| Show SA UAN A source for museums by B aalbert albert R lyman aymani the aes deseret bet I 1 museum ant ami the ek exhibit ot of antiquities at the university or of utah lu iu salt lake city 1 awe ovea a great part of their attraction attract lon to td what they are displaying from san juan jaan county ane of the principal museums anu of denver Is eniT ched from the same source and exhibitions or of antiquities and curiosities in ili new york and other leading cities are added to 1 materially by collections collert lons from this same south eastern corner corner at utah according to the 1 late te pro lessor kerr of the state university a museum in berlin germany Is also exhibiting to good advantage a collection ot of ancient relics from here it if everything evel athing carried away IM tron n san sail juan were vere made into one exhibit I 1 t it would be a tremendous attraction and till still it would not compare IN iti Is what Is lert left san juan has inh puch ewh a peculiar wealth of attraction irom from the could not be carried away on the backs of the burros thal thai have been coaxed into its ehst remains could he be greatly damaged but surely purely it Is due soon to be recognized slid and preserved far foi its real ical worth sometime the demolishing ot or these houses carrying cai lying away away tot lof their treasuries ies will be regarded leg aided as the work of savages many fine building hasteen has been sadly disfigured treasure suie chambers have been rifled interesting old land marks maihs brus liei jawny away but there Is enough remaining to appeal to the most feeble sense of values foi for preservation atlon and restoration preserved and ie stored thes the monuments ments will be a tremendous find and 11 table charni chaim to future ages le if they are to ibe trodden down anci ana bobbed as in the past they will brand this as a shameless generation of vimla ls one more museum should be en rac 1064 il from tap ran jonii that ehst sim ilici i I 1 ie be located in the very heart heair of the country from which it Is gathered right eight where that museum should be there are enough tine fine collections ell cli dished by patriotic individuals to give ghe the il a P generous pene ious start imi 10 1 athel II po ii could make of if these i relics ellas would give the owner as much satisfaction tile the great thrill from tho the fact 1 id of ihla new museum would awaken ld n lebest to and ie re tore nil an old castle cl catle tle and then another castle nn fin old fi farmstead with its binks banks b inks md and res ero enoris irs an old roadway adway lo an old ton fort I 1 less ss 0 on n the cliff brow biow the people fit a t home and nn an increasing stream of tourists from the outside outride would feloi we loi a wholesome new slant on oft ilip value of antiquities these restored wonders would glou the hie hazy bazy past a simp sharp punch of real leal lt ati th hn pipit nation of farm i who built here heie tor for generations would seem to come back from their i remote emote uncertainty with splendid proof pi bof that their lives were not in vain but that the luculus of their annl iiii d experience Is a w worthwhile worth orth while message to us by piecing together these interesting fragments we would behold their theft re shrines heir 1 oil circles cieli hopes fears loves es folklore fol kloie and religion lell glon the sweeping tragedy ot of their jenin leonvil val or 01 their erd end rs a na 11 lion would be a Eplen splendid ditl contribution to out nut sympathies our oui literature our outlook on human destiny the secret of their disappearance is sure buie to be disclosed whether it came by pesi lence famine or 01 war wai every con condition dIdAn and situation has a meaning a suggestion an appeal the tree with ripe fruit says eit eat cool spring drink unclaimed land and water vater have such it a v winning inning call that men to be first in making answer giomi eel calil combinations tf circumstances men ni en hear heal what the they call the voice ot business and contend for foi first place in responding every scene on which men focus theli their sight I 1 md and center theli their attention hnis has at once tile the influence to attract or repell repel to please or 01 annoy to pr provoke evoke action or idleness I 1 then what do these mute charac spell what do they say these monuments standing thru ages to speak the intent of oe weary veary hands that moulder in their ruins t surely the message of tolling ages deserves more than silent contempt the old house says come restore me ine as I 1 was and behold in me reflected the life struggle and mental pi ill ocless OKI ess of a departed age 0 the gaily painted dishes broken and scatter scattered ed on the wild ald lill hillside side thu ornamented sandal hurried buirley in the silent doorway have they no meaning the withered form of the lie little child and the alte skull from fioro the hie dry sand all those these have a voice on the hard surface of many I 1 eliff race fice ire are clarc full engraved engi aved by human hands hands that I 1 tolled lor for their bread and that pave gave I 1 heir strength to these records for foi no idle purpose roi for forty years we e have looked at these writings on the rocks and long pd ed for the gift of 0 to 1 bland the me rne isaae asat ere we lave hae answer i el the lament from cliff and pral prairie pi airie rit I 1 crawling aling Ci back and forth in ili dust and trash ti ih of halt lillei ril lei or 01 raved la in room boonis aud and from them has come a voice oce BT cr as that of rape fruit to