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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
MAYAS INDIANS BEFORE INCAS
Race That Has Long Since Disap.
peared Ranked With the Aztecs
In Scale of Civilization.

Prescott's Conquest of Peru ac-
counts for the popular belief that all
the people Of this country were In
cas-. The truth is that the greatest
part of the textiles of ancient Peru
belongs to people that had passed
away before the Incas tribes reached
the coast.
The Mayas were the ancient race
Of Indians which settled in the low
lands of Guatemala in Central Amer
lea. They ranked with the Aztecs in
civilization. They excelled in sculp-
ture, cotton weaving and feather
work. About the sixth century they
are supposed to have disappeared.
They left behind them cities like an
cient Quirigua, now a mass Of ruins
overgrown by the jungle. Half
buried by tropical growth today the
archeologists are uncovering huge
monoliths sculptured with strange de-
signs and each bearing giant face.
The Mayas have disappeared, but
the Indians, forming more than half
the population of Guatemala, are their
direct heirs.
Their bright-colored blankets and
scarfs, their primitive methods of
barter, their open-air markets filled
with great heaps of strange stuffs and
articles, should capture the imagina-
tion of any modern textile designer
with ideas.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
SLEEP AS AID TO LONGEVITY
Long Hours In Bed May Mean Long
Life, But the Question Arises,
Is 1t Worth II?

The farmers wife at Market Bos-
worth, England, who, though in per-
feet physical health" has remained in
bed for three years may hold that If
we all spent more time in bed we
should live much longer. This theory
is borne out by the experience of two
sisters of Brillat-Savarin, who nearly
attained hundred years. They lived
at a country house belonging to the
author of the "Physiologie du Gout,"
which he used only in September and
October. They spent ten months of
the year in bed, getting up two days
before his arrival, and living normal
life during his stay. On his depart
ure they would say: "Goodby until
next September, Anthelme. We are
going to bed" One of them died at
the age of ninety-nine, as she was fin
ishing dinner, her last words being,
Hurry up with the dessert"
On the other hand, some Swiss doc
tors say that the amount of sleep
should be regulated by altitude. Too
much sleep, they maintain, is as harm
full as too much drink. In low-lying
districts seven hours slumber may be
taken with impunity, but up in the
mountains five hours is quite enough.
These sleep specialists also ban the
practice of remaining in bed in the
morning, half awake, and insist on the
necessity of arising as soon as sleep
fails,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Women Needed Overseas.

Since the war is ended, more work.
ers than ever are needed. So states
an urgent telegram received by Mrs.
G. Fl. Marsh. acting chairman of the
Bureau of Personnel. of this county.
Women are needed for Hospital, Hut
and Canteen service for overseas at
1nce. The requirements are stated as
follows: Good education. health and
appy disposition. as we'll as the abil-
tV to work hard and obey orders; to
70 where sent and be able to work un-
der adverse conditions; must have 500
in cash of her own. She will receive
for her services $50 francs per month,
according to locality and 8 francs day
while in Paris, with transportation
and uniform allowance. Must sign up
for one years service If given main
tenance. and six months if volunteer.
Questions will be answered daily from
2 till 5, at the office Of headquarters in
Pendleton.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Tiaer,s Amazing Feat.

"The strength and vitality Of full
grown tiger are amazing" asserts a
wild-game hunter, In Chicago Amerl.
can. II had occasion to spend
the night short time ago in a place
where tiger had performed some re-
markable feats. Just at dusk one Of
these marauders visited the village
and discovered COW and her six
months-old calf In a pen which had
been excavated In the side Of hill
and adjoined house. There was no
possible way to enter the inclosure ex-
cept by door opening from the main
part Of the dwelling or to descend
from above. The tiger jumped from
the roof upon the neck Of the heifer,
killing it instantly, and the inmates of
the house opened the door just In time
to see the animal throw the calf out
bodily and leap after it himself. /
measured the embankment and found
the exact height was 121s feet"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
EXTENSION OF MAILING DATE
AND PROVISION FOR LABELS

