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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

and on the floors are goatskin rugs.
The entrance to house OF this
kind IS not By way of the pit, but
through a tunnel which opens some
distance awae at tie ground Iovei, 20
as to afford comfortable slant for
walking or driyiag the animals. The
circular bottcm Of the central open
ing serves as sort OF courtyard. open
% the sky, where the everyday work
Of the household is done by the WON
IN. In the middle Of 1t is a cistern.
10 catch rain, every drop Of which IS
precious in that dry country.
One Of these subierranean cities,
which has a population Of 5000, IS
called ;latmata. and is situated about
thirty h.T4s south Of Gabes. a French
garrison ton on the African side Of
the,M ,McIitgrr.-; The plt.dwellers
are BerOers, Of hreb stock, ana their
villages are very antlent, having been
occupied by this race 3f people for at
least thirty centuries aed probably
much longer.
Irhahited Mountains
Elsewhere ia the same reSlon tlre-s
are mountains FUN or caves winch
have been fenanted by B,rber tribes
since the days Of ibe earliest Phsr-
aoFl TIE caves. with connecting tun-
nc'e. arc dug out cf The soft rock in
such uHe as 70 suggest a resemblance r.
TO anfhiil4 One oi The most remark
able OF Ue-e irha5ifed mountains g.
raiird Gfourmr T. f. tHr 'or If p
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

point c'.E off. and In former days was
an impregnable stronghold, crSwned
by fort.
Nowadays, Under French military
control, there Is peace IN that part of
the woridl but formerly the iphab-
itants had reason to dread the raids of
the feroe robber Tou4rsgs, who,
swoopns unexpected upon a town,
would massacre all the male residents
and even the female children, carry
ing off the young women on their rae
ing camels, together with whatever
loot could be secured Hence the
honeycombed mountalrs, one Of
which, called Douirat, still has 4 pop
ulation Of 5000 or more tenants of
cool ana comfortable cave apartments
ranged ter upon tier, with stables at
,ached FOR domestic animals
Underground In Ncw Mexico
There is reason to believe that pit
dwellings come pretty near TO being
The cldest form Of habitation for set
lied c0mmuuitics on the earth. quite
recently 4 subtcrranean town was dis
-ovcraa by cthnologlsts Of the Smith
sofi1r Institution near Luoa IA .'ew
Mexioo. Al T;n erideniiy prehistoric,
having been deserted bv iis Inhabitants
o long aE0 hat since their occupancy
" forest OF tan trees had sprouted
ernwn ard died on top OF It. leaving
.tstt~a oirv~ hure stumpa
Ta.- Esd rrrou1d village. on e'one
above 'hs san Francisco River, mlrn'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

| these housec ~yere uncovered, all oi
them substantially alike in pattern
except that = few were evidently
kitchens, each of them designed for
the use OF several families. with half
a-dozen or more heart1s t.nd a CORE
spending number Of meal-grindine
stones, so that a number of women
could ccok or prepare material for
bread at the same tree.
1t would be most Inter estins TO kno U
wha; people these wore who dwelt in
the underground village. Presumably
they hAd'ot towI4s III that region,
built IN tint sama fashion' but II so,
time han sffAcsd Eurfnos signs of thom
so effcatualiy that they are iiksly never
to be discovered. The one hero de-
scribod had for It's most remarkable
feature pit Of great size, eighty-fou
feet in diameter, which was undoubt-
edly an amphitheatre for dances and
ceremonials OF religious character,
its bottom being encircled by bench
OF earth for the seating Of spectators.
South Of the Black Sea Nnd north
VI 'AO 1dhl W AhEhulbllHt III ASIA
Minor, there is lofty and rugged
plateau which in prehistoric times was
the scene Of tremendous volcanic ac-
tivity. Burning mountains over
whelmed tho whole region with floods
Of volcanic mud, which. hardening
into rock, has in the neighborhood of
Mount Argaeus given 20 the landscape
a mos. extraordinary aspect, owing TO
subsequent erosion. The "weatherlng'
action Of water and wind has :hero,
over wide area, produced an effect
weird in the last degree. hundreds OF
square miles being covered with con-
ical pinnacles which rather strWingly
resemble the gigantic anthills built
by termitcs in the African tropics.
Excavnting \ House
Great numbers Of these "anthllls"
have been occupied since prehistoric
times rs dwellings. their material be-
ing soft enough to make 1t an easy
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

