and paid to the owner upon the presentation of satisfactory proof of ownership, and if not so claimed within six months from the date of sale, such proceeds shall be turned into the Mount Rainier National Park fund. The superintendent shall keep a record, in which shall be set down a description of all animals impounded, giving the brands found on them, the date and locality of the taking up, the date of all notices and manner in which they were given, the date of sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the amount for which each animal was sold and the cost incurred in connection therewith, and the disposition of the proceeds. The superintendent will, in each instance, make every reasonable effort to ascertain the owner of animals impounded and to give actual notice thereof to such owner. REGULATIONS OF MARCH 29, 1911, GOVERNING THE ADMISSION OF AUTOMOBILES AND MOTORCYCLES. Pursuant to authority conferred by the act of March 2, 1899 (30) Stat., 993), setting aside certain lands in the State of Washington as a public park, the following regulations governing the admission of automobiles and motorcycles into the Mount Rainier National Park, during the season of 1911, are hereby established and made public: 1. No automobile or motorcycle will be permitted within the metes and bounds of the Mount Rainier National Park unless the owner thereof secures a written permit from the superintendent, Edward S. Hall, Ashford, Washington, or his representative. 2. Applications for permits must show: (a) Name of owner, (b) number of machine, (c) name of driver, and (d) inclusive dates for which permit is desired, not exceeding one year, and be accompanied by a fee of $5 for each automobile and $1 for each motorcycle. Permits must be presented to the superintendent or his authorized representatives at the park entrance on the Government road. The permittee will not be allowed to do a transportation business in the park without a special license therefor from the Secretary of the Interior. 3. The use of automobiles and motorcycles will be permitted on the Government road from the western boundary of Mount Rainier National Park to Longmire Springs between the hours of 7 a. m. and 8.30 p. m., but no automobile or motorcycle shall enter the park or leave Longmire Springs in the direction of the western boundary, later than 8 p. m.; the use of automobiles and motorcycles to be permitted on the Government road between Longmire Springs and the Glacier between the hours of 9 a. m. and 9.30 p. m., but no automobile or motorcycle shall leave Longmire Springs in the direction of Nisqually Glacier later than 7 p. m. 4. When teams, saddle horses, or pack trains approach, automobiles and motorcycles will take position on the outer edge of the roadway, regardless of the direction in which they are going, taking care that sufficient room is left on the inside for horses to pass. 5. Automobiles and motorcycles will stop when teams, saddle horses, or pack trains approach, and remain at rest until they have passed or until the drivers are satisfied regarding the safety of their horses. 6. Speed will be limited to 6 miles per hour, except on straight stretches where approaching teams, saddle horses, and pack trains will be visible, when, if none are in sight, this speed may be increased to the rate indicated on signboards along the road; in no event, however, shall it exceed 15 miles per hour. 7. Signal with horn will be given at or near every bend to announce to approaching drivers the proximity of a machine. 8. Horses have the right of way, and automobiles and motorcycles will be backed or otherwise handled, as necessary, so as to enable horses to pass with safety. 9. All permits granted at any time when automobiles can enter the park will expire on December 31 of the year of issue. All automobile and motorcycle regulations heretofore issued are canceled and revoked. 10. Violation of any of the foregoing rules, or the general regulations for the government of the park, will cause the revocation of permit; will subject the owner of the automobile or motorcycle to any damages occasioned thereby and to ejectment from the reservation, and be cause for refusal to issue a new permit to the owner without prior sanction in writing from the Secretary of the Interior. EXCERPT FROM AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR DETERMINING THE HEIRS OF DECEASED INDIANS, FOR THE DISPOSITION AND SALE OF ALLOTMENTS OF DECEASED INDIANS, FOR THE LEASING OF ALLOTMENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” APPROVED JUNE 25, 1910 (36 STAT., 857), PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR DEPREDATIONS AND FOR NOT EXTINGUISHING FIRES ON PUBLIC LANDS, ETC. SEC. 6. That section fifty of the act entitled "An act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine (Thirty-fifth United States Statutes at Large, page one thousand and ninety-eight), is hereby amended so as to read: "SEC. 50. Whoever shall unlawfully cut, or aid in unlawfully cutting, or shall wantonly injure or destroy, or procure to be wantonly injured or destroyed, any tree, growing, standing, or being upon any land of the United States which, in pursuance of law, has been reserved or purchased by the United States for any public use, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the authority of the United States, or any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." That section fifty-three of said act is hereby amended so as to read: "SEC. 53. Whoever shall build a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material upon the public domain, or upon any Indian reservation, or lands belonging to or occupied by any tribe of Indians under the authority of the United States, or upon any Indian allotment while the title to the same shall be held in trust by the Government, or while the same shall remain inalienable by the allottee without the consent of the United States, shall, before leaving said fire, totally extinguish the same; and whoever shall fail to do so shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." REPORT OF ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK. OFFICE OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT, Mancos, Colo., August 3, 1911. SIR: I have the honor to submit the following report on the management of the Mesa Verde National Park, for the year ended June 30, 1911. GENERAL STATEMENT. This park was established by act of Congress approved June 29, 1906 (34 Stat., 616). It is situated in the extreme southwestern portion of the State of Colorado, in the county of Montezuma, and embraces an area of 66.2 square miles (42,376 acres). The park is under the control of the Secretary of the Interior, who, in pursuance of legal authority, has prescribed rules and regulations for the administration thereof. CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY. The principal geographic features of the park are the Rio Mancos, which cuts through it from northeast to southwest, forming a canyon from 1,000 to 2,000 feet in depth, and the Mesa Verde proper, which lies on both sides of this gorge, mostly on the northwestern side. The mesa is cut in shreds by narrow lateral canyons of great beauty, which present successions of huge promontories, sculptured ledges and bold and jagged cliffs. The Navajo, Ruin, Moccasin, and Ute Canyons are the principal ones which enter the Mancos from the north, with tributary canyons known as Garfield, Prater, Fewkes, Soda, and many others. These furnish the labyrinth of cliffs in the high and almost inaccessible recesses in which are found the abandoned homes of the ancient inhabitants. Fort Lewis, Grass, and Weber canyons enter the Mancos from the east, and these also contain many ancient ruins. The altitude of the park is approximately 7,000 feet, the highest elevation being Point Lookout, on the northern rim, which, according to recent measurements of the United States Geological Survey, is 8,400 feet above sea level. The table-land slopes southward. LOCATION AND CHARACTER OF THE RUINS. Within the jurisdiction of the park are approximately 400 ruins, of the type known as "Cliff Dwellings" and "Ancient Pueblos. These comprise by far the most remarkable group of ancient structures in the United States. For the protection and preservation of these invaluable remains of antiquity the Mesa Verde National Park was established. |