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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
De IA Cruz PLEADS
NOT GUILTY 70 CHARGE

Antonelle de Ia Cnrz has pleaded not
guilty to charge of unlawful use of
explosives. He was accused of having
sent package of dynamite down
fiume to Papaikou Mill If the dy-
Mantle had not been SEGA in time it
would have been shot into the rollers
and Manager NOR, who was staining
nearby almost certainly would have
been killed.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
?" 2 y
SWOBODA HELD IN
FRANCE AS A SPY

Especial Wireless to Nippu Jiii)
PARIS, April 24.-Raymond Schwind
alias Raymond SwobOdn, German al
mittedly, has been held on the charge
of espionage. He is accused Of at
tempting to set fire to the French liner
La Tougaine on a voyage from New
\ DIRK to France.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
TURKS SEE FIRST
BRITISH PRISONERS

tN>socisted Press by Federal wireles4)
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 24.-Tho
frst British prisoners taken by the
Turks, six officers and nineteen mr'n
lrrs "f H." ,rru ct the subunari Els
Hn1r arrived and attract great attcn
tlun.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
FLOODS CONTINUE TO
DAMAGE TEXAS CITIES

AsSorisrcd Press by Federal WireIess)
AUSTIN, Texas, April 25.-The rains
are continuing and tn" rivers in food
are reaching higher levels hourly, Mayor
Wool,hidpc estimates that the damage
done In Austin alone amounts already
TO Il u,uIt,m dollnrH Eighteen uersons
' "N - VI drowned here, fourteen Of
the ho%ns having been recovered,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
GAR VISITS HIS
NEW CITY LEMBERG

IAn.~ci".oA P-oss n" Foderol w'-"'Nss
PETROGRAD, April 23.--The Czar
has hren at Lemberg in conference with
Grand I'ul q iehOlas with reference
tn Cnrrnthin" cam"aiuN Addressing
a rraW t. hr said: "Thank you for YOU
T'HWe. Lorr live indy isahle Rus
sin"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
SUMMER HEAT HAS
HIT THE WINDY CITY

CASsooistsd Press by Federal wirolesS>
CHICAGO, April 25.-The thcrmomc,
ter here yesterday Registered eighty
seven degrees, the sudden change to
summer weather resulting in some suf-
fering.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
CANNOT FIND
BRITISH il. FLEET

ASS",rated Press by Federal Wireless
hEkIIN. ,April ";i.-The fleet has
runcL repeatedly into the North .ra
md lHlu~h water, without u"rtIul
.ur Fn.liah fleet.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
SUBSCRIBE
FOR GERMAN BONDS

(AssOeiated Press by Federal Wire6Ssl
BERLIN, April 26.--Au American
banking ErOnp has placed ten million
dollars worth Of nine montna InpeHal
eXrheQucr bonds with their customers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-27
PARIS SAYS ADVANCE STOPPED

PARIS, April 24.-lt is asserted Off
cially here that the German advance
in the regio:. of Ypres has been halted
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
PRESIDENT WEEPs
As REVIEWS PARADE
OF GRIZZLED VET
ERANS INSPIRING AND M
PRESsINE SCENE.
There We're Few Dry Eyes Among
the Thousands of Spectators
WHO Watched the Veterans
Pass Down Avenue.

WASHINGTON. Sept 29.-Presi-
dent Wilson wept today as he re
viewed the parade Of the Grand
Army of the Republic veterans
Tears came into his eyes time and
again and he was unashamed for
he brushed them away. He was not
alone in his emotions for as govern
ment officials. the thousands from
the city aud the hundred thousand
visitors Watches the broken ranks
pass by there were few dry eyes.
n was probably one Of the most
insplriue and pathetic scenes the
capital ras eter Witnessed. The
president stood iu exactly the same
spot where President Andrew John
SON stood nfts years ago aud saw
lhe same meu then heardiess
youth ANA rm'vart soldiers passed
doau che avenue to ne dlshapded
aftsr four wears stfuesie
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
ARDMORE DEATH
TOLL IS 46
THIS NUMBER Is Result or THE
GASOLINE EXPLOSION Mon
DAY AFTERNOON.
CLEAR AWAY DEBRIS.
The Work of Making Repairs on the
Damaged Buildings is i'm Prog
ress-Fire Inquest Being
Considered by Officials.