The good news is received at local
Red Cross headquarters that on Nov
ember 18th. the War and Postoffice
Departments issued.an order extending
the mailing date for Christmas par
GELS to our soldiers overseas, through
November Both. This means that par
GELS may be mailed up to the time that
the local postoffice will receive mail
on November 30th.
Further. provisions have been made
for those boys whose labels have not
been received. Any one who should
have received label, but who faile1
to receive it. or who has lost or de-
stroyed it, may receive carton upon
signing statement at any Red Cross
Christmas Parcel station substantially
as follows: ...-5s
"The undersigned hereby makes ap-
plication to forward TO- Amer
ican Expeditionary Forces. Christ
mas package. The undersigned hereby
declares that he or she is nearest liv-
ing relative in the United States of
the proposed recipient; that he or she
has not received this mans label from
abroad; and that should such label be
received it will not be used; and that
tosthe best of his or her knowledge and
belief only one Christmas parcel will
be sent the proposed recipient.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Little. Known chlnesa Race.

Down in the extreme south of
China, In the eastern outposts of the
Himalayas, lies the lIttle-known
province Of Yunan. The natives of
Yunan are exceptionally Interesting.
writes Roy Chapman Andrews In Asia.
There are about thirty mont Chinese
tribes In the province, some of which.
such as the Shans, Mosos and Lolos.
represent the aboriginal Inhabitants
Of China.
The Mosos formerly ruled all of
northern Yunan. At present they are
scattered In remote districts where
white men seldom penetrate. They
are simple, honest and delightful
people, primitive and pastoral. They
are looked down upon by the Chinese
as barbarians. The invariable Mo %
costume Is brown felt cloak and
niaaa-atfino nan
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
AN ATHENA SOLDIER
ANSWERS SUMMONS

Corporal Charles A. Brown, of Co.
H. l5sth Infantry, is the first Athena
soldier in the world war to answer the
supreme summons, in France. He
died October 9th, 1915 and on Tues
day of this week his mother. Mrs.
Green Estes. of this city, was offic-
tally notified by the following tele-
gram: M...
Washington. D. G., Nov. 18th, 1918.
Mrs. Wanna Estes. Athena, Oregon: !:
Deeply regret to inform you that it is
officially reported that Corporal Charles
A. Brown. Infantry, died of lobar
pneumonia, October 27th. Harris,
"Ths Adjutant General I"
Charley left Athena in June, for
Camp Lewis, in company with Dick
Winship, of this city. AT Camp Lewis
the boys were assigned to different
companies, Charles going into the
l5sth Inf. 9Th Depot Brigade. He
was ordered from Camp Lewis on July
lsth. gong to Camp Kearney, Calf.
thence to Camp Mills, to point of
embarkation, and directly to France.
Arriving overseas, he was promot-
ed from private to the rank of COR
poral. Ray Baker, of Pendleton, was
a member of his company. He always
wrote home cheerfullv. and his Jast
letter, dated October nth, said he was
we'll and enjoying his soldier exper-
fences.
He had lived in Athena frcm early
boyhood. living at the home of his
mother and attending the public school
here. Last year he took up a home
stead near Durkee. Baker county.
Mrs. Fred Pinkerton and Mrs. A. H.
Mcintyre are cousins. Corporal Brown
was aged 80 years and five days at the
time of his death.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Friendly Boy, Timid Cat.

Standing on the sidewalk in front
of a dwelling house in a midtown
street, garbage can with cover on
it and with some shreds of stuff stick
ing out from under the cover. A big
cat standing on its hind legs at the
can, pulling off this stuff and trying to
get the cover off.
A little down the street was small
boy, bright small boy of about seven
years, and when he saw the hungry
cat at the can he resolved to help. So
he walked up quietly and removed the
cover and then stood back few PAGES
with it, holding the cover in front Of
him as warrior holds his shield.
But the cat had never met boy like
that, and instead of staying to supply
itself at the bounteous store thus made
so easily accessible, 1t wheeled and
f1ed.-New York Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Born Near Strassburg.

Mrs. Louise Rosenzweig, a former
well known resident of his city, now
Of Lamont, Wash. writes an Athena
friend: Look on the map for my old
home in Alsace. The name is Det-
weller, near Saverne. or Zabern. We
arc 30 miles northwest of Strass-
burg near Hagenau. where bombs were
dropped week or 70 ago, and close to
the Vosges Mts. where often | have
gone with my father with the OK team
for wood. going through Saverne. And.
by the way, l see our dear General
Foch is going to ride from Metz to
Strasshurg. and feel quite sure he
will go right through my home town
and pass our house on his way 1t is
on the main road to Paris, and is very
beautiful"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Rocky Land Breeds Sailors.

