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aim Ganyon Nev National Monuments 1 TM7T Ay CmorfeLDvmm Cmjr*+jy Astf /M J**c* \ By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN OVENWEEP National Mon ument lias been added to the United States Na tional park system and Palm Canyon Natioual Monument has been well started on its way. Ho vemveep lies on both sides of the boundary line between Colorado and Utah, near the only spot In the United- States wliere four states touch, and is re served becuuse of its prehistoric tow ers and other impressive masonry structures. Palm Canyon Is in south ern California and contains many fine specimens of native American palms. From now on much will appear In print about these two national monu ments which will be variously de^ scribed as national parks, national for ests. national reservations and na tional monuments, with indiscrim inate references to their control by the national park service and the for est service. So what follows seems advisable In order to explain the com plications which congress neglects to straighten out. There are now nineteen national parks with a total of 11,372 square miles. There is one group of twenty six national monuments (including the two new ones) containing about 1.900 square miles. These national parks and monuments are under control of the national park service, a bureau of the Interior department. There are seven "national military and other" parks ? such as Shlloh, Get tysburg and Lincoln's Birthplace ? ad ministered by the War department, which also controls two national mon uments?Big Hole Battlefield and Cabrlllo. There are the national forests, with an approximate area of 155,000k000 acres, under the charge of the forest service, a bureau of the Department of Agriculture. There Is a group of eleven national monuments containing 510 square miles in charge of the for est service. 0 The national parks and the national forests are the exact opposite of each other. The national parks are wil derness areas of majestic beauty set aside for purely recreational purposes ?public playgrounds for the people. The national forests are industrial and commercial purely? areas set apart for scientific lumbering for a profit and for grazing for a profit. Some day, it is hoped, congress will straighten out the tangle bv putting the national "military and other parks, and all the national monu ments in charge of the national park service, leaving the national forests to the forest service. President Harding created the Ho venweep National Monument by proc lamation March 2. under the act of 1900 for the preservation of American antiquities, and Dr. Hubert Work the new secretary of the Interior, has 'now taken over the area in the name of the federal government. Hovenweep is the Indian equivalent for "Deserted Valley," and contains about 300 acres. The Square Tower and the Twin Tow ers, pictured herewith, can be com fortably reached by automobile Dr J Walter Fewkes, head of the bureau of ethnology of the Smithsonian In stitution, recommended the area tn the President for ? national, mon* ment. Doctor Fewkes says of the urea and Its prehistoric relics "Hovenweep contains three ground of structures, the first group called the Square Tower cluster. So^e of the finest of all the structures are In tliis jp-oup, the most picturesque of them being Hovenweep castle, the standing' walls of which are over fifty feet high A second group lies three miles to the north. In Holly canyon, and contains some of the most remarkable prehis toric masonry in the United States Queer Bedfellow We slept all winter Id the bed with an 18-lnch snake inside of the mnt tress. In the fall, when we aired the bedding, there was a small hole In the mattress, cut by ft rat. and Into this hole the snake crawled. I mended this hole before putting the mattress on ray bed; of course. I did not know any thing had crawled Inside. The snake remained perfectly quiet all winter, but when spring came he began crawling [ZMZg ttWV?, HOH&n%%P ZlAmr Oi2)rsrci27~' The third group, , situated on Cujon mesa, is more difficult to reach. "The ruins in the Square Tower can yon may be described somewhat as follows: Ruins which have Indica tions of Inclosed circular kivas, with '-mural pilasters and banquettes, and closely approximated surrounding rooms. To this class belongs Hoven weep castle, the Hovenweep pueblo and the so-called Unit Type house, the last named belonging to the simplest form of the pure type. Second, there are the ruins, the ihain feature of which is the absence of a circular kiva. The Twin Towers belong to this second or 'great