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Show THE NEWS-OBSERVE- GRANTSVILLE, UTAH R, Gave Away $512 In Tips, Now He Wants It Baclc civilization la a sandal that hai been Identified aa being of the type worn only by the baiketmakera. It la of the double weave variety with a reinforced aole and aquare toe, and waa found under the great boulder in Cliff Palace. Mesaa Verde, lust season, got Ita share of the queer weather that hue been obtaining of late years all over the Korth American continent and all over the world. There was an extraordinarily dry spring and by July 8, the beginning of the tourist rush," the water shortage waa acute. Construction work was stopped, and all road gangs and teams were sent out of the park In an effort to conserve water for visitors. And right then the discovery of nearly 200 dame built by the Cliff Dwellers saved the situation by showing the moderns how the ancients gut an unfailing supply of water, no matter what the vagaries of the weather. Two quick showers furnished water enough to fill two reservoirs hastily constructed cm the rim reck at the head of Spruce Tree canyon. One and a half miles of gathering draining ditches were dug. Other work was done. And then, August, came a succession of cloudbursts that filled up everything to overflowing. This prehistoric reservoir system la most Inter eating. The jtjudent rough masonry cliff dweller Discoveries Atlantic City. A hetlc gathering: In n North aide saloon, at which SIO woe-narrate- AAPY JFRU-C- g IV? GRAHAA-- COKMM H WITH B KtVtWU the-revel- . MEAN A8HE8 "Now Im really sorry about thnt" to the King aid Sir Freezlng-Ia-Fun of the Clouds. t What?" asked King of the Clonds. "I did not see anything to lie sorry about. Do you mean because you w ere around freezing up after I had been about with my children, the Army of Raindrops and the Mist Grandchildren f I think you did some lwautiful work. You made things look so smooth and so nice. Yw. I think your workmanship was quite perfect" No," said Sir Freezing-Is-Fun- , "that la not the trouble. My work waa all right I wus quite pleased with It myself. It was so smooth and nice and really It allowed the moat perfect workmanship as you just suid. made some of the Boy Armed to Teeth "But alas! Taken by Virginia Cops nicest places tof slides. Yes, I really dldl Washington. Armed like the famed Bill "I kept thinking: The children will two-gu- n bandits, thlrteen-year-ol- d like this. The children will like this. Smith of Clarendon, Ya, was arrested I'm doing this for tbe children.' by Arlington county police authorities And I thought that they could while sitting on a roadside calmly smooth each slide still more after munching cakes and drinking milk, althey had begun to glide upon them. leged to have been stolen from a Park Then they would be even more slip- Inne grocery. With the Virginia youth pery than they were when I had fin- was a Washington boy, who fled when ished with them. the officers appeared. "I was quite delighted to see how At the Clarendon jail Deputy Sheriff flue they were going to be. And thei Klnea emptied the pockets of Bill's clothes and found two revolvers, s hunting knife, four penknives and a box of cartridges, all of which are aid to have been taken from a store-a- t 3371 M street. Northwest. Smith said be had obtained the loot from his Washington companion, whom tho police have not been able to locate: aloln v,5' bills were used to light cigarettes and (20 tips were given to waiters, In the court of Magistrate Joseph Paxton, where three young worn en were arraigned on a charge of robbing Alexander Massey, Jr., of Washington of $512 In the course of The three women are Katherine Repp, Alice Leonard and Man Cuddy, all of 1826 Atlantic avenue. Massey said be met Katherine Repp-athe hotel where he was staying, where she waa employed aa a telephone operator, and they visited some of the North aide cafes. Later the two other women Joined the party. According to the testimony Massey lighted cigarettes for the women with $10 bills, threw a 8100 bill on tbe floor, and gave waiters 85 and 830 tips. The next morning he found his bankroll was missing and he went to police The arrest of tho headquarters. The police young women followed. say that 8385 waa returned to Massey All three are by one of the women. held In 8500 ball. i tt&ZHOOSj? Relics of People Older Than Cliff Dwellers Prehistoric Reservoirs Rabbit Gets Go Signal at Citys Busiest Corner By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN MEltlCANS who have already en joyed the prehistoric mysteries of Mesa Verde National park should go again, for this summer there will lie new things to see. Spruce Tree Cump hotel, with all Its has been moved to an admirable location overlooking Spruce Tree and Xarnjo canyons. This was necessary because of tbe attendance steadily Increasing year by year and enlargement was not practicable on the old site. Mesa Verde can never compete in tourists with other national parka like Rocky Mountain and Yellowstone for tbe reason that It la tucked away in tbe extreme south west corner of Colorado, GUO miles from. Den-- . tier, the travel center. Moreover, It la an educational park, rather than scenic. Nevertheless, the attendance last summer waa 100 per cent larger than