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SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS MONTHLY REPORT OCTOBER - - - - 1938 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS OCTOBER, 1338, REPORT INDEX OPENING, by Superintendent Frank Pinkley, 27,1 CONDENSED GENERAL REPORT Travel ........... ,277 400 Flora, Fauna, and Natural 000 General. -278 Fhenomena. .280 100 Administrative . , . .278 500 Tse of Facilities by Public,280 200 Maintenance, Improvements, 600 Protection 281 and New Construction . .279 700 Archeology, Fist. ,Pre-Hist... 281 300 Activities Other .Agencies,279 900 Miscellaneous. ...... 282 RETORTS FPOM KEN IN THE FIE'D Arches .£34 Gran Ouivi'-a. ......... .294 Aztec Ruins ......... -.284 Hove:.weep 286 Bandelier .... ...... ..297 Mobile Unit .......... .336 Bandelier CCC ..... .299 Montezuma Jastle. ........ ,305 Bandelier Forestry. , .300 Natural Fridges ........ .320 Canyon de Chelly. ...... .318 • Navajo .312 Capulin Mountain. ...... ,319 pipe Spring 292 Casa Grande .......... -308 Saguaro ............ .237 Casa Grande Side Camp .... .310 Sunset Crater ......... .291 Chaco Canyon. ........ .302 Tumacacori. .......... .312 Chiricahua. ......... .295 -Yalnut Canyon ......... .301 Chiricahua CCC. ....... .296 White Sands .......... .283 El Morrc. .......... .315 Wupatki 289 HEADQUARTERS Aztec Ruins Visitor Statistics.333 Casa Grande Visitor Statistics. .331 Branch of Accounting. .... .339 Comparative Visitor Figures . .329 Branch of Education ..... .324 October Visitors to S.W.M 334 Branch of Maintenance .... :323 Personnel Notes 340 THE SUPPLEMENT Beaver Habitat at Bandelier, By W. B. McDcugall ..... .351 Geology Notes on the Montezuma Castle Region, by E..C. Alberts. .353 Geology Report on the Hovenweep National Monument, by C. N. Gould . .357 Moisture Retention of Cacti,'by David J.'Jones 353 Ruminations, by The Boss. '.'•'. .361 Supplemental Observations, from the- Field ........ .344 , SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS PERSONNEL HEADQUARTERS: National Park Service, Coolidge, Arizona. Frank Pinkley, Superintendent; Hugh M. Killer, ass't. superintendent; Parke W. Soule, chief clerk; Pale S. King, ass't. park naturalist; Char lie R. Steen, jr. park archeologist; Natt N. Dodge, jr. park naturalist; Luis A. Gastellum and Robert Petrie, clerk stenographers; Ire G. Goodwin and Larry Mungerro, CCC clerics; F.E. Stonehocker, machinist; J.L.L. Baehr, utility man; Teddy Savage, machinist helper, CCC; Victor Scholz, mimeo graph operator, CCC. DETAILED FROM REGION III: J. H, Tovrea, ass't. engineer; end Charles D. Carter, jr. landscape architect. FIELD STATIONS — POST OTFICE — PERSONNEL - 183-1 VISITORS — ACRES AREA 1. ARCHES; Moab, Utah;. , . HTarry Reed, in- r.charge cb -gj .1,448 . 4,520.00 2. AZTEC RUTNS; Astec, New Mex-too; T. C. Killer, custod an; J. IV. Brewer, Jr., park ranjrer . 20,214 . .25.88 3. BANDELIEI,'; Santa Fe, New Mexico; C. G. Hrrkinsa , custodian; Geo. Sholly, gradera r operator ; 3 guides and helpers, CCC 14, C19 . .26,026.20 4. CAT:Y0N DE CHELEx ; Chin Lee, Ariz.; Johnwrll Fa-isri , custod? an . • . > .... 1,573 . , 83,840.00 5. CAPULIN FOUNTAINMO ; Capulp din, M.M.j H. Farr, custc-to. 30,200 . , 630.37 6. CA:-S A GRA^END ; Coolidg:e,. Aria ; A. T. Bickuellkne , custod.'.ia? n; Don Egemayer, ranger; J. Rodger's, S. Coyle, and G. Sheffield, guides, CCC .... 33,731 . 472.50 7. CHACO CANTON; Chaco Canyon. N.M.; Lewis T. McKinney, ou?-odian. '. - 6,271 . .21,512.37 8. CHIRICAHUA; Douglas, Ariz.; Frank Fish, custodian II. Bennett, V.^r.. Stone, H. Minton, guides, CCC . 9.145 . .10,694.80 9. EL MORRO; Raman. N.M.; R.R.Budlong, custodian. 3,208 . 240.00 10. GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS; Cliff, N.M.j no custodian . 105 .. 160.00 11. GRAN QTJIVIRA; Gran Quivira, N.I:.; G.Boundey, oust. 3,113 . 610.94 12. HOVENWEEP; Cortez, Colo.;T.C.Miller, Aztec, N.M. 168 .. 285.80 13. MONTEZUMA CASTLE; Camp Verde, Ariz.; E. Jackson, custodian; Edwin Alberts, park ranger 10,645 . 520.00 14. NATURAL BRIDGES; Blanding, Utah; Z. Johnson, cust. 741 . 2,740.00 15. NAVAJO; Tcnalea, Ariz; John Wetherill, custodian . 411 . 360.00 16. ORGAN PIPE CACTUS; Ajo, Ariz.; no custodian . 6,200.. 330,670.00 17. PIPE SPRING; Moccasin, Ariz.; L. Heaton, cust. 2,245 . .40.00 18. RAINBOT* BRIDGE; Tonalea, Ariz.; no custodian . 2.22 . 160.00 19. SAG UAROV Tucson, Ariz.; Carleton "filder, ranger. .20,422 . .63,284.00 20. SUNSET CRATER; Flagstaff, Ariz.; D.Jones, ranger . 6,922 . 3,040.00 21. TONTO; Roosevelt, Ariz.; no custodian . 4,985 . 1,120.00 22. TUMACACORI; Box 797, Ncgales, Ariz.; L. Caywood, custodian; Ted Cronyn, paik ranger 15,289 . .10.00 23. WALNUT CANYON; Flagstaff, Ariz.; P.Beaubien, jr. archeologist; C.Leffler, T.Maloney, S-Cataldo, and R.Beishline, CCC guides. .13,526 , 1,873.00 24. WHITE SANDS; Alamogordo, N.M.j Tom Charles, custo dian; Joe Shepperd, grader operator. ..... 