ARDMORE, sept. 20.--The death
of Otto McClung. An Indian messen-
ger. in a sanitarium carly this morn
ing brought the total death toll, re-
suiting from the gasoline explosion
here Monday afternoon. to forty-siy.
This number includes twenty eight
whites .one Indian and seventeen
negroes.
The finding Of two more bodies in
the ruins of the Pennington whole
sale house last night resrlted in a
further investigation heing made. \
large force of workers il digging in
the ruins today to ascertain IL any
more bodies are buried beneath the
debris.
Deputies Williams and Nckayne of
the state fire mar~hai's department.
are conducting an investigation and
y firc inquest j. being considered.
Cits Attorney Brown stiil insists that
the santa be j. liable for damages.
The eli, commissioners are consider
ins steps to institute suits Ia prevent
the removal of witnesses. state
I ort,orutipns Commissioner Henshaw
arrived here today. hut he >aid his
visit had me- offieial significance.
That the n~rt"u~ tension of the
cig, +. ~till high wa~ evidenced hf
the .l,mmine ct a daor At the f9'i'a
ward sehaui huil,ling t"sia, which
threw the pnl,il~ into a panic Tho
relsais spfeaI quickly that shs hinld-
ing had collapsed. W one was IN
iusod ~ the rush.
Work ~ repairing buildings a'''i
fnnt lns siesk~ - progressing rapidly
a,,tns g. 80 aHansiauff uf isi'et fratn
ia a,i nelsl. uearhs
Th. iniafe,l ~ tise hs'-l's''l> an'l
urasts tuws ~ afe repeated iosiat as
b. fm~ uf 20 sisnget-
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
ITALIAN WARsH|P sunk
BY IN EXPLOSION
A FIRE WHICH STARTED ON
THE VESSEL REACHED 4
POWDER MAGAZINE.
More than Three Hundred Lives
We're Lost in the Disaster.
Rear Admiral Among
the Dead.

ROME. Sept. 29.--More than
three hundred lives were lost in the
sinking of the Italian warship
Benedsti Brin in the Brindisi har-
bor
The ministry OF marine confirmed
the press reports OF the disaster. but
reported no additions to the list OF
eight officers and 3Is of a crew OF
T3e rescued. The death OF Rear
ADMIRAL DE Ceryin was also con-
firmed. The explosion was caused
by a burst of flames which reach
ed the powder magazine aft. The
origin oi the fire has not yet been
determined but preliminary insss-
tlgafion. according 60 the marine
officials. preelndes the possibility OF
the ship being a victim OF hostile
attack.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
U. S. CAN PROTECT
THE HOME MANUFACTURER

WASHINGTON. sept - Sec
retary 81 Commerce Redfleld Told
che ruliea Press today that the
United states Is prepared 20 prevent
she unlosdlnx ~ los priced goods
frem ioFrisa eosniriss 80 oaf shores
aHss ite end 81 the var
The secretary 81 eamta fee outlined
SHAT the eaanffY aaH 80 g. meet ans
sffsg9 ta ga fufeiea soosis - thls
seealrs helr~ fhe Fass ~ rredaflseH
IS kmetsfau nanafatfafefs aftef
tfe ftss 81 lhN 44F Nhe*e
alaps sga haN hias considered ~
tt effesafY eA fesiefel sessie easss
NN
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
OulGAnIl HEsITlTEs TO
ENTER the fun0Pfln Wl0

