Tombstone epitaph., 1921-01-23
RECLAMATION SERVICES AND STATE MINE BUREAUS GET
 LARGE APPROPRIATIONS


 WASHlNGTON. n. C.. Jan. i9- Notwithstanding the general demand Tor economy. the appropriations fo- federal activities in Arizona as pro vided for in the sundry civil bill. ~nlch has just passed the house. were liberal On the Yuma reclama- tion project sil5.ooo will he expended next year of which SS0,000 will be used to further develop the drainage system
 The appropriation for cooperative and miscellaneous investigations by the reclamation service was increased from S5o.000 to Sl00.O0o. This appro- priation was so small last year that but sloo00 could be advanced by the reclamation service io match the s1oo."oo appropriated for cooperative work by the Arizona legislature.
 Help Mine Bureaus.
 The usual sum ur scoo.oo was made available for the maintenance. of ,he eight experiment stations of the bureau of mines. The Southwest station at Tucson has recently made marked progress is devising new processes for the treatment of low grade copper ores heretofore consid cred valueless
 Increase Park Appropriation.
 The appropriation for the Grand Canyon national park was increased from s60,000 to Slc0000 for the next fiscal year. A part of this money will be used to complete a suspen- sion bridge across the Colorado river at the foot of the Bright Angel trail So as to make the north rim of the can yon more accessible to visitors. The road from Fl Tovar to Hermits rest will be rim automobile drive road commenced on road eastward 70 Deesrt View so that ultimately there will be rim-road automobile drive for a distance of over io miles. Some expenditure will also be made for the destruction of ~ild 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 of the national monuments was in creased to sl2.000 In discussing this item Congressman Carl Hayden. of Arizona. said:
 'I have offered a number of amend ! ments to this bill. but the house has ! been hard hearted and none of them have been agreed to. In view of the 1. fact that the committee on appropria- tions has increased this item for the car. of national monuments by Si5G1. | shall not attempt what is obviously impossible at the present time by O.: | fering an amendment further increas- I ing this amount to s21,00o as esti i mated for by the secretary of the in | terior. even though l am convinced . that S12.5OO is inadequate for the proper administration of all the na- tional monuments. There are 24 national monuments . under the jurisdiction of the national ] park service, and it is not only vain ministered, protected. maintained preserved and improved at an aver age annual cost of little over $500 each. as is provided by this appropri. ation. Six of these monuments are located in Arizona and are annually visited by increasing numbers from all parts of the country. The visi- tors to the Casa Grande Ruins in- creased from 3667 in 1919 to 772O in 1920. But 5000 has been expended for the repair and excavation of this "CrOs House" built by a prehistoric race of which the present Indian tribe have no tradition and which was found as ruin by Father Kino, the Spanish explorer. in l649. The amount appropriated herein will pro- vide practically nothing but the sal