matter to dig them out inside witk
pick and shovel. and convert them
into houses which in many Instances
have several floors, each story having
windows. There is. of course, door
at the ground level. and sort of tun-
mel slanting upward serves in lieu Of
n staircase. by which to ascend or de-
scend.
on entering oLo o. these "anthill"
houses, the visitor finds himself In n
spacious room with shelves OF stone
cut in tho walls, and very decen;lv
furnished withai. There hre rugs cn
the floor. and the whole aspect of tho
domicile is one Of subs.1ntial comfort.
Many of the cones are occupied by
people who are doubtless the dueot
descendants of ancient Inhabitants
They are believed to have been 'sn-
anted by the Hittites a thousand yeATs
before King Solomon was bor'S "ao
1t is likely that their history as iSr@
man habitations dates much further
back.
In the northornmost island OF the
Japanese archipelago there dwell
aboriginal tribes cs nairy people who
call themselves the Ainu. The jap
anese call them earth spiders" be-
cause in former fines they dwelt un-
derground, and even at the present day
many of them occupy subterranean
houses.
Wherever in the world plt-dwellers
are found, their villages date back TO
a remote antiquity, 1t is so in North
ern China. Likewise in America,
where subterranean towns seem an
ciontly to have existed all along tho
west coast from the Aleutian Islands
to Central America. There is such
village, long ago deserted, in the
neiEhborhood of Cape Prince, of
Wales, on the Alaskan side of BerIng
Strait; and even now the natives OF
TERRA del Fuego. at the southern ex-
tremity OF the continent, make their
homes in holes in the ground. -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

Oregon state organization to secure
membership in the oregon association.
Six meetings have been arranged
for, the first one in Pendleton at the
county library Thursday afternoon and
another one that night mt o'clock at
Pilot Rock. other meetings viii be
held In Heli& ana Athena on Friday
afternoon and evening, and at Weston
aud Milton ON Saturday afternoon and
oycniug
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

African Pit-Dwcl!inss
In Southern Tunisia (Atlca), there
are p0pulouz towns which are wholly
suDterranean. not house being IN
sight from the point ot view OF an
approaching traveller IT Is a desert
re-.0u. fearfuIy hot In the daytime
and beset by frequent sandHorms. TO
escape the latter. as well az the un-
btarabFe sunshine. pits are sunk ~
the ground and expanded for living
quarters below. rooms AID storehcuseS
being dug out OF The sides, as wei as
stables for Gankovs. sheep and goats
In a way. thc pt villages Of Tunlsi.l
are not very d.@im.lar 10 those OF
Northern China. the underground
houses being likewise dug out Of sofi
rock. HIt tine dwellings are more
spacious and better conirivcd. with "
sort OF central well fifteen feet d ep.
around which are the eEcavaie'i
rooms. Ev-n the tables and beds arc
cut out Of tha- rock th9rety simplify
Ing The question ~ furniture. Tho
wally ~ the rooms are whitewoshed'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
OREGON COOP PLAN TO
Be EXPLAINED HERE

\ number Of meetings to explain the
followed by the oregon Cooperative
Grain Growers association are to be
held here during the latter part OF this
week, a telephone message from The
Dalles this morning indicates
G5orge c. Jcwett, yice-pr,sident Of
the United States Grain Growers, Inc.
VIII be the principal speaker at these
meetings which viii be part OF an edu-
cational campaign on the part Of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
DANCERS PAY PIPER TO
TUNE OF $4,000 WHEN
HELD UP BY BANDITS

CHICAGO, May f7.-U. P1--
Seventy five dancers at cafe paid
the piper early today to the tune OF
$4,000. Five bandits, with guns
drawn, interrupted the orchestral din
at Roumer Inn. backed the dancers
against the walls and took from them
$4,000 in money and jewelry and es-
capped
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and also the local news published here
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
THEY WHO ARE AFRAID TO FAIL

