Show Ancient City Dying J Fifteen miles from I. I Laguna N N. N M. M stands Acoma the Ole City of the tho Sky Not ot 50 years after Columbus ered erect America Friar Marcos a Franciscan Francis Francis- can cun monk heard of ot the Pueblos the people of 01 the white whiter white r rock k There is little reason to doubt that th the 4 came Into existence hundreds of ot years before the white man Ur nm t saw the plains of ot our Southwest It was an Independent community then It is an Independent community toda today It Is evident that this old age city is fast approaching its end The old peo P eople eo- eo pIe c cling Ing to the this of old d customs but the they are dying Off S and aDd tradition Is dying g with them thern Of Ot late fate years ears the younger generation has been going off oft to surrounding sur- sur roun rounding rEu ranches to wort wor t for white ment men men- t The he S ih present Present Population Is given as GOO but that includes nil all the ut Acoma tum IndIans who conie come back to the parent city for brief visits Poster Foster Wright B In Mentor i ne 0 I |