Show I KNOW NOW KNOW UTAH UT H II By ALBERT F F. PHILIPS I IOne One of or of ortho tho exhibits In lii tho the state fato t that that at nt attracts tracts a a. gr treat great at deal of ot att attention nU n Is th tho ono no that c con con- tho arche l specimens Which come largely from San Sati Juan co county nty There is a shown in Jn this exhibIt ex- ex hibIt n a model which Is Is' Isan an exact t replica of t a cliff d dwellers dweller's h hoT home mic Tho upper bO house bous ae was was vas used f for r dwell in up especially in hi time of or danger Ascent to his abode was as by means of or steps chipped d in the cliffs cUrfs q or b by small movable ladd ladders Tho room room below v. was wax u used cd ji as s a a leivo Idva or ceremonial l chamber These hornea of ot Iho ancient raco were yero built of ot s sandstone and wr we were nci r- r a. a wilter water supply Near Noo tho the homes were small tJ- tJ land Jand In tho the valley alley below which the dwellers duellers farmed to to provide support Burial places were vere m mostly in hi tJi tho ot open en country countr but sometimes a a. useless back V oom ni o of ot tho homo was as used and it was wasn s sin in n these rooms that mummies ties or dried human beings were vera found For a a. L long long- longtime time the origin of at these these- peo people t o ill was aa R a a. subject o of much speculation but recent i cs 1 J haT has proved that these thes ruins aro n not nt l the be work i k of ot an any any extinct e t or 01 distinct race raced but lut ut were milt built by th by-th Immediate ancestors of the modern Indians some of whom notably bl the lI pl still hivo have tavo their theli villages upon the summits of ot almost ina inac- inac mesas where the they formerly located them for tor better heUer protection against tho the Navajos S These cliff clift dwellers dweller deformed th the skulls of t their children and tho the skulls that nr are aro shown chown In In tIle the he exhibit I be hear jear r- r this out The They Introduced cott cotton n. n A recent find ind of or a n cotton boll boIl In one of tho caves Jv s sin In southern Utah stirred stilTed up the 8 scientists who considered it a aw a w find It 1 is believed however cr th that t the cotton coton cot cot- ton on boll boU was i carried carded by an Indian from fron the tho Pixie land and of t tho the state and anti that he took refuge c in th the cave caVa from rom storm or or wild beast and then when hen he left the c cave ce ave e neglected to carry it with him hini The Tho cliff dwellers likewise Introduced the bow and am arrow made mado Jm- Jm pl In agriculture pottery ware basket and andIn nd In n th tho building o of homes S S S These people extended th their fr terr territory tory from the thc mesas in Arizona to the GI Groat GIt t. Salt lake Texas on ott n th he tim east and No Nevada on the west Incursions from nomads and hunting tribes compelled abandonment o of th the Isolated homes and ani their outlying pueblos were I pushed in or destroyed S I. I j A placard i ia iff on tho exhibit po pointing out that the theli Cliff liff li dwellers e did not shoe give up the tIght sight for for- their homes at once but ut gathered together In largo large co communities I building such h homes homes' as s hown in the exhibit which vero found In In Mesa Verde Ariz and and in hi th the canyons canyo s sot I of ot the tho Kayenta I a enta country and in the Chaco canyon I to towns owns The hc placard further declares es that in spite of I vei the peOple w ro finally forced t to give up he the the struggle gl tho the final abandonment be being n as a's as late iato I a as A. A D. D 1000 I S S S Si i In til the te exhibit a aio o shown b beautiful sp specimens s of pottery ware and baskets basket Th There e are sandals s and nd s 's everal veral articles that are made of ot fiber fb r of ot gome kind lelnd n It- It ItIs r is Is a a. most Interesting cabinet and it d details eta U the the tho ot ofa rape rae race that long ago ago populated d a section of or country la is' still undeveloped r S 5 Included in tho exhibit l lt are ar beautiful sp specimens l of ot pottery which have been found in the San Juan uan c country tho the specimens being v vases es and Jugs juSs gace- gace c ul In form torm and elaborate in decoration n. n v In lit Utah in the tho early earlY days das the Deseret ret Pottery Pott pottery ottery ry and the first kiln of ot earthen earthen- are r in Utah was fired on on August st st. 1 1 1851 |