| Show u COUNTRY iR iRi BUT i NOT 1 KNOWN W Great Tract Lying South and East of Natural J 1 Bridge BridgeN f h J IN N THE COUNTY OF SAN JUAN JUANta l k H ta r Mn Is If Hern 1111 There r I Tell OH au II I I III Stun Story or of orI I It rr i i About bout tb moot mOlt unknown country in n II America today lo lc Ii th the gmt eat tract h blot bin th and nd eat eM of th Ih hi natural ti ol ot M A Juan ma and andin andri ri in bD fat ter no port ha b evir r r rW W bean n i U on Oft on thu Ihil action tl Tit only people ppl who have ha Vf ever er ert t lore gone o In III art I cowboy and caUlfi J who know It a u their l tan avid and they Idom drift back Into civilisation y to tell th the tile tale of ot just juat what i hi down there theft This ThU year ear however r In p water In that I t Is mor t than ever vr before In rl aj tj Um and nd consequently there thre Is ta I a bet better beto o ter pr range rena nn and Moab cat cal calIt catu tk I u It awner own are arf ther for penetrating ft ti wore and more with their herds her and andone andone one nn of lit the thew e own r Dave Dve Coop Cooper oo er Pt la III t In gaIt It Uk today H lie He tell an interring tory story of nt tiU Ihl h bad land with their box bux canyon canyOns and Ind of ot sand and oC the tho thoc cliff c dwelling and lId ancient ruIns ruin that lie lip about tut among smon th and un on under der tr overhanging INt The mow mOil perfect r ruin ln I J know anywhere about an s Mr Ir Cooper Co oper per are arc UI In III Dark OArk ran on You ou tee see th the that vere sero originally built In Us tte HI open w w re by tJ the sad aad nd they the are pretty much In IntUto Ina I a tUto Mit MA ot of dAV l but hili ut In a few tew ean n I they their wale vrr b bUilt up UI under protecting rm and nd have been Inen l from weather and pJ all df M lr I Imre mn n two story lion tor cliff In Dark canyon lr with who th tb the ladder still In lo to go flO n from the liMIt to 10 the th Ih ice O MI nd tory dory the lh lined In tn on nfl th the pieces piece pl een being tn In good 1000 cond lIon 1011 t f NO o When asked it ita to the relative lion tion of It a Dark anyon lo to the Ibe lb Culmer ulmor cx ex party parly route rout lat Iset y yar ar arlook look In jig th the big bl bridge and White ran can canyon ranIon yon Jon Mr fr Cooper mid he be mIl met the r ft r and d bad agreed to 10 l meet them over oer Ill I Dark canyon and anI pilot them tb tile Ibe They The found the too Jep p and contented them h with White Whit canyon n and 84 that locality which I ii w Welt ct ant and north of ot the th Dark canyon country In lit this the feet of oC looting rt lk have hn never y yet t b been en n rot lilt nI Id nIthe V the th to It still lUll a chant chance there th n to a collection of ot ruins rome ot of to Inhabitant Mr Ir Cooper pw says Jr have hAe never be beau ti In thor there g eRd In ta late lal years eFM ars they the hare not oot seen en I them 1111 anywhere where In the section TIle The 0 of ot making wan wa WIIt wat t w t by br Mr Ir Cooper rind Ji It has haa h a theory worked out mu ob oIt Now flow No he explained all til the remains were vere front from p Ie pie tile vIe to w war r In the C cavet RY V Ii H Ii kP WhO were UP ur I under rim rocks rOCk whir WI I It twi w i dry dr r well 11 It wi wn B no eO dry that rw iw Mat esad led d was wu cv crr r I drier The TIle heat beat was something and If U you yoo get out nut and start rt to 10 dig dl m n ny y lJ old c ct 1 ves es today todA lie tho fine thIt t will b beJO ho so pie thick k II It will 11 choke you ou th the l bodIes odi just dried up ot of 10 met leg IQ ow among mon our rattle cattle It I is 18 thU th It My Wh hen a poor kinay Ilk Inn cow 00 dt dIe dIer f r t on the Ole range ranee her drle lit en n hey her h p MW ad dunt t sit fall oil oft