In 11)20. The picturesque Rock Springs Trail has been opened from park headquarters at Spruce Tree camp to the west boundary of the park, opening up some hitherto inaccessible ruins of great Importance, as will be seen later. These Include Mug House, Jug House, Koduk House, Long House, Double House. Ruin 10, Step House and Pinnacle Tower. Tills la the greatest group of ruins in the park, with tho exception of the Chapin Mean group. Visitors will find a new museum In it some new exhibits of unusual building Interest and and Importance. There will be plenty of water on this summer thanks to the discovery of a tap system of prehistoric dams and reservoirs In a little canyon opening off Solu canyon. And maybe this system la not interesting! Of course Mesa Verde is well worth seeing for Ita unusual scenic features, aside from Its antiquities. This public playground has real beauty, especially nfteg the early summer rains when the Juniper and plnon trees are at their best on the Green Table Land. It is a high pluteau, 15 miles by 8, from which the visitor looks over the varle-gatescenery of four states Colorado, Utah. New Mexico und Arizona. Park Point (8J575 feet) Is the highest elevation In the park. Point Lookout (8,428 feet) tops the mesa. The northern edge of the menu terminates In a precipitous bluff of 2,000 feet. Prom It one looks over the great Montezuma valley, with Its irrigation reservoirs and fertile fields, as from an In the distance are shadowy airplane. purplo masses the Rico Mountains and Lone Dome of Colorado and the La Sals, Blues and Bears' Ears of Utah. To the south the mesa slopes to the Mancos river and beyond la the Nuvajo reservation, surrounded by the deep blue Carrlsos of Arizona and the Luka Cliukas and Tunlclias of New Mexico. And, 45 miles away, from the midst of a sandy plain rises Ship Hock, 1,004 feet high, which at sunset one la ready to swear la a great windjammer under full anil. Mesa Verde, however, was not made a national park because of its scenic beauty. Its primary purpose la educutlonul. It Is a museum of antiquities, In which all the archeological world hus an abiding Interest. Mesa Verde wus the home of thnt mysterious prehistoric people we call the Cliff Dwellers. Its ruins and relics ure the finest In all the American Southwest and In the world. The American Southwest wag old In civilization many centuries before Columbus discovered America. Coronado, searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola" In 1530, found the Znnl Indians of Now Mexico living in grent community houses or pueli-los- , with not even iradltionul knowledge of the Cliff Dwellers. Scientists are now of the belief thnt the cliff dwellings In Mesa Verde were abandoned by the Cliff Dwellers about 1.300 years ago. Any estimate of bow long they had lived there before they disappeared from the face of tbe earth la guesswork. The mesa In Mean Verde slopes gradually from Its nbrupt rise at the north end to the valley of tbe Mancos at the south. Into this volley open d many small, canyons. In the shelter of caves In the sides of these canyons aye the beat preserved habitations of the Cliff Dwellers lit America. In prehistoric times a considerable population lived there. They practiced agriculture on the mesa above, raising corn, often by Irrigation. They worshiped the sun. They possessed d hlgh-walle- no written language. Their weapons and tools were of stone. They wove sandals and baskets. They shaped stones Into regular forma and laid masonry that has resisted the ages. They evidently advanced In civilization during their residence 1 In Mesa Verde. There are hundreds of cliff dwellings In the canyons of Mesa Verde: Among the more famous are these: Spruce Tree House, with 114 rooms and an estimated population of 350; Cliff Palace, about three times the size of Spruce Tree House; Balcony House, a remarkable defensive site; Fire Temple, a house of worship ; Square Tower House. On the surface of the mesa several pretentious structures have already been uncovered and others await the excavator. Sun Temple has 1,000 feet of walls. Fur View House, probably a pueblo is 100 by 113 feet And now Jesse L. Nusbaum announces that he has found In Mesa Verde relics of a people who untedated tbe Cliff Dwellers. Mr. Nusbaum la superintendent of Mesa Verde Nutional park under tbe national park service, a bureau of the Interior department He la also an archeologist of note and has been Identified with researches In Guatemala and In various parts of the Southwest lie served as a major of ordnance In the World war. Visitors to Mesa Verde the coming season will have a chance to see these relics In tbe new park museum. And It may be that Superintendent-ArcheologiNusbaum will have more to allow. He la now snowed in for the winter at Mesa Verde. But he la not hibernating. On tbe contrary, encouraged by the national park service, he la devoting every energy to the search for more relics. Here are some of the things Superintendent Nusbaum had to say about his discoveries at Step House, before he went Into winter quarters: The new Rock Springs Trail leading to the west side of the park has made It possible to visit many of the large ruins never before accessible to On this trull, park visitors, said Mr. Nusbaum. at a