The best sailors In the world come
from Brittany, and the best sailors In
Brittany hail from Ouessant island, the
land farthest west in France. This Is
land, which Is named Ushant on the
American charts, is rocky, forbidding,
almost barren of trees, SO much SO that
the Breton fathers tell their children
not to climb any trees when they go
visiting. North, west and south Of the
island is open water, which Id winters
Is almost constantly In a turmoil be-
cause of the frequent storms. The
channel, the Atlantic and the Bay OF
Biscay vie with each other in vain
efforts to overwhelm the island and
prevent Its inhabitants from Wrestling
q living either from the land or the
water.-Chicago Daily News.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Best Conditions for sIeen.

The best time for sleeping is that
time that will favor the greatest de-
gree of relaxation. With most people
this is some time during the hours
of darkness, when there isn't so much
going on to distract the senses of
sight and hearing, Just what hours
should be devoted to sleep is not as
important as that there should be
enough of them. The so-called beau
ty sleep, achieved during the hours
preceding midnight, is fact only be-
cause 1t adds to the number of hours
which, under ordinary conditions, we
might be supposed to spend in bed.
Most Of us get up at about the same
time every morning-no matter how
early or how late we've gone to bed
4hA ntshs hsfnra sn thsra isn't q
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
CHRISTMAS LETTERS TO ALL
UMAT|LLA COUNTY SOLDIERS

Through the cooperation Of tho
Roundup. Happy Canyon and the
Umatilla County Patriotic Service
League. a Christmas letter is to be
sent to every Umatila county boy in
the service, whose address is on record
in the office of the Patriotic Service
League. With the letter will be sent
several of the best photos taken at the
last Round-U Up and sheaf of lO-buck
bills of the 1918 issue of Happy Cam
yon currency.
All persons having the correct ad-
dress of any boy in the service in this
county is asked to send the same i'm
mediately to M. R. Chessman, secre-
tary of the league. SO that as many Of
the boys as is possible may receive
this greeting from home. OF the
twelve thousand or more boys who
have gone from this county the adj
dresses of only about one third are on
file.
The money for the purchase of the
photos and defraying postage expsns-
es, $l14, 10, has been contributed by
the Happy Canyon board.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Test Of Honesty.

Money never made a man honest.
Higher salary rarely secures the serv-
Ices of better men for the public.
That has been shown, time and again,
when the salary of a position was
raised for the purpose Of attracting
business talent to it. The result usu-
ally has been that some hack politician
has accepted the higher pay with
thanks or else that the sort of busi-
ness man who was attracted to place
holding by the money offered soon de-
veloped into an inferior grade of poll.
tician. Honesty and dishonesty have
no necessary relation to a mans finan-
cial or social condition Buffalo Elk.
press.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Injured While Hunting.

Ralph Cannon and Marion Hansell
returned Tuesday from their hunting
trip into the Chelan mountains, at
least week earlier than anticipated,
owing to severe injuries sustained by
MIR. Cannon during the first day they
hunted deer The Chelan mountains
are rugged and precipitous. and rock
covered. Considerable snow was en-
countered and it was an easy matter
for shoe-soles to become balIed with
snow. While bis shoes were in this
condition, Ralph lost his footing and
plunged down the mountain side. AS
a result of the fall. he sustained a
bruised shoulder. hip and knee, and a
badly sprained ankle.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Time LIMIT CLOSE At \
HAND, ". S. S. PLEDGES.

Have you fulfilled your W. S. S.
pledge'
umatilla county has to date pur-
chased 81 per cent of her War Savings
Stamp quota, but. the time limit is
close ct hand and it is necessary that
all persons should purchase the stamps
which they have pledged themselves to
buy before the first of the year, if the
county is again to go over the top.
The county's quota is $440, 600 and out
of this amount about $40I, 900 worth
has been purchased.
In this connection the W. s. S.
officials point out that person who
buys stamps and then cashes them in
without any legitimate reason is in
common parlance nothing less than
"fourfiusher" and is defeating the pur-
poses of the stamp campaign.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Died of Pneumonia.

