PAGE SIX
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, August 19, 1919.
HONDURAN CITY OF MYSTERY
No Scholar Hat Been Able to De
cipher the Picture-Writings
Left In Copan.
Copan Is a city of mystery. The
people who once thronged Its streets
and bowled at Its nltars are lonK since
gene, leaving no record of their ex
istence save t lie hoary stonos of their
city. Those stones, built Into pyra
mids, walls and monuments, bear their
story carved in the Maya characters,
lint no descendants have survived to
Interpret the stories, and no scholar
bus arisen wise enough to read the
picture-writings of Copan.
Ruins of tUs oldest city of lhf
Maya Indians may still be seen by
those Kulllcleidly persistent ami en
thusiastic to seek (hem out. A lit
tle Indian village In western Honduras,
and Hie. river on which it lies keep
the name of Copan alive today. To
visit (he ruins of tin? great Copan you
must seek out this village by train
and I hen go a long journey on horse
back. Just beyond the village lies
the old Maya metropolis.
The only Inhabitants of Copan to
day lire queer figures of the Maya
gods, that peer m;t of uncxpecie :
biding places like I be crea lures of a
bad dream. Womb rl'ully carved many
of thorn are, grolesque in attitude and
expression, uceordlng to the. arlisls'
conception of the b"i'i:,'s of the oilier
world.
When Copan limn'Mi-d, bow II fell,
and what beoame of lis last people.
110 one knm, s. The c'ty is as deso
late as only a d -:!' d cily can be,
oppressive and r-; n I even in the hi-b.ht
s.ndlgld. of a troph-nl midday.--"Mksah"
In Jmlitiii!.p.i:. Slur.
first to wcia fi::::r hkjg
Lcjend Mnhes Pre.' V.-'.'i th? Pioneer
of Custom Thai l' -r,y Now Dj,
Called Unlvcroa!.
Tic first finger "ring i-i smipn.-Ji'd
to have been worn by 1'ininei hms,
via) stole lire I'l'oin heaven Ilia! man
might warm himself and cool; bis
food. Tills act So ineeli -.ed .Illj-lior
that the king of gods laindetaned him
to lie chained upon a rock where vul
tures could constantly feast upon him.
The selili'liee was carried out, but
l'loii.etlieus was released. Tlieti .lupiler
ordered that Prometheus wear h link
of chain about his linger as a remin
der o' he punishment. A fragment
of I he rock to w hich be had been
chained was set In the ring, so that
be might still be regarded as being
bound to the rock.
Tile cuslom of wearing an engage
menl or wedding ring upon the third
linger is due lo an ancient belief Unit
a nerve or vein directly connected
this linger with the heart, uceordlng
to a writer In Ilie ritMnirgh PK
pllih. Miicl'ohius said: "II -ea'lM' of
this ii- re the icwly betrothed plie-es
the liie.' on this linger of ids he
l"ed. as lliouidi II were a represent!!
t. -n of the luvirl." And ju-t to show
thai the practice Is n very old one.
'leer., bins admitted having obtained
Ui l icls f: oei an . pi Ian pi I ' -I.
t'l IS linking tile belief with the d ill
r e le s of the p,, ,.
"lunior" rtcrenib-s Hi.-, Pp:l.
' (i . friends said It w a- c vu-ahle
I 11, it was bi- lli-t hi y. lie is
I !.u -I (he pheto.veoh at the ha nil
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MOW GOOD TIME TO BUILD
Many Reasons Why Those Who Are
Thinking of Construction Should
Get It Started.
Building done these days la .quite
certain ta be good building; better
than the average quality in times
when real estate improvements are
more aclively carried on. This is a
point worth considering as au offset,
in part, to high prices for mat"r:al and
high wages in the building trades.
Contractors are sure to take crrastisl
pains to please those who give thrm
business. They are not obliged,- as
they have been,' at times, to put up
with alni'wt any labor, however incom
petent. Hint can be found, even ainoeg
tramps and idlers. There have been
periods, such as the las! year of the
war, when the standards were-so low
ered that almost anyone who could
and would work at .nil was eagerly
hired for service which needed pains
taking intelligence. ,
Ail the way through the various
trades that contribute to. the building
of :x dwelling or a business block there
is u strong desire to make the work
done so satisfactory that it will lead
to more employment. All who have,
anything to do with real estate im
provements are anxious to promote a
revival of construction, on the largest
possilde scale.
These facts are Important. They are
worthy of consideration by all who are
dealing with building problems. Kx-
challge.
roree With In.
TrtMg without discover force
within. Says Victor Hugo: "There
are instincts for nil the crises of life"
A deep perplexity awakens a flash of
Insight; a bitter opposition sets th
soul on fire; a brave peril opens or
eyes to horses nnd chariots of fire- n
severe catastrophe evokes a heroism' of
which the sufferer had not thou-dit
iotnself capable. W. L. AVatkinson.
