. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . ins a branch line extending from its maintranscontinental line at Williams, Ariz., to the south rim of thecanyon itself. At this point first-class hotel facilities and liveryservice are afforded, while excellent roads and trails lead into thecanyon and to points along the rim in either direction. Transcontinental motorists are also visiting the canyon in increas-ing numbers. Good branch roads lead to the canyon from the mainocean-to-ocean highway. • A monument to commemorate the work of Maj. Powell has been recently erected on the south
. General Information Regarding the National Monuments . ins a branch line extending from its maintranscontinental line at Williams, Ariz., to the south rim of thecanyon itself. At this point first-class hotel facilities and liveryservice are afforded, while excellent roads and trails lead into thecanyon and to points along the rim in either direction. Transcontinental motorists are also visiting the canyon in increas-ing numbers. Good branch roads lead to the canyon from the mainocean-to-ocean highway. • A monument to commemorate the work of Maj. Powell has been recently erected on the south brink ofthe canyon not far from the El Tovar Hotel. (For photograph see Am. Forestry, vol. 22, p. 205, April, 1916.) 56 Under the protection given by the Forest Service, under the au-thority of the proclamation establishing the Grand Canyon NationalGame Preserve, game animals have steadily increased. The pre-serve is now estimated to contain 10,000 head of blacktail deer and 4 Swn*y»,«olo«lcAl S^,._ atl, UTAH I 1AAS. J T-44S. I M46. I UTKm. Grand Canyon National Monument, within the Grand Canyon National Forest, Ariz.; created January 11, 1908. a large number of bighorn or mountain sheep. Mountain lions and other predatory animals are systematically destroyed by forest officers. Steps have been taken to create a national park of the Grand Canyon of the Arizona, and a bill (H. R. 6331) providing for such purpose 57 was introduced in the Sixty-second Congress April 20, 1911. Thebill, however, did not become a law. In the Sixty-fourth Congresssimilar bills (H. R. 20447 and S. 8250) were introduced, and in theSixty-fifth Congress S. 390 will be given consideration. JEWEL CAVE NATIONAL MONUMENT. Jewel Cave National Monument was created by proclamation datedFebruary 7, 1908. Jewel Cave, which is located 13 miles west and south of Custer, thecounty seat of Custer County, S. Dak., was discovered on August 18, !7 /i
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