The Coconino sun., 1920-08-20
KAYENTA NEWS By Albert Reagan.

Ye scribe was away visiting rela- tives in Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas from June B to August 2. So if there is any error in this news, charge it to the office boy.
 It is raining now most every day and the roads are sight; but the tourists come just the same.
 6-29-W. H. Conley was here with a party from Flagstaff. He says the place has improved since the days of the "fu."
 The Cummings archaeological party from the university at Tucson com menced to arrive June g. The party as finally made up consisted of Mrs. Catherine Fowler, of Tucson; Ven tress Wade, Ben Wetherell, Miss George, Ida Wetherell and Miss Har- riett Buckbee, of this place; Etta Cos ton, of Durango, Colo; Lois K. Hart man, Tacoma, Wash; Fred White, New York city; Adelaide Chamber lin, Los Angeles, Calif.; Marguerite Few, of same city, and Hildegrade Hume Hamilton, Syracuse, N. Y. The party was in charge of Dr. Bryon Cummings, dean of the state uni versity at Tucson. Their first trip was to the Grand Canyon, visiting Tuba City on the way and return early in July. This they report was an enjoyable trip. Their real work then began when they returned to this field. Just above Moquirock near the irrigation dam, they dug up quite a grave yard that was discovered by Clarence Taptuka last~May. They found two series of bunats, one above another, showing, it is believed, that the region was occupied at two differ ent times. Much pottery and several complete skeletons were secured. The party then visited the Size Sums, Kutseel and Belatakin and the ruins at Segi-ot-Sosie. They also found ruins in the monument district, where much work was done. The last link of the work was visiting the Rainbow bridge, the return trip being com pleted August 8th. The party will start on it's return home today Aug. ID, feeling that much has been &C., complished.
 6-29-W. D. Doyle, w. F. Swift, F. D. Doan, Jr., and w. w. Rankin, of Cleveland, Ohio, arrived in these parts to take in the sights. They took in the bridge, but did not attempt to car ry it home, as it is 309 feet night and PTS feet across the base. They left feeling we'll paid for their trip.
 6-29-W. A. Bridge, of Yorba, Cal. Ota Herrunha, Los Angeles; John and Jack Welch, of Mancos, Colo, ana C. A. Hartman, of New York, visited the region. Mir. Hartman said he wished he had Comb Ridge back ir New York, so that some of the New Workers could get their hair curled.
 6-29-J. J. Wade, of Mancos, Colo. visited the region.
 Gene McManos and wife, Frances landscape artist and portrait painter respectively, of Monterey, Calif., wis ited the region most of the month oi July. They got enough subjects tt keep them busy awhile.
 | V. A. Haven, of Berkeley, Calf. visited the region the middle of tho month.
 Miss Mae Akin, of Cottage Grove Bloomington, Indiana, and G. J. Ro sink, of Grand Rapids, Mich., now vet erinary at Kaibito, near Tuba, wer, here for a short stay during tn, month. They report everything rosy | Professor s. J. Guernesey, O Cambridge, Mass, and a Mir. Fay Tor, of Pennington, N. M., and Mon roe Amsden, of the same city, wer, here the greater part of the month trying to find more evidence concern ing the basket maker people wh, once inhabited this region. In the re zion of the monuments they excavat ed considerably, finding string O beads; in one ruin some "A feet il length they found much pottery. , 7-30-E. M. Harnson, of Denver Fred A. Sutton, Salt Lake City, an. Oliver Ricketson, Jr., of Cumberlan' Island, Georgia, arrived and have sine been sightseeing. Mir. Ricketson i now visiting in Canyon de Chelly. H. thinks he will move into the Whit House Casa Blanca) there, provides the ancient cliff people do not objec , too strenuously.