ROME. sept - The possibiii.
tA - nuisarla entering the var -
once en tne side 81 Austro-uermany
ta heen renewed b. tho saesess of
lhe allies Offensive movement -
fae @eaf. seeordinE % the sofia cor
feaseaaeal af the Tfibune
fsalsAFsa = alarmed - prempt
mehii.xsiioa "a she Oteek afnssvs.
fhe fsllufs ~ the Anstre-Nsfman
aitafs aa sefhia sna gae immlnsnee
81 il8mmHmlan nsabllssasssn. lae
fefses penaeAt s*ia
uiptaeaasis elFslea s@nsaieF sh8
strn.sssfmaa pitns ln shs nalksas
4 fAGiafw
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
: READY FOR ANOTHER DASH
;ec Artillery Action Is Marking the Greatest Battle
IN the History of the WOrld-The Allies Are
Steadily Hammering on the German
Position.

Io,pON 2The first rush through the
Roth and Artos regions the allies steadily
which 10
made dash The second phase
The history
Paris said the French
foot
enG
The gis, official report making progress
whe
to
during the night indicate
artillery evidently preparatory
works NIes Verlun The whole
shaking al
seconda andth
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
THE GERMANS
CLAIM SUCCESS
REPORT THE RECAPTURE OF
TEN ROWS OF TRENCHES
FROM BRITISH.
HOLD BACK ALLIES
All Attacks During the Last Twen-
ty-isour Hours Have Been Re-
pulsed, the Berlin War Of
flee Says.

BERLIN. Sept. 29.-German
troops have recaptured from the
BiitisI, ten rows OF trenches taken
i'm the fighting around i.oos. On ey-
cry section If the front the Anglo
French attacks have been repul>ed
during the last twenty-four hours.
the war office reported today.
I'VE have been unable To eject
the enemy from 100 meters Of
trenches northwest of Souchez." the
statement admitted. but constantly
waves of French are being broken
down before our resistance"
The official statement mentioned
the gsilantry OF the lshiueianders
and WestplIalians in meeting Sc
rious attack of the French who >uf-
fered the Attest losses east and
northeast of Nims. "iil around
Laos The English troops attacked
fiercel, throughout yesterday and
last night aiming to improve their
positions near Lens" the statement
continued. ''Despiie the turs al the
assaults the German. maintained
their positions aud poured hoi,
steady hie into the enemy which
sent them reeiiae back te ,heir own
trenehcs. The French attacked
against Wide front around ~oueiisl
aud Neusi HE and IN the hampagne.
ri these attacks were repal>esi."
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
GERMANS LOSE 100000
IN RECENT FIGHTING
THIS Is THE ESTIMATE OF CASU-
ALTIES MADE BY THE
FRENCH WAR OFFICE.
This Number j. in Excess of the
Strength of Three Army Corps.
The French Are
Still Gaining.

PARIS. Sept. 21.-t.crman CASH
alties in the recent offensive OF the
French and British. including killed.
wounded and prisoners were given
officially by the French war office
today a. in excess of the strength Of
three army corps fmore than TO-
900 mem.
There j. no interruption of the
fighting in Champagne.
Progress os the French in the Ar-
toi> region. northwestern France.
continues.
>orth of Na~>ige~ the war
offiec sass nne thousand sernan>
surrendered
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29

victed Hillstrom. The Swedish min
lister pleaded with him today to
give the name of the woman in
secret so that an investigation
might be made and possibly re-
prieve obtained.
Il have lived the life Of an ar
tist. said HilIstrom. "and will
die like one. Who the woman is.
is nobody's business, am innocent
OF the crime for which | was con-
yicted.
Governor Spry, members of the
supreme court and board of par
dons do not believe Hillstrom 5
story of the woman.
Hillstrom in choosing death by
the firing squad instead Of hanging
asked to be permitted 10 face the
riflemen with uncovered eyes. This
request was refused.
He has not asked for q spiritual
adviser and will not do so. There is
no prison chaplain The doomed
man is eating we'll and sleeps
regularly. No death watch has been
established, but guard viii prob
ably be placed over his cell Thurs
day. When he has passed his last
night on earth he will be aroused
before dawn, given a chance to
bathe and to partake OF breakfast.
He will be given anything 10 eat
that he desires. He will then have
a final opportunity TO reveal the
name of the woman, but his friends
say he will neYer do this.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
To FIRE ON MEXICAN TERRITORY
Shells Will Be Thrown Into Trenches Mexican Side Of
River the Next Time Americans Are Fired Up
on-Field Pieces Are Placed
in Position.

