The Cordova daily times. [volume], November 26, 1920, Page 6, Image 6

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KOREANS HAVE PAPER I
PRINTED IN HONOLULU
TOIvIO, Nov. 25 (by Associated
Press).—The Kokumin charges that
a newspaper which is fostering the
Korean independence movement is
being (published in Honolulu and
that copies have been brought i*to
Japan and Korea and eagerly read
by the more radical Koreans. Back
of the Korean independence move
ment, the Kokumin tells its readers,
are foreigners.
Furthermore, the newspaper avers
that a provisional Korean govern
ment has been organized in Hawaii
and the first ‘'president of the Kor
ean republic” has been named. The
Senbiho is given as the name of tho
new publication. The independence
activities being carried on at Hono
lulu, says the Tokio journal, are
more energetic than those at Shang
hai.
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HOTEL NEARLY
DESTROYED BY
CIGARET FIRE
ANCHORAGE, Nov. 26—Headed
by Chief Doland the lical fire de
partment quickly responded to a
hurry-up call from the Washington
hotel, on Third and C. The Wash
ington is a two-story frame structure
and owned by Sidney Anderson of
the Bank of Anchorage. The origin
of the fire is unknown, but it is sup
posed that one of the roomers
dropped a lighted cigarette, which
caught the flimsy curtain. The up
stairs interior was practically gut
ted by the flames, which also de
stroyed household effects, consisting
of bedding, furniture and clothing.
'Mrs. Thompson, the landlady, lost
all of her personal property and
clothing. The loss is confined to
the second floor, as everything down
stairs was removed to safety. The
building was fully insured.
With the coming of winter and the
extra fires needed as well as the in
creasing difficulty of fighting blazes
in the snow Fire Chief Dolan urges
all owners and tenants the necessity
of using all precaution to avoid
the fire menace.
..Unofficial reports have been re
ceived here to the effect that the
niajority of voters cast Republican
ballots at both Seldovia and Kenai
on election day. Dan Patterson, R.
M. Tucker and Ed. Meredith arrived
from Seldovia on the steamer King
fisher with the report, which was
not at all complete in detail. The
gentlemen all agree that Sutherland
beat Grigsby in Seldovia and carried
Kenai. They also advise that Arthur
Frame, candidate for the legislature,
ran ahead of his ticket in both of
the fish towns.
Other than this scant report no
thing has been received from the in
let towns. The official returns will
lie received from Valdez within the
next few weeks.
The gentleme . were in Anchorage
on business connected with fishing
and coal operations.
The land and industrial depart
ment of the A. E. C., has recently
received a few copies of Geological
Survey Bulletin No. 712, “Mineral
Resources of Alaska, Report on Pro
gress of Investigations in 1918 by
G. C. Martin and Others.”
G. C. Haneman, forfest ranger at
Anchorage has gone* to Seward for
a week or ten d$ys on official
business.
B. A. Grier, who spent the sum
mer doing preliminary work for next
season's placer operations on Mar
tin creek is in town.
Ross Kiney, in charge of the
Cache creek wagon road work, was
in town last week.
According to advice received from
S'-nttle, two former Anchorage citi
zens, Dick Doherty and Max Nelson,
have obtained passports and sailed
for the west coast of Mexico.
Arthur If. Miller, who so success
fully managed the local Red Cross
drive for membership that the total
has reached $1,357.21 with several
adjacent towns and camps to hear
from. The people of Talkeetna for
warded their contrfbution of $27
today.
Clias. L. Mason, campaign man
aged, tourned in $606 collected from
government employes.
The rights of suffrage should cer
tainly be granted Mrs. M. ,1. Conroy,
who, out of approximately fifty con
testants, won the political pool by
corregtly naming the political com
pjlexion of thrity-three out of a pos
sible thirty-five candidates.
Ray C. Larson and Hermann
Gentsch tied for second honors with
Ihirty-one out of thirty-five. Mrs.
Conroy is very much enjoying telling
her husband, “I told you so," and
.Toe gracefully admits his inferiority
on political matters.
