Bandelier-Prehistoric aboriginal ruins in Sandoval and Santa Fe counties, New Mexico, with cliff dwellings, ceremonial cave and other relics of a vanished people. Big Hole battle field-Scene of fight at Big Hole pass on Big Hole or Wisdom river, Aug. 9, 1877, between Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph and a small force of soldiers commanded by Col. John Gibbons in Silver Bow county, Montana; reached from Melrose. Bryce canyon-Box canyon in Utah filled with countless array of fantastically eroded pinnacles: best exhibit of vivid coloring of earth's materials. Cabrillo statue-At Point Loma, Cal.: land first sighted by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, discov-, erer of California, when he approached San Diego bay, Sept. 28. 1542; site of about 1% acres set aside for heroic statue of Cabrillo. Capulin mountain-Striking example of recent extinct volcanoes in Union county, New Mexico. near town of Des Moines. Casa Grande-Ruins of a large dwelling near Florence, Arizona. Chaco canyon-Located in San Juan and McKinley counties, New Mexico; contains extensive prehistoric communal or pueblo ruins. Cinder cone-An elevation in Lassen county in northern California; is of importance as illustrating volcanic activity in the vicinity 200 years ago. prehistoric 5.120 Colorado-Extraordinary examples of erosion 13,883 in Mesa county. western Colorado; reached from Grand Junction. 1,152 800 80 160 560 Aztec ruin, N. M.. 1923 Bandelier, N. M. .1916 Big Hole battle field. Mont....1910 4.6 22.075 5 Bryce canyon, Utah.. .1923 7.440 Cabrillo, Cal. .1913 Capulin mountain, N. M. .1916 1.5 681 Casa Grande, Ariz. .1889 480 20.629 160 Devil postpile-Natural formations, including Rainbow waterfalls, within the Sierra national forest in California; area set aside is on middle fork of San Joaquin river. Devil's tower-A lofty and isolated rock in Crook county, Wyoming; is an extraordinary example of the effect of erosion in the higher mountains. Dinosaur-Section in eastern Utah containing an extraordinary deposit of dinosaurian and other gigantic reptilian remains of the JuraTrias period, which are of great scientific interest and value. El Morro-An elevation near Wingate station on the Santa Fe railroad in New Mexico: contains prehistoric ruins and interesting rock inscriptions. Fossil Cycad-Reached from Minnehahata on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad: contains 320 acres and is an area containing deposits of plant fossils. Gila cliff dwellings-In the Mogollon mountains. New Mexico; known also as the Gila Hot Springs cliff houses; are among the best preserved remains of the cliff dwellers of the southwest. Gran Quivira-Ruined town not far from Manzano in the central part of New Mexico: remains of large cathedral and chapel and of many houses thought to date from prehistoric times. Hovenweep-An area of 285.8 acres partly in Utah and partly in Colorado; includes four groups of prehistoric towers, pueblos and cliff dwellings: reached from Mancos. Col., on the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad. Jewel cave-A natural formation of scientific interest within the Black Hills national forest in Custer county. South Dakota. Katmai-Belt of unusual volcanic activity on the southern coast of Alaska, including Mount Katmai and the "Valley of the Ten Thousand Smokes,' exhibiting remarkable natural phenomena. " Lassen peak-In natural forest of same name in Shasta county, northern California; marks the southern terminus of the long line of extinct volcanoes in the Cascade range, from which one of the greatest volcanic fields in the world extends. Lehman caves-Limestone caverns of much beauty and of scientific interest and importance in White Pine county, Nevada; best reached from the town of Ely on the Nevada Northern railroad and also on the Lincoln highway. Lewis and Clark cavern-An extraordinary limestone cavern near Limespur, Jefferson county, Montana. Montezuma castle-Large prehistoric ruin or cliff dwelling on Beaver creek, Arizona. Mound City group-In Camp Sherman military reservation, Ohio; area, 57 acres: preserves famous group of prehistoric mounds; reached from Chillicothe, O., & on the Baltimore Ohio and the Norfolk & Western railroads. Mount Olympus-Mountain in the state of Washington; has extensive glaciers and on its slopes are the breeding grounds of the