The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-02-04

OF the national monuments chosen for Io<1ra-
ton Bryce Canyon has Just been gwen nAt-oI[
park honors- A bill for IFS creation Is me C'1.
National park was passed IN the closing noors "a
the las, session Of congress Its feature L ooh
canyon three miles long and two niles VICE GU
1000 feet into the Paunsaugunt plateau OF sooln
eastern Utah There Is wonderful variety Oh
erosional form which are painted in every eolof'
shade snd tint OF the spectrun-redS- pms
creams tans lavenders- puppies. blues EreaE-
chocolates and whites II takes high rank s1nons
natural wonders The act provides thal before
Bryce CANYON becomes Utah National park- al
lands in the area must be conveyed 10 the United
States Utah and the Union Pacific Owl go scres-
The Petriaed Forest contains the most wonder
fu collection OF petrhed trees in the world 1nese
trees lie in three groups, which really are not for
ests ar all. for most OF the trunks we're washed
TO their present positions on an e-oced p-sln oy
prehistoric foods from forests far away Many
Of the trunks exceed 100 feet IN length One log.
III feet long. bridges canyon 70 feet vide LIE
state OF naturalization Of the wood almost places
IL among the precious stones. Not only are cnal-
cedony. opaIs and agates on view but even Jasper
and onyx
The Devils Tower IS an extraordinary mass OF
ieneous rock and Is OF the most conspicuous
features Of the Black Hills region OF Wyoming II
hiss been s landmark from prehistoric times Fist
there is the Level plain then s rounded wooded
hill 600 feet high and On top OF that the tower go
feet high and mile IN circumference. Its sides
sre futed by great columns which stand perpen-
dicular, except where they fare out ST the base
and in ST the top. These columns. about feet In
diameter. mostly pentsgonsl but some are
four-sided snd some six-Sided-
Fl Moro National monument Is 8 landmark 70
thrill g good American Two enormous connected
rocks OF vsricolored eroded sandstone rise sbrups
" from the arid plain One suggests castle and
Is called Ell Moro. The other Is called Inscription
Rock because Il bears priceless historical records
ero rheS, xslTs echoed
the clsnk Of the steel harness OF Co1Qutstsdores
snd the prayers Of Franciscan Martyrs There
uss sprfng there and shallow cave snd soldier
snd priest turned aside TO them from the cid Zu1i
trail And there they cut their names and the why
and wherefore OF their couings snd goinss
An inscription perhaps SIS important SIS any IS
this cut by Don Juan de Onste IA years BEFORE
the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock:
Paso por aqui de steisntsdo don juan De on.,s
del descueriuiento de Ia mar del sur IL e. Apsii
del 1893
passed by here the provincial chief Don Jusn De
onats from the discovery OF the South SEA On me
18th OF April 1905
This approximately fixes the date of the round |
Ing OF Santa Fe as It is known Onate fixed his
csnitsl there upon his return from the Guh OF
California
Scarcely less interesting is the Inscription here
with reproduced. by Don Diego de Vargas sSpata 4
Lujan Ponce de Leon
Aout essses ell GenI On Do de Vargas auiea COO
outsto a nestrs ssnts fe In real corona toco 81
nuevs Mexico a costa sno de 1854
Here was the General Don DlesO de Vargas. who 4
conquered to our holy faith snd the royal crown s
New Mexico. his own expense. year or lssA
The Indians had risen against the Spsnfards In /
Santa Fe In 1850. msssscred them and driven them \
out and destroyed far possible all traces OF
civilization snd Christianity. For twelve years
they enjoyed their ancient independence. II was
Diego de Vargas who reconQuered the region IN
1923.
There are more than so OF these Inscriptions
They contain names great IN those tmes-Nieto.
who escorted the first missionaries 10 Zuni In 16s;
I.uiau who avenged the murder OF Fray Francisco
I.etrado In 1852; Archuleta. Uribsrri-and so on
down the first half OF the Eighteenth century
Where in sill the world Is there more fascinar
nx historical relic than Inscription Rockf