Mike Yakashoff, a native living in
the south part of town, accidentally
shot himself with a 22 calibre rifle
while out hunting. He was taken
to the hospital, where it was ascer
tained that his wound is^not serious.
Professional kodak finishing. Scar
borough. Agency at Cordova drug
■store.
Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
Cordova Jazz Orchestra dance at
Eagle Hall Saturday night
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Sculpture at Monte Alban, Oaxaca.
IN HUNDREDS of places through
out the state of Oaxaca, Mexi
co, are to he found what they
call “Pueblos Viejos” (old vil
ages), some close to the site of the
ew villages and others in (he wild
ouutry, far away from all habitations,
n these ruins traces can be seen of
louses, temples, fortresses and tombs.
'n some places graves only are seen
o mark the place of a former civili
sation, and these consist of mounds,
mine of which are built to a eonxider
ible height, writes a correspondent of
lie Christian Science Monitor.
Among the ruins well known on
recount of their state of preservation
mil importance can lie mentioned the
mins of Mitla, those at Monte Alban,
it Guiengulu and at Achlutlfl.
The famous ruins of Mitla are the
:>ost preserved on account of the dry
•limate of tiie country hi which they
are situated. They are among the
nost elaborately ornamented rains in
Mexico, and on the walls are found
iliout fifteen different designs made
vith mosaic.-^ known as grt < ipies. The
igures are all geometrical and are
found mostly in panels on both inside
Old outside of the walls of (lie rooms.
Features of Mitla Ruins.
The original name of these ruins
uus Lyolma, and they were later on
ailed by the .Mexicans “Mietlan”
vhich means “the place of the dead."
The place is now in the renter of‘the
Znpotec country, and the Zapoteo lan
guage is spoketi by the inhabitants
if the village close to the ruins. One
if the chambers contains six huge
monoliths, each being about J2 feet
high and T feet in circumference,
which have no carvings. The most
beautiful room ii? known as the Hall
if Mosaics. Rs four sides are covered
with designs. Paintings were found
an some of the walls, but these have
mostly disappeared. Close to the
ruins a pyramidal mound is to lie
seen and about two miles distant is*'a
fort of grtfit interest.
The Jacques or arabesques found
it Mitla give it a distinctive charac
ter, and in no other part of the re
public are there any ruins like them.
Wl.eu the Spaniards conquered Mexi
co, Mitla was still an important place.
'The ruins of Monte Alban are situ
ated on the outskirts of the city of
Oaxaca and seem to belong to a much
alder civilization than those of Mitla.
in fact, Monte Alban was in ruins
when Mitla was at its height of pros
perity. The ruins cover an art a of
about two miles in length by a third
uf a mile in width.- On every side are
remains of temples, foundations, ter
races, walls, and graves, but these
places have not been explored and are
covered with debris. Some tine stones
with carvings are still standing and
malty have been removed to the Na
tional Museum ^ Mexico fity. The
sculptures indicate that the Maya civi
lization must have extended to litis
part of the country.
Fort at Guiertgula.
The ruins of Gulengulu on the Isth
mus of Tehuantepec show the exist
ence of a big fort which was used
in the battles between the Mexicans
i;nd the Zapotecs. This fort was built
on the top of a mountain, and contains
two pyramids of stones, having stair
ways leading up to the tops. Remains
of temples, chambers, trenches, and
terraces can also be distinguished.
The ruins at Acliiutla consist of
courts, walls, mounds, and terraces.
Acliiutla was the sacred city of the
t reat Mixtec nation, their country lac
ing called Mixtecapam bgfore the
Spaniards prrivCd in Mexico. An ex
traordinary number of pieces of pot
tery is found everywhere in this vil
lage, which is still Inhabited by the
Mixtec Indians, or Mixtecos.
In the graves that have been opened
in these different ruins have been
found a great variety of stone and
clay Ljlols, ornaments made of gold,
copper, jade, shell, obsidian, and stone.
Reniitmil specimens of painted pot
tery li?lve also been found, and some
of the finest samples of Mexican ce
ramic art come from the tombs of
Oaxaca.
The Indian tribes Inhabiting the
state of Oaxaca are ihe Zapotecs,
Mlxtecs, Mljes. Cuicateck, Muza tecs.
