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SOUTHWESTERN MONUMENTS MONTHLY REPORT DECEMBER • • • 1938 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SOUTHWESTERN IJCNUHENTS DECEMI3ER, 193&; REPORT I N D E X . C FINING, by Superintendent Frank Pinklcy • 457 ' CONDENSED GENERAL REPORT Travel 459 400 Florao , Fauna, and Natural 000 Goncral 460 Ph :nonona 462 100 Administrative 460 500 Usee of Facilities by public 465 200 Maintenance, Improvements 600 Protection .464 and Now Ccnrtruction. 461 700 Archeologyeolo , IIist,PrcHist.. .464 300 Other Agencies 482 - 000 Miscellaneous .464 RgTCjjTS FRv!' LEIN IN THJ PIELJ Arches , 499 Gran Quivfrn . .468 Aztec Ruins .......... 4S8 Hob.ilo Unit. 491 Bandolier ....'. 474 ]voivtczuma Castle .493 Bandelier COG '476 Natural Bridges* .• . ,496 Canycn do Cholly. ....... 433 Navajo 466 Capulin Mountain 497 Pip..i "Spring 471 Casa Grande . ". '. .'••'. 479 ' Sa~uart 486 Case Grande CCC 481 Tcntc . .473 Chaco Canycn. 489 Tumacaceri 485 Chiricr-hua. 477 Walnut Cu:.;yon ; . .488 Chiricahua'CCC. ........ 479 White Sands 465 El Morro. ........... 497 Walnut Canyon CCC .506 HEADQUARTERS Branch of Accounting 501 Personnel Notes '. .508 Branch cf Information 502 Visitor Statistics 507 Branch of Maintenance ..... 501 ' " ' THE SUPPLEMENT Supplemental Observations, from the Field ...... .514 Travel Patterns of Southwestern Visiters, by Dal;: S. King . ; . .522 General Index, July - December, 193S . '. .540 Ruminations, by the Boss " . .538 SOUTHWESTERN II C N U tj E N T S PERSONNEL HEADQUARTERS: National Park Service, Coclidge, Arizona. Frank Pinklcy, Superintendent; Hugh M. Miller, asst. superintendent; Parke W. Soule, chief clerk; Dale S. King, ass't. park naturalist; Charlie R. Stoon, jr. Park archeclogist; Natt N. Dodge, jr. park naturalist; Luis A. Gastellum, clerk; Robert Petrio, clerk stenographer; Ira G. Goodwir, and Larry Kungorro, CCC clerks; F. S. Stonohocker, machinist; J. L. L. Baohr, utility man; llax Jaso, machinist helper, CCC; Goorfco Sheffield, mimeograph operator, CCC. DETAILED FRO" REGION III: J. H. Tovrea, ass't. engineer; and Charles D. Carter, jr. landscape architect. FIELD STATIONS - POST OFFICE - PERSONNEL - 1958 VISITORS - ACRES AREA 1. ARCHES; l.Ioab, Utah Harry Road, cust. 1,448 33,680 2. AZTEC RUINS; Aztoo, N.K. T.C.Killer, oust. 20,214 25.88 3. BANDSLIER: Santa Fc, N.M. C.G.Harkins.cust; Geo. Shelly, grader operator; 5 guides and helpers, CCC 14,619 26,026.20 4. CANYON 1^2 CHELLY: Chin Lee, Ariz. Tod Cronyn, oust. 1,573 83,840.00 5.' CAPULIN MOUNTAIN; Capulin, N.K. H. Farr, oust. 50.200 "• 680.37 6. CASA GRANIS; Coclidge, Ariz. A.T.Bicknell, cust. Don Egcrmayor and D. Jonos, rangers, J.llodgors, S.Coylo, and S. IIe.ll, guides, CCC 33,761 472.50 7. CRV.CC CANTON; Chaco Canyon, N.I.:. Lewis T. HcKinney, custodian 6,271 21,512.37 '8. CHIRICA'HUA; Douglas, Ariz. Frank Fish, cust. H.Boimctt, Wm.Stone, II. I'inton, guides 9,145 10,694.80 9. EL'MORuC; Raman, N. M. R.R.Budlong, cust. 3,208 240.00 "10.GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS: Cliff, N.l!., no dustodian 105' 160.00 11.GRAN QUIVIRA; Gran Quivira,N.u. G. Boundoy, cust. 3,113 610.94 12.H0VENWEEP; Cortoz, C-lc., T.C.Killcr, Aztec, N.I'. 16G 285.80 13.HCNTEZUMA 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; Tonalea, Ariz. John Wdthorill, cust. J.W.Brower, Jr., park ranger 411 360.00 16.ORGAN PIP35 CACTUS; Ajo, Ariz, no ouatcdian 6,200 330,670.00 17.PIPE SPRING; Koccasin, Ariz. L. Hcaton, a<"ti cust. 2,245 40.00 18.RAINBOW BRIDGE; Tonalea, Ariz, no oustodian 222 160.00 19.SAGUAR0; Tucson, Ariz. Carlcten Wilder, ranger 20,422 63,284.00 20.SUITE.'.T1 CRATEE; Flagstaff, Paul Boaubicn in charge 6,922 3,040.00 21.TCNTC; Reosovelt, Ariz. G. G. Philp, in charge 4.985 1,120.00 22.TUHACACCRI; Bx 797 No-ales, Ariz. L.Caywocd, cust.15,289 10.00 23.WALNUT CANYON; Flagst. ff, Ariz. Paul Beaubicn, jr. archeologist; C. Lefflcr, T. I.'alcney, S. Cataldo and R. Bcishline, CCC guidcl3,526 1,873.00 24.WHITE SANDS; Alamogcrdo, N.If. Tom Charles, cust. Jchnwill Faris, ranger and Joe Shepperd • grader operator 110,305 11-2,087.00 25.WUPATKI; Flagstaff, Ariz. Paul Beaubien, in charge 2,754 35,865.00 26.YUCCA HOUSE; Cortez, Colo. T.C. Killer, in charge 172 9.60 TOTAL FLR 1938- 1,188.91 square mi 319,164 760,907.46 oi By Superintendent Frank Pinkley, LJPENI NG Southwestern Monuments, Coolidge, Arizona. Reports would indicate that the run of visitors in our district this year is not up to par either in numbers or in amount cf