Vic Tuomi, laborer. died in his
room at the st. Nichols hotel late Sat-
urday night of pneumonia. The man
took to his bed Friday. after feeling
badly for couple of days. He was
native of Finland. and s, far as known
had no relatives in this country. He
had been employed on various ranches
in this vicinity and during the summer
and fall worked on the new elevator.
The remains were Inferred in Athena
cemetery Sunday. Pastor Burton of the
Christian church, holding services at
the grave.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Why Twelve Is Standard Unit.

The numeral 12 was chosen as a
standard unit because it contains so
many smaller factors; this is the reas
son why 1t is still retained as base
In spite of the efforts to replace it
by the metric system. All primitive
nations found fractions very difficult,
and even the Egyptians, who were
most proficient in fractions, used
methods that were very long and cum.
bersome. 1t was great advantage,
therefore, to have a standard unit
which could be divided into parts with
out giving common fractions, and 12
was such number, as 1-2, 1-3, IA and
1-6 Of 12 were all whole numbers.
Science Monthly.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
PRICE OF WHEAT FOR
NEXT YEAR ASSURED
FLU CLOSES TOWN
] FOR SECOND time

Athena is again closed town. on
accohnt of influenza. After the schools
were opened and sessions held all last
week, several cases of the flu devel-
oped and Saturday night the officials
again decided to close the schools and
prohibit all public meetings until fur
ther notice. K
No deaths HAVE SO far resulted from
the disease in Athena or vicinity
though one or two cases have been of
serious nature. Saturday night Wick
Tuomi. laborer. died at the St.
Nichols hotel of pneumonia. 1t was
reported that his illness started with
influenza. but the attending physician
says that the man died of pneumonia.
superinduced from exposure, and had
pneumonia when he took to his bed.
Mildred Stanton and Clifford, little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Wood,
were the first patients to come down
with the influenza in Athena. They
are both convalescent now Mr.. and
Mrs. Arnold Wood have both been sick
with the disease. and all the members
of the Arthur Coppock family have
been down with it.
Audrey Winship has been seriously,
i'll but is recovering. Jeanette Mil
Ter yesterday developed indications of
the disease. but is not seriously i'll this
morning.
MIS-. Mcfarland and daughter. Ha-
eel. have both had the disease in light
form. but are recovering.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Trees Firmly Anchored.

The great limbs Of the tree are full
Of leaves and every leaf acts as sail
to catch the wind. Tremendous pres
sure Is exerted against an old tree;
when the wind is blowing. 1t bends a
little from the top, Its limbs wave in
the air, but 1t stands erect. 1t is an,
chored In the ground by the roots, OF
course; that Is understood. But inn
agine, II you please, what great
spread the roots must have, how they
must be interlaced In the earth, to
what depth they must extend liz the
earth, to hold the great tree upright
as the winds press ugaiust 1t. #
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
New Man at Zerba's.

n Zerba Bros. have leased the Athena
Garage to S. G. Lissinger, well
known automobile machinist Of PEN
dleton. Mr.. Lissinger is now manag-
ing the garage, having taken possession
of the business Monday of this week.
He will at once add an expert automo-
bile mechanic to the present force of
workmen, in orier that prompt atten-
tion may be given patrons.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Freewater Boy Wins Cross.

A Freewater boy. Corporal Hursey
A. Dakin, Company F. First Gas Reg
iment. has been awarded the dis
tinguished service cross for extra
ordinary heroism on the battlefield
He volunteered with another soldier
to attack a machine gun nest which
was holding up the advance. They
advanced against heavy machine gun
fire and captured the position. killing
two of the German crew and routing
the others. Dakin was employed in
the Watts Brothers threshing crew
for two seasons prior to enlisting in
the service.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22

word of truth in the old fable that
one hour OF sleep before midnight is
worth any two hours later. Sleep
is sleep, provided only that it is sound
restful sleep--whether we get it at
eight o'clock in the evening, two
o'clock in the morning, or one o'clock
the next afternoon. If we can get
our sleep undiluted by disturbance so
much the better.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Passing Of the 1aIf Hat. :"