Mexicans, Amusgos, Triques, Ohatinos,
rhinantecs, Hunves, Zoques and
Cliontnles. Of these the Zapotecs and
Mlxtecs were the most important and
they resisted the Spaniards long after
the rest of the country had been con
• ottered. The Huaves. Amusgos and
Triques have nearly nil disappeared.
Each Tribe Has ,ts Dress.
The Indians .still use. in their rmtiv*
villages, a peculiar dress in each tribe
(lie most picturesque being that worn
by the Tehuantepec (Zapotec) women.
Tile Muzntee and Chinuntec dresses are
made with elatiorate designs in red.
The Indians weave their own cloth and
use vegetable dyes and cochineal for
coloring. In the mountain villa ;es
they si ill observe many of their an
cient customs and they are very super
stitious. The Mije Indians belong to
one of the wildest tribes found in Mex
ico and few people enter their ruggi d
country.
'Then the Spaniards came to Mexico
tlie Zapotecs had their own govern
ment : 'Zaadiila was their capital and
Oosijoejta their king. They had been
at war with the Mexicans for many
years, and with the aid of the Mixtecs
lmd been able to resist (lie invasion
of tiie Mexicans.
The conquest of fliese tribes was
mostly due 10 the influence of the
Spntfish monks, who went to the most
remote parts of the country and lived
with the Indians many years, learned
their language and preached the Gos
pel to them. *
On market days and feast days in
tlie city of Oaxaca many types of In
dians can still lie seen, with tlieir
own peculiar dresses, and many of
them speak nothing but tlie language
i " their own tribes. In few parts of
ti republic can so many* different
types be seen together.
I PETS THAT SAVED PROPERTY
"instances of Robbers Captured
Through the Efforts of Small Dog,
Monkey, and Parrot.
A Parisian was recently attacked in
a lonely street by an apache who was
armed with a revolver. The vil
lain fired once and missed, hut ere
lie eould fire again the citizen’s ter
rier had him by the ear. The apache,
shrieking with pain, dropped the gun.
and tlie Parisian managed to secure
him, according to London Answers.
Recently, in the same city, a bur
glar entered the flat of a wealthy
man, who had a pet monkey named
Ernest. TJhe burglar made up a val
uable parcel while the monkey hid in
a corner.
Suddenly the monkey began to pelt
the burglar with cups, plates, saucers,
ash-trays and inkstand. In fact, with
everything pnrlabie in its reach. The
man made a dash for the beast with
a heavy cane, hut the monkey was
much too quid; for him and mounted
to a high shelf.
Climbing on a chair, the man was go
ing to strike the monkey, when it tlew
at ins face and man and monkey
crashed to the floor. This roused the
rest of tlio fiat dwellers, who quickly
secured the disturber of their peace,
and now Ernest Is the pet of the man
sions.
Quite recently a mansion in Surrey
was raided and the burglars were hav
ing quite a walk-over, as they thought.
But presently the parrot woke tip and
began to make a few choice observa
tions In such a loud and familiar tone
Hint the robbers thought discretion the
better part of valor and were decamp
ing wlion caught.
Wemyss of Wemy-'s Castle.
Wemyss castle, mentioned in a will
case in tlib Scottish courts, includes
• in its modern structure parts of a
thirteenth century building. Near by
it is the ruin of Macduff's castle, a fit
teentli-ceutiiry erection. In spite of tra
dition, tile latter lias nothing to do
with the MnoDulT of immortal mem
ory, nor call the family of Wemyss
claim kin with that great thane. But
the family ilpos trace hack on the same
spot through seven generations, a
pedigree vouched for by Sir William
Eraser as one of the longest nnd purest
in Scotland. A Wemyss of Wemyss
castle entertained Edward I before
Robert the Bruce won his victories;
another,, later, Mary, Queen of Scots,
who to her ruin met Darnley under
his roof.
Why, of Course.
Wife (sadly)—You don’t love me any
more.
Husband—Most certainly I do.
She—Then why do you rush off to
the club?
He—My dear, absence makes the
heart grow fonder, tou know.
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