Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-01-29
GRAND CANYON IS NOW A MA
 rIoNAL MONUMENT
(From Fridays Daily

By tDC ptOclaWhtioH JUDI D't""" " President Roosevelt, the Grand Can yon, the wonder of tourists of every t,mc and cline, has become a national monument, and ns such will be pre- served and protected for all time to come by the national government. At the same time the President signed proclamation creating an addition or Iess.3.O acres of land to the Tonto national forest.
 The worldfamcd Grand Canyon haA been n part of the Grand Canyon na' ,ional forest, and it's establishment as national monument is made by vir' tue of the act of June s, l90G, which provides that objects of scientific in ,crcst may be declared national monu' mcnts if such action is deemed ncccs sary for their preservation and pro lection.
 The President, speaking of the i'm portancc of protecting the Grand Can von as national monument. says, in his proclamation: "It is an object or unusual scientific interest, being the greatest crodcd canyon within inc United states, and it appears that the public interests would be promoted by rcscrving it as n national monument with such other land as is necessary for i,s proper protection"
 It has long been realized that it was highly desirable to have this wonder ful gorge, made by the Colorado river, set apart as national monument. This assures the area of exclusion from all kinds of entry, and means that the government will have power to prevent the marring of tho scenic beauty by unsigh,ly exploitation of any kind. The area put in the national monument constitutes approximately s21,2S' acres. In determining the boundary o' the national monument an effort wa made to draw the line approximatcly one mile back from the rim of th' canyon.
 The addition of l,oss,320 acres to th' Tonto national forest in Arizona Il situated in Maricopa, Gila and Pima counties. That part of inc addition which is situated on the west side o the Tonto forest is given national for , est protection, because it includes th' watershed of the Verde river, abov' the proposed McDowel' reservoir site ] which is located on the Verde jus above it's junction with Salt river. l . seems probable that this McDowel , reservoir will bc built by the reclama 2 tion service, at some future time, an Q when this project is completed, some { thing over 100000 acres of land wil , be irrigated in the Salt River valley ! in addition to the land that will be a' ? surcd of q uniform supply of water b.
 the great Salt river project nt Roosc
 welt.
 a The eastern portion of tho additio
 includes the hcadwatcrs of the Pina
 and Pinto creeks. Botn of thcs
 streams empty into Salt river abov U the Roosevelt dam. Their watershed have been damaged by overgrazinj ' mainly by goats. IL is of the utmo' : importance that the watersheds c
 these streams be protected. They ai '' already carrying large quantities , silt into Salt river, and since they bot II empty near what will be the upper en '' of the reservoir, they could do enorr ous damage in filling it with silt. TT s most southern portion of the additio
 lying directly west of the pinal Mou x tains forest, which has now, by th proclamation, been made n part of tl " Tonto national forest, giving it | y area, including the new addition, of 1.
 ii9,2s0 acres. In the large additic n there is very little commercial fore, h but in most of the canyons and dray 'e there arc stands of oak and chappar IN species, and in limited areas vel 'e dense stands of Arizona cypress. Tn 'e limited supply of wood is of great il ' portance, both from the point of wat
 conservation and of prolonging |
 fuel supply in a country in which |
 supply is very short.
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