artillery.
fieFl
frsm
and various pieces will he to Pro-
and other points along the
regarded
into Mexican
complications admitted
the Mexican
" he owed artillery
wi al tempt to
everything readiness
nv
eSmth while
be to Mexican
bandit
his
vered fore exhib tion on the
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
MEX|CANS FIRE
ACROSS RIVER
BATTLE LASTS THIRTY MINUTES
N FIGHTING Ar LsRIERiA
PUMPING PLANT.
MANY SHOTS FIRED
shout iite iiuudsed shots Were ~
changed i.etWeea NeNiean~ aud
amsftean~---i.aF'ieF ~ttna-
fion s.Fow@ Mere serious.


niioW N~kitII. feNas, SEPT.
- tIuiieiin. --Nicsieafs ti1esl
aero.- lhr ri,ef AZ q nitsd
state. easairt psif''l meaf she
tafesfis pumpln@ ststian st'-
dss. astufsiius a. relsnft~ tfssh-
lna lefe fhi~ sftetnse,n. The
fighting lassrsl ai,s'ut tfsltt, msta-
utes aal ai.o4sf flse hundred
,i.sa wste eset,snssd. No fssss'
sisis- we've repeated sssi'ii.@ li's
.assls 81. asd ii 3. nsst hHsstsu
gf aas "a the usst sis- SER has
b. IS rstsffsti thst ettuvvp
ssw sreI ssss ileslssua hste
4sgiisfsf spls~.iF fllis tsaes ai'si
l.asgf6 &c siansi istaisl* rts4ess
tasas is fsass8 twftsstsl t*s
s@ass shn fstssi nfr ssssi
fi4.ss tsifsfs sa.itilef e*se
flfssl us.sa 81 sisth sHs af ittft
l&sgssh eH MEHs hei.sa
itF@e stiie
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29

WASHINGTON sept 20 Gal
vt ton Jed all pofta save Nee YORK
m ihe mauer ef exports sot lhe
eeeN eadlnr Sept 81. the ;atal be-
irr se.tHH.fss
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-29
4 etnnln ANN c9lPs
uIPtD OUT " flOeO

to>tss<. ~~vss ss--~t'v><sh -,
80 s-s*. t.sts.ew-s s.~s~>~s >s~&s
ssp. hss s~s~ ~st~~t -ss - si~-~1s
. 49, ss~~A sess.i.~>~ >*ss~~11an - :
ttssu.sss ss.s sk~ t'vss~ws~e s~sv~~
s-sssk~s a sh~ vsun~s.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10
Good
| Neighbors
By
VICTOR REDCLIFFE

Copyright, 1915, by w. G. Chapman)
Gould you lend me your steplad-
der? I want to take out some of the
window screens"
The man addressed, next-door neigh
Dor, Robert Mason, nodded simply. He
was the owner of the house into which
Earle Pelham and his wife had just
moved. Pelham had paid liberal rent
for the place. The unsocial manner of
his landlord displeased him. The lat
ter simply lifted the article asked for
over the low dividing fence, bowed and
turned away.
"Humph!" commented Pelham, al
most irritably, as he entered the
house.
what is the matter, dear?" inquired
Mrs. Pelham, tracing displeasure in
his manner and voice.
"That landlord of ours. Asked him
just now to loan me a stepladder to
get at the screens and he acted as if
he grudged even decent word"
ooh, you misjudge him, Earle, in
deed you do" Mrs. Pelham fastened
to say. Il feel SO sorry for him-all
the town does, learn. His life is a
sad, sad history. A year ago his wife,
bride of year, had fit of sickness
which led to complete nervous break
down. She got so bad they had to
send her to a sanitarium. Two months
ago she escaped. They have not been
able to trace her since. 1t is feared
that she wandered out among the
swamp lands beyond the sanitarium
drowned"
"Poor fellow!" spoke Pelham, his
sympathetic heart deeply touched by
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10
LUCK OF THE HORSESHOE
Popular Superstition Has Been Traced
to an English Demon of Thir-
teenth Century.