the hunti or 01 cool atar water to the 1111 asty tills rall PP hame pronounced ab a youthful cowpuncher cow puncher we ali firs 1 the old castle at hermit lake near the junction of the san juan and I 1 nd UK file chloi ado it 11 licul had been built 11 p of a bald rock lock Jutt ll beveral hundred bundled feet out into the liko lake with its foundations seventy five feet above the water mater line it had been ill tin ideal of that ii month tock lock rounding over like the back of a tat fat horse hoise had three vertical leitl cal sides dropping into forty reet feet of water to carry cany their walls alls down to the round lound ing cliff brow they had drilled holes boles in ili the sloping surface sui face driven lien vy nors qs flier pin and laid the foundation efm 11 m ard strong to i 1 pont point on vach side where hoie no one could nasr p s formidable wall vail of limestone fac 1 tho IP app approach from tho landside land lind side old liand hand holes boles in hip smooth sm ni epco show where they descended to the IN kitei ater an and d where they the insy nir have ll 11 ae hil a boit boat in which aich to 0 o ronie come and po go with greater malv a ume on that hint silent mound iboa the llie lake we e lle have pictured I 1 thell their hull teis approaching in ili haste over the saud sand hills with etli theli their enemies la i lioi ho mil nur suit sult jum jumping ping into tile the little boit boat hidden in ill the lushes they hie have row lowed cc across to the loel and climbed to safety nut but sometime tho the castle as oel pil or 01 betrayed beti aed po possible the little bilk bark was found by the enemy ind and the attick attack made from both sides ir P ill pin Hi tone wall all however it happened the castle Is in ruins luins and tic lr ments in ili ill hie e heap sui suf gest tint that it was ris burned the rhe ilein jn in the rounding lound ln surface have hae rutted away avay and the lower reaches of the IN vail all le have slid off into the lake in and obscurity it stands there thecie unnoticed thru the ages and we VP wonder lip we ve are aie alone to lo think of it with concern alshin to see it restored and its ill message inter prated visiting edinburgh cacale mounlee mount on a lofty rock lock in the heart of 0 that city our reverted to sein san juank juan is lake castle unheralded and unsung and it brought brou glit a sharp sense of unfairness from sterling castle also on a rock and flom fl om Dunbar toia castle risina fram the lie water ahei atei in the heart ot bonnie lock lomond our ghotb turned with jealousy to our own ne j elected castles and we ve felt belt sure the horld would bould travel equally far fai to sew seti them if they were eie advertised as joud loudly as the castles of scotland the san juan castles are aie not pro pio viled with definite accounts of kv if wallace a bruce or a bannockburn i but imagination has more moie kick than I 1 bald facts from tile the heroes of rea beai 1 history men turn in disappointment to dress diess them up as fictitious charat and thus make them more at ati i the historical novel dials I 1 people half way vay round lound the globe to I 1 I 1 see its fabled fields and crossings cios sings imagination can picture all 11 kinda of things in ili san juan witheat without gettings get getting I 1 hung up on fact detail it can can piece I 1 together the wild drama diama of humair aumau conflict as it appears in scar icer and i fragment and wreckage wieck age and the story can be bolstered mort mon I 1 real proof than much of the stuff I 1 that sends men thru tourist worn wor europe eusope I 1 three fifles north east of blanding hidden away avay among the hills and forest foiest the remains of 0 an old castle bare aie slowly sliding from theli their onet once proud perch on a rock few know about it fewer cai caie e located at itlie ithe junction or recapture Recap tuie with ith one ot of its side canyons the old hous bousi occupies a strategic point adapted for from aiom all sides stones coult ie be hurled hulled aroni its roof loot with etli telling tellina orce 01 ce at whoever approached unbidden in the headey ot of its prime pi line it drew dip the lie human aize from the can you on below belo und and lioni the hill lops above aboe beaten paths led to it from aliar all around und and behind the security of ats walls alls its people had no more ils ision of its present lulu than we e have or of how flow our oui dwellings will look eight I 1 hudiel hudi ed years eais to come but speaking of houses built 0 on a rock lock their number la Is in san ban juan a paragraph pal fo elpi bucl ea house would make s ath lck volu volume A forslof theme them areo abreo 0 lbs be goirn ib eq than in the old ar bild 1 I q four toasts ats I 1 go into ecstasies over the gelid of feudalism fei dallam 11 nothing worthy v 01 thy the name of oe pat 11 0 tiani in the health ot of tax the people 0 of f san juan look avith ith anatol an any ytol lol aeration on oil the burther defa c ing of any 0 of f these monuments ar or t the he lobin of their tie treasure asure to err ci museums nus eunis lai far away avay of course couise there are ai laws and laws but afka Fenti meni is more moie potent than anything it ou on its statute books if san jua juala Is to bo be saved saied and preserved as generations will expect and d demand then it must be saved saed by th the e buncom y promising hentin sentiment lent of iti own peo i pie that will never bp bo F forceful foice ful without ii a pro liopo foil of these values 7 aich are calling from all sides tor for sano attention |
