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historic ruins, congress passed an act in 1906, incorporating Mesa Verde Ma tional park with an area of 4S,So0 acres, located in Montezuma county, southwestern Colorado. 32 miles from the little city of Mancos. These anti quated prehistoric marvels are To- cated in the back yard of millions, yet very few citizens are conversant with any facts pertaining to this depart ed race. limited number of Amer jeans have visited these extensive ruins and marveled at the artisan skill displayed in their construction. Cliff dwellers. 1t is thought, were ancestors of the Hopi Indians, whose traditions, legends and folk lore brand their forefathers "The Little People;" yet they have no tradition or idea when they were here or time of their de- narture. They have a superstitious awe of the abandoned homes, visiting the locality of the ruins in fear and trembling.
 Mention was never made by. the h. dians of the abandoned homes prior to their recent discovery. Acting as guides for those Spanish explorers, who were "Zealous for God and a. thirst for gold" the Indians never mentioned the homes of their ances- l tors. This extinct. race of people in habited America prior to the landing f of the Mayflower. the scow, which based upon old family tree claims. car ried sufficient number of passengers to sink the Imperator, although her passenger list at the time showed but l 102 names.
 Pompii, located at the base of Mount 1 Vdsuvaus, Italy, was covered by a volcanic eruption in 79 A. D. The city
 was buried to a depth of IS to 20 feet
 by water lava of cinders and ashes.
 to remain ondisturbed until the 18th
 century, at which time it was par
 tially uncovered. Two thousand peo- pie perished at the time of the erup-
 ton. Since excavation was started many interesting antiquities have been unearthed. The sacred Temple
 of Vespasian, marble baths. theaters
 stadiums, homes of brick, stucco em- bellishments and floors artistically laid in mosaics.
 } We have buried cities in America [ dating back a period of TOO years or : more. which are equally interesting
 Cliff dwellers were our very firsi American settlers. They should be o . greater interest to a red -bloodet American than those Oscans and sam nites who were engulfed when Noun l Vesuvius cut it's capers in 70 4. D 2 Uncle Sam is exploiting by excavation
 the cliff dwellers' homes; their com AOuEEs U1AdCC8 sun temple ant towers are now ready for public in kspectio9; their home life, inner secret , and characteristics are now an opel book. Tourists make a fashionabl call on Americas first settlers. MarshalI's Answers to Nimreds Question:
 have been told that many Rul
 clubs, which have been shooting owe
 their club grounds for good whil'
 are now mining and securing the shoi
 Is that true7 If so. how is 1t don
 and what amount of shots win like ly get. We have been shooting 10
 fifteen years. E. Y.R. | Omaha. Neb.
 II Answer:
 + You have been correctly informed | Constant shooting over a territor
 makes lead mines. The amount O
 lead depends upon the number of shot
 you have fired and your success l
 gathering. Many clubs have under
 gone the mine treatment with wonder
 fui financial returns to the club. Ove
 fifty tons were ~winnowed" on tn
 grounds of the Wilmington Gun clul
 Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis an
 host of other clubs have garnere l their lead. Plots of ground ar
 skinned about one to two inches dee
 the top soil is allowed to dry. It
 then thrown into a large cylinder siss
 operated by 8 gasoline engine. IT
 size of the sieve mesh is regulated UT
 til the shot Is secured-an exceIlei
 way for a gun club to acquire a bune
 of money.
 1 Question.
 Who Is a professional shooter undi
 the late rulings7 Are they permit. to shoot for money? c. c. Ellerson. III MemNhig Tenn
 II Anyone who received expenses. fr l guns. shells or ammunition or any otl CT gratuitoos contribution based up, | his connection with trapshoosing. Th applies to one and all. whether th sse employed by an ammunition cur l pany or an outside free lance. amateur in trapshooting. contests { 1 purse: the professional does no hence rulings made in other lines | sport do not apply to trapshuotln | where the status of amateurs and pr | fessionals as regard contegtinE | money are reversed Tn some few 1 | stances a trophy is offered professio l als. They never shoot for money. ---c-
 | Robert Cain, a farmer living ne | Peru, Indiana, has formed a compa