money expended. Tho weather was bad for part of the month, but that alone will not account for all the facts. The people who cone arc, so far as our tests show, intelligent and interested; in other words, while the quantity of visitors is off, the quality is as good or bettor than usual. I think the field reports will show that the beys have all been busy and that the work is progressing very well. This really shows up better in the ^ay-to-day diaries, which we require our field men to keep sending us a copy, than in their formal official reports herewith inclosed. In this matter cf keeping track of what goes ;n among our units, we would like to describe a few of the lines of communication which . bring the information across our desk. During the month any man from our office whe has. ccasi >n to make a field trip must file a written report as scon as he c.;ncs in covering the details of his trip. These reports arc expected to run from one or two to five or six single spaced typewritten pages for each monument visited and are the brsis upon vaiich further action is started locking to the correction of tho matters Drought up. Enough copies of these reports are mo.de up to provide us with a working copy, two copies which go to your office at the end of tho month, and one copy to the Regional Office. At the end of the month the Custodian furnishes us a copy of his regular monthly narrative report which we include in this report to you. He also sends us a copy of his daily diary shewing how his work has gone from day to day. In this daily diary the man is supposed to be talking straight across the bocrd, end co.n and, as a matter of fact most cf them do, include details and- personal reactions which have no business in the whole background of the monument affairs. Another report submitted is the report cf visiters handled during the past month which shows how many parties each employee handled through the field trip or tho museum trip, total number of each kind of trip per day, length of time of trips, etc. These figures give us detailed data on the visitors and afford a clear picture as to how much of the employee's time has been to.ken up with visitor contacts. y,"e also require an automotive report which covers a-complete inspection of each autom bile, including an answer to a'c-ut fifty direct questions as to the condition of its various parts, its mileage during' the month, the amount of gas and oil used and the cost and description of any repairs made during the month.' Yj"e are also reviving a report which we used a year or two ago and thought we could do without. This is a report form which any visiting officer takes with him to the monument and cooperates with the SOUTHVIESTERN MONUMENTS 457 MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 1938 OPEHING (COOT.) Custodian, in filling out. There arc detailed questions as to the appearance of the personnel, bhe administration buildings and area, the residential buildings and area, condition of general equipment, and so on. Beth men sign this report and a copy is left with the Custodian, the other being turned in at headquarters. The Custodian's copy becomes the checlc-up on, the next round to sec if all adverse conditions have been corrected. Tilth this series of reports in addition tc the fire inspection and safety inspection reports nnd others required by your office, we try to bridge that very difficult gap which would be required if ycu took a first class park apart, scattered the 26 parts over three or four states and asked it to go on functioning. Our financial affairs were in good chape at the end of December with the year half gone. Our office work o<ntinucs to be too heavy and the beys arc putting in too much ever-time Wo can see-no lot- down in the work during the next year and we need another clerical position in order to give our men annual and sick loavo without too much over-time. The administration personnel in charge of the field units is doing well and the morale seems good. Two positions arc vacant and wo are hampered by not having the men and other men arc having to put in overtime in order to cover the vacant jobsj The proposed big Cuarto Centennial celcbrrtion of New Mexico, to take place in 1940, has been brought up officially during the last month and will henceforth hold a place in our work and in our reports. This is tc be a celebration of the Coronado Expedition and will tough us at several of our New Mexico monuments which are landmarks of Spanish history.