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SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER 1940 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GPO 25fi528 THE SOUTHWESTERN NAT10UAL IDNUMENTS DECEMBER, 1940.REPORT INDEX OPENING, by Superintendent Hugh M. Miller 337 CONDENSED GENERAL REPORT •Travel Statistics 339 3^0 Activities of Other Agen*> 000 General •. 3U0 cies in the monuments . 3I4.I 100 Administrative 3^0 , I4.CO Interpretation 3^-1 200 Maintenance, New Con- 600 protection ....... 3J42 struction, Improvements . 3Ul- REPORTS FRO?1: MEN IN TH3 FIELD Arches 370 . Navajo. 355- Aztec Ruins 359 Organ Pipe Cactus 351 Bandelier . 373 Pipe Spring 3^3 Canyon de Chelly 3&1 Saguaro 352 Capulin Mountain 3U3 .Sunset Crater 357 Casa Grande 3I4.5 Tonto 3&9 Chaco Canyon 372 Tumacacori. 3^4 Chaco Canyon CCC. , 373 Tuzigoot 3^7 Chiricahua 3^7 Walnut Canyon 358 El !Torro 36I4. V/hite Sands 366 Gran Quivira 353 Wupatki 35^ Hovenweep 359 Yucca House 359 Montezuma Castle 3U9 HEADQUARTERS Branch of Historic Sites . 375 Visitor Statistics 379 Branch of Accounting . .' 38O ' Personnel Notes 38I Branch of Maintenance. 380 THE SUPPLEMENT Compiled Index, April, 1926 to December 19-1.0 inclusive 387 ***** SV/NM* * * * * SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL- MONUMENTS HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL PARK SERVICE COCLIDGE, ARIZONA 0-0-0-0-0 HUGH M. KILLER, SUPERINTENDENT ACRES FIELD STATION POST OFFICE CUSTODIANS 1940 VISITORS IH APJ.A 1. ARCHES Moab, Utah Henry G. Schmidt 2,5l8 33,6tC.OC 2. AZTEC RUINS Aztec, New !*ex. Thcnas C. Miller 10,550 25.& 3. BANDELIER Santa Fe, N.M. Chester A. Thomas 13,689 26,026.20 4. CANYON DE CHELLY Chin Lee, Ariz. Charles D. Wyatt 2,733 83,840.0C 5. CAFULIN MOUNTAIN Capulin; N.M. Homer J. Farr 35,100 680.42 6. CASA GRANDE Coolidge, Ariz. Albert T; Bicknell . 12,877 472.5C. 7. CHACO CANYON Chaco Canyon, Nil.Lewie T. McKinney 2,245 21,509.0. 8. CHIRICAHUA Doc Cabezcs, Ariz. Frank L. Fish 10,120 10,694.80 9. EL 1.50RR0 Ramah, N. Uex. Robert R. Budlong 1,593 240.00 10. GILA CLIFF DWEL. New Mexico No Custodian 80 l60.Ct 11. GRAN QUIVIRA Gran Quivira, NM.Joseph H. Toulouse 2,494 610.^ 12. HOVENWEEP . C.ortcz, Celo. ITo cust00..-JI 352 265.oC 13. MONTEZUMA-CASTLE Camp Verde, Ariz. Earl Jackson • • . 8,078 521.41 14. NATURAL BRIDGES Blanding, Utah Zekc Johnson • 901 2,740.CC 15. NAVAJO • . Tona^ca, Ariz. Jarr.ec W. Brewer 513 360.CC 16. ORGAN-PIPE CAC. Ajo, Arizona William-Supcrnaugh 9,775 330,687.00 17. PIPE- SPRING Moccasin, Ariz. Leonard Hcatcn, act. 1,141 40.00 18. RAINBOW-BRIDGE . Tonalea, Ariz. No custodian • 215 lot,00 19. SAGUARO Tucson, Ariz. Don Wi Egerr-aycr 16,892 63,264.00 20. SUNSET CRATER Flagstaff, Ariz. D. Jones, in chgt 11,888 3,040.00 21. TONTO • . Roosevelt, Ariz. John Peavy . 5,240 1,120.00 22. TUMACACORI • . Nogaloo, Ariz. Louis' Caywcod 7,287 1C.0C 23. TUZIGOOT • Clarkdalc, Ariz. Jack Cotter 6,125 42,642.61 24. WALNUT CANYON Flagstaff, Ariz. Paul Beaubien 12,258 L1873.J.C 25. WHITE SANDS Alamcgordo, N.M. Jchntfill Paris- 54,498 143,22''.4-7 7 26. WUPATKI Flagstaff, Ariz. David J. Jones 3,326 35»865,3C 27. YUCCA HOUSE Certez, Cole. Mo custodian 1^6 lC.C00C TOTALS 232,624 761,206.889< AREA, END TRAVEL YEAR l$40l 1,189.395 So-, Files ' OPENING By Hugh M. Millor, Superintendent Plans arc being nado for a nccting of the custodians of all South western National monuments at Coolidgo.' Dates for the meeting arc tentatively set for February 19, 20, and 21. A schedule of the sub jects to be discussed will shortly be submitted to you for approval. The first such meeting was held last year and resulted in great benefit to all concerned. The meetings deal with the practical and detailed aspects of administration, protection and maintenance affecting the monuments, and servo well to clarify and standardize procedure. Since the 1941 meeting will follow the Superintendents' Conference .in Wash ington, opportunity will be afforded the Superintendent to discuss Service policy in the light of the conclusions reached by the conference. This annual meeting affords the only opportunity the Superintendent and Headquarters staff have for general discussion of common monument prob lems with field personnel as a group. It is regarded as highly important to the development of a cohesive, offective organization. Status of important legislation affecting Organ Pipe Cactus and Saguaro National ?.Ionumcnts is apparently unchanged.. Presumably both bills will bo re-introduced at the coming session of Congress. Proposed boundary revisions for Hovcnweep 1'Iational Konument were ready for submission by tho year's end. Approval of oven the minimum extension proposed, followed by sheep-tight fencing would solve the Tiasic problem of protection. Very unusual and picturcsquo groups of ruins ere included in the Hovcnweep groups. This office continues to favor reservation for protection only