but stretch ai as ask k tight a II as a With lIb A fL fat cow 10 cowe e however the lift Ih oils oll bring on d decay cr ond aae Dd a l t n torn form We have picked pl ked up down Io there U now and then Ihen In the few m year s and k ef af mon mn who have hae ne tiled t to gt Jt through the country and net lost loat their I way 11 EASY KAHY TO GET LOST They The Th MJ say an old 01 pl r ought to 10 know its it II nan OMI n o ramp hut but I think 1 I could fOUld aily 1 git I l ki out ou In thra You u ran rail look over a coun country try and ad It will seem py to t be just Ju t one Hat table tatIe and aud 4 when you OU try to MOM MOIl It you will Ill strike canyons that ar nI up liP and nd down and M ao deep d p It Itak Make ak you dl to lu look down Into IMia I la Is no them th and SM cow w r learn to 10 g get t th lif br kI MaclIn h canyon that la Is I loam learn tag ag where they sun Hart and going oin to CI the lb tep ip of ot each arh one on c About bollt a year lIar ago al aa I ran onto on one Itne old oW man In tn that country till still alive but Ht c waa w about all in One On ne of mr my cow 00 b buys r told me in one Oaf day d he had e i a 11 r wild wd rein nun in the Ill who hn had hc dodged hind II rim rl rock mk an All a son x lIn n M as h he MW paw c to II wee wai watched I d awl and nd the Ib led bius he took thU thie ad as the n care to be bt b In lit ed and would 1 I t probably shoot bool Melt day I 1 nn ran r on tn III t human footprInts footprint and derided decIded to 10 follow folio them up I J did dida ao II a and I d loon I an old II d man mati lying down don under tinder a cedar tree lie HP was ai nearly d dad d and had given Riven up lip U all t hope When w wt we got pI I him to 10 ami tamp and cud and got Horn some somer f r bM M and nd drink Into Inlo him W 1 fOUnd out h he had N Non brn n a I k for tor a pla pl r gold tin hin In r outfit A lulled below Ilu 01 the tM Pan Par Juju John The men had nt him front from tamp mr and with on one meal 1 In hi 1111 he h hid had started e Tta not it fl Tiring on the if Ir t we him ha lie hoid id have af ell pure pur WHERE B AT WAIl WAH W in that Ihal you know the thc Grand Irand nd river riven romp me m together te to make mall the tb Ih torIo ol nilo and allet th the different canyon have Iu different name nam the th CM it C seMi being HIM 1 Well I l pot Jot ot down In tn Cataract sonic ome 10 II years year ra if II ae j I and I 1 found mere everything I I ir a machine to It a hore h shoe ie r I Wt hit hits of 0 electric wire i u i a ea allf unopened un lard Urd enough ooh lumber leaTher te to I a hou tius hl e oar or K it rae iii of ot lom lomi 1 toot sea part parti rl of or vr ked boat bat and zd a whole l Vt kt 14 t nf rf 0 otner junk JUlik It ua Ia caa muff that had b bin n d n lur nf load Iliad e n fr Irm m th h fir tar up above nt the 1110 laIc iid md awl an tomatoes T These ee i re r f It n r ll exploring lat at 1 hl h PW eked CE d In Ibl this canyon far t V f r I p I lM up 11 a lot lotof of ot ilie ilip Ih In g afo Aton e water line end and nd I It M P there tn 1 t for tor there therea n no 00 way af t to get Ift It out OUI Mr f Ir An tb Ia Iury hu I n a eit tutu t IS beau baia there the It Ii t the th Ih ht Ih t will III ll Vint n rII hi out nut of th Ih Ii i lt h nu I t i J i inea 1 nea II usi tn II t i ml al I u II ua t ia da IlIa I ha haa a Cp Nr r r in 11 Ihei In v vh tl Id that Ibal I h had d in ti 1 1 t 1 i i calo aO an be becia cw cia I 1 M roukh I t find 11 1 It a ti I k II nf f within U tb 1 li It IP I iv e f t ai i Ja t i U I mile mik i 11 I r rI g If h n I I Ju JUI juet If t ti nl P In Jq l M hI i t nth out 01 ni not 1 it II u in n v H t mi II e eMr ui Il monn mert Mr r fr ft r III a up ti to kit tut Lake Lak on WI K a trip VP and la to to Mb ea a ft few Cn day |
