| Show i r LAND 1 o oTO TO BE ENTERED Dean Byron Cummings Will Head Party in Expedition Through Southern Utah Arizona Arizona Arizona Ar- Ar izona nad Nevada i Under the direction of tho the American i Institute of ot Archaeological Research s and ond tho the University of ot Utah Dean D Byron By ron Gumming Cummings of ot the university will lead another expedition Into Southern summer Tho The party part leaves over o the tho D. D II n. G. G one week from to tomorrow to to- tomorrow morrow with equipment for Cor three months' months work In the field fJeld Heretofore the excavations have been made among amon the ruins of oC the mesas and antI valleys this year ear however all of the work will willbe willbe willbe be done dono in caves es and cliff dwellings s that lino IIno the steep canyon walls of the tho Southwest Nearly rea the tho entire summer will be bc spent In that that part of the state which lies lies south of tho Silt Sap Juan Junn river This Is in tho the heart of oC the Navaho anho res- res orva lon and has never ne been mapped or explored V r Very few Cew white men have have- over o ventured through Its acres neres therefore the tho party parts expects to tomake make one of oC the most molt valuable collections collections collee- collee that has ever er been heen gathered in I Utah Tho The university hoard of regents has has' given 1000 of ot the sum appropriate I for the continuation of research it within 1 n the confines of Utah by the recent I legislature to mc meet t the tho expenses expense o othis ot this expedition nevertheless Col I K A A AWall A Wall all has again come to the front willa with will witha a R. gift Ift for the l society Since the state appropriation can cnn only he bt u. u used d cl l for work done In Utah and since the part party t will will ho he excavating on lh the Lt Utah Art known zona tona line with some sume definite known t ruins in ill InOca Nevada Oc a a Colonel Wall all vcr ver very kindly made a present othe o- o O 0 to o covet OI tho the expenses of or the tho Arizona Ariz work Tho rho Navahos Oo fla say th that th he there thero r Is II a cliff dwellinG In one of ot the side sere canyons r Iaco Is n larger than Hum tho famous Cliff Clifft t Colorado ruin can canI l' l of ot Colorado If this tills I h be discovered ored it will mt mean an that the luau Utah museum will bo be doubled at theono the ono onu working O Oer O'er er Unbeaten This Arizona part of the expedition r traversed ed b bythe by V will include the districts er theall Jl the all Wall party of oC last summer when f tile the upper a lee and canyons can can- first saw a white man Professor t r anxious to Cummings Is particularly I eOute maps of oC the trails springs n andI and 1 I train main streams of this region for far fief the rhe government all and to locate locate the chief ruins Julns for reference In tho the Smithsonian In Institute Tho The party this tills year ar Is twice a as large Inre us liS that of last summer Dr Edgar g I L Howett director of or the limo American Ar Ar- Archaeological r society has hns promised to spend pend the tile month of oC Juno June with the Utah party and will arrive in this city earl early i this week to Join Professor Cummings and und his assistants The Tho few days das P 4 r to tor to the tho departure he will spend spond overlooking over over- over 1 looking the tho present resent collection nt at the university taking notes and making for Its arrangement Besides Besides Be lle- sides Dean Denn Cummings s. the party will consist of ot Dr William Blum lum of oC the university Y chemistry department Nell Neil Judd Donald Beauregard and Stewart Young Youn Dr Blum lum will gather geological cal lRI Information of that part of tho the mate for tor time tile university Nell Neil Judd who has accompanied Professor Cummings Cum Cum- dings on his last two expeditions will gain again have o charge of oC the map drawing und nod location work Mr 11 I Is Isan an timer old-timer to desert life lIfo having haYing spent his bo boyhood hood in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona He lIe will be chief artist of oC tho the e expedition and ex expects expects ex- ex peets to return with several canvases Call for the university Mr Young while A i novice no in archaeological excavation t 1 la fully able to withstand the thc hard- hard snips ls of or the Journey Journe He lie will twill be bo pho- pho ts r for Cor the party part and will be bea a Qualified to enlarge the time J S ed by 11 Professor l s ll hIS lee ur horse Puro lurly The rite Hume route will be covered this year eal In entering the country that Is from rota the railroad at Thompsons Thompson's s 's Springs the party part will gill go b by stage to Moab thence by 11 wagon to Monticello where horses and supplies will win be pur pun chased The rhe remainder of tho time journey journe will betaken bo be taken en with saddle horses and an l 1 pack animals The mo most t difficult ran part of th the entire trip trip- wilt will bo be at Bluff Blurt City CIt where the crossing of oC the San Juan river must be made This Is one of If f the themo mo most t dangerous 11 rivers 15 in the West Vest being swift full rull of quick sand and particularly high during the spring of the year eal Provided Pro the tho crossing can be lIe made the tho party part will go directly to the Wetherill trading post which will bo be their headquarters and from which point they will go into Inlo the field Professor Cummings will tr try to 0 tS secure curo the services of ot Mr Wetherill who tho has spent his life among tho the Na- Na and has made several logical collections for tor eastern castern Ho Ile knows the country thoroughly ami Is h n. n favorite with the IndIans Indiana therefore should remove all chances o of difficulties arising from their opposition opposition tion to the Intrusion i iNell Nell ell Judd who wrote several aril aril- cles clos last summer slimmer In n order to l keep the public advised ad as to the progress o of I tl the tho o excavating aUng will a again aln act as ars cori eori cor- cor i i respondent for The Republican His I stories will be accompanied with photographs pho pho- I cor-I of the workings and views lows of the territory through which the Party travels tra Ho will be e tho only new newspaper reporter with the expedition expedition tion and The Republican has secured sole solo right to his articles |
