Show REGiON MADE PARK Lava Wonderland of Idaho Set Aside As Monument MonumentA A lava lasa la a 12 miles of Arco Idaho on the central highway con con- connects con neds Dole Boise and all points point wP wo t with Yellowstone stone l atlon path pak pa khas has been set aside as a n national monument hy by l y Issued l h by y President Coolidge on recommendation recommendation recommendation 0 of Secretary Work of the tho Interior department under und whose hose jurisdiction It ha hat hai been placed It was announced The new monument S h been named the tho Craters of the Moon reserves an arc area of lpt ro l- l n atel 3 89 square miles It was waB given this name because of the tho similarity of the tho topography to the tho surface of ot the moon as s been lICen through a II telescope Th r om- om I Is ia not highly for the surface of or the tho th I especially the northern part pirt when I viewed e l from the top of or Big Cinder cone conc I is Iv simply Imply a n barren r rugged nigg I black bInd scarred thickly with pits and crl craters L The Tho visitor seeking the tho curIous and unusual In nature turo ti i profound profound- pro profoundly round round- I ly ImpI impressed b by the desolate te for tor- forbidding for bidding lava lav fields studded with cinder Inder cones great earth carth cracks I It t twisted tIsted Isted and contorted aha shapes pc of or lava la cones and other c of shaping earth forces 1 hero heros s Is se I e exhibited In a nutshell as M it yam v el C CI the surface features of or lava lavt flows both of tho and central I eruption h typo po and the tho student I ma may learn here hero by Inspection Inspection tion lon more moro about volcanoes and und lavt flo flows flos s In a day than he ho can by reading mans man books The Tho whole holo region has a nes ne's ness nes of or landscape which at certaIn seasons of or the year year takes on an exquisitely effect pro pro- produced produced pro produced by the he 11 clumpy clump or of delicately tel tinted will wild 11 1 flowers er On the smooth hillsides of blac black tin tin- cin cinders der ders The ropy ropi 10 h lava Irma a Is as aB a Cres fresh appear appear- appearIng appearing appear ine Ing as though poured out yester- yester dir diy The rhe lava last la t caves cases and tunnels occurring In ht the flows are aio n 0 perhaps the most interesting features es to toI the In some of the tunnels I water wlter snow and ice Ico are arc Coun found The Ice and snow forming in I Iter ter never nevel entirely melt an a away aay ay In the summer The lava ca caves cafes os ire re fas- fas fascinating fas 0 on of account of the tho mar marv martel- martel 01 PI PIOUS I ou out OUS stalactites and of lava that ate al e found Cound urn LILT The Tho monument arc area arci I li l ly I ly devoid 10 old 0 of life except for loe n alfew rew chipmunks ground squirrels and small desel desert t birds although In the i pat past the tho caves and Ct civi rn been a fa pl place eo for tor blitz to hibernate in winter r Snakes aI are practically unknown In the thu th are area The Craters Crater's Craters of ot tho the Moon lIoon na- na national na national monument Is the thirtieth na to tobe tobe tobe be established and place placed l under the tho Jurisdiction ot of the or of the tho Interior for de nt for tor recreational use It is it tI th first arc area of Its kind to be established 1 In the state stale stat of oC Idaho I |