Show MEN OF STONE anew figures sn upon the mountains among the natural wonders of the southwestern portion of this country ire the superstitious molt ains which loom up from the arid desert to the east of alic salt river valley these mountains says golden days are so curious that as long as arizona has been settled the indians will have nothing to do with them in consequence they are full of deer bear and ather big game the superstitious mountains rise out of the level surface of the desert like the pyramids of egypt on the crest of this unique range and in full view of the for an immense distance from the plain are hundreds of queer figures representing men in all attitudes when you look first you are sure the are men and when you turn your gaze again to them you are as absolutely certain of it as you can be of anything they represent ball throwers th rowers out looks mere viewers of the country round about men recumbent and contemplative tive others starting on a foot race and in every conceivable posture and position aliey are not real flesh and blood men however nothing but stone syenite yet nothing can convince the indians and kome white men alit they are not genuine they say they are real mortals turned to stone petrified by the peculiar condition of the air on the mountains this belief has grown out of an apache legend liander down for hundreds of years they have it that an ancient chief alio had learned of the curious character of the superstitious mountains forbade any of liis people to go there A large band how ever day discovered a way to get in by a precipitous cip itous route and finally reached the top it resulted as the chief had said and they never got down alive |