Inc quaint tall nat which is now
only seen in Wales, or on the heads of
stage witches in pantomimes, was
originally the fashionable head-dress
for ladies during the reign of Queen
Anne. A curious result Of that fashion
can, or could lately, be found at the
West-Country vicarage once held by
Lancelot Blackburne, the retired buc-
cancer who became archbishop of
York. There the lintels of the door
ways are, or were, abnormally high,
to enable Mrs. Blackburne to 60 from
room to room without fear of damage
to her hat.
s'awk Works Hard for Living.
The hawk is a successful fisherman,
and were its task done with the catch.
ing of fish its lot would be an en-
viable one. But live fish is not de-
sirable as the piece de resistance of
hawk dinner so the bird that catches
one always flies around until the fish
is dead. This, we are told, is the in
variable practice.
Sometimes fish expires quickly,
while at other times hawk must fly
around for hours before 1t can return
home to the waiting family. There
have been times when the fish have dis
played stamina greater than the birds.
This may explain why hawks seldom
pounce on the croaker, most tenacious
of life of all fish in the waters round
about.
There is well-attested instance of
hawk which started to fly around
with croaker 1t had caught and, after
Tapping about whole afternoon and
half night, fell exhausted on the
beach. Fishermen who were attract
ed by the unusual occurrence found
the hawk dead while the croaker, fast
In the lifeless talons, had not croaked.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Behind on Quota.

Chairman Watts reports that Athena
is tagging behind on her quota in the
United War Work campaign. The
committees have been working hard
to secure the balance needed to rut
Athena over the top, and will continue
to work until the amount is subscribed.
The subscription lists are still in the
hands Of the solicitors.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Text Of President
Wilson's Order as
M ade September

Tho e,,u.4 a.,
M 's"' v 'Ne ie''oeii' oep-
tefhher proeiamation nxlng the price
OF wheat for 1919 makes it clear that
the 1918 price will prevail with a nos
;b;,itv bod +ho NOV ,,,t;,,,a - +.
"
nisner price oeihg hxeo. sIhe pro-
ciamation in full is as follows:
"In issuing today the governments
guarantee of the same nrice for 1919
wheat crop that was guaranteed for
the 1918 crop, | wish it to be under
stood that in the spring of 1919 | will
appoint a disinterested commission
who will secure for me the facts by
that time disclosed as to the increased
cost of farm labor and supplies, using
the three year pre-war average prices
of wheat, of labor and of supply costs
as basis, and that from this inform
alton shall determine whether there
shall be an increase in price above the
present level and if so. what advance.
in order to maintain for the farmer a
good return. Should it then appear
that an increase is deserved. over the
present guarantee, however, it will be
applied only to those who by next har-
vest have marketed their 1918 wheat.
at is the desire and intention of
all departments of the administration
to give to the wheat grower fair and
stimulative return in order that the
present acreage in wheat may be main
tanned.
Il find great conflict Of opinion
among various sections of the country
as to the price that should be named
as minimum guarantee. 1t must be
obvious to all, however, that the fac
tors which make for increased or de-
creased cost of production of next year
harvest cannot be determined until the
near approach to the harvest.
In giving guaranteed price for
wheat one year in advance. the only
industry guaranteed by the govern
ment, there is involved a considerable
national risk. If there should be peace
or increased shipping available before
the middle OF 1890. Europe will natur-
lilly supply herself from the large
Mores of much cheaper wheat now In
the Southern Hemisphere; and there
fore the government is undertaking a
risk which might in such al event re-
suit in national loss of as much as
$500, 900, 600 through an unstable sur
plus; or in any event, in maintaining
high level of price to our own people
for long period subsequent to free
dom in the worlds markets.
despite this, the desirability Of
assuring supply to tho world of
breadstuffs by inspiring the farmer
against the fiuctuation of prices that
would result from the uncertainties of
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-11-22
Opens Auto Repair Shop.

Edmund Walker, automobile me-
chanic formerly employed in Pendleton
garages. and later lessee of the Nelson
shop at Weston. has opened an auto
mobile repair shop at Tharp Bros.
He has commenced work and Is pre-
pared to repair any make of car.