THEY WHO ARE
They who are afraid to fail,
NeVer venture very far
Fear OF hurricane or gale
Keeps them safely where they are;
Timidly their lives are passed,
Dreaming dreams which quickly die
Answering glory TO the last
With a terror stricken CRY.
Glory crowns the pioneer
Fame rewards the man of mieht
And in time the througs viii cheer
Men who venture for the right.
But the timid only see
Dreadful dangers that assail
And they question fearfnlly.
What if we should chance to fail
Eve might have. 10 start anew,
We might lose what now we own.
Here we know what we can do,
There the dangers are unknown;
Copyright. 1921, by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
.sENoRIrAs" LOOSE POSITIONS

MEXICO CITY. May 17.--tA. PJ--
Pretty-faced senoritas who have been
employed in government offices, prin-
cipally because Of the pleasant smile
they gave department heads, are to be
ousted from their present positions
and men are to take their places, ac-
cording to a recent official announce
ment. After President Obregon's re-
cent order that every cabinet officer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

- CURED anywhere Az AhS "N'tN
during the last century. and the loss
If Ike has been far greater than mas
been recorded within historic times as
a result OF seismic catastrophe.
The worst sufferers. # IS stated.
we're the inhabitants Of northern cave
dxeller towns, who were caught asleep
pad crG rouzd. their Livestock food sup
piIs-z. s4o1 portable properly being
,-ried With them. so that those who
a.. -vived found themselves suddenly
reduced to starvation and without
Lothtng TO keep them from freezing.
u should b. explained that these
towns are actually subterranean, the
dwellings being dug out Of soft rock.
They are what are called pit dwell
ings," entrance to them being usually
by a ladder and through a sort OF
scut,le at the ground level. Below,
such a house may be Eairly spacious
rooms being cut out OF the rock oy
horizontal excavation. Rather com
Portable. too. inasmuch rs It IS cool in
summer and easily warmed in winter
The housing problem In CHINA Is
chronicaily fay l1ore serious ihan al
the pross=' enc in our own country
anu pover'Z in its utmost extreme is
so genera that an underground home
is by 20 means 10 be despifed. Along
the River Lo in the province OF Ho-
rah. many miles Of vertical clay GUNS
are literally honeycom bed with dug
OUT "nais." as they might be called.
vbieh, cScavated tio~ IN tier are
reached by long ladders These. how
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
ON ADVANCED

AFRAID TO FAIL
Glory would be sweet to win,
But the bonds Of failure chafe,
There are pits 20 tumble in,
Here we know that We are safe"
Roy of mine, in safety lies
Only what is commonplace;
] They alone to Splendor rise
Who meet failure face to face.
Ask from life no guarantee
That You shall not suffer pain
Risk the loss, whate'er it be,
For the joy you hope to gain.
BE You brave enough to try
For the goal your heart desires.
Keep your hopes still mounting high
Even though your body tires:
Fan and rise once more to dare
Fortunes battlements to scale
What though failure waits YOU there ?
Never be afraid to fail.
Edgar 4. Guest)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
STRIKING ELECTRICAL
WORKERS BATTLE WITH
POLICE; NONE KILLED

HONOLULU, May lI.-E. PD--
Nine hundred striking electrical work
ers and 200 Japanesn police fousht a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
Afrlcnn plf.nMcl!lngs

ever. are not in the same sense sub
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17
UNDERGROUND Villages In
China - The Pit-FoIk of
Tunisia = Houses Of VOL
canic Mud in Cappadocia
"A Newly Discovered
New Mexico Village OF
Subterranean Homes.
BY ERNEST BONN

- HE recent earthquakes In China
have undoubtedly been more
frightful than any that have oc-
- Cured anywhere in the world
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-05-17

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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29
DAILY MAY LOSE
ARMY COACHING
West Point Followers Move to
Force Change Of Grid
ReinS.

NEW YORK, Nov. 29.-In Army cir
Giles it is thought probable that when the
1922 football season rolls around the
coaching of the soldier eleven will be in
other hands than those of Maj. Charles
DAILY, who has directed the Army grid
iron destinies for the last three years,
after a long tenure of office, broken by
the war.
1t is no secret that military adherents
are much dissatisfied with the showing
the Hudson River eleven had made dur
ing the last three years, when they have
keer humbled as many times by the sail
ors Of Annapolis The defeats, while not
overwhelming as far as large scores are
concerned, were none the less decisive.
The chief criticism made In the Army
play among the partisans is directed
against the coaching Of the Army lines
which have played high In the air and
tackled ineffectiyely. This was more than
evident Saturday, and the timing OF plays
on the attack was poor, 1T Is argued.
Army followers believe the time is ripe
for a change and that a coach of high
calIber should be gotten for the Army at
any cost West Point has about the larg-
est student enrolment in It's history,
splendid material, and the students are
older than their Annapolis rivals.
In the face or all this DAILY has not
been able to produce dependable quar-
ter or q good working line.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29
De Paw Starts Basket
Preparation for Opening
Earlham Contest Dec. 10