Reviving the Bride.
They were being married In a small
country church that was heated with
a stove. Everything went well until
at the close of the ceremony the bride
fainted. In the general excitement
that followed the bridegroom lost his
head. He grabbed the empty coal
scuttle and rushed to the pump for
some water. Then lie came running in
and dashed a scuttleful of black sooty
water over bis then reviving bride.
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Proper Home-. Important.
To provide proper homes for the
people is ciie of the worthiest objects
of Ik ii 11 111 1 1 endeavor. Proper housing
conditions have bei n regarded as the
basis upon y.'h'cli ail mber i-if onus
and hoi torments tan. ', r.-st. W ithout
decent homo surroundings, b'ghl mi.
air, proper sanitation, we do not have
good citixi ns. All of this bus been said
many times In fore. The surprising
tiling is Unit, in this count r.y. at least,
there has been cmpanstively little in
terest in it among well-to-do who de
sire lo aid wilh Iheir wealth the well
being of their fellow men. Money ex
pended now in building serves a dou
ble purpose, meets a coineidenl need,
the need for employment and housing.
City Manaoer Pl!n in Ksnsa-.
Kansas is said to have more chics
with a commission foim of govern
ment than any other ..'tale, ami it also
has three cities vhe.e the city man
ager plan of government is in success
ful operalion. One of th" latter is
McCraekeo, n liitle cily in the western
( dgc of I'.n- h eounly, with a pnpiiia
11011 of only VTl persons. It minuted
the coming don-manager form of city
government nnd on May 7 the coiionis
iloners nnk over (lie oily inYairs. in..
Hi t a 't v .; it...! , ; !., ;,-, 1 It' an
of M.-t Ynoi. .si as city p.an . (,.
w ill ha ve eoiaplele f all the
' .if -in iit":. In of the eiiy. t'luls
Han S-'i .V ':utr.
The Most Valuable.
I So, day by day, and week by week;
i so, month inter month, and year after
year, work on; and in that process
gain strength and sv mioei ry, and nerve
I and knowledge, that when success, pa
I lienily mid bravely worked for. shall
J i i'i ue, ll may find jell prepared to re-
coin, ii ju k,.,.,, '. ,,.u., mni
w h - Ii joii will net In this brave and
paiieni labor, will pmve ii-.cli, in ihr
1 cat, th,. tm .-t valuable i, jour sue-
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Swift & Company is
primarily an organization
of men, not a collectioi
of brick, mortar, and
machinery.
Packing Plants, their
equipment and useful
ness are only outward
symbols of the intelli
gence, life - long experi
ence, and right purpose
of the men who compose
the organization and of
those who direct it.
Will not Government direc
tion of the packing industry,
now contemplated by Congress,
take over the empty husk of
physical property and equipment
and sacrifice the initiative, ex
perience and devotion of these
men, which is the life itself of
the industry?
What legislation, what politi
cal adroitness could replace such
life and brain:, once driven out?
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Get the Habit
The habit of viewing things cheer
fully, and of thinking about life hope
fully, may be mode to grow iip in us
like any other habit. Samuel Smiles.
Stage Set for Him.
Plnbbs "Some fellows would rather
be born lucky than rich." Slobbs
"Rut the fellow who is born rich Is
already lucky." .
"Here's a Friendly Ti
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Men who tobacco,
chew the best '.viihout its
costing them , any more.
They take a little chew and
it's amazing how the good
tests stays in a rich, high
grade chewing tcbacec.
For lasting lohzzz-j sidj
'facdoa, lucre's i:pthia
like a small ch:
rich-tasting tobacco.
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Say Mr. House Owner isn't this weather' petting.iilto your
system anil making you long to see the old home' sblne again
like- it did when it was new? Don't you realize that a new
coat of paint would bring back all ita freshness that it would
again have that new appearance of which you were so proud
when you fi)-3t built it? This is the time of the year to sta-t
lat work and you know howbadly it nerds it.
We v.irii merely to call your attention to the fact that ws
have a full line of standard paints every color or tint that
you possibly coud think of. Resides every thing needed for
the interior decoration of your homo.,
Of Interest to the Ladies
We havs-a complete line of Chinamel for touching up and
l'-linlsiiitig those old pieces of furniture, that you prize so
highly and this work will come rigbt alor.g with the rprim;
1 ue cleaning. These varnh'.lii's are prepared so that they do
not require tbo services ol a painter and you've no Id.a the
u'liouut of g.'orl you can do in one room with a lew of thr-fe
color. We've every on,, you could want.
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crcad I hesc Hot Day:
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that w.ll .saU. yt.u tho nm'ity cunkiu-
thc,e hut ,1a)... C..H10 in ami kt u make a
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