Hottest is the pyramid of El
Castillo. or the Castle, at Chichen liza.
which is of the stepped type. The
largest and most imposing is the So
called governors palace, at Uxmal,
which stands on a natural elevation
artificially heightened by stone blocks
and rising in three terraces. 1t is
considered by ethnologists the most
important prehistoric structure in
America. The building. 800 feet long.
40 feet deep and rs feet high. is COW
cred with a marvellous elaboration of
sculpture. one belt of which, ten feet
wide, running entirely around the pal
ace, contains 10000 stones. nearly ev-
cry one of them separate work of
art.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
WERE MAYAs BABYLoNIANS7

The towers and pyramids built by
the Mayas. the ancient civilized in
habitants of Mexico. who flourished
before the Aztecs, are the greatest
wonders of antiquity in America
An interesting theory, now strong
ly held by scientists and scholars of
the Smithsonian Institution. is that
the Mayas are descended from the an
cient people of Babylon who were dis
persed over the face of the earth aft
er the capture of that famous city by
Cyrus.
If this be so, then the ancient Mayas
built the tower of Babel of the Bible.
and those Inhabitants of the earth
were in sense Americans This view
is confirmed in great degree by the
extraordinary resemblance between
the ruined towers and pyramids Of
Babylonia and those built by the
Mayas in Yucatan In addition to this
there is other evidence that the Mayas
came from somewhere in Asia
The tower of Babel was the largest
one of many a similar structure of
pyramidal shape in Babylon which
were crowned with temples. But
where the ancient Assyriaps con-
structed scores of such terraced tow
ers the Mayas built thousands. many
of them of huge size and of substan-
TALLY the same pattern-likewise up
holding temples on their platform
SUBMITS
According to the Maya legend.
Xelhuc. one of the seven giants who
survived the deluge, erected a pyra-
mfdal tower of enormous height for
the purpose of storming heaven. But
the offended gods destroyed the Ian
guages of the builders
The pyramids of Yucatan are square
or rectangular In shape. Some are
nearly one hundred feet high, and the
largest is more than five hundred feet
square They have sloping sides.
some are nearly vertical, and many
rise in steps. Faced with stone and
dressed smooth or plastered and en-
bellished with sculptures. they are as
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Would Blow Up Icebergs

81 have seen icebergs of vast proper
tions-fully three miles long-and
standing $50 feet out of the water.
These monsters are frequently to be
observed along our shores as late in
the year as the month of August. and
they are at present allowed to disap-
pear by the natural process-under
the suns rays. Their collapse is
sometimes very sudden. l remember
on one occasion observing a large
berg through binoculars II was ten
or fifteen miles away. Having inspect
ed 1t leisurely. handed the glasses to
friend at my elbow. He, looking to-
ward the berg. cried. can't see it,
] took the glasses and looked again,
and was startled to find that the great
ice-block had disappeared 1t had.
suppose, been honeycombed by the
suns rays and had suddenly collapsed.
could see small pieces of ice float
ing around, but the great berg had
broken up.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Newfoundland Man Suggests Way Of
Keeping Steamer Lanes Safe
From Monsters.

London.--Among the mass OF sug-
gestions that have been made in con-
sequence of the loss of the Titanic,
one of the most curious comes from
resident In ST. Johns, Newfound-
land, James E. Grant, who has had
extensive acquaintance with icebergs
along the coast of his own country.
In an interview he said:
Il would suggest that an iceberg
destroying service should be estab-
lished without delay. under the con-
troll of an international board. My
proposal is not that you should wait
for the icebergs until they make their
appearance in navigable waters. but
that you should attack them at their
source, just as they break away and
drift into the gulf stream, and that
you should blow them to pieces with
powerful explosives. Icebergs are
formed by the overflow of fresh water
from the high banks on the coast of
Greenland. The water freezes, the
Ice is added to the snow, and the
spray of the sea, and the bergs becom-
Ing detached sail down into the gulf
stream, and up to the present have
been allowed to come into the North
Atlantic, where they are an obvious
danger to all vessels plying there.
"Lloyds and other insurance or
ganizations would. am sure. welcome
the formation of service such as l
Indicate. and would be likely to sup
port 1t financially. Besides. IL such a
thing were in full swing, an appre.
ciable reduction might be claimed in
insurance rates on some routes.
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Hymns Saved His Life

