The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-10-28

TINE Macmillan. Arctic exped
tion, which comes home with
i wealth Of specimens and dat
valuable to half dozen science
and an unrivaled collection of photo
graphs, some In color and some takeI
from airplanes, Is the most recent Of 1
remarkable series Of expeditions sen
out by the National Geographic so
ciety to wrest interesting and signifi
cant facts from the earth and the
forces which play about it.
America has been an Important field
Cor these explorations, but they have
not been confined either to the West
ern or Northern hemisphere. The scope
OF the work In the American field is
indicated by the fact that at the pres
ent time explorations are under way
In New Mexico at the largest and best
built Of the ancient pueblo dwellings !;
and in the valley of Mexico at what is
believed to be the remains Of the old
est civilization on either Of the Amer
icas. Previously an expedition of the
society brought to light, at the old Inca
city Of Machu Picchu. the most i'm
portant Of South American ruins yet
discovered.
While it has been seeking knowledge
Of the Americans of the dim past and
collecting information at the top of
the world the society has sent other
parties of explorers to learn Of strange
tribes in unknown parts Of Asia.
Sometimes amazing ingenuity. tire
less patience and striking contrasts
mark the search for new geographic
facts. At Chaco Canyon, New Mexico,
where one Of the society's expeditions
Is working, new wonders are constantly
coming to light. This canyon in a
sparsely settled land. now almost
desert. wac anciently one Of the most
densely populated areas in what is
now the United States.
In delvirg back into the centuries
to reconstruct the life of q people
who knew nothing Of mechanical trans
portation, the explorers built a little
railroad and set tiny engine to work
hauling away debris from the fine old |
structure, Pueblo Bonito-the Beauti- !
rul Village-that occupies the canyon. |
Before it is dumped the debris Is ex-
and even sifted. In such a
way they are finding In this haystack
u the centuries needles Of evidence
hat tell IF life In the pueblo many
centuries ago.
The structure that is emerging as the
accumulation of the ages Is removed.
5 really great communal apartment
rouse. 1t housed 100 people and was
probably the largest domicile on the
until within recent years
Vhen the first Of the huge modern
was built In New York
ity.
Wonderful Necklace Found.
The outstanding find that has re-
Garded the tedious, ingenious work of
'r. Neil NJ. Judd, the leader of the
xpositon, Is beautiful turquoise
ecklace Of $500 graduated beads and
our superb pendants-the only COM
iete specimen Of such a necklace
nown. The cunning skill of the pueb-
jewellers in grinding down each tiny
lece and piercing 1t for stringing.
nailenges the admiration of modern
,welers.
from the data gathered so far by the
ork at Pueblo Bonito, Doctor Judd I
'els that 1t has been demonstrated {
'at the culture Of the ancient Amer s
ans mad been wholly developed in '
these were In truth 100
er cent Americans" :
mere absolutely Is no chance of
acing any relationship between our a
'untry's prehistoric tribes and those e
the Old World" he says. "Tutankh- c
men and his fellow Egyptians rep v
sent high stage Of cultural develop t
ent along the desert borders of the Il
ne The ancient Bonitians surpassed 8
their contemporaries In the desert o
eions OF our southwest America. but a
e prehistoric peoples Of America and
'ypt had nothing In common s,
me expedition at work In the valley c
Mexico has peculiarly interesting a
pects' Some Of the ruins were COW W
'u oy an ancient flow Of volcanic d
"a which has helped to preserve the II
Tx OF the old builders. The scene Id
.ne work Is Cuicullco, south OF al
, !, CITY at 4 mighty mound some
ieet thick and more than 30 feet II
'n' winch some ancient monarch o,
'osoiJ foro>s hh subjects Ia srsct q,