Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-18

standing the general demand for econ
 omy, the appropriations for federal activities in Arizona as provided for in the sundry civil bill. which has just passed the house. were liberal On the Yuma reclamation project S415,000 will be expended next year
 of which $S0.0O0 will be used to fur ther develop the drainage system.
 The appropriation for cooperative and miscellaneous investigations by
 the reclamation service was increas- ed from s50,000 to s100.000 This ap- propTiation was so small last year that but s10.000 could be advanced by she reclamation service to match the
 $100.0o0 appropriated for cooperative work by the Arizona legislature.
 The usual sum of S200.O00 was made available for the maintenance of the eight experiment stations of the bureau of mines. The southwest station. at Tucson. has recently made
 marked progress in devising new pro cesses for the treatment of low grade copper ores heretofore considered val -ueless
 The appropriation for the Grand Canyon National Park was increa aSed
 from S60.0O0 to si00.0o0 for the next fiscal year. A part of this money will be used to complete suspension
 bridge .cross the Colorado river at
 the foot of Bright Angel Trail so as to make the north rim of the canyon
 more accessible to visitors. The road
 rom Fl Tovar to Hermit's Rest will
 he repaved ami construction com menced on a road eastward to Desert View so that ultimately there will be a rim-road automobile drive for dis.
 tance of over forty miles. Some eS- penditure will also, be made for the destruction of wild burroS living down in the canyon which have in-
 creased to such an extent that they
 are consuming the forage needed to
 sustain wild game.
 The appropriation for the care or | the national monuments was increas- ed to S12.50O. Tn discussing this item Congressman Carl Hayden. of AriZo- na. sad:
 MT. Chairman, l have offered number of amendments to this bill. ' but the House has been hard-hearted
 and none of them have been agreed | to. In view of the fact that the Com | mittee- on Appropriations has increas- | ed this item for the care of national
 monuments by S4500, shall not at tempt what is obviously impossible | at the present time by offering ar amendment further increasing this | amount to S2I.O00 as estimated for bN 1 the Secrs tary of the Interior, even | though ann convinced that S12,5OO ! is inadequate for the proper admins i tration of all the national amend 1 ments.
 There are 24 national monuments ! under the Jurisdiction of the National Park Service. and it is not only vain hut foolish to expect that they can be ! administered, protected, maintained.
 pI eserved and improved at an aver age annual cost Of little over S0oO each, as is provided by this appropri ] ation. Six of these monuments are located in Arizons and are annually
 visited by increasing numbers rom all parts of the country The visitors i to the Casa Grande Ruin increased | troT, S.ee7 in 1919 to TYPO in 1920. ! Isu; q eco has been expended for the repair and excavation of this Great | House, built by q prehistoric race of | which the present Indian tribes have no tradition and which was found as | ruin by Father Kino, the spanish ! exploI CT. in 1894. The amount appro- priated herein will provide practical
 " rotbiDg but the salary of the GUS | todian.
 Monte zuma's Castle is another national monument which is sadly ne ' glected and suffering from vandalism A. custodian should be appointed to
 protect this wonderful cliff dwelling
 on Beaver Creek. which Is three stor- ies high and contains Is rooms. The l Navajo National Monument is located
 in such an out-of-the-vay place that but little damage has thus far been don't by vandals. but with the open ! ing up of an automobile road to these ruins there is now greater need for
 its restoration and protection. "A custodian should likewise be ap- | pointed for the Tumacacori Mission, | which is threatened with destruction
 hy those who have from time to time | dug up its floor and undermined it's | foundations in search of gold and Sii- yer which. according to tradition, was
 buried there by the Spanish priests. | About Si00 was heretofore made ! available each yea- for the care ot this. monument, which is wholly in | sufficient to prevent even the damage | caused by the clements. Unless au
 ample appropriation is made this mis ' sion. founded about i750 by Father ! hino. will fall into complete ruin, i Over 5000 visitors inspected this an-
 cicnt mission last year, but the Ma | ticnal Park Service has been in such | straits for funds that $500 was ac'
 cepted as a contribution from the No !