and ALL Frightened out of my wits.
1t suddenly came to me to try one of
those wonderful Moody and Sankey
hymns.
Scarcely had my voice rung out
into the night with the first few lines
than the wolves stood still. BY the
time had finished the chorus-would
you believe 1t. man--there was a
crashing and rushing In the woods.
Those wolves had turned tail and
were running away from me me as
hard as they could. yelping like
whipped puppies.
II think they reasoned: The report
of a gun l know. and the bowling OF
other wild beasts know, but what on
earth is this?'
ION another occasion was riding
along. singing one Of the Moody and
Sankey favorites, will You Go? Will
You Go to the Eden Above?' to keep
up my courage. Rounding a turn sud
denly. | came upon group of resting
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
TAME DEcoY FOR vULTuREs

The Tibetans of the upper Mekong
valley have an interesting method OF
catching vultures. the feathers OF
which are used for making fans. They
fasten tame vultures to stone pedes-
tails near the cliffs where the wild
birds live. and when the latter are
sighted one or two of the decoys are
loosed and the men hide in huts. Near
the pedestals heap of carrion has
been placed in rough wooden cage.
so constructed that it is difficult for
the birds to make away with piece
bodily. though 1t is easy enough to get
at; they therefore hop clumsily round
the cage. pecking and tearing furious
ly at the shrinking morsels. in full view
Of the savage birds above. The car
rion Is the bait. the tame vultures
are the decoy. No sooner do the wild
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Minister When cornered by Savage
Animals Starts Singing and
10 Spared.

New York.-The Rev. John Daniel
McEwen. explorer and missionary.
who has just returned to civilization
after IL years spent in the Brazilian
wilderness of the state of Bahia. has
uncovered new use for Moody and
Sankey hymns. Said Mr.. McEwen:
"'Tis wonderful how those Moody
and Sankey hymns will stand man
in good stead when he is roaming
about wild country.
why. one day was riding through
the deep wood on my horse. when !
heard the howl of savage wolves, and
l saw a pack of them dashing down
on me to devour me. was unarmed
First | bethought me to dismouut and
get club, but then says I to myself:
What earthly good would the club
be against all those rapacious wives?
They would eat me up. horse. stick
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
STRENGTH OF THE INSECTS

When one Is asked to name the
strongest animal he generally begins
with elephants as the largest, and con-
tinue with oxen, horses. and on down
through creatures of lesser size. But
for real strength proportionate to size.
one must go to the insect world. A
mans strength is absurdly small COM
pared with that of an insect. The bee
tie will carry 500 times its own weight
on its back. To be proportionately
strong a man would have to lift $1,000
or 100000 pounds, weight which
only the biggest steel freight cars
carry. If a man were placed under
box containing five times his weight,
he would be held there indefinitely.
But to hold beetle down the box
would have to be 1900 times as heavy
as the beetle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
JUDGE STRETCHES THE LAW
Former Business Man Of Boston
Mass, Robber, but Is Given
His Freedom.

Kansas City.-'Tll have to stretch
the law to give you a chance, but J
feel inclined to take long shot this
time, believing you will make good.
Go and be a good man"
A prisoner who had pleaded guilty
to robbery and who gave his name
as Fred Helmer. formerly of Boston.
was thus paroled by Judge Ralph s.
Latshaw in the criminal court here.
The prisoner. who had the appear
ance of well-to-do business man,
said he formerly was wealthy. but had
lost his money in a western project.
He attempted robbery when hungry
and was captured after being shot
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

have discovered $4,000 worth of
precious stones and much jewelry. in
an old iron safe. The suicide theory
was at once abandoned.
DR.. Liebe, who was formerly an
army chaplain. was previously Cath
Ollie missionary in India, China and
Japan, and it is believed he acquired
his passion for jewels while in the
east He became a Protestant ten
years ago and was about to marry He
died after taking drink from a bot
tie labelled "anisette."
Among the gems were 230 sap.
phires, 21S diamonds. 1874 turquoises.
so rubies and a number of pearls
The gem of the collection was a
magnificent golden communion chalice
richly studded with precious stones,
42S in all
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Child InhaIes a Nail.

