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Show _ ' Enjoys Visit to Dmosaur Dinosaur DinosaurNational DinosaurNational National Monument MonumentThe I INational I The following was written by R RG 10 0 G Lyttle editor of the thf " Mt't"kf"f Mttkff Meeker Mt't"kf"fHerald Mpek MpekHerald MeekerHerald ' . " " Herald on a re recent nt visit to Venlll Venlllon Vern it iton on his hLs wav way from the SouthwestWhen 8ouU1\Ht 8ouU1 Ht Southwest 8ouU1HtWhen \ " . , When we reached Vernal Venu\l Venu l \ it WI w is isagain s ' " again time to tie t Ie on the t i osc oe ose . , bai bat baiso bat , , > 'so so ' so we hunted huntl'd huntld ' up a grovof grove grov\ grov \ " of . sl .I I sI II d II'trees dtrees < 'trees trees ' trees and proceeded pro ded U to ) have hale rlast r rilast ilast last . picnic lunch It wa was < ; i r Iv lv r t i io I t to I o clock when1 when we \\1 1 \ ' " finished flnl'ihf'd flnlihfd ' ' III 1 I n u (1 1 I ( I 1 1pulled 1pulled } 10 pulled out of o1 Vernalso Vernal so wi Wl wt IM if let ' ( 1 I I Iled Ied I ed to take a side trip i 1 p t 1 i iDlnosat 1Dlnosill led Dinosai Dlnosill Dlnosat r National inoni m01l1 moat 11 II a pi 1'1 11 ci ' I t t \ tturn ' > turn lurn oft off the main highway j 1 j L . I t Iest tnest west \\est est nest \ \ of ot Jensen JeILcen ; and drl\e drl e drl\l l drtte \ \ ' Ix i inorth t tnorth north While the Ut ) " road Is 1'1 11 ' i t I ( t t i 1) 1 tgood x ) ( xgood II ! good what } ) QU ou &te te Ste & e n \ wlicn \ hen v \ i I Ithe I IIhl ' IlOOd tlie Ihl the ' monument monUlnent more nlore tinn th\l1 th l1 their ' \ n 1\ 1 \ 1k 1up k kup up for tlie the rough road We WI " h In ht I I 1 all allI allbeen allbeen n i been there before but It Is b < ( ( f fthO fthose I thow thO those e ! ' > placers place places . who whq wh ( , e I a ' 10U you l ou (1 1 ( < ( i 11:0 110 go 11:0I 11:0back goback : ' ' I back many times and enjo enjoy > ) It J 1 I t Ia'l tas a'l al as ' much each ea.ch . time Then agAli aR"I aRI agall " ! tl Ii v vha vhate ha\ ha hae hate \ e done a lot of work u ' > < s < v , 11,1 111 11,1many u St Stmany s . , many changes change'l changel ' and ' sometl 'IC1Ineti IC1Ineti snnetl ( li il it g I I'v Iv cvt cvteach ' . leach each time you go go there therl " _ I ' Mr Calder guide a at t flip till the ' J n i iment I Iment Iment i ment met us and took us 115 i I I Itour itour tour of the grou grounds nds He is l v.r vr v . well wellinformed . I'll Ill I'llInformed ' Informed and explains all tlie Ihe the I t is istory L < ; . tory of the mon monument ument In 1n a 1I\0 1I 0 rnost rnostenlightening \ , > - > t tenlightening t enlightening way WILY He said Tl TI Is IsIs isis : la Is the finest flnest place In the world worldto worldto worl to read the news of the day da dR . } a as " It Ithappened ithappened happened 80000000 80000 80 000 000 year years < ; ago DrEarl Ur Dr UrEarl L > iEarl Earl Oouglass Douglass member of ot the "Itaff Itaff staff "Itaffat staffat " stal f at Carnegie Museum Musewn was the fir"t firt first firstman fir"tman " man to t.o . point out the fossil ro.osl roosl . ; ! rl re resources " sources source " of the area In . the t.ht tht " 1prlng spring 1prlngof springof ' of 1908 During ttie the > } " ears t"ar'l tarl ' tl tI 8 at t ful fal fol followed fallowed lowed and before thia UIl'l UIll tinLs ' wa was . , made madt ' a anational anational ; national monument . , several t\eral t eral " \ r f ' tire the theskeletons llrskeletons . , kelet.ons keletons skeletons kelet.onsere . \ , were \\ere ere taken from the th\ th thrOl'k'l \ ' rOl'k'l rOlkl rocks rOl'k'land rocksand rockand ' ' ' ' and are now In mu museums < ; eums In P1tts P1ttsburgh Pittsburgh ltls ltlsburgh burgh New York Salt . Lake City CityWashington Clt CitWashington ) } Washington D C and other othf'r othfr ' piaces plaoes pla pia ces oes The TIle Monument was < ; set el aside asideIn asideIn a.sld asld . , In 1915 by President WU WilsonDr Wllson Wilson WllsonOr on onDr < ; Or Dr A C Boyle Is now s ' \ Ipf'rlltendent tperlttendent iperli Ipf'rll Ipfrll tperlt ' tendent of the thl " Monument and he heIs In InIs e Is 15 al\\ al ala always \ ' a } " ready to lecture lI"Cture lICture " to tour tourI5ts tourists Ists I5ts and \ visitors ls1tors on the \ wonder's wonders ondi'ro ondiro ' ; ' of ofthe ofthe o the Dinosaur Dlno.aur Dlnoaur Dlnosaur . . Monument They Theyhavl Theyrave The : / liave havl ( rave ' a fine collection b In ) the mu5eum museuns mu seum 5eum seuns at the camp and arid on tlie tht the ' hUl hill hUltl1ey hillhey nil they tl1ey hey plan to have the prt"hl\I.orlc prthlI.orlc prt"hl prthl I.orlc Iorlc prehistoric prt"hlI.orlcantmals prehistoricanhnals prehlstorlianimals " ' \ . ; antmals anhnals carved out In bas has rl"llef rlllef relief rl"llefin reliefn re-lie re lie " - r In n the sandstone sand3tone rock _ - - |