Olympic elk. Muir woods-In Marin county, California; an extensive growth of redwood trees of great age and size; land presented to the government by William Kent, formerly of Chicago. Natural bridges-Rock formations in southeastern Utah extending over streams chasms: have loftier heights and greater spans than any other similar formations known; reserved as extraordinary examples of stream erosion. or Navajo Within the Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona: includes a number of prehistoric cliff dwellings and pueblo ruins new to science. Old Kasaan-Abandoned Indian village in Alaska in which are numerous totem poles and other objects of historical interest. Oregon caves-Within the Siskiyou national forest in Oregon; caves are of natural formation and of unusual scientific interest and importance. Palm Canyons-Three canyons in Riverside County containing only group of wild Washington palms in existence; of botanical in terest. Papago Saguaro-Splendid collection of characteristic desert flora, interesting rock formations and numerous pictographs in Maricopa county, Arizona; reached by Arizona Eastern railroad. Petrified forest-Fossilized or mineralized wood in Gila and Apache counties, Arizona. Pinnacles-A series of natural formations of rock with a number of caves underlying them: located within Pinnacles national forest in California? Pipe spring-Old stone fort and spring of pure water in desert region of Arizona; serves as memorial to early western pioneer life. The spring is on the road between Zion National park in Utah and the north rim of the Grand Canyon National park in Arizona. Rainbow bridge-An extraordinary natural bridge in southeastern Utah, having an arch which in form and appearance is much like a rainbow: is 309 feet high and 278 feet span: of scientific interest as an example of eccentric stream erosion. Scott's bluff-This bluff is the highest known point in Nebraska and was used as a landmark and rendezvous by immigrants and frontiersmen traveling over Mitchell pass lying to the south of the elevation and forming part of the old Oregon trail. It is on the North Platte river and is reached by the Union Pacific railroad. Shoshone cavern-A cave in Big Horn county. Wyoming, of unknown extent, but of many windings and ramifications and containing vaulted chambers of large size, magnificently decorated with sparkling crystals and beautiful stalactites, and containing pits of unknown depth. Sitka-Tract of about fifty-seven acres within public park, near Sitka, Alaska; battle ground of Russian conquest of Alaska in 1804; site of former village of Kiki-Siti tribe, the most warlike of Alaska Indians; contains numerous totem poles constructed by the Indians, recording the genealogical history of their several clans. Timpanogos cave-Area of 250 acres in Utah, containing a limestone cavern of much beauty and of scientific interest and importance; reached from American Fork on the Union Pacific system and the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad. Tonto-Comprises two prehistoric ruins of ancient cliff dwellings in Gila county, Arizona. Tumacacori-Ruin of an ancient Spanish_mission of brick, cement and mortar in Santa Cruz county, Arizona. Verendrye-A_high and imposing butte, locally known as Crowhigh mountain, on the Missouri river, near Spanish, N. D.; used as observation point by Verendrye, an explorer, between 1738 and 1742; place of historic interest. Walnut canyon-Canyon eight miles southeast of Flagstaff, Arizona; contains ruins of cliff dwellings of great ethnograpic, scientific and educational interest. er Wheeler-Volcanic formations illustrating ratic erosion: in Rio Grande and Cochetopa national forests in southwestern Colorado. Yucca house-An imposing pile of masonry of great archæological value, a relic of the prehistoric inhabitants of that part of the Country: located on the eastern slope of Sleeping Ute mountain in Montezuma county. Colorado. VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS. [From report of the director of the national park service.] TIDE TABLE, 1925. [By the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.] Mch. Jan. Feb. Dec. Day H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. H.M. 1.. 1:36 3: 0 1:14 2:34 6:18 7:32 5:40 6:53 8:25 7:50 9:15 9:35 10:29 10:30 5. 