Weekly journal-miner., 1909-12-15
GOVERNMENT WILL
 AID GENTLEMEN.
LFrom Sundays Dailyl

J. K. Campbell, chief of grazing of the department of agriculture; P. P. - Wells, chief in the law office of the national forest service, and W. c. Barnes, inspector of grazing, in the department of agriculture, reached Prescott yesterday from Southern Ari- zona and left on the afternoon train for the east.
 The visit of these officials is a sig nifcent one in the interest not only of the stockmen, but of all landed rights as well, as by the personal in vestigations made by these men high in the service of the forest branch, the future welfare of the industry is adjusted. The particular scope of country looked into was the vast area covered by the Tonto Basin re- serve. Every foot of that ground was inspected, and as a result recommend ations will be made that will mater ially affect the zone that is. set aside by the government and of a benef- eial nature to the range as well.
 One matter considered was the com struction of cement water tanks sev- eral of which were recommended to be placed at points convenient to the herds, when the water supply is the lowest. The government furnishes all material with which to construct them, and places them on the ground, without any expense, and the only consideration asked of the rangemen is that they erect them.
 MT. Campbell says, it is the purpose of his department to cooperate with the rangemen in the conserving of the water supply and the protection of the range, and he is pleased to see such a spirit prevailing among those vitally interested, as was evident with all during the recent passing over of that vast section. He says they also found the cattle for this time of the year and the range condition better than in previous years.
 Leaving Payson the party passed on to the Roosevelt dam, which was inspected. They were impressed with the magnitude of this storage enter prise.
 From Roosevelt the party were talk en on a side trip to the summit of the Superstition range by an old Indian scout, who was in that sec tion for a few days The objective point was that historical cave where in the early seventies a band of Apaches took refuge in a fight with a troop of the third U S. cavalry, un- der the command of Captain Burke and Al. Seiber, in charge. of the h. dian scouts. To reach this place is a difficult task, and the party had to dismount and crawl on their hands and knees for several hundred yards before the opening was before them. This they did, however, and under the guidance of the old scout, they en- tered the cavern.
 They were startled to see the skel- etons of fifteen Indians scattered at different points in the place, lying just as they fell over thirty years ago. The story was told over again of the bottling up of the red man, and how it was they all perished together Many of these skulls showed the marks of a bullet, while others, the belief is, perished from hunger and thirst.
 While in the cave that is over 100 yards long, the party dug into the loose soil and several relics of that fight were picked up. One which MT. Campbell produced was an old cartridge of 90 calibre of the Spring field rife model of 1870, together with several exploded shells of the same design. In years gone relic hunters invaded the place, taking away other articles, until now nothing of a per sOnal character remains.
 Unless guide is available, this place is not easily reached, and few accordingly go to it on account of the difficulty of climbing up a rugged mountain. Captain Burke, the hero of this fight, was well known to all Arizonans, and was stationed at Whip pie until the Third Cavalry went to the Dakotas with General Crook in 1875. The story of this fight is also rehearsed whenever the pioneers of that day recall "reminiscences of the Apache war, and it was one of the most daring the military were acered- tied with, is the universal opinion of those who know of the battle.
 Al. Seiber, who bore honors equally