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Show INDIAN RUINS ARE FOUND IN IDAHO SALT LAKE, Sept. 21. Niel M. Judd, special representative of the Smithsonian institution, who was formerly for-merly a Salt Laker, returned yesterday to Salt Lake City after a six weeks' reconnaissance tour of Idaho and Wyo-oming. Wyo-oming. Mr. Judd says that he found several Interesting ruins and in his reports to the national museum he will ask them to make further investigation investi-gation of these ancient habitations. Early in March Jlr. Judd left Washington Wash-ington for the Navajo Indian reservation, reserva-tion, where he spent four months restoring re-storing the ancient cliff dwelling Beta-takln. Beta-takln. The work was carried on under the auspices of the department of the interior, which gave an appropriation of $3000 for the rehabilitation of the cliff palace. The work of restoration was done so as not to destroy the ancient "atmosphere" of the ruin. While in the field Mr. Judd met Dean Byron Cummings, formerly of the University of Utah, who was instrumental in-strumental in carrying on the work on the ruin. Dean Cummings, In 1909, excavated this ruin for the University of Utah and the material obtained rests in the Utah museum. j Before he had completed his work ! on the reservation, Mr. Judd was ask- ed by the archaeological department of the state institution to co-operate with it in carrying on archaeological ' research work in the mounds of southern south-ern Utah. Accepting the proposition submitted by Professor Levi Edgar Young, Mr. Judd returned to Salt Lake where he joined the Utah party, consisting con-sisting of A. A. Kerr and Professor Young. The party spent six weeks at Paragonah, where an ancient pueblo was unearthed and some interesting material obtained. Tho antiquities were divided between the two institutions. insti-tutions. After returning from Paragonah Mr. Judd spent several days In assisting Professor Young with his anthropological anthropolo-gical work at the university. The purpose pur-pose of the co-operation with the government gov-ernment was to stanrdize the scientific work done by the Utah department of archaeology. Mr. Judd leaves this afternoon for Washington, D. C, to resume his work in the national museum. |