The Crittenden press., 1920-05-28

IL system, established last No
vcmbcr-ls likely to have many
visitors this season some viii go
because 1t Is new. Others viii 20 be.
cause of the clnim Of Utah that Zion
equals Yosemite IN bcnuty of form
and far cXcels It In bcnuty Of color.
And sim others will 20 because Of the
story Of mysterious cliffdwrllng
that has been discovered md Is be-
Loved 70 be- Inaccessible aud untouch.
~ by tllc hnnd Of modern man. More
ar, n second canon, with many ram.
kitluns, has been discovered iu Zion
iionnl park. White men have been
it-or NJ least have looked down
b II from tlie pluicnu thousands ~
nboNe--but they are few. And
know what relics Of the mystcri.
Us prehistoric people Of the great
American Southwest these uucXplorcd
cnnous may contalnf
Exploration parties are already get.
ting ready In Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles. It's no wonder. The story
OF the discovery of the inaccessible
D ellndwcllIngs IL one 10 whcl the IN.
terc~t of the kccnest mountnlnccr.
Thus The story goes
Eyre Powell of Venice Calf. point.
cd his iclcpho,o lens nt high per.
pcndiculnr clln In a side canon about
thrccquarters Of Uilc away and
squeezed the bulb. A ccrtnln quarter
of an inch In the print attracted his AT.
tcntlon lie enlarged II as much as
possible. II then showed what Is ap-
pnrcntly cllG.dwcllIng something like
400 feet long aud % feet wide. The
cliffdNrlling Is In n shallow cnNe
about 800 feet above the tnlus OF the
foot Of the cllfl Below II nrc appnr'
ascent md now almost crodcd by the
elements Hence II is n fair guess that
this particular cliG.dwcllln- has been
. unylsitcd since modern men entered
this region.
And n this mysterious. long.hlddcr
abode ~ the CliGslwcllcrs proves tc
be a reality aud is reached by som,
daring climber, viii II yield something
ncwi That ~ course is the question
that adds rest 10 the quest For
huugh here and there are urchncolo
rISts who believe they have solved III,
mystery of the prehistoric people, Il
looks IN the common people Ms II III,
scientists we're still guessing NJ th'
answers TO the questions; Who nr'
thcy1 How long did they live there
What became ~ thcmj So the pos
sibIlliy that this Zion CllT,dwellcrs
inaccessible refuge. untouched 10y th'
hand Of the spoller may coninln some
thug that VIII throw light on these un
answered questions Is fascinating.
Curlously enough, the many relic
Of this prehistoric people throw litll
or no light on these questions, Thi
Is the more strange, slire the villag
sites NJ the ancient Inhabitants Will
nll the accessories Of village life
klNUN, NUIlNtN, NNIiul plU''N' h'hN' "
rlgntIon works, lookouts, stnlrways-
preserve pretty complete picture o
life In this ancient Southwest Nor,
over. hurled under the debris Of build
IngS and N the graves nj the dead ar
various artifncts Of stone, bone WOOD
fiber and clay. which Indicate the In
dustrlnl and domestic life NJ the pee
pie. Ceremonial objects, such ms pipes
! NfetIchcs and medicine stones, totethc
with the symbolic ornnmcnintion u
domestic and mortunry pottery, civ
gllmpscs ~ the social aud religion
life Of the times.
Such structures ms are above groun
lavc been pretty thoroughly examine
and mn astonishing variety has bee
found. For example, there are man
cllrfdvcllhfgs. of which those In Mes
Verde National park In Southwestern
Colorado are ~ nahly the tnest In a
the Southwest,
ON the Jcmcz plateau In the nortl