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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH f r''i w ;! ANCIENT VILLAGES , PRESERVED . . . Fascinating villages, built by Indians centuries ago in inaccessible caves perched high in canyon walls, are preserved in Mesa Verde National park. The cliff cities, of which Cliff Palace (above) is typical, are noted for their size and excellence of building techniques. NOT ONLY SCENERY .. ' ; - Rain Forests, Cliff Cities u Show Diversity of Parks ACCUSED . . . Charged by, American authorities with committing dreadful atrocities against captured prisoners of war in Japan, Tomoya Kawakita, American-bor- n Japanese, was arrested in Los Angeles for treason. An American soldier whom Kawakita is said to have mistreated recognized on his trail. him and put G-m- en fork subway riders who wonder every evening whether the subways will be running to take them to work in the morning can take consolation from this picture of two officials of the New Fork transport workers union who ap peared on the verge of hysteria as they presented demands for higher pay. FiUgernail chewer is Austin Hogan and to the right is Mike Quill, president of the TWU. CLEAR CASE OF THE JITTERS . . . New .O y? V V WNU Features. National Parks has become a synonymous phrase for superlative scenery, but there are also many other diverse interests represented in the national park system of the United States. In Olympic National park in Washington, for example, are unusual rain forests, where, as a result of a mild climate and abundant winter rains, a tropical appearing jungle has been created far north in the temperate zone. Here also is the home of the rare Roosevelt elk, for the protection of which a part of the park was established as a national monument as early as 1908. On the other hand, far to the south of the Olympics in the southwestern comer of Colorado, Mesa Verde National park preserves the ruins of a once flourishing civilization which lent baskets, they had no pottery, nor did they use the bow and arrow. They lived in open caves and hunted with the throwing stick. Later they learned the art of pottery making, acquired bows and arrows and built simple pit houses. About the time that Charles Martel was defeating the Moors at Tours, or roughly in the Eighth century, a new people joined the Basket Makers on the Mesa Verde and together they made remarkable cultural progress. On the mesa top they built hundreds of villages, some with -- buildings of mud and others of stone. They improved their pottery and began the weav- was brought to an end by a lack of rainfall. The national parks also include two areas famous for their health-givin- g springs Hot Springs National park in Arkansas and Platt National park in Oklahoma. mountains are The Olympic knowh to thousands of veterans of World War II who returned to Puget ing of cotton cloth. sound ports from the Pacific theaThese people apparently were ters. From far out at sea these peace loving, and in the 11th glistening snowy peaks were the century about the time that Wilfirst welcoming sight of .home. liam the Conqueror was landMount Olympus, nearly 8,000 feet in ing in Britain, they also were rA beset by enemies. Many of height, and a score or more them, therefore, moved off the TO HEAD MISSION . . . Dwight of other open mesa top and constructed P. Griswold, former Republican mountheir villages in inaccessible governor of Nebraska, has been tains are in- ' caves located high in canyon to named by President Truman cluded in the walls. These villages, many of head U. S. mission to administer 1,325 square them well preserved today, are d American aid to of astonishing both for their size miles Greece. and excellence of building techOlympic National park. Occupying the heart of a great peninsula, this niques. Toward the endof the 13th cenpark is surrounded on three sides drouth forced by water, the Pacific ocean on the tury, a west, the Straits of Juan de Fuca these people to abandon their cliff to the north and Pugt sound on cities and move to more favorable the east. Within a few hours of lands. Seattle and Tacoma are virgin forHOT SPRINGS National park, loests, alpine meadows, deep blue lakes and sparkling trout streams, cated in a mountainous region of which constitute one of the finest un- central Arkansas, contains in its spoiled wilderness areas in the Unit-- , thousand acres 47 mineral hot ed States. springs reputed to have therapeutic value. These springs were known The rain forests are found in to the Indians and early Spaniards, the lower valleys on the westand were used by them. Within the ern slopes where from Septemnational park are free campsites ber 1 to June 1 there is an aver- . is a free government and there 142 of inches, age annual rainfall bathhouse for people who cannot af12 In these rain feet. nearly ford to pay for private baths. forests are Douglas firs, meas17 to in diameter feet uring up PLATT NATIONAL park, containand 221 feet in height. ing bromide and sulphur springs, is There are many miles of foot and located at the town of Sulphur, horseback trails in Olympic Na- Okla. Small in area, this park is MINISTER . . . This picture of tional park and a motor highway en- known chiefly by those for whom circles the peninsula. From this the waters are prescribed. The park Selden Chapin, minister-delegat- e main highway other roads radiate is provided with free campgrounds to Hungary, was taken as he entered the White House for a visit for short distances into the park. and picnic areas, and overnight acwith President Truman, and probcommodations may be found in ably to talk about Hungary. Sulphur. Colorado of CORNER IN THE where the Rocky mountains meet .the arid highlands of the Southwest tablethere rises a high shaped mountain. Early Spanish explorers called it the Mesa Verde, for the table top, heavily forested with pinon and juniper, was always green. On this green mesa and in its caves and canyons peaceful farming Indians lived for 1,300 years, cultivating the soil and built their villages or pueblos. To preserve the ruins of these fascinating villages, Mess Verde National park has been established. The area of the park is 80 square miles. According to archeologists the Indians came to America from their Asiatic homeland by the northern route thousands of years ago and for many centuries lived as roving hunters. About the beginning of the Christian Era certain of early hunters arrived in the region of the Mesa BROTHERHOOD . . . Radio songVerde. They liked the security af-stress Kate Smith received 1947 forded by this high mountain with VIRGIN FOREST . . . Large American brotherhood arts and its peculiar cliffs, and settled down spruce trees abound along Hoh sciences citations1 for her work. to farm. First inhabitants of the river in Olympic National park, The award was given by the NaMesa Verde were known as Basket one of the finest unspoiled wilder-Maketional Conference of Christians for, while they made excel- - ness areas in the country. nH Jews. ice-capp- ed I O A hard-presse- : Worker Father of the Tear is an well father envy, so John Van Hoose of Richmight appellation any MAN OF ACHIEVEMENT . . . ardson, Ky., can be excused for showing a little pardonable pride over being given that honor by the national Fathers Day committee. Van Hoose, shown here being interviewed by two ladies of the press, is the father of 15 living children and the grandfather of an additional 15. , flat-topp- PATIENCE ON A PORCH ROOF . . . Scenes such as this one which occurred at Ottumwa, Iowa, were common for a time throughout the vast flooded areas of the Middlewest. Hardest hit city, however, whs Ottumwa where thousands tf persons were driven from their homes when the Des Moines river overflowed its banks to inundate most of the town. Along the Mississippi, farm lands were flooded from Keokuk, Iowa, down to St. Louis. - ed rs |