house' type. "The largest of the ruins In this canyon Is Hovenweep house, situated at the head of the South Fork. Al though many of its walls have fallen, there still remains a semicircular great house with high walls conspicu ous for some distance. The ruin is a pueblo of rectangular form belonging to the pure type, showing circular de pressions identified as kivas, Imbedded in collections of square and rectangu lar ropms, and massive walled build ings on the south side. The standing walls are remains of a conspicuous multi-chambered I)-shapcd tower. "Hovenweep castle, like Hovenweep house, has circular kivas compactly imbedded In rectangular rooms &r ranged about them, indicating the pure type of pueblo. The massive walled semicircular towers and great houses are combined With square rooms and kivas, indicating that it is distinguished by two sections, an east ern and a western, which, united, lm ; par^ to the whole the shape of the let [ ter L. "Among the most Impressive build ings in Square Tower 'canyon are the Twin towers. They stand on the south side of the canyon on a rock isolated by a cleft from the adjoining cliffs, the larger of the towers having an oval ground plan while the smaller is horseshoe shaped. The pueblo known as Cnlt Type house Is one of the most interesting ruins In the Hovenweep. , It is situ ated on the very edge of the canyon of the North Fork, not far from where It begins. It Is the simplest form ot prehistoric pueblo of a pure type, made up of a centrally-placed circular ceremonial room. "In Holly canyon the towers may be approached on foot. The towers In this canyon show some of the finest masonry to be found on the reserva I tlon, one of the finest of them, Holly tower, built on n great rock. Its tip rising to a height level with the mesa. about in the mattress. Daring the night this caused us to sleep uncom fortably and brought about a search for the trouble. We cut open the mat tress und the snake crawled out on the floor.? Farm Journal. Look for "Eaty Money." At least one English village is plan ning to pay its share of the war debt to America and. incidentally to rent a new town hall, by means of the money spent by American tourists. The Cheam parish council recently Then there Is Holly House, which ap pears to have been a pueblo of rec tangular form. These are but a few of the historical structures that await the pleasure of the tourist. However, they are typical of the splendid relics that are to be found in the Hoven weep Monument." . Palm Canyon National monument was created by act of congress? with two strings tied to it. The act author izes the secretary of the interior to set aside 1,600 acres in the county of Riverside, California, "provided, that before such reservation and dedica tion as herein authorized shall become effective the consent and relinquish ment of the Agua Callente hand of In dians shall first be obtained, covering its right, title, and interest; in and to the lands herein described, and pay ment therefor to the members of said band on a per capita basis, at a pric?| to be agreed upon, when there shall be donated for such purposes to the sec retary of the interior a fund in an amount to be fixed and determined by him as sufficient to compensate the Indians therefor." , That's the provision, verbatim et literatim. It certainly means that the promoters must raise the money to pay for the land. It apparently also means that the Indians shall willingly sell. Anyway, Uncle Sam isn't going to pay anything. It is said that a pur chase fund has been or will be raised. The Indians, however, are reported to be unwilling to sell. Anyway, the area set aside with Its strings consists of three canyons with their desert approaches: Andreas, Murray and Palm. The center ol things Is the village of Palm Springs, which is a flourishing winter and spring resort In "Our Araby" of the Colorado desert of southern Califor nia. The purpose of the monument is to preserve fine growths of a native American palm, the Washingtonian fllifera. Palm canyon, most impressive of the three, Is a pass rather than a canyon, about ten miles long, with Palm creek flowing through it. The palms are in groves. Fifty feet is their average height, with here and there one reach ing 70 feet. Andreas canyon nlso has Its stream and its palms with their picturesque "petticoats." Murray can:, yon lies between the other two and is much like them. In early spring the Colorado desert here blossoms like the well-known rose, only more so ? in sand verbena, desert gold, lupine and primrose. "Keep off the desert" is the proper summer sign. decided to rent as a council