The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-07-17

or the national monuments chosen i"r H'us
ton Bryce Canyon has Just been given n"' rr-,
park honors bill for Its creation as u'e 49,
National park was passed in the closing nouis ~
the last session OF congress. Its feature Is poA
canyon three miles long and two miles VICE. GUY
1000 feet into the Paunsaugunt plateau OF SCUM.
eastern Utah There is wonderful variety Vi
erosonal FORM which are painted In every Color
shade and tint OF the spectrum-reds' pinAs
creams tans lavenders. puppies blues green's
chocolates and whites II takes high rank among
natural wonders The act provides that before
Bryce Canyon becomes Utah National park al
lands in the must be conveyed 10 the united
States Utah and the Union Pacific own $40 acres.
The Petri1ed Forest contains the most WONDER
ful collection OF petrihed trees In the world These
trees lie in three groups. which really are not TOT
ests al all. for most Of the trunks were washed
TO their present positions on an eroded pam Dy
prehistoric floods from forests far away. Many
OF the trunks exceed 100 feet In length One log
III feet long bridges a canyon As feet WIDE The
state Of naturalization OF the wood almost places
II among the precious stones Not only are chai-
cedony opals and agates on view but even jasper
and onyx
The Devils Tower Is an extraordinary mass OF
igneous rock and Is one Of the most conspicuous
features Of the Black Hills region Of Wyoming II
has been a landmark from prehistoric times. First
there Is the level plain. then a rounded wooded
hil GOO feet high and top OF thar the tower, 900
feet high and a mile In circumference It's sides
are nuted by great columns which stand perpen-
dicuiar. except where they fare out at the base
and IN az the top. These columns. about feet 10
diameter. are mostly pentngonal, but some are
four-sded and some slx-sided.
III MORO National monument Is landmark 20
thrill a good American Two enormous connected
rocks OF vari-colored eroded sandstone rise abrupt
~ from the arid plain. One suggests castle ano
Is called II MORO. The other Is called Inscription
Roet because II bears priceless historical records
For nearly four centuries ago these walls echoed
the clank Of the steel harness Of Conquistsdores
and the prayers Of Franciscan Martyrs There
was spring there and y shallow cave and. soldier
and uriest turned aside 20 them from the old liini
traB And there they cut their names and the Why
ana wherefore Of their comlngs and golngs
Al inscription perhaps rs Important as any Is
this cut BIZ Don Juan de Onate II years before
the pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock; -
p.so nor aaui De adelant.do don juan De onats
del descubrmiento De Ia mar del sur ~ 81 AHp
ps.sea BY here the provincial chief Don gyefae
onafe from the discovery Of the south So ooSths
18th o. April 1905
rhis apnrorinstely fixes the date Of the ssand.
ing OF santa Fe as II Is known Onate fixed his
capital there upon his return from tie Guh Of
scarcely less interesting is the inscription here
with reproduced BY Don Diego Dc Vargas zapata
Luian Ponce De Leon:
Aoui estaba 81 Geui pn DO Dc vargas quisn con.
aoisto = nerfra santa 70 IA real corona todo 81
ru..a Mexico . 81 costa Dc 1922.
Here was TIE General Don Diego o. vargas. who
~n,Trs-.d 20 our holy faifh the fovai az
Ner Mexico a. his o~n expense. year q 1854
The Indians had risen against tie Spaniarde IN
santa BE IN 1850. mastered them and driven them
out and destroyed as far as possible 81 traces 81
civilization and Christianity For twelve years
they enjoyed their ancient independence II war
Diego de Vargas who reconquered the region IN
1913
There are more than 90 Of these inscriptions
They contain names great IN those times-Niefo,
who escorted the FIRST missionaries TO zun N l62s
I.ujan who avenged the murder Of Fray francisco |
I,etrndo In 1892: Archulefa- Uribarri-and 10 on /
down into the FIRST half Of the Eighteenth century
Where In all the world Is there more fascLnst 4
Ing historical relic than Inscription Rockf