. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . tle. For the reason that water has not been developed in this vicinitythe country is not inhabited for many miles around. On September 12, 1910, the Interior Department requested theDepartment of Agriculture to assume temporary charge of patroland protection of this monument, in view of the better facilities at 21 the disposal of the Forest Service in the Manzano National Forest,inasmuch as the monument is remote from location of any fieldofficer of the Interior Department; and this charge was accepted bythe Department of Agriculture. A
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . tle. For the reason that water has not been developed in this vicinitythe country is not inhabited for many miles around. On September 12, 1910, the Interior Department requested theDepartment of Agriculture to assume temporary charge of patroland protection of this monument, in view of the better facilities at 21 the disposal of the Forest Service in the Manzano National Forest,inasmuch as the monument is remote from location of any fieldofficer of the Interior Department; and this charge was accepted bythe Department of Agriculture. A ranger of the Forest Serviceof that department visits the monument every few weeks. The Business Mens Association of Mountainair, N. Mex., is veryactive in preservation 6f the monument and in prevention of van-dalism, the site being visited (except in winter) by some member ofthe association at least once every two weeks. On account of the altitude of the monument the region is subjectto heavy snows between the middle of December and the latter part S:. Sec) 34I Sec. 35 IT. IN. I
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