El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-02-17
A PROCLAMATION.

"A
WHEREAS, certain prehistoric abo-
riginaI ruins situated upon public
lands Of the United States, within
the Santa re National Forest, in the
State Of New Mexico, are Of un-
usual etnnologic, scientific, ANA edu-
cationaI interest, and it appears that
the public interests would be pro-
noted BY r~eserving these relics Of a
vanished people. with as much land
ais may be necessary for the proper
protection thereof, as a National Mo-
hument,
Now therefore, Il WOODROW Will
SON, President OF the United States
OF America. by virtue of the power in
me vested by section two Of the Act
Of Congress approved June s, 1906,
entitled An Act for the Preservation
Of American Antiquities do proclaim
that there are hereby reserved from
appropriation and use of all kinds
der all of the public land laws sub
ject to all prior valid adverse claims.
and set apart ais a National Monu-
psent. All the tracts Of land, IN the
State Of New Mexico, shown as the
B~andelier National Monument on the
diagram forming a part thereof.
The reservation made BY this pro-
clamation is not Intended to prevent
the use of the lands for forest pur-
poses under the proclamation esta-
hlishing the Santa re National For-
est. The two reservations shall both
be effective OF the land withdrawn,
but the National Monument hereby
established shall be the dominant re-
~servationi and any 5ase OF the land
Which interferes with it's preserva-
tion or protection as a National Mo
nument Is hereby forbidden.
Warning is hereby given to all
unauthorized persons not to appro-
PIRATE, injnre, remove. or destroy any
feature of this National Monument,
or to locate or settle on any of the
lands reserved by this proclamation
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. ] have
hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal Of the United States to be affix-
ed.
Done at the City Of Washington
this eleventh day of February in the
year of oar Lord one thousand nine
hundred ard sixteen, and Of the indie
p~endence Of the United States the
enc hundred and fortieth.
(SigDed) WOODROW WILSON.
tSigned( ROBERT LANSING, y
Secretary Of State.
sketch OF BandeIier.
Adolph Francois Alfonso Bandelier
was born al Berne, Switzerland, Aug
alst G, 1879. He was a son of a dis
tingnished Swiss army officer. He
came to New Mexico as a fellow of
tho Archaeological Institute Of Amer
lea to study the Pueblo, ruins. This
occupied his whole time from 1880 I'M
TIL 1889. He traversed on foot the en-.
tire Rio Grande Valley and examined
and surveyed all the villages sites
and studied the historical traditions
OF the living Indians. He also explo-
red on foot nearly all of New Mexico,
Arizona Mexico and Central America
and his publications by the Institute
are now the foundation for all stud
cnts or these regions. And SO he has
come to be considered the worlds
foremost authority IN Spanish-Amer-
lCd dS IcNthitu Df dlCHdCloBltdl anu
chronological evidence. He died in Ma
drid, Spain, March Is, 1914, In pas
sing it is Interesting to note that the
scene Of Bandelier's famous novel +,
The Delight-Makers" is in the Can
o Rito de los Friioles. Mrs. H. ST
KaNnc of Santa Fe is a niece of this
roted explorer.
Jucse A. j. Abbott of the Rito was
custodian Of this area last summer
and according to statements b. &c I
DeeVisor Don p. Johnston, he will be
continued in the capacity of custo- I
dian. /,
Last fall. Judge Abbott planted I
shipment Of fish furnished by !
the Government, and the Forest Ser I
vice already has plans under way for Z
replacing the ladders to the different !
caves and repairing some of the
The service is also to esta- /
blish telephone connection with the /
Abbott ranch. :
FOREST SERVICE NOT IN !
CONTROVERSY EXPLAINS j
Supervisor Don p Johnston Of rhe
Santa Ia National rarocf ~ No.