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Show . a Hieroglyphics ; On Rocks May : Be Destroyed j- . I . clantlata and otkera tntereeted are aax.d to take some action to praeerve tha mountain rang through Parowan Gap. Tha sides of tha mountama where the gap la are covered with hleroglyphlca. and. It la aaid that their destruction aalght blot out Interesting Information regarding tha early Inhabitants' In-habitants' of that section of tha state. An Irrigation company haa secured a right of way through tha gap for an Irrigation plant, and It la tha Intention In-tention to construct a dam aero as tha gap, which would 'mean tha deatrue-toln deatrue-toln of the rocks aa which the helro- ' glyphlca arc drawn. State Road Commissioner H. If. I,unt, who haa Just returned from a trtp through that part of tho wtate, took photographs of tho range which ahow tho drawings and hleroglyphlca. Tho p ho too are amall, but they show tho wonderful drawing of tho early Inhabitants apparently jnade long before be-fore tho advent of tho Spanish ' Mexican explorers Into that part of Utah. The construction of tho Irrigation plant will moan tho blasting of tho rocks which contain tho drawings, as tho eanal Is to bo o largo ono and will j drain Parowan lake. Scientists aro therefore appealed to to tako aomo I action to preaorvo If possible theso , r si lea. |