Las Vegas optic., 1914-04-14
A NATIONAL PARK
TO BE FORMED
in STATE
MOVEMENT Is STARTED IN Or
DER TO PRESERVE THE
HISTORIC RUINS

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Santa Fe, April 1.-THE bill Great.
ing the national park of the cliff cities
north of albuquerque and west OF
Santa Fe is finding support not only
In the west but also from scientific
organizations in the east AS far as
New Mexico Is concerned it is aimed
to preserve to- the state its finest
prehistoric ruins; as far as science is
interested it aims to stop vandalism
From material standpoint it will in.
crease tourist travel and will event.
ually lead to the building of fine all-
tomobile roads by the federal govern
ment SO that the park may be reached
conveniently, The bill does not take
from the public domain any lands not
already included in the Jemez forest.
The boundaries of the proposed ma
tional park are the Rio Grande on
the east, the Santo Domingo pueblo
grant on the south, the Labato grant
on the north and the Jemez pueblo
grant ON the west. Of course, within
this area, the greater portion is al
ready included in grants and reser-
vations so that only a comparatively
small area will be under the jurisdic-
ton of the national park. To a GER
tain extent the forestry bureau is to
maintain supervisory powers over the
park. The southern boundary is only
40 miles north of Albuquerque, the
eastern boundary is Is miles west Of
Santa Fe. It can readily be realized
how national park will attract thou
sands of tourists who otherwise would
not visit New Mexico.
The secretary of the interior shall
have sole power to prescribe such
rules and regulations and establish
such service as may be deemed nee
essary for the care and management
Of the park, but such regulations shall
provide specifically for the preserva-
ton from injury or spoliation of the
ruins and other works and relics Of
prehistoric or primitive men, the
shrines Of the Pueblo Indians and all
other objects Of value or interest in
the studies Of the sciences of ethnol-
ogy and archaeology. The Pueblo
and other Indians are to have free and
unobstructed use of all shrines which
may now or hereafter form part of
their anthropic worship or of the rit-
uals and ceremonies of the esoteric
fraternities and that all ceremonial
offerings placed within said shrines
shall be protected from removal by
any person other than the Indians
who placed them.
The secretary Of the interior is au-
thorized to permit excavations, exami-
nations, by persons whom he may
deem properly qualified, provided such
work is undertaken for some reput-
able museum, university, college or
recognized scientific or educational
Institution. Such persons shall fur
nish without cost to the secretary Of
the interior full details Of their in
vestigations, including duplicates Of
all maps and photographs, and de-
scriptions Of all vases, skeptical re-
mains or other antiquities which they
may remove.
The rights of all settlers or other
claimants shall be fully protected and
respected. Agricultural lands shall be
opened to settlement and the seTe-
tary may issue grazing permits and
the sale Of timber under existing for
lest laws and regulations, On the re-
guest of the secretary Of the interior
the forest service shall administer the
said park as if it were part of a mar