Why is the horseshoe considered a
sign of good luck? There is nothing
especially pretty about horses cast
off iron shoe, and no doubt not one
horseshoe believer in million can
tell why he treasures it.
The origin of the superstition can
be traced back to the thirteenth GEN.
fury.
The monk Gervaise of Tilbury in
forms us that at that time there was
a kind of demon in England which
appeared as horse rearing on its
hind legs and with sparkling eyes.
Whenever this apparition was seen it
was a sign that conflagration would
soon break out.
Hence, as giving kindly warning,
this mysterious horse was regarded as
a friendly spirit, and the animal in
general was believed to be a benefi-
cent mystic power.
A horse tooth carried in the pocket
prevented tooth ache; it was sign
of good luck to find a horseshoe, and
one was placed under the pillow of a
child to cure the collie, or nailed
against a building to prevent it catch
ing fire. This led to it's general adop-
ton as a protective symbol.-Stray
Stories.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10

nearly city block. The architecture
is perfect, the stones are polished to
marble smoothness and every stone
joins it's neighbor with exactness.
The walls are hollow and filled
with tiny rooms, from which doors
open into the main court. SO far no
doors have been found through this
outer wall, and it is supposed that en-
trance either was made from the top
by way of ladders or through tunnel
down under the walls.
Enclosed in the walls are circular
stone rooms, called kivas, supposed to
have been meeting places for the men.
Probably twenty such rooms are in
cluded in the main court.
Pottery of exceptionally beautiful
design and workmanship has been
found in the interior OF the walls.
Excavation has not progressed far
enough down to reveal other examples
of the craft of the extinct cliff-dwell"
ing tribes.
The finger prints of the women, who
evidently laid the stones, are in the
clay between the stones.
No inscriptions have been found, al
though several of the stones bear tri-
angular designs and other markings.
The discovery of the castle" opens
again the question of whether the toll
ing hordes of the cliff jewellers" were
warlike race. No reason can be Civ
en- for the erection of this pretentious
work except that it was intended as
refuge in time of war. No warlike
weapons, however, have been discov-
cred in the ruin. Their energies seem
to have inclined toward pottery max
ing, basket weaving, soil filling and
garment making.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10

this recital. ct will be more charitable
in my judgments after this"
The Pelhams had not dealt with Ma
son personally in renting the old home
of Mrs. Mason's family, but through
an agent. After the death of the par
ents of his wife, Mr. Mason had moved
into the old home. Now he was rent
ing it furnished and had taken up
more limited quarters in the adjoining
cottage, which he owned.
The Pelhams had just moved in.
Mrs. Pelham was busy all day long get
ting the interior in order. Her hus-
band attended to outside matters. He
removed the screens, tidied up the gar
den and both retired that night pretty
we'll wearied with their unusual labor.
1.-THE house is too large for us,
Earle" Mrs. Pelham remarked. Il
wish we had taken the one Mr.. Mason
occupies"
81 don't know that we could get it, y
observed her husband. II heard he
was going to sell both places if he
could and leave the town. The associ-
atoms of this old house, where his un-
fortunate wife was born, must be very
painful to him."
Robert Mason had given up his wife
as dead. In trying to locate her after
her escape from the sanitarium the
clues that led them to believe that the
fugitive had wandered into the swamp
district. This was a dangerous and
interminable swamp spot, and three
days after the disappearance of Mrs.
Mason a fire had swept the greater
portion of it. There was every reason
to believe that Mrs. Mason had per-
ished.
A distressing feature of her fate was
the fact that the physician in charge of
the sanitarium had entertained great
hopes of her eventual recovery. She
had been improving for some weeks
prior to her escape.
1t was about midnight when Mr.. Pei
ham, soundly asleep, was aroused
from his slumbers by quick nudge
from his wife. Her voice was tremu-
lous and agitated as she whispered
breathlessly:
Get up at once, Earle!"
"Why, what is the matter?" in
quired her better half drowsily.
"Burglars," shuddered Mrs. Pelham.
"Oh, do be careful I've been over
half an hour lying awake and listening
to suspicious sounds.
"The wind, / suppose"
"No, | thought SO at first, but found
I was mist ken" continued Mrs. Pei
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10

