Semi-weekly herald., 1917-09-10


r feet deep. The walls Of this build
ing were probably 20 feet in height,
and there were "a rooms. In the
cliff rs feet below was found recent
ly by Mr.. Jeep the skeleton of a
four-year-old child in perfect form.
The place where it was found is in
accessible to the ordinary person and
can be reached only by means of ropes
dropped from the top of the canon.
At the Oak Tree House.
Having spent an hour or more at
the Sun Temple the guides informed
the party that in the nearby cliffs
was located the Oak Tree house. SO
called because of the fact that near
1t are some large oaks. The party
was led down the trail few hun
dred feet to these ruins in the cliff.
In these ruins is located fine spring
of the finest kind of water where the
thirsty party refreshed themselves
and viewed the walls of stone built
so as to close up in part the caves
opening out upon the canon. After a
short time here the members of the
party began their return and it was
noticed that several, particularly
those who had brought few pounds
of extra flesh with them, began to
show signs of fatigue as they were
climbing up along the cliffs to the
top of the canon. Finally the call of
the horns indicated that all had reach
ed the top safe and sound and were
ready for other discoveries.
The Peabody House.
The autoists were taken in their
autos to the ruins known as the Pea
body house, so named because of the
fact that one Peabody was instru-
mental in getting congress to pass
the law setting aside the Mesa Verde
as a national park. The cars were
stopped near the edge Of deep can
on and 1t was noticed that several
of the party were slow in leaving
their cars. The other members sus-
picioned the condition of things and
a guard was placed over those who
showed signs of faltering. All were
brought to the edge of the canon and
informed that in going to these ru-
ms 1t would he necessary to pass thru
n place called Eat Mans Misery"
Right then rebellion broke several Of
the ladies and some of the men, in
cluding Jim Jarvis, silently disobey-
| ed the order to proceed along the
cliff for some distance. 1t was neces-
sary to walk for some distance in
steps cut out of the solid rock. At
this point several other members of
the party refused to proceed. About
two-thirds of the party finally passed
thru the Eat Mans Misery" and
viewed the ruins. The other members
located themselves above the cliffs
and then began the intercommunica-
tion of souls. The ruins are plainly
visible from above, altho the cave ex-
tends back under the solid rock per-
haps $50 feet and perhaps as many
feet below the top of the canon. Just
how these people provided themselves
with necessaries of life in this mac
cessible place is the curiosity of all
sight seers. These ruins being explor-
ed, the ascent began and finally it
was discovered that in the lead of
the party was Master Fred Jeep,
popularly called "Fritz." This little
man was crawling along the walls
with the skill and ease of a chip
munk, the horny toad or the chamel-
con. Up and up he went, warning
those who followed to be careful lest
they go over the cliffs and down hum
dreds of feet into the bottom of the
deep canon below. Men and women
stood in amazement at his wonderful
courage and agility. However, they
we're informed by Supervisor Rick
ner that this little man had actually
acted as guide for parties and re-
Gently upon one occasion he had re-
ceived for his service the sum of
$2.bO. 1t was at this time that the
party went into council and selected
Master Fritz as the parry mascot.
Fritz was everywhere on the spot,
leading to and from all the various
ruins. He was always in the lead
Finally it was inquired as to the age
of the mascot and it was learned that
he would be five years old his next
birthday, but Fritz declared he was
four years old and knew nothing
about when he would be five. Reach
ing the top, it was voted that it was
high time to repair to the Spruce
Tree camp for the purpose of putting
new life into those who had been con-
tent to view the ruins from the top
of the canon.