(Prom the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



Ci:NT3Ni;iAl STATE SENDS 

 :i:ORIAL TO V/ASni::GTOK 



Masons have ^ust finish*-.;; setting in the '"-Ellington 

 monument Colorado's contribution to the shaft in memory of the 

 first president. It is a beautiful specimen of the Colorado 

 Yule marble, the same material which has been selected for the 

 two million dollar Lincoln memorial to be placed on the bank 

 of the Potomac just west of th.3 monument * 



This marble comes from within the Sopris national 

 forest, which furnishes a large part of the timber used in the 

 quarrying operations. The maintenance of timber supplies for 

 this and for other quarries and mines is, according to forestry 

 officials, an important part of their work. It will always be 

 their aim, they say, to maintain a supply of timber for this 

 local demand as an nid in the development of one of Colorado's 

 great resources, of which Governor Ammons, who cc.me to "7-. ^h ing ton 

 to arrange for the placing of the stone, is very proud. 



The stone itself will present a rectangular face 2 by 4 

 feet, upon which the name and seal of the btato r.re inscribed to- 

 gether with the year in which thy stc.te was admitted. It is on 

 the 290-foot landing inside the monument in the middle of the 

 east wall and is thus one of the highest of the many tributes 

 which line the lower part of the historic obelisk. It is nov.- 

 draped from the gaze of the public awaiting a date to be set by 



Senator Shafroth for simple unveiling ceremonies. 



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