Show RECOMMENDS TRADE Of lAND TUE V SOUTHERN UTES Proposed This to Secure Desert Area Rich in ini i I V Ruins Y WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Nov 23 Neg Negotiations tia Hons with the Southern Ute Indians looking to the tho e exchange chan of f that part of their reservation within what is 15 known as the mile five strip for lands lauds that might be segregated for their use use from the Montezuma national forest are commended by Ha Hans us M. M Randolph superintendent s of the Mesa Ver Verde e national national national na na- na- na park Colorado in his annual report re reo re- re port pott to the secretary of the interior interior- made dt public public- today V Declaring that he has be been j i informed f rm d that the Indians would welcome such sucha a a. change Superintendent Randolph continues continues continues con con- Their land within the strip is of almost no value to them but it is of incalculable to the park paric since it contains the most important ruins in inthe inthe inthe the the Mes MIes erd i V Thc Th dent also ree V VV that all private holdings within the limits of the park parl be be eliminated by pur purchase hase A. A carriage carriage- road that tb that t will make the most important ruins ruins of the park accessible to travelers is one of the most pressing needs of the park he fa says ays s and ho that this improvement ment take precedence of all other work worl V The Tho Mesa Mesa Verde park contains about prehistoric ruins of the types types' known as cliff t cliff dwellings dwellings' and f ancient pueblas declared to be beof beof one of the most most notable groups of ancient structures s within the limits of the United States for the protection of which the tho park was esta established |