Show BUILDING STONE OffiCIAL ATTENTION r. r FreaK FreaR of Prehistoric Voll Vol Vol- l J. J canoes in W West cst to toDe toj j Be De Tested t CS W CSC i C Jan Secretary 13 Secretary tar Garfield arfield is preparing for fur a double ex es experiment 3 nt in tho San Carlos Indian reservation res ress cT in Arzona There is is found on that re r reservation ln tion a n pe peculiar stone tOllo which is js Galled lufa or white ash which is peculiar to the r. r reservation When first removed from tho quarries rj Ties ries s it can tan ho bo cut with an ordinary I J knife but it hardens huden when it is is exposed I to the atmosphere It i is i as light as I wood and aud thc there them ro is ili great demand for it itin itin itin in tho the vicinity of tho for or building purposes purpose sc The secretary hns has asked congress s to set act aside three sections or almost 2000 acres o of land within the tho re reservation in n which this stone stono is is to be lIe found for thu thuU use U use of ot tho Indians He lie thus expects toc to experiment with the stone itself and andt at t tho samo time to ascertain w whether ct er it is possible to get ct tho Indians Indian to work k in in developing it and demon t tin its s. s Tho Tha secretary thinks that if the stone stono 11 possesses e cs the t o qualities aLtri attributed to it there thero wil bo ho a general demand by builders for it especially ully i iu in the southwest t where timber is t scarce Arizona in itt not alone in i is possession I I of the p peculiar culiar stone Toni Tom G. G Wilson a 1 former Salt Lako Lak City man Ulan I Owns owns u a mountain of a n similar sort ort of rock on the fhe u river four miles antes north Dorth north of of Ida Tb rock i i is black aOI and is easily quarried Tied ried a broad brnad ax It cat cau bo by cut with h 11 knit After it Las has remained in in the their theira ir ira iri I fw fn it ne tough and lull hard bard Mr Wilson Wilton i is quarrying much Hi t l trio the J Jack ck and hp hopes hope to put t tonic some of it Jt on ou the torn wc-torn ve tern market t oc nest t summer |