GREENCASTLE, Ind, .jOv. 99.-De
Pauw basketball men began practice in
earnest Monday afternoon In the Bow
man gymnasium following the rest af-
fOrded by the Thanksgiving holidays.
Training rules went into effect Monday
and must be kept until the season closes
IN March, according tC Coach Walker
Tiger basketeerS will play their first
game of the season on Dec 10. when they
are scheduled to face the Earlham
quintet here. Only varsity men who
have played on previous Tiger fives are
at all likely to make the squad, Coach
Walker announced today. With the ex-
ception OF Gibson, all of last season
first string Tiger basketeers are BACK
In suits. Glpson is incapacitated be-
cause OF an operation he underwent re-
Gently.
Bills, Young, Laughlin and Alice are
the first string men of last season who
are back in suits. In addition "Tubby
AIoffett. who played with the Tiger
Quintette for two years but who did not
return to school last year, and Tiny
Hirt, who played with the Tiger basket
GERS for a time last season. are back IN
suits. Tudor, an all-State man for Mar
tinsville, is showing up well among the
freshman candidates for berths on the
SQUAD, which probably will be composed
Of twenty men for time at least.
Twenty games now appear on the De
PAW schedule. The Increase of two
games is due to the carding of return
FRAY with Lake Forest to be played here
Feb. % and the scheduling of a game
with the University of Detroit to be
PLAYED here Feb. 5. Fourteen at-home
games are now offered by the schedule.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29
Kauff Still Remains as
Ineligible Ball Player

zSEW YORK, Nov. 29-On the reserve
list Of the New York National League
club, as officially filed, appears the name
Of Benny Kauff, as ineligible" That is
the answer of the New York club and of
organized baseball to Kauff's suit filed
last September to compel the New York
club and organized baseball authorities
to reinstate him. 1t was fled with the
idea that Kauff might force them to let
him set in on the worlds series, pre-
sumably. The suit never has come to
trial
The Injunction case may be heard dur
ing the winter, but it does not seem TO
be ws'rrying Commissioner Lands or any
one eiN>- The fact that Kaun still is
carried - basebalFs list as an eligible
player Is in itself a challenge to press
its suit. New York might have wiped
his name of, made him free agent and
thus permitted him to get a Job any
where that he could-but it has not done
so.
whether or not the New York club
has made a mistake remains to be seen.
1t certainly does not intend to use
Kauff, and It is hardly likely any other
club could find room for him, so there
really was no necessity Of continuing
his name on its reserve list. By so re-
tanning him the club is liable to a test
OF right that might as well be avoided,
for all know what courts may do what
ever the Justice OF a cause before the
bench.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29
Mat Champ on Way
Here to Meet Hindu
at TOnaLinSOn Hall

"Zbyszko came out OF match with Lewis
in great shape. Leave tonight for Indi-
annapolis" This was the message re-
ceived today by W. II. Barton, who is
staging the all-staP wrestling show In
Tomlinson Hall Thursday night. from
the champions manager. Gobar, the
Hindu, who Is to wrestle Zbyszko here,
arrived Monday afternoon and is In
readiness for the go. He is confident
that he viii be successful In throwing
the champion.
An invitation to attend he show as his
guest has been sent by Jack Reynolds,
welterweight title claimant, TO Mai y. A.
Kellogg and the Purdue University wres
Ting team and also to Coach Stiehm and
his grapplers at Bloomington. Reynolds
was at one time instructor of wrestling
at the University Of Iowa and IL inter
ested in the development Of the sport
in the American colleges.
Promoter Barton stated tnat the ed
vance sale of tickets indicates much local
interest in the show. The psstebOards
may be purchased at the ClaypOOl Hotel
drug store, Brooks drug store al Penn
sylvania and Ohio streets, and at the
Grand Hotel news stand.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29
WRESTLING
Pole ThrOUUs LelUis
TUice After Being
Sent DOUn Himself

NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Zbyszko is
still champion wrestler of the world.
He defeated Stranger Lewis last night
two falls to one. Lewis took the first
fall in II minutes, 81 seconds. Zbyszko
won the second in 81 minutes, 20 sec
onds, and the third in II minutes, SO sec
onds.
Before the match began, it was an
nounced that all holds, with the excep-
ton of the strange hold, would be per-
mitted Lewis weighed 1914 pounds and
Zbyszko 23319.
ing deadlock. ZbyszkO had Just escaped
a hammer lock and regained his feet
when Lewis grabbed him by the hand,
threw him over his shoulder and pinned
the Poles shoulders to the mat.
The second, a so-called rolling fall,
went to Zbyszko after twenty-one min
utes and twenty-six seconds. This fall
half nelson and crotch hold, per
mitted his shoulders to strike the mat.
Lewis protested the referees decision and
left the ring but was induced by men,
bers Of the State athletic commission to
continue.
The champion won the third fall and
match with q double arm lock in four
teen minutes and fifty-six seconds
The rolling fall rule has not been in
cluded in the terms of any other cham
pionship mat bout in the last few years
and Lewis based his protest on this fact
This old rule, which Zbyszko said won
many matches for him in the early days
OF his career, provides that when a con
testant is compelled in escaping from 3
hold to roll SO that both his shoulders
touch the mat momentarily, a fall shall
be awarded to his opponent. The referee
of last nights contest awarded ZbyszkC
his first fall on this rule.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29
EIwood High Five Strong

ELwoOD, Ind, Nov. 29.-Coach r. L.
Phillips Elwood High School basket-h ball
team this season appears to be one of the
bess in this section Of the State. ElwoOd
athletics have improved since Phillips
has been the director and this season the
basket call squad is stronger than at
any time in the history of the high
school
knowing that Elwood would have a
fast quintet this season Coach Phillips
has arranged one Of the hardest sched-
ules possible, including games with some
Of the best high school fves In the State.
TIA schedule follows: Dec. 2, Fairmount
Academy at Elwood; Dec. Z, Upton at
Upton; Dec. 8, Summitville at EIwooo I:
Dec. 49, Muncie at Muncie; Dec. 81, Lapel
at Elwood; Dec. %, Connersville at Il
wood: Jan. 9, Muncie at Elwood; Jan. II,
Frankton at Frankton; Jan. ID; Fair
mount High School at Paramount; Jan.
II. Westfield at Elwood: Jan. 81, Fair
mount Academy at Paramount; Jan. 81,
Pendleton at Elwood; Feb. 3, Summit
vile at Summitville; Feb. 10, Atlanta at
Elwood; Feb. II, Connersville at Con-
nersville; Feb. IL, open for game at Ell
wood; Feb. %. Upton at E1wood; Feb.
p. Pendleton 1T Pendleton.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-29

Among the star high school grid per-
formers of the State this season was
Paul Beck Of WorthingtOD, who brought
to a close four years of action on the
football field. He played three years
at guard and then shifted to tackle this
season. He is a fast charger and is
credited with breaking through and
blocking seven punts this season. He
opened many holes for his backs also,
and 1t is said he outplayed his man In
every game this fall. Beck weighs $50
pounds and is speedy for a big man.
Grid fans of WorthingtOn expect Beck
to make good in the collegiate fields.
Worthington had a formidable team
this season and it's followers are mighty
proud of its record.
WOrthington wound up its season
Thanksgiving day by defeating its an
cient rival, Bloomfield, 81 to 0. Worth
ington would like to play Kirklin a post
season game, provided the State associa-
ton win permit it. A game had been
scheduled with this school Nov. 10, but
was cancelled by Kirklin in favor Of LO-
ganspOrt. WorthingtOn viii loose Beck,
Buckner, Woodbridge and Hedden this
year by graduation. All have played on
the team for four years. In BuckneF and
Hedden, WOrthington had two of the
hardest hitting half backs in the State.
Buckner skirts the ends for consistent
gains. Hedden is a line plunger and a
powerful defensive man. He tackles low
and hard. These two players and Wool
ridge, colored end, have been responsible
for carrying the BAH into opponents ter
ritory.