5:13 8:44 10: 5 10:21 11:15 11:12 9:39 10:54 11: 8 12: 1 12: 0 9: 0 10:31 11:45 11:56 12:54 12:44 9:56 11:23 12:36 12:49 1:50 1:40 8: 6 8:29 10: 3 10:51 12:18 1:32 1:45 2:46 2:37 8:43 9:14 11:0 11:47 10: 4 12: 1 12:45 12. 9:10 9:53 9: 1 10: 6 11: 0 1: 4 1:43 3: 4 4:18 4:28 5:12 5:17 9:34 10:54 12: 1 14. 10:15 11:17 10:15 11:52 15. 10:56 12:11 11: 0 1: 8 5:40 6:32 6:32 16.. 11:42 6:24 6:56 6:56 2:39 18. 6:52 7:30 8:5 19. 2:58 5:17 6:18 9:17 10:42 11:38 6:41 9:41 10: 0 11:44 12:44 9:11 9:41 10:21 10:50 12:56 1:53 8:23 7:19 8:28 25. 8:49 2:17 4:19 4:58 26. 27. 28. 3:49 5:50 6:25 7:17 7:36 5: 1 6:44 4: 9 6: 3 9:43 10:13 11: 7 11:49 9:24 10:12 10:14 10:50 12: 1 9:47 10: 0 10:46 10:46 11:32 1: 5 9:32 10:26 10:38 11:21 11:22 12:24 10:53 11:38 10:13 11: 4 11:16 12: 0 12: 5 11:48 12:18 10:55 11:47 11:59 12:46 12:56 11:37 12:37 12:46 1:38 12:26 1:38 1:40 2:36 31.. 1:26 2:39 The black figures are p. m.; all others a. m. Note. For the night high water add or ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST TIDES COMPARED WITH THOSE AT GOVERNORS ISLAND Place. H.M. Place. 7:14 7:58 8:15 7:38 8:50 subtract 12 hours and for the intervening low water 6 hours. H.M. Place. 08 C...-0 54 Beaufort. N. C. -0 17 +2 05 -0.45 +0 34 -0 43 -0 19 +2 45 Harwickport, Mass. +4 09 Marblehead, Mass. +2 52 +0 57 +0 27 Nantucket, Mass. +0 18 New Bedford, Mass... -0 19 Tottenville, S. I., N. Y.. -0 08 Savannah, Ga. -0 26 -2 50 Cedar Keys, Fla.. -7 44 Rockport, Mass. +239 Asbury Park, N. J.. -0 41 Fernandina, Fla. .-0 29 Atlantic City, N. J.. -0 15 Jacksonville, Fla. +0 20 Wellfleet, Mass. +2 59 Avalon, N. J.. -0 24 Woods Hole, Mass.. Key West, Fla...... +12 37 +0 19 Miami, Fla. +0 50 Bristol. R. I... -0 13 Palm Beach, Cape May, N. J.. +0 16 Pensacola, Fla. +14 07 Na'g'sett Pier, R. -0 40 Culver, N. J.. -0 14 St. Augustine, Fla.. -0 13 Newport, R. I.. -0 27 N. Brunswick, N. +0 58 Tampa, Fla. -7 09 Newark, N. +0 58 Mobile, Ala. +4 07 Point Judith, R. I.. -0 42 Sandy Hook, N. J. -0 34 Bay St. Louis, Miss...+14 25 Providence. R. I. Scranton, Miss. +13 13 Watch Hill, R. I.. +0 36 Tom's River, N. J....+2 44 Calcasian Pass, La.....+6 58 -02 +3 02 League Island. Pa... +5 19 Grand Isle, La. +13 03 Galveston, Texas. +12 25 +12 00 Mystic, Conn. +1 10 Goose Pt., Del. ....+1 25 Sabine Pass, Texas....+8 00 To find the time of high tide at any given on the date desired and then add or subtract point on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts find the time of high tide at Governors Island, N. Y., the difference in time as indicated in the above table. Total Africa-Abyssinia Turkey (1922) United kingdom (1921) ..1,817,537,972 North America-Bermudas (1920) (est. 1924).... 10.000.000 Canada (1921) British colonies, etc. (1924). 50.172.000 Egypt (1917) French Africa (est. 1923),... Curacao (1922) Greenland (1921) ...... Belgian Congo (est. 1924) Liberia (1924) Morocco (1923) Costa Rica (1922) 12,759,916 Cuba (1922) 30,104,820 1.926,998 French islands (1921) 8,500,000 2,000,000 Guatemala (1920) 6.000.000 Haiti (1923) 7,736.700 Honduras (1922) 186,391 Honduras, British (1921). ..129,386,825 Mexico (1921) 8,000,000 Newfoundland, Labrador (1921) 5,000,000 250,000 332,641,000 Porto Rico (1923) .436,094,953 Salvador (1922) 23,012,819 Santo Domingo (1921) 81,754,859 5,600,000 500.000 9,500,000 1,601,153 34,791,142 9,513,000 12,657,800 .960.916.726 831,877 United States (1923) Virgin islands of U. S. (1917). Total Oceania Australian Fed. (1921).. Fiji islands (1921) ..110.718,538 26,051 2,219,033 .149,788,318 5,436.794 49,350.834 5,231 New Guineat (1920) Austria (1923) 6.526.661 New Zealand (1923) 157.266 13,275 278.984 88.863 530.000 1,378.129 Belgium (1922) 7,539,568 Bulgaria (1922) 4,958.400 Czechoslovakia (1921)` 13,611,349 Philippine islands (1923)... 11.075.674 Denmark (1921) 3,267,831 Esthonia (1922) 1,110,538 Solomon, Gilbert, Tonga (1921). 8,056 265,000 68.882,875 Finland (1921) 3.402,593 5,536,375 South America-Argentine Republic iceland (1920) 94,679 Irish Free State (1924) 3,165,000 Bolivia (1915) 2.889.970 Italy (1921) 38,835,941 Latvia (1923) 1,885.870 Chile (1920) Lithuania (1922) 2,293,100 Luxemburg (1922) Monaco (1913) 260.767 2,649,775 Brazil (1920) Colombia (1918) Ecuador (est. 1922) Falkland islands (1920) Guiana, British (1921) Peru (1908) 2,000,000 3.000 298,000 128 822 1,000,000 5,550.000 365,913 1.564.620 2.411,952 65,086,198 Pct. Pct. 30,635.605 3,754,723 5,855,077 |