Show NATURAL BRIDGE OF AGATE Arizona Claims This Wonder In Its Famous Petrified Forest There Is unending variety of mars velo is sights to bo seen In the pet rifled forest covering thousands of acres In tho eastern part of Arizona but whet Is regarded as tho greatest of all Is the bridge of petrified wood It Is a huge petrified tree trunk span nlng a can > onllko ravine fifty feet wldon bridge of agate and jasper overhanging tho only clump of living trees found within tho forests holders hold-ers Each end of tho log Is embedded < embed-ded In shale and sandstone leaving 100 feet of It either wholly or partly exposed How much of Its length still remains completely burled is unknown un-known but each year the action of tho elements brings moro Into view So far time has graciously spared tho integrity of this natural curiosity but In tho last few years the log hall begun to show signs of yielding to the natural inclination of petrified trees and In several places transverse cracks appear Fearing that the bridge would tumble to destruction the government I gov-ernment has recently had two stono abutments erected under It making ot I It a bridge of three spans This no doubt will preserve It for at least several sev-eral years jet I |