110,805 . k42,987.00 25. WUPATKI; Flagstaff, Ariz.; D. Jones, park ranger 2,754 . .35,865.00 26. YUCCA HOUSE; Cortez, Colo.; no custodian 172 . 9.GO TOTAL FOR 1938; 1,143.35 square mi..319,164. 731,747.46 By Superintendent Frank Pinkley ODTMIMf- Southwestern Monuments ' tIN 11M VD Coolidge, Arizona The month of October was a good one in point of -weather and the roads were, generally sneaking, in good condition for travel. While our figures show a greater atterdarce thehann lasstt year, an analysis will sheow, that at mon*.nrents where our figureigu s arer.,-3 iconmostc accurate, there is little ohan^o. While I lock for an increase in trpvol in the Southwest this year o-ver last nn th' basis of the recent busireas revival, I do not yet have proof -if it-. Arizona and New Mexico papers j.re, however, full of the news of heavy reservations at the winter reso."«s anH. dude ranches. We reeded live more txrmanent men on duty last month than we had on our rolls. I don't know "wuat wo are gcing to:o dodo aboj.lnut thet.he under manned situation at 'Yhite S-vods. At proient things are;:e widewide open except on Sundays and holidays when our part- b.me cu-todiastodiann is 0:1 duty. Our new headquarters buildings ar^ reaching thhee finishfinished stage and, as scon as the cvansfe/ papers come through, vrr are .landing 0 man in to take chai-ge. Ir. will be so swamped with visiters that I cannot see how he can do more than stand on the office stepts und pass out leaflets and give instructions to the 125,000 people ivho ai 0 coming to see his monvnent next year. On his days off, I suppose we will have to practically shut the plant down. Wo need three full-time jobs to handle the public with any degree of satisfaction to the public or ourselves, and we have only the one. Our bhree CCC camps, our Case. Grande side camp, and the Mobile Unit at Chaco Canyon were operating satisfactorily during the month, although at two of our camps we could get much more efficiency with a little more funds for operation. Vfe need more materials money. During the month we had a meeting with representatives of the Branch of Plans and.Design, and developed the plans for our six resi dences and one administration building which wc are getting under Public Works money, and they are new putting in overtime getting out the working drawings for us. As soon as we can get those,'we will be ready to go and we think we can get into action with the funds, the weather permitting, by the first of January. Three of these places, Navajo, Wupatki, and El Korro, are remote from the railroad and winter construction is going to be slow. Financially we are solvent in that we did not expend as much of our funds as we had thought we would need in the first quarter of the year and are thus a little ahead of our estimates. '. SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS 275 MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER, 1938 Among the perso:mel the morale sooms to be high and service during the past month to the public ./as "ood. James W. Brewer, Jr., is trarsferring at tho end of the month from Aztec Ruins to Navajo National Monument, thus filling the position left vacar.t by the trorisfer of William Leicht from Navajo to the Boulder Dam Recreational Area, The office force has been hard pressed be keep abreast of its work dur'.::ing~ the ironth. I dor't know hew we ar" going to give annual leave wiLKiutho t g." Lag behbehind "rery serious!", in the office work. It must be rcmemberee "ed that we have no winter slum,., in office work such as comes to man"' of the units of the Serviceervi ; :t seems as if we are always on the p..,ak of production with a fewfo.v deaddoad-linf^ just ahead. Chief CI >: k Soule effected a complete ro-.rran.y ment ri the office furniture and equipment during the montn. gair.~nning space and improving tho lighting on the desd-"ks. He also put a'.bout $3CSOO-w-.-rth of steel shelving in ths filot.-and-storage room, i.oinp aw..'.ray w-th the old lumber shelving, and th"bus gar'.ninai g some space andaj C eliminating the fire hazard. When considerir?; the plans for the two new residence" at Monte zuma Castle, we developed c plan of using the present houso, when it is vacated, as m administration building until the final udmini-- r.tration building as shown on the Master Plan can be built. The present building is well situated for the purpose, being in the center of the parking area, and will need little overhauling to nut it into use. It will advance our educational program at the Castle several years and relieve us from certain obligations to the Utility Operator whose room we arc new using. Wo will have an official office, a good sized museum room, work room, storage room, rnd some basement storage for tools and light equipment under this arrangement.