ruin called Step House, enough evidence wus found on the surface to establish the fact firmly that even before the beginning of the Christian era, Indians made their homes In the same caves In which the Cliff Dwellers later built their homes above tbe ruins of this early civilization. "Evidence of this civilization, which Is know.) to archeologists as that of the has been found In northeastern Arizona and In northwestern New Mexico, but has never before been found In Colorado. were the first people These to begin tbe making of pottery, and slireds of their crude ware have been examined. It wus found that cedar bark was used to temper the clay and prevent It from cracking during the process of drying. Naturally, In tbe burning, tills was destroyed and as a result tbe lottery was of a more or less crude and porous vurlety. It Is undecornt-e- d and is the enrllest type of pottery now known to exist In the Soul li west. It Is of an adobe color with rather a pinkish or yellowish cast. Mr. Nusbaum 1ms In his possession specimens of this pottery as well na specimens of baskets that these ancient people raude. Moat of the baskets are of the variety. "There Is only one culture In the Southwest at the present time thut la known to nntedute that of. said Mr. Nusbaum. "Althe ready In the museum collection at Mesa Verdn specimens are on exhibit which have been collected In the park and indicate that the earlier basket-make- r people likewise inhabited this region. If such Is the case, possibly this winter a basket-makcave may be located and the history of primitive man In Colorado will be carried bark to a period of possibly ten centuries before the birth of Christ." One of the finds In the park that makes Mr. Nusbaum reasonably sure that that region' waa once Inhabited by peoples of the earliest known st fine-coile- d er O. Traffic automobile, Columbus, car street and pedestrian was topped for about 30 seconds at Columbus busiest corner. Broad and High streets, shortly before noon to What a Thrilling Slidal let a wild rabbit do a marathon down I saw the children coming out and I the center of High street The traffic cop on duty, seeing bunaw them sliding and making the slides perfect. Some were gloriously nys speed and realizing that a traffic Jam would result unless he had a fine for coasting and others were loveclear track, net the block against all ly to run and slide upon. With a good running atari what a Broad street traffic and himself . thrilling slide some of them were stepped aside to let the rabbit pass. "Well, it waa splendid to see the excitement, It waa so thrilling I Bat Engineer Runs Burning tjien, to my horror,; something hap' ' Train Into 'Station pened." Bridgeport, Conn. With the woodWhat?" asked the King of the work of the engine cab of s train from Clonds. "The thing hnppened about which I Springfield for New York in flames Engineer Mooney of Springfield, Mass am ao sorry," said Sir Freezlng-Ia-Fun- . tuck to his throttle and brought the Is It about this Yes, thing train Into the station. The engine was that I am ao sorry and so disappointuncoupled and live steam was used ed and ao annoyed and angry, too. "Do tell It to me, said the King of to put out the flames. the Clouds. Maybe that will make tyou feel better. "I will do aa you suggest, said Sir Cranks Auto in Gear; Freezlng-Ia-Fu' "I am Man Crushed to Death glad you accept the suggesMd. WUliam CL Baltimore, of Clouds. said the the tion," King son of Kreuzer, twenty-ninAnd then Sir Freezlng-Is-Fu- n told a prominent Syracuse manufacwhat had made him so annoyed and turer, and once a candidate for angry and sorry and disappointed. the lieutenant governorship of The children were having such a New York, waa fatally Injured good time and they were so happy. here when he waa crushed beI was so happy, too, as I said between his own automobile and Sir Freezlng-Is-Fu- n continued. fore, the tall gate of a delivery wagon "And then some older people came out aa he attempted to crank the of tnelr houses, people with cross machine while in gear. faces and tightly shut mouths. And ashes all of the slides upon they put which the children and I had rnnde between ua. Hides Sorrow to Entertain Crowd. "Now, perhaps, people could have Los Angeles, Cal. Informed In a fallen. Still jhese were places where telegram that his mother waa dying, they could have walked around care- Wlllium Burris, a comedian In a show fully so they need not have gone on here, continued "doing his stuff" to the sliding and coasting places. And please a big crowd After the show Hie man hurried to bis mothers home anyway. It did seem such a pity. "Here I had done my best work to and fonnd that her condition was Im- make a lovely place, a number of lovely places, for children, and my work was being spoiled. I did hate those ashes. I hate them now. For the s, and horrid, ashes are upon coarse, unfriendly things are ashes. Ta uhti prompt service md galch ntanu They are that, said the King of to thorn advertiaemeata miotiaa tho uni of the Clouds. Well, he continued, I thia paper. have a good Idea. A BARBER IN EIGHT WEEKS "What la It? asked Sir Freezlng-Is-Fu- dams were constructed In the bottom of the canyoi and In nearly all the available draws leading lntc the main channel where flood waters