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Show DON'T LIKE THE TELEPHONE The Indians living near the celebrated Mesa Verde in sonthwestern Colorado are interested in the outcome of their predictions about the, telephone line which the government has just completed com-pleted into the Mesa Verde National park. They declare that the poles won't stand and that the wires won't talk. When asked why, they solemnly reply that the "little people" will permit per-mit no such uncanny things to coire so near their ancient homes. Nor can they be persuaded to the contrary. The white men will see for themselves, pretty soon. The Indians live in great awe of the prehistoric dwellings of the Mancos valley, which are, by far, the finest and oest preserved of any in the American southwest. They will not believe that it was Pueblo Indians, or any Indians in fact, who, so long ago that the oldest traditions describe them as they now are, caived these wonderful cities out of the cliffs. They believe that spirits built the cliff dwellings, and thatspirits still inhabit them. They reverently call these spirits the "little people." For this reason it is difficult to induce Indians to approach the cliff dwellings. Whether or not the continued success of the government f. lephone line will shake their superstitious faith remi ins to be seen. |