The border vidette., 1921-01-29
FEDERAL AID FOR ARIZONA.
Carl Hayden Makes Plea
 for Our National Monuments.

Washington, D. O., Jan. 19.- Notwithstanding the general de mand for economy, the appro priations 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 pro jsct $4l5,OOO will be expended next year of which $8O.0OO will be used to further develop the drainage system.
 The appropriation for co oper ative and miscellaneous investi- gatious by the reclamation ser vice was increased from $50, ,OOO to S1OO, ,OOO. This appropriation was so small last year that but $1O,OO could be advanced by the reclamation service to match the $IOO,OOO appropriated for co operative work by the Arizona legislature.
 The usual sum of $2OO,OO was made available for the mainten. ance of the eight experiment tatiops of the bureau of mines. The Southwest station at Tue son has recently made marked progess is divising new pro- cesses for the treatment of low grade copper ores heretofore considered valueless.
 The appropriation for the Grand Canyon national park was increased from $6O, 900 to $1OO,- 900 for the next fiscal year. A part of this money will be used 1 to complete a suspension bridge across the Colorado river at the foot of the Bright Angel trail SO as to make the north rim of the canyon more accessible to visit ors. The road from El Tovar to Hermit's rest will be rim auto l mobile drive road commenced on a road eastward to Desert View so that ultimately there will be rim road automobile drive for I a distance of over 40 miles. Some expenditure will also. be made for the destruction of wild
 burros living down in the can yon which have increased to such an extent that they are consuming the forage needed to sustain wild game.
 I of the national monuments was increased to SIP. 800. In discuss ing this item Congressman Carl
 Hayden. of Arizona said:>
 II have offered a number of amendments to this bill, but tue house has been hard hearted and none of them have been 1 agreed to. In view of the fact that the committee on appro- priations has increased this item for the care of national monu
 ments by $500. I shall not at | tempt what is obviously impossi- ble at the present time by offer ling an amendment further in
 creasing this amount to $27. .OOO as estimated for by the secretary of the interior, even though l am convinced that SIP. 500 is in adequate for the proper admin istration of all the national mon-
 uments-
 There are 24 national monu-
 ments under the jurisdiction of
 the national park service, and it is not only vain foolish to ex- pect that they can be admins
 tered, protected, maintained pre-
 served and improved at an aver
 age annual cost of a little over
 $500 each, as is provided by this
 appropriation. The visitors to
 the Casa Grande Ruins increased tfrom 3667 in 1919 to TYPO in 1920.
 But $4OOO has been expended for
 the repair aud excavation of this
 Great House" built by a pre- historic race of which the pre-
 sent Indian tribe have no tradi- tion and which was found as a ruin by Father Kino, the Span ish explorer, in 1649. The
 amount appropriated herein will provide practically nothing but
 the salary of the custodian.
 "Moctezuma's castle is another
 national monument which is
 sadly neglected and suffering
 from vandalism. A custodian
 should be appointed to protect
 this wonderful dwelling on Beav CT creek, which is three stories
 high and contains 16 rooms
 The Navajo national monument is located in such an out of the way place that but little damage
 has thus far been done by van dals but with the opening up ,o4 an automobile road to these rOipS fhprn is Dnw -OraatQr nPaC