and docs not advocate develop ment for visitor use at Hovcnweep. Stabilization will bo necessary, and modest provision to initiate stabilization work was authorized for inclusion in tho.final estimates for fiscal year 1942. The Fort Bowie proposal is temporarily in abeyance pending study of tho frontier period (1830-1890) by the Advisory Board in accordance with your memorandum of December 2 to the Regional Director, Region III. Some progress has been made toward filling vacant positions. One clerical position has fceen filled TPR; additional certification has been requested for the other as the only eligible certified, declined. Certification was received for filling the relief ranger position. A number of acceptances have been received and it should be possible to make a selection within the next two weeks. There have been no losses to tho draft and high classifications have been reported only by two men, both in. CCC supervisory positions. Plans for major road work at Organ Pipe Cactus National llonumcnt were given final administrative review and arc now in the Regional Office of the Public Roads Administration for review and submission to the Service. It is understood that specifications for bid forms arc being worked out. Advertising for bids must await final determination of the problem presented by the private lands at the international boundary line. Field inspections were made by the Superintendent at Organ Pipe Cactus (with George L. Collins of the Washington office), and at SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL UONUuERTS 337 MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECE3ER 1940 OPENING (Cont'd) Walnut and Wupatki (with William S. Bryant of the Regional Projects Control Division) National ivionuncnts. The Assistant Superintendent mado field inspections at Arches, Chaco Canyon, and Tunacacori. CCC work has been practically at a standstill throughout the month as the result of holidays and the usual interruptions attendant upon the end of an enrollr.ent period. Fine rains have put norc water in the storage rcscrvoirsin south ern Arizona than at any tine in'recent years. An anplc supply for irrigation of farms in the Salt and Gila River valleys seems assured for 1941. Range conditions arc excellent. One native puts it: "I didn't know that water could be intoxicating, but it scons, as though large quantities of it really arc; I have never seen so nany pcoplo\all 'feeling good'." Although hotels and other winter tourist centers of the Southwest report unusually heavy visitation, December showed a drop of approxi mately 2,000 visitors to the monuments as compared with the sane month in 1939. This decrcaso, in tho face of the fact that there wore an above normal number of winter tourists, is laid at the door of the weather man who deluged the Southwest'with flood-creating storms through out the Christmas holiday season keeping all but the most hardy visitors in doors and under cover. SWNH * * * * * * * * SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL L'ONUKENTS 338 MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1940 CONDENSED REPORT IN WHICH HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MONTH ARE GIVEN Coolidge, Arizona January 1, I9I4.I The Directer National Park Service Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Director: The Condensed Report for the month of December, 19l;0, follows: TRAVEL 19M) 1939 Station December Travel Year December Travel Year Arches 209 Uk3 215 593 Capulin Mountain 25* 5525* 1200* 6200* Chiricahua 366 1628 366 1229 Natural Bridges 0 1+9 0 92 Organ pipe Cactus 735* 2325* 1100* 2235* Rainbow Bridge 0 20* 0* 20* Saguaro 1100 3016 1270 261+3 Sunset Crater 111;* 115U* 29U* 1188* White Sands ' 1932 8132 11+79 5U+2 TOTAL, Geol. & Biol. U531 22590 5921+ 1961+2 Aztec Ruins 201; I3I4I; 2U9 H+02 Bandelier 68 1139 181+ 1257 Canyon de Chelly 7 381 55 U50 Casa Grande 1221; 3831 ' 2070 3771 Chaoo Canyon 18 317 16 387 El Morre 35 171 1;9 272 Gran Quivira 59 1+25 91 600 Gila Cliff Dwellings 0* 10* 0* 10* Hovenweep .13* 1+3* 0* 10* Montezuma Castle 185 121*8 329 121+2 Navajo 3 UO 0 60 Pipe Spring 27 278 7 107 Tonto 301; 898 1+29 1263 Tumacacori 558 13U2 677 16I+8 Tuzigoot W+5 1631 269 961; Walnut Canyon 228 lij-97 275 1U65 Wupatki 58 533 ill 5J+7 Yucca House .0* 27* 0* 20* TOTAL, HIST. SITES 3U66 15153 1+311 15U75 TOTAL ALL AREAS 7997 377U3 10735 35117 Last Month 12525'. 297U6 *Travel Estimated * SOUTHWESTERN NATIONAL IDHU1G3HTS 339 CONDENSED REPORT FOR DECEMBER 19i+0 CONDENSED REPORT (Continued) OOP GENERAL 020 General Weather Conditions Rains and snow fell over the entire southwest during the last two weeks of December. Many roads were blocked and train service was de layed. Exceptionally heavy precipitation on the watersheds brought smiles of joy and relief to the faces of stockmen and farmers who be lieve that the drought of the past few years has finally broken.