El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-26
E PASOANS SEE
PETR|FIED TREES
Flagstaff Gives a Hearty
Reception to FL Pasoans
Monday.
turned out in honor Of the El Pasoan
HOIbrOOk and NinSiovv.



Winslow and HOlhrOOk are both IN
portant psints on the santa Fe II
Supplying Eanchers. both sheep and
cattle InAans, indian traders, miners
and lumberfnen also draw upon these
towns for supplies That the section
is growing is reflected in tine business
section of both Of these From either
OF the places. tourists make trips 10
the famous Arizona "Petrified Forest
particularly from Holbrook. This is
one Of the most wonderful sights upon
the continent and yearly draws thous-
andS of interested people. As a result
the Harvey system maintains one OF
its splendid hotels At Holbrook, for
the accommodation OF the travelling
public. The forest" is reached in =
short ride by automobile, from Hol-
brook.
owing to desire Of the FL Pasoans
unanimously TO visit the Forest" IL has
been decided 10 lengthen the stay at
HolbrOok so the trip can be made in
automobiles ana cars have been asked
70 meet US on arrival there. This viii
put Us into Gallup an hour or an hour
and a half late
The Great Fortified Forest
These forests We're here when the
earliest explorers came and the lore
Of the indians teaches that they were
Just exactly what caused them nobody
seems TO know. but II was the theory
OF the late Prof John Muir that the
trees were turned to stone during some
great volcanic upheavel, by the effect
Of gases; later that they were covered
by q great inland sea. for there are
evidences both of the volcano and or
the sea. None of the trees are stand
ing They are all prone upon the
ground. Some OF the trunks are more
than a hundred feet in length. broken,
however, into pieces from four to %
feet long The longest whole stone
tree IN the forest forms 3 bridge
across q small arroyo just below a
spring that bubbles up out Of the
alkali-volcanic cinder formation. Some
Of these great stone tree trunks are IN
De seen sticking out Of the sides OF
walls OF earth fifty and a hundred feet
above the level OF the surrounding
country. In some places. great cOllec-
uOns Of stone chips may be found,
looking for all the world like the chips
around q yard where cedar posts have
been cut.
Trees Hard A. Agate.
some Of the petrined trees are agate
like in their hardness. some are much
softer The hard ones take on beau
tiful polish and many handsome speci-
mems were carried off before the gov
eminent set aside the place as a ma
tiOnal monument and gave its protec-
tion TO the petrified trees The trunks
Of some OF these stone trees are three
feet and more in circumference: some
small limos may be found also. but
most OF the small pieces have been
carried away
crusher near Adamana. which is closer
to the best portion OF the forest than
either HOlbrook or Williams. and
crushed these stone trees for ballast
for the Santa Fe railroad until he was
stopped.
The '-Petrified Forest" is one Of the
wonders Of the world. and among tho
most unique Of the natural curiosities
in America, yet II is visited by fewer
people than any OF the other great ma
tural attractions Every southwestern
resident ought to visit this place once
in a lifetime.
WinsIOw Reception Hearty.
Winslow knew We were coming and
gave US a hearty reception and en-
joyed the band immensely as the peo-
PIE Of Flagstaff had done earlier in the
day. They are not accustomed to bands
down on the border where troops are
more plentiful The band has been a
great source Of pleasure to FL Pasoans
as wei as those We have visited for We
have found the musicians ever ready
TO play. no matter what the hour,
though some Of them have suffered
severely from split lips" as a result
of so much constant service. The peo-
pie everywhere have praised. cheered
and cOmplimenJed the band and il has
done as much 10 make US welcome as
anything.
The Fl Pasoans who are making this
trip viii always have a warm feeling
for the boys of the Sixth infantry band
That Williams does a big trade with
the surrounding country was evidenced
today by the dust covered automobiles
here from ranches and small towns and