London.-At an inquest at Hammer
smith on the Observation-Disclosures
son OF laundryman. who died in the
West London hospital. the doctor pro-
duced two-inch nail which he said
he had found in the child's lung. The
nail, he said, must have been inhaled.
and not swallowed. It had caused ir-
ritation. and blood poisoning had set
IN. causing death. The father of the
boy was unable to explain how the
nail came to be in the child's lung and
the jury returned a verdict Of acct
dental death.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
FOUND DIAMOND IN TROUT

In the stomach of speckled trout.
cut open to determine what sort OF
bait was advisable, Henry p. Parrot.
Homer Musser and Hugo Sillisch. OF
Bellingham, Wash, found one-carak
diamond Of the finest water. The
three men had rowed far up the lake.
when Parrot got a vigorous bite, and
a three-pcund trout soon aoundered on
the bottom of the boat One Of the
party suggested cutting open the
fish's stomach to discover what sort
of food the fish were taking and the
gem rolled out.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Dismembered by Plane Rope.

Mahanoy City, Pa.-Caught up by a
swirling rope while at play on the
dirt plane of the Buck Mountain col
liery. Annie and Sabina Socket, aged
eight and twelve years. respectively.
were crushed and dragged half the
distance of the plane.
The elder of the two children had
her right hand and left leg torn off.
and the other lost both legs. Both
will die
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
BIGGEST DIOCESE IN WORLD

The most extensive diocese in the
world is that presided over by Bishop
McDougal, Of the English church In
South America. 1t extends from Pan
ANA down the Pacific coast. II en-
braces 100000 square miles and has
about 5000 miles Of coast line. The
bishop is trying to raise funds for
churches and schools for his people,
who number several thousand natives
of the British Isles.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
WONDERFUL MATCH MACHINE

A log of wood and roll of paper are
placed in new match making ma
chine. and when human hands next
touch the material it is all bound up
in packages containing one gross of
boxes Of matches ready for the consul
mer. During the process the machine
cuts the wood into proper lengths, sui
phurs the ends, counts them, makes
the paper boxes. prints the labels on
them, fills each box and packs them.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

sick before you seek advice. Weigh
them once a week, and If they lose
weight you may know that some
thing is wrong. The baby welfare
clinics are held for the purpose of
givinl mothers advice and furnishing
them with formulas for proper food"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

birds see what is going on than down
they swoop to join in the tussls for
tit-bits. The trained birds, incensed
with their unbidden guests. imme-
diately try conclusions with them, and
in the dust and turmoil of the CORY en-
counter out rush the men from am
bush and the wild birds are either
killed or captured.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
Ex-PRIEsT HAD MANY GEMS
Theory Of Suicide by Poison Aban.
doned and Now Believed to Have
Been a Case of Murder.

Berlin.-In the rooms of DR.. Liebe.
an ex-Roman Catholic priest, who died
of poison recently in his dingy fiat.
thought to have committed suicide on
account Of financial straits. the police
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15
KENTucKY's YOUNG MOTHER

The youngest mother in Kentucky
is Mrs. Kate Fields, of Georgetown.
She Is thirteen years old. and the
grandmother of her new born daugh-
ter Ia just thirty.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

soldiers. They had flung up their
hands in establishment and. believe
me or not. as you like, even the mules
ears were up In the air"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

Usually when the man In trouble be-
gins to feel that he has about reached
the limit of his something
worse happens.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-15

China recently
red silk Translated the inscription In the
multitude
Chinese and foreign relief assoeatons;"
famine sufferers Of the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
CARRIES BY BIG VOTE
Bond Issue Of $4,000 is
Authorized. Total Vote
Cast, 243.

