Arizona republican., 1908-04-06

E1OW I APpCdlCC 10 WCn NnOWn
 Artist Who Urges a Large Attend
 ance at .he Lecture Of Dr. J. Walt
 CT Fewkes.
 Mention was made in yesterdays is sue Of the lecture of Dr. y. Walter Fewkes. Tuesday afternoon al 2:15 in the Presbyterian church Though the lecture will be given under the aus pices oc the Woman's Club, the sub ject to be treated of is of such general interest the club has unselfishly made the meeting an open one and invites all who are interested to be present. both men and women. It is assured that there will be large attendance of women and it is sincerely hoped that a large number of gentlemen who are interested in such matters wifi make it a point to be present also pr Fewkes is a recognized authority on the subject of which he will treat and it .s 9 re-e opportunity to hear him.
 In this connection it is a pleasure to present herewith a Daoer by W. F.. Rollins, the well known artist who painted the picture of the Grand Can yon. recently bought by President. Rip ley of the Santa Fe railroad. MT. Rol- lins is particularly devoted 10 the study of Indian life and matters archaeological. On the invitation of Dr Fewkes he spent three weeks at Casa Grande during the doctors labors there and bcame so much interested in the old ruin and its surroundings. as well as in tke life oe the present day E,a+ Ia, a,s painting Anyway he has offered this paper. not as 9 presentation Of facts new to the scientific world, but as facts not of general Knowledge among the people. IL is his impressions of Casa Grande and the recent eXcava- tions and is designed merely to "Whet the appetite" for the things that Dr Fewkes will have to say. The paper follows:
 It is evident from long observations and the testament of early explorers. the Salt and C;la river valleys were at time in the remote past inhabited by a numerous thriving and commun- al people. That the culture of the peo- pie was far in advance of other exist ing migratory tribeSmen is attested by the presence of ancient disintergrating walls. old irrigating canals and com- munal wells seen scattered over the territory bordered by the Salt and Gila rivers
 Perhaps the most famous ruin known 10 the southwest and surel.- the one more closely identified with the early history of Arizona is Casa Grande. sit uated in Pinal county in southern Ari- zona. The ruin lies about twelve miles from Florence and is located little more than Q mile from the left bank Of tie Cila river
 Casa Grande was given its name by the celebrated Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino who discovered and described the great house during his carly christianizing pilgrimage across the deserts Of southern Arizona about 1894. The great house since the ad- vent of Father Kino has been repeat edly described and figured by later ex- plOrerS and is now recognized as the most important ruin of it's type in the southwest. and as such lays strong claim of Q peculiar fascination for the archaeolOgist and student on account of its undetermined antiquity and of the impenetrable veil of mystery con- cerning the lives, manners. and cult of its inhabitants
 Recognizing the value of the re- pair and the protection of the Casa Grande ruins as well as showing a type ruin peculiar to the southwest. a spe- cial appropriation was made by the government. This appropriation was disburyed under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute and the field work under the guidance and direction of Doctor J. w. Fewkes, the eminent archacoIOgist. was commenced Octob- CT 2i, 1906.
 In the cc"rsc u~ the work as con ducted by Doctor Fewkes there was found an existing wall which not only surrounds the great house but also forty three large rooms forming clus- ters some. O. which are larger than the historic Casa Grande of Father Kino. The walls surrounding the great house and other nearby clusters are called compounds. word formal Iy introduced 10 arohaeologists for the first tine IT, Doctor Fewkes. as a name O. a new type of prehistoric structures
 Of the walls and houses forming the different clusters in the immediate vi- ci1ity of Casa Grande, of other multi pie or single mounds scattered here and there. the material used in the structures and manner of building the probable use of Casa Grande, the lives of it's inhabitants. their ceremonial rites. the storing of water and the na turc of food and supply their culture.