216 feet, and its greatest width eighty
nine feet.
In places were rooms original
ly three stories in height, the final
story at present having no roof ex-
cept the top of the cave, but most OF
the rooms now to be seen are on the
first floor, although in some places a
second story is still standing. There
have been traced ia separate rooms in
this great structure, besides eight sub
terranean ceremonial chambers,
known as kivas. 1t has been estimat-
ed that the building had population
of about $50 natives.
Cliff palace, the second of these i'm
portant ruins, is nearly three times
the size of Spruce Tree house, and
has over 200 rooms. 1t was repaired
in 1900 and now presents very re-
spectacle appearance to the visitor.
Like Spruce Tree house, it is in q
cave, the roof of which arches about
seventy-five feet above it, and is To-
Gated in Cliff canyon, the floor OF
which is several hundred feet above
the level of the canyon. 1t Is ap-
preached by means of steps cut in the
rock, and ladders.
Deep under the debris which COW
cred the lower entrance of Cliff pal
ace the excavators found the ancient
entrance to the building, which leads
by gradual slope to the center Of
the village.
These wonderful archaeological
ruins present to the visitor unusual
opportunities to see the early type Of
dwellings, and offer to the student OPP
portunity to study early life, construc-
tion in buildings and religious and
secular ceremonies of the ancient cliff
dwellers
Castle Is Most Wonderful.
Only recently there has been discov-
cred, across the canyon from Cliff pal
ace, the most remarkable of these re-
markable ruins--a cut-and-polished
stone citadel, already known as the
castle
The stone edifice is built in the
shape of an enormous ID" The YER
tical line of the 3D. measures 1872
feet, while the circular wall measures
245 feet, mammoth affair covering
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10


oone
senate have attended to the furnish
in
sidewalks about the capitol
terrace thoroughly
AS result the committee and storage available
Tor offices
the capitol jobs which
New and office furniture supplied needed
capitol marble
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-12-10

and in it's labyrinth of canyons. Dur
ing these long excursions ruins, the
one more magnificent than the other,
have been discovered. The two larg-
est were found by Richard Wetherill
and Charley Mason one December day
in 1888, as they were riding together
through the pinyon wood on the mesa
in search of stray herd. They had
penetrated through the dense scrub to
the edge of a deep canyon. In the
opposite cliff, sheltered by a huge
massive vault of rock, there lay before
their astonished eyes a whole town,
with towers and walls, rising out of a
heap of ruins This grand monument
of bygone ages seemed to them well
deserving of the name Of the Cliff Pal
ace. Not far from this place, but in
a different canyon, they discovered,
on the same day, another very large
cliff dwelling. To this they gave the
name of Spruce Tree House, from a
great spruce that jutted forth from
the ruins.
During the course of years Richard
and Alfred Wetherill have explored
the mesa and its canyons in all di-
rections. They have thus gained a
more thorough knowledge of it's ruins
than anyone. Together with their
brothers, John, Clayton and Wynn,
they have also carried out excavations
during which number of extremely
interesting finds have been made"
Like Great Apartment House.
Spruce Tree house has distinct
likeness to a gigantic hotel built in a
cave with crescent-shaped roof, the
floor of the cave being fifty feet above
the bottom of rne canyon and the rocf
sighty feet hiS-... It's total lengsa -