chamber a 400-year-old cottage. Opponents ot the scheme were silenced by a mem ber's proposal that the town clerk should charge American tourists a guinea to show them over the building. The council lias rented the house and will now lie In wait for such descend ants of the Pilgrim Fathers as rencb Cheam next summer. k tray Bits of Wisdom. Poets/ are like birds; the least thin* makes them sing.? Chateaubri*'"1 Farmer Can Construct Practical Road Drag Every farmer should have a road drag. There Is no excuse for not hav ing one when It can be had with so little cost. Good road drags may be purchased or made at home. On almost any farm some old plank can be found. Get two pieces of plank, oak if you can find it; 3 inches thick if it can be had ; if not, 2 inches thick will be all right; 8 or 10 inches wide and 6 or 7 feet long. Three-inch plank is best as it is much heavier and will stand more heavy usage. You wijl also need two pieces of 2 by 5 or 3 by 4 preferably, if it ean be had, 3 feet long. Some good tough wood is best. . 'Make these like illustration B. Bore five one-half inch holes In each as il lustrated; one to be about 6 inches from the end, with a second one 3 Inches or 2 inches from that Inward, according to the thickness of your two large pieces of plank. At the other end bore one hole about 3 to 4 inches from the end, this hole to be used to hold clevis pin for the hitch. Bore an other hole 6 inches from this end of the piece, and a third hole 2 or S inches inward from the second, ac cording to the thickness of the large pieces of plank used. In each o? the large pieces of plank ! make two holes as in illustration A," ; one at each end 2% inches from top edge of the plank. One hole should be 10 inches from the end, the other j 1G inches from the end ; make these j A i ? ? ? B ? 1^1 C Details of Practical Drag. holes so your two 3-foot pieces will j slip into them easily. You will also need eight old holts, one-half inch in diameter and 6 or 7 inches long, these to go into holes in the 3-foot pieces. Tut together as in Illustration C. having one plank with long end at one end, and other piece with short end at same end ; slip in the 3-foot cross pieces, drive bolts In front and behind the large piece through all the holes but the two for the clevis, having the end of each cross-piece containing the the three holes toward front Get two clevises and put in the remaining holes. ... It will require about one-half day's time to make this drag, and cost you nothing for material If you can find the plank and old bolts on the farm. But even if you must purchase these It is well worth having If you only need to use it on driveway and lanes, However, there are thousands of miles of roads that would be improved wonderfully If the fanners along those roads spent but a few hours occasion ally in pulling a drag over them. You can give your road drag longer j life by nailing a piece of angle iron on the lower front edge of the plank j as shown in illustration A. Nail a few boards across the top to stand on ! while using the drag. These can be nailed on the upright planks, from front to back plank, or can be nailed on the cross-pjpces, lengthwise. Either place will be all right. You can then ride on It and help to hold It down when extra weight is needed. Uniform Sign Is Urged by the Highway Bureau Standardize danger signs along American roadways. Make them alike from coast to coast. So urges the bureau of public roads, United States Department of Agriculture. The recommendation Is made for the consideration of high way officials, automobile organiza tions, municipal officials and other persons Interested In safe driving. By standardization of all highway danger signs the department believes automobile accidents may be lessened. Deaths from automobile accidents have nearly doubled since 1915, and the rapid increase of such accidents, the department believes, can be ap preciably checked by the adoption of standard danger signs, easily read and distinctive, along American highways. A tourist at tlje present time will Bee almost as many kinds of signs as there are fetates ie visits. Also, In some cases, the style of sign changes in going from one county to another. The subject Is under consideration by a committee of the American As sociation of State Highway Officials. Delay of Many States in Road Building Seen Due to failure on the part of many of the states to develop a road-building program, there Is at present a total of $107,192,795 of federal and highway funds In unobligated balances, says the National Motorists' association, In de crying a condition which results from the