Show NATURAL BRIDGE OF AGATE arizona claims this wonder in its famous petrified forest t there Is unending variety ot mar sights to be been jn the pet rifled forest covering thousands 0 acres in the eastern part ot arizona but what Is regarded as the greatest of all Is the bridge of petrified wood it Is a huge petrified tree trunk span ning a canyon like ravine fifty feet wide a bridge of agate and jasper overhanging the only clump of living trees found within the forests bord ers each end of the log Is embed ded in shale and sandstone leaving feet of it either wholly or partly exposed how much of Us length still remains completely boiled Is un known but each year the action of the elements brings more into view so tar time has graciously spared the integrity of this natural curiosity but in the last few years the log has begun to show signs of yielding to tha natural inclination of petrified trees and in several places transverse aracka appear fearing that the bridge would tumble to destruction the gov has recently had two stone abutments erected under it making 0 it a bridge of three spans this no doubt will preserve it tor at least sev eral years yet |