Show RUINS the earliest american apartment houses as represented by the ruina ruins of community houses and cliff of 0 indian origin in national forests of the South southwest sest win vill be protected from urther further van dallam according accordine to the service united states department of agriculture which recently invoked the law in order to protect an ancient building in one ot of the national forests while taking measures ea to pre present serie and protect these them ruins as a well as natural phen timena mena of interest the forest ser vice however encourage encourages the pub US ib to visit and study them some of 0 the ancient houses in the southwestern national foresta have been designated as national casual delvers atter after relics or souvenirs hae haie in certain instances dest destroyed royee frag fragments ol 01 no values to themselves but ct et treat great interest to scientists and historians who would reconstruct the times of the ancient builders and wing wring from rom relics of 0 their civi civilize liza ton facts of climate agrical agriculture and arts for or the beneat bene flit of pret and future generations competent scientists and archaeologists may get ret permits irom from the Be beckery crery ol 01 agriculture to study ruins within the national crests forests Occasion occasionally rilly visitors seem una ware that it Is unlawful to deface objects or dag into ruins on Go government lands but the amert amerl can antiquities act ct of june 8 1901 provides a M fine ani and imprison ment or both lor or any person ho shall without permission ap ate excavate lejure or destroy any bi historic or prehistoric ruin or mon or any object it lf antiquity situated on land owned or control lej le J by the united states |