various states being far in the rear on their highway construction pro grams. Added to thl? is another funo of $65,000,000 recently made available. ^LIVESTOCK 1 ; NEWS i g- ? * Selection of Breed for Good Flock of Sheep lb establishing a flock of sheep for the farm there are many advantages in the farmers of a community select ing the same breed. One important advantage is In changing rams so as to avoid inbreeding. A farmer with only a few ewes is likely to inbreed or use a poor sire, rather than intro duce new blood through the purchase of a good ram. Sheep are divided into three general classes: 1, the fine wools, such as the American Merino, . Delaine, and Rambouillet ; 2, medium wools, such as the Oxford, Hampshire, Shropshire, Southdown, etc. ; 3, the coarse wools, such as the Cotswolds, Leicester and Lincolns. The first class of fine wools are ?especially desirable when run in large numbers on the ranges in mountainous regions, as they herd well together, retain the wool well, are well protected by a close fleece, and probably do bet ter than other breeds on coarse or more or less woody vegetation. Of the fine wools, the Kambouillet has the best mqtton type and is the largest in Kize. I The second class, or medium wool sheep are probably best for non irrigated sections of the state but do well anywhere, as they are' of a dis tinct meat type, mature early, and fur nish a higher percentage of mutton than the fine wools. They are not as large as coarse wool, for the sheep mature earlier. Some of the breeds of this class are rather small, active and well adapted to grazing where the feed is sparse. The Southdowns are the smallest and mature very early and rapidly, but shear only about six to eight pounds of wool. The Shropshire is the most popular farm sheep in America, giving a well-balanced yield of mut ton and wool, and shearing 12 to 14 pounds under farm conditions. Hamp shires and Oxfords are larger than Shropshires, but are a little slower in maturing. Any one of these breeds will give satisfaction.? Extension Serv ice, Colorado Agricultural College. | Some Reasons Why Hogs Are Popular Farm Animals j (Prepafed by the United States Department . of Agriculture.) What is the basis of the hog's popu- : [ larity, which, in spite of his relatively small size, enables htm to stand third ; In total value among all our domestic i animals in the United States? In the first place, of course, he produces toothsome meats which in some form j or other combine well with most of ? our common vegetables, but, according ; to the Department of Agriculture, j there are other reasons why the hog has become a favorite on more than three-fourths of our farms. The hog converts much of our corn crop, 30 to 40 per cent annually, into a concentrated food, and in this work of concentration he is no waster. He Is an efficient user of feed. It takes about six pounds of hay to produce a pound of lamb (live weight), ten pounds of hay and ten pounds of corn to make a pound of beef, and 5.6 pounds of corn for a pound of pork. Hogs are fre quently used to "hog down" or har vest crops and in this way they save the labor of harvesting. I In this country pork and lard enter j prominently into our food supply. The ! average annual consumption per cap- 1 Ita for the last five years was 67.3 pounds of pork and 12.5 pounds of lard as compared with 600 pounds of beef. Cut Down Sow's Ration < When Little Pigs Scour When little pigs show symptoms of scouring, cut down the sow's ration immediately. Four ounces of raw lin seed oil or fifteen to twenty grains of copperas in the sow's slop will help to correct scours. Tliumps in suckling pigs come from too much rich food and not enough exercise. The best remedy Is prevention by sufficient ex ercise. LIVE STOCK NOTES Keep the pigs in clean quarters to prevent disease. ? ? ? Better sires, better herds ; better herds, better profits. ? ? ? Early docking of lambs insures one against loss and a severe check in growth. ? ? ? Raising live stock Is a brand of pleasure that money standards cannot measure. * ? ? Small, undeveloped horses from pony mares and inferior breeding stock are always a drug on the market. If ad vantage is to be taken of the present good horse price it is necessary to offer good stuff. ? ? * Change the hog house or dairy barn ventilating system with every change in weather and with every change in ttte number of animals in the building. ? ? * <r i Corn-cob meal, as feed for young pigs, is far better than pure cornmeal because it is not so concentrated and Is more completely digested. ? ? ? 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