Williams news., 1921-01-21
CONGRESS IS LIBERAL
 ARIz, APPROPRIATIONS

Washington, !an-,Notwi|h- standing the general demand for economy, the appropr.at1on for Federal activities in Arizona as provided for in the Sundry Civil Bill, which ;'as just passed the House, were liberal. On the Yuma reclama tion project S415, 900 will be expended next year of which $8O,OOO will be used to further develop the drainage system.
 The appropriation for coop erative and miscellaneous in- vestigations by the Reclamation Service was increased from S5O,OOO to $1OO,OOO. This appropriation was so small last year that but $1O,OOO could be advanced by the Reclamation Service to match the $1OO,OOO appropriated for cooperative work by the Arizona Legisla- , ture.
 The usual sum of $2OO,OO0 avs made available for the maintenance of the eight ex- pertinent stations of the Bureau of Mines. The Southwest Station at Tucson has recently made marked progress in devis- ing new processes for the treat ment of low grade copper ores heretofore considered valuless.
 The appropriation for the Grand Canyon National Park is $1O0,OOO for the next fiscal year. A part of this money will be used to complete a sus- pension bridge across the Colo rado River at the foot of Bright Angel Trail so as to make the north rim of the Canyon more accessible to visitors. The road from Fl Tovar to Hermit's s Rest will be repaved and construct ion commenced on road east ward to Desert View so that ul- timately there will be a rim road automobile drive for a dis tance of over forty miles. Some expenditures will also be made for the destruction of wild bur ros living down in the Canyon which have increased to such an extent that they are consunn- ing the forage needed to sustain wild game.
 The appropriation for the care of the National Monu- ments was increased to $12,OOO. In discussing this item Congress man Hayden of Arizona said:
 MT Chairman I have of fered 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 increased this item for the care of national monuments by $4,- 800, shall not attempt what is obviously impossible at the pres ent time by offering an amend ment further further increasing this amount to $27,OO0 as esti- mated for by the Secretary of the Interior, even though I am convinced that $12,5OO is made quate for the proper adminstra- ton of all national monuments,
 There are 24 national monu- ments under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, and it IS not only vain but foolish to expect that they can be admins tered, protected. maintained. preserved. and improved at an. average annual cost of little over $500 each as provided by this appropriation. Six of these monuments are located in Ari- zona and are. annually visited by increasing numbers from all parts of the country. The visi- tors to the Casa Grande Ruin increased from 3,667 in 1919 to TYPO in 1920. But 1000 has been expended for the repair and excavation of this Great House." built by prehistoric race of which the present Ind ian tribes have no tradition and which was found as a. ruin by Father Kino, the Spanish ex-