could be intercepted and stored. The highest dam so fat found la a few Inches over five feet In height, and the extreme length of any dam la approximately forty feet These were so built In a aeries (eighty-siIn quarter mile In the main canyon), that the extreme water level In the lower one reached to the base of the next dnm above. Many of them are leas than fifteen feet apart, and some are but a foot or two In height Water could have never been carried directly from the reservoirs to the fields above because of the depth of the reservoirs below the available farming land. Women and children evidently fol lowed the method of many of the present Pueblo Indians, carrying Jars of water on the head, over the trails to the crops to be Irrigated. During heavy showers, the upper reservoirs were the first to fill and as they overflowed, the lower dams were filled. Since they were all for the most part built directly on tbe grent sandstone cap which forms the upper 150 to 200 feet of the Mesa Verde, the water was rapidly absorbed by the sandstone and soon disappeared from the reservoirs above. But It was not lost Separating the upper cap of sandstone from the lower of equal thickness Is an Impervious seam of shale from a few Inches to a foot or more in thickness, and since this hat a slope to the southward, the water seeping through from the reservoirs above, saturated the sandstone to this Impervious shale seam, and followed It southward with the slope of the country to the point There It was exposed at Its confluence with the rtinin canyon. Live springs were maintained at the exposed shale seam, and only In this way could water be obtained through lone periods of drought) which still persist on the Mesa x Verde. Adopting the methods of the ancient Cliff Dwellers, two large dams were constructed on the rim rock at Hie head of Spruce Tree canyon, ubove the old stock reservoir, and drainage ditches were constructed to Increase the surface run off thut could be conducted to these reservoirs. Four more reservoirs will be constructed above this first series this coming season. At the head of the canyon 100 to 150 feet below a trench nearly 350 feet long gutlienr the watr which Altera through the thick sandstone cap or nutural filter, anti conducts it to cement cisterns from which It Is pumped 175 feet above to the storage tanka where It Is held for rump uses. The larger the series of reservoirs above, the greater the areu of sandstone Hint Is saturated, and since the movement of the water through the grent bed of sandstone la alow, the water which enters the reservoirs in the early spring from the melting snows is the water which carries the camp through the long summer periods of drought. The water when regnlned la of the finest quality, no matter how dirty It appears above," said To corroborate this statement, Mr. Nusbaum. the state chemist at Boulder reported that even when the water was at Its worst end lowest stags In the reservoirs above, only 420 bacteria wen found In the unit sample submitted, which la a remarkably low count Because of tbe vast fillet In nee, the water Is particularly dear and la nearly aa cold aa lea water." t e, Salt Lake City Firms the-slide- n. Write Malar Barber Cal., 114 Besent St & L The children did have s good time before the ashes were put down, didn't they?" the King of the Clouds asked. BUSINESS COLLEGES L. D. 8. BUSINESS COLLEGE. School of Efficiency. All commerrlal branches Catalog free. SO N. Mala St.. Salt take Cltr. "Oil, yes, said Sir Freezlng-Is-FuBOOKS AND SHORT STORIES "Well, I'll get together the children Any bonk you want tiy mail, C. O. D BOOKS and the grandchildren and we'll hurry Detent Hunk Ca 44 Kaet So. Temple foldown to the earth, and then you FUSS BOUGHT low right along after weve finished niDC We par highest market price for fun raining. rUftd bide a, aiul pall. Write for price list nr "You gee we will wash away the diip lirrt to a reliable bounc: We ran make ymir fun ami hides into ndm, overrun ta or ashes as best we can and we can do up other for garment. write for our frrr catalog. quite a lot and than you can make American Hide A Fnr Ca, Fmrien A Taauers new sliding places all over again nnd 183 West South Temple Sett Lake Cltr at least tlie children will have a little BONGS A SHEET MUSIC im before the nshni are put on again. new ami old. All kind. Sheet mush- - by "I hate mean ashes, too, but I don't enure "Unud mnii. UID. Bceeley Musk- - Cu. ST S Main really aupiiose the ashes are to blame. CREAM WANTED 8HIP DIRECT Well, well get the liest of them anyway. "Oh, fine, said Sir Freezlng-Is-Fu"your suggestion j a wonder I happy again." I'm Found a Substitute. One day Hazel's mother sent bet A find a switch with which to chas- tise her little brother, who had been teasing her. After a time she returned with a dozen or more pebbles In ber apron. "I couldn't find any switch, mam ma," she explained, "but you css throw these rocks at him." Direct Cream Shiy awnto Pay Mast Ms nay fiend trial aan A Grillin Company, Ogden, Utah. Blarkmaa SUITS A DRESSES CLEANED A DYED Up to the miauls Cleaning and Dyeing Return postage paid Regal Cleaning A Dyeing Ca, US E. 2nd Sol Say it With Flowers Fresh Cut Flowers at All Tines Hobdays Flower Slop Keith Emporium Bldg. Salt Lake V f J |