Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-12
DETROIT PAPER
GIVES BOOST TO
SUNSHINE STATE
Tells Of Purchase Of Hunting.
and Fishing Preserves and
Praises Archaeological Fea-
lures of Section

Santa Fo March Henry H. JOY,
president of the Packard Motor Car
company Of Detroit o.. o. p. Hunt.
y. Eisenhart and Ashley Pond re-
turned today from several days
trip TO the cliff dwelling region west
of Santa ~ and spent the greater
part of the day at the museum of New
Mexico studying the pottery and
other prehistoric relies on display
there. Mr. joy expressed surprise at
the marvellous archaeological wealth
of this section and admiration Of the
work that the School Of American Ar
cheeology it doing not only In Now
MeNieo but also tn Central America.
MIR JOY is one OF the principal pur-
chasers of the Ramon vigil grant
north Of Albuquerque Regarding that
purchase, the Detroit journal says
"In ono of the gardcn spots of New
Moyico five Detroiters are purchasing
fifty square miles Of land for hunt
ing and fishing preserve, and there
is now talk of forming an exclusive
hunting club Of local people who viii
have the right 30 camp upon the 50,-
000 acres Included in the tract
Henry =. JOY president Of the
Packard Motor car company ROY y.
Chapie. president Of the Hudson Mo-
tor Car company David and Paul r..
Gray, real estate men, and Ashley
Pond are those Interested The tract
rs situated within twenty-five miles
Of Santa zee with which 10 is connected
by railroad and by fine automobile
road.
paul r. Gray who engineered the
deal. is enthusiastic i'm his praise of
the country In which the preserve ~
located lie visited it in January
when Dctoiters We're shiyering
through dark cold, damp days, and
says the peculiar situation Of the spot
gives II what Is virtually summer the
year round
"'The country is rich In arohaeolo-
gical features said Mr. GRAY The
truct Is In the form of "a triangle with
the Frjoles canyon bounding il on
the southwest This canyon is one of
tho most ttounding things magin-
able. and ls much deeper and moro
impressive than the smaller ones
north of the tract In It are built
those wonderful structures known as
cliff DWELLINGS, which ere still puz-
zic 10 the archaeologists one need
travel but a short way from the fine
house which we found on tho tract ga
minglc with all that now remains of
a prehistoric people.
These singular habitations are
found within am area of 500 miles
square In the steep cliffs which hor-
der the canyons of the region some
times the nbodes are built so as "a
form circle within circle. Looking
down from mountain side at great
height. one seems to behold an ann
/ phitheatcr with an arena, which Is
really the court of the dwellings, In
the middle
The tract is in "a valley bounded
lbs two Rocky mountain ranges-th,
sangrc de- ermtc on the east. and the
/ Jcmc2 ON the west The ranges arc
from 10000 TO $4,000 feet high Tho
valley forms part of what IS known
las paiarltu park. / cannot hut thinh
that the government will some da,
wish 60 get possession of the lano
which includes this tract and convert
/ fl into another Yellowstone park.
There are 10000 cliff dwellings
thereahouts. ana the spot Is the Mecca
| of ec,ocists. unthrupologists and ar
ehaeuloeists who explored there the
wear around i'm an effort to probe the
secrets of a dead past II is rich ir
aame-the wild turkey the mountain
/ lion. deer and other fleet-footed ami
mails abound The numerous rihu-
taries which thread the land, flowing
down from the mountains on the
west To- whore The Rio Grande bounds
the tract ON the east are filled with
trout. the prince of game fish
Nh GRAY went TO New Mexico
with William r.. Nales The men Wis.
tiug the tract. found that a fine
house. deserted when il lumhermar
who built it gave nap business was
sim standing IN the northern part OF
the tract. Around 1t were several
smaller houses hahitatous of em.
ployts also deserted Mir Pond VIII,
owns ranch i'm Ncw Mexico con-
coived the idea of buying the tract