Ful the past three weeks Heppnel
has been somewhat agitated over the
proposition to bond School District
No in the sum of $40 900 to con-
struct new school house.
There were many who opposed the
bond issue and they put uD a pretty
strong fight in support of their side of
the question, and for this they are moi
to be cepsured as tbev were no doubt
animated by honest convictions. On
the other hand those favoring a new
building were just rs earnest in SUD
port of their sida Of the question, and
livelv little battle was carried on
The election came off on Tuesday
afternoon, LARGE vote being cast.
The question was divided into two
propositions for the voters to decide.
One authorizing the directors to pur-
chase the necs ssary building site and
the other providing funds necessary
to purchase site and erect school
house by bonding the district in the
sum of $40 900.
The election passed off very quiet
ly. One Of the noticeable features be-
ing The interest manifested by the
women of the district who turned out
in large numbers to register their
voets in favor of the proposition, and
was no doubt largely due to their in
terest that the election went 81
strongly in favor of the new school
house.
The vote stood on purchase of site
Yes, 1870; No, 50 On bonding the
district, Yes. 1888: No, s..
This is an endorsement of the new
school house that is very gratifying.
indeed and it gives us pleasure to
announce to the outside world that
Heppner is still on the map and is
ready to take setp in the line of
progression that will mean much for
the future of our city There is not
thing that could add more to our
credit than this move.
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ZONES TOURNAMENT
NOT A SUCCESS.
Slow Games and small At
tendance are the Three
Days Features.

The baseball tournament held at
lone on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
dav Of last week was not a success.
This is due to the fact that the man
aRement was disappointed at the last
minute 10 securing outside teams to
participate. Heppner did not intend
to send q team to the "Chicken city"
but upon being made a liberal offer
Manager Maddox scrapsd together
a bunch Of pick-ups and went down to
carry away the prize money.
The first 1ay resulted in close and
interesting game The score was
Z to in Ione's favor. This game
was one big surprise to the HepDner
fans, for they had no other idea than
that lone would win easily, for they
had been putting in some hard prac-
tice. Hiatt and Halo. of Heppner
did the feature hitting in this game.
On the second dav much slower hall
was played, the score being 9 to 10 in
favor of lone. The game on the third
day was called off in the 18th inning
with the score of to 0 for lone.
There is very little doubt that
Heppner would have won the series
had it been Dossible 10 have sent all
nf the regular teem down. Rhea and
Rood "came back" on the second day
and made a good battery for HeDpner
Sperry and Cushaw was Ione's bat
terry. Olin Hayes of this CITY ocffiia-
ted as umpire and gave satisfaction.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04
Hail Injuries Crops.

About 2500 acres of fine grain were
destroyed Wednesday afternoon by
hail, Comparatively sueaking the
storm covered only small area but
where it did strike it was extremely
severe. Hailstones the size of eggs
were numerous and many were larger
while the wind made the damage
much more than it would have been
otherwise. Where the storm struck
in full force the grain was battered
irto the ground, chickens were killed
and much stock severely injured. 1t
is estimated that Parman Bros. are
the heaviest losers, having had $50
acres of fine grain totally destroyed.
Other heavy los rs are Phil Starr, w
N. Brown. Earl Froman., w. 0.
Echols, Gland Edwards, s. B. Barker,
and pos ibIv several othtrs. Hans
West and VIM. Gross lost few acres.
Parman Bros expect to save about
70o tons of hay from the path of the
storm aud it is probable that the Others
will also be able TO get some hav al
though in some instances the grain
was beaten too badly to even make
gooi hay. In the remembrance of
the oldtimers this is the second hail
storm of any consequence. - Condor
Globe
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04
EIGHT MILE.

