The Coconino sun., April 14, 1900, Image 7

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THE COCONINO SUN.
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RANKS WITH THE YELLOWSTONE
Report Recommending Preservation of Pet'
rifled Forest.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Lucey bill, pused by the house, creat
ing the Petrified Forest National Park,
is based upon a report submitted by
Mr. Lucey from the committee op
public lands. The forestdiscribed em
braces townships sixteen and seven
teen north, ranges "twenty-three and
twenty-four east, Gila and Salt river
base and meridian. According to the
bill the park shall be under the exclu
tve control of the Secretary of the
Interior, and cure will be taken to pre
vent. Injury or spoliation of mineral
ized or fossilized formations and de
posits, natural curiosities uml wonders
jvithln the park.
7 The Secretary of the interior is au
thorized to rent or lease pieces of
ground for the erection of buildings to
accommodate visitors, and all funds
arising from privileges granted by
congress shall be covered Into the
United States treasury us a special
fund, to be expended in the care of the
park. The bill attaches severe pen
alties in case of persons unlawfully in
truding upon he park or without per
mission appropriating or injuring min
eralized or fossilized formations and
for violating oilier regulations.
In his report Mr. Lucey lends in a
le-criplion of the petrified forest us
follows: "This tractof lund Is unsuit
able for cultivation and has no value
outside of its scenic beauty and fossil
curiosities. The people of Arizona
desire that it should hus be set apart.
The wanton destruction by the use of
powder and dynumite will continue
until the region is protected by law.
.. Heckless men destroy these great curl-
oslties with explosives In search for
the beautiful crystals from the interior
of the trunks of the trees.
"It would seem that all that would
be necessary would be to call the atten
tion of the American congress to this
remarkable region in order to secure
its preservation to our posterity."
Concluding, the report says: "One of
the most remarkable of the natural
curiosities of the American continent
is known as the petrified forest, or
chalcedony forest, of Arizona. This
region bus not been extensively vis
ited by the American public. When
properly cared for and supplied with
suitable accommodations for visitors it
will take its place with the Yellow
stone, Yoemite and Mount Ranier na
tional parks. It is not far distant from
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado,
which is one of the wonders of the
world."
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