Martin johnson is frequent visit,l
in Eight Mile these nice summer davs
G, D. and Ed Huston bought frou
NJ. Humphrey few work horses las
week
Frank and Howard Anderson or.
dered new Best Combine the first OF
the week.
Miss Hilma Bergstrom was sewing
for Miss Addie Anderson the first OF
the week.
The summerfallow wheat in Eight
Mile will yield from 80 to 50 bushels
per acre.
G. E. Jones and NJ. Ashbauh atten-
ded the farmers meeting at Heppner
last Saturday.
Claud Keithley is building a fine
house on his wheat ranch on the head
of Eight Mile,
A fine rain we had last Sunday, al
though it hindered C. E. Jones from
heading his early oats.
Ben Anderson left last week for a
few weeks visit with his brother, Ed,
in Wallowa. But we suppose he will
call at Hood River also.
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One hundred and twenty pounds
more or less. of bone and muscle don I
make woman. 1t is good founda-
tion. Put into it health and strength
and she may rule kingdom But
that's just what Electric Bitters give
her Thousands bless them for over
coming fainting and dizzy spells and
for disDeling weakness, nervousness
baekache and tired listless. worn out
feeling. Electric Bitters have done
me world of good, writes Eliza
Pool Depew, Okla. "and l thanE
you with All my heart for making such
a good IA sofcine. /" Only SOC. Guaran-
teed by Slocum Drug Co.
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Christian Church.

State Evangelist, G. E. Williams
began a series of services last Sunday
morning aud will continue till next
Sunday night. Mr.. Williams has
been in the field for three yaers and is
well and favorbly known throughout
Oregon. He has his sterioptican
with him and at each evening service
hsows many helpful and beautiful pic
lures. You will be helped and blessed
to attend these services. Come and
bring a friend.
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FROM DIST NO. 81.
Good Time Enjoyed at An
nual School Meeting.
Hartman, Ore July 2, 1912.

Hartman, Ore July 2, 1912.
To the Gazette Times:
At the annual sohoo meeting. hello
June 27, some Of the people of Dis.
trict No 81, actin0 on tha suggestion
given by Supt Notscn. brought their
dinners and had very nice tile pic
mic. Still others came after noon and
all enjoyed themselves visiting.
During the me t ing it was suggest
ed that we have box social to raise
money to pal 1t the ias de of the school
house, which is certainly needed, and
any money watch might be left over
when this was ACCOMPLISHED to go
into a fund which is being collected
to purchase an organ.
All were agreeably surprised at the
result; tie social being on the evening
of the 29th, giving short time for pre-
narration. but nearly everybody in the
district came which shows that an in
tarest is ttKen in the school, $50. 10
was cleared from the sale Of the bas-
kets and fishing po2d, the children,
especially, erjoyiDg The latter. as did
also a few of the grown-ups.
If any one wants pins, needles or
buttons, ask K. Nc. or G. c. for
them.
Mr.. Severance brought his phono-
graph which furnished entertainment.
All seemed to enjoy themselves. 1t is
rumored there is TO he another social
later on, and here's hoping.
This school is sometimes known as
the Burton Valley school.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1912-07-04

Any skin itching is a temper tester.
The more YOU scratch the more it
itches. Deans Ointment is for piles.
eczems-any skin itching. SOC at all
drug stores.
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NJ. z. cHuRcH. sorrn

Sunday school 10 a. m. Preaching
IL a. m. The pastor will preach for
Rev. Powell at Methodist church in
Lexington at s p. m.
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VAWTER CRAWFORD
NOTARY PUBLIC
INSURANCE AGENT

NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE AGENT
Represents some Leading Fire Insurance Companies including
The Home of New York. The Hartford and The PhPnix
London, also American Bonding Co. of baltimore
Office: GAZETTE Heppner, Oregon
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-05-27

There is more Cafarrh IN this
section of the country than all other
diseases put together. aud until the
last few years was supposed TO be
incurable For n great many years
doctors pronounced il a local disease
and prescribed local remedies and by
constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced il incurable
Science has proven catarrh 10 be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
f. j. Cheney g. ca, Toledo Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market It is taken internally n
doses from 10 drops 20 a teaspoonluf
1t acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system.
The, offer one hundred collars for
any case it fails o cure Send for
circulars and testinoL tails.
Address r. J. CHENEY & co,
Toledo Ohio,
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Hall's Family Pills for CON
stipation.