H. R. 17101, by which the United States accepted the cession by the State of Colorado of exclusive jurisdiction over Rocky Mountain National Park was approved March 2, 1929. (Public No. 1009.)

S. J. Res. 206, authorizing the appointment of a commission to study the proposed adjustment of the southeast, south, and southwest boundaries of Yellowstone National Park, was approved February 28, 1929. (Public Resolution 94.) The purpose of this boundary adjustment is to make it conform to natural physical conditions rather than arbitrary lines.

S. Res. 237, of the Seventieth Congress, authorized the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys to visit sites of proposed national parks and to study proposed revisions of boundaries of existing parks. On March 2, 1929, the committee submitted its report, recommending the establishment of the Roosevelt and Grand Teton National Parks and the Bad Lands National Monument. The Grand Teton National Park was established and the Bad Lands National Monument authorized to be established under certain conditions by the Seventieth Congress. The committee also commended the manner in which the Park Service was being conducted, and stated that it is becoming apparent that additional national parks are needed.

S. Res. 316, agreed to on February 26, 1929, authorizes the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys to study the advisability of establishing additional national parks.

S. 3001, providing for additions to the northwest, northeast, and east boundaries of Yellowstone National Park was approved March 1, 1929. (Public No. 888.) The additions include the drainage area of certain streams emptying into the Gallatin River, the drainage area of Pebble Creek, and make the crest of the Absaroka Range a natural boundary line.

S. 4385, approved March 4, 1929 (Public No. 1021), authorizes the establishment of the Bad Lands National Monument, in the State of South Dakota, when the necessary lands have been donated to the Government, provided the State builds a road, satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, from Interior, S. Dak., to the monument

area.

S. 4704 authorizes the investigation of advisability and practicability of establishing the Everglades National Park, Florida. Approved March 1, 1929. (Public No. 897.)

S. 5543, approved February 26, 1929 (Public No. 817), established the Grand Teton National Park, Wyo. This bill provides that no new roads or permanent hotels or camps shall be constructed in the park without the consent of Congress. The intent of the bill is to keep the undeveloped part of the area a wilderness.

S. 5880, approved March 2, 1929 (Public No. 924), authorized the President to add approximately 9,000 acres of contiguous national forest land to the western boundary of Yosemite National Park upon joint recommendation of the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture.

OTHER MEASURES INTRODUCED OR PARTIALLY ACTED UPON DURING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTIETH CONGRESS WHICH FAILED OF PASSAGE OR DID NOT RECEIVE THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT

H. R. 5729 and S. 675, to establish the Ouachita National Park, in the State of Arkansas. The latter was passed by Congress but did not receive the approval of the President. This proposed park is opposed by the department, as it does not measure up to nationalpark standards.

H. R. 13624, to authorize the building of roads and making of improvements in Craters of the Moon National Monument, and authorizing an appropriation of $35,000 for this purpose. The department's report on this bill says there is already authority to build the road.

H. R. 13694, to authorize the striking of a medal commemorative of the enactment of legislation providing for the establishment of Mammoth Cave National Park.

H. R. 15199, for the relief of the Yosemite Lumber Co. in the amount of $2,114.74 for money spent in fighting forest fires in Yosemite National Park.

H. R. 15475, providing for the establishment of Grand Teton National Park and revising the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. This bill provided that no new roads or trails, hotels, or permanent camps should be constructed in the proposed park or in the area proposed to be added to Yellowstone. The Grand Teton Park was created by a separate act.

H. R. 15713, to provide for uniform contracts.

H. R. 16352, providing that no lands owned by any religious organization within national parks, when used exclusively for religious purposes, may be purchased or acquired by the Government.

H. R. 16652, to authorize the Secretary of War to enlarge the Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark.

H. R. 16715, to extend the eastern boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

H. R. 17219, to grant the consent of the United States for the taxation, by the State of Wyoming, of all structures and other property in private ownership in Yellowstone National Park.

H. R. 17277, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to investigate and report on the advisability and practicability of establishing a national park in the Okefenokee Swamp, Ga.

S. 2571, to change the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park by taking in headwaters of the Yellowstone River.

S. 3874, authorizing an appropriation of funds for construction of a highway from Red Lodge, Mont., to the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park near Cooke City, Mont.

S. 4172, to establish the Kildeer Mountain National Park in the State of North Dakota. The department's report says this area is not of national-park caliber.

S. 4171, to establish the Roosevelt National Park, N. Dak.

S. 4173, to transfer jurisdiction over certain national military parks and monuments from the War Department to the Department of the Interior.

S. 4674, to establish the Grand Teton National Park and to revise the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park.

S. 5896, to provide for uniform administration of national parks. S. 5897 provides that no permits, etc., shall be issued for prospecting the mineral resources of Mesa Verde National Park; no more mining claims to be granted in Mount McKinley; no more permits to be issued for summer homes in Glacier or Lassen, except those now outstanding may be renewed; no more rights of way for railroads or roads in Lassen to be issued; that acquisition of rights of way through the valley of the Flathead River for railroads in Glacier Park is prohibited; and repealing authorization for the granting of rights of way in Mount Rainier and Rocky Mountain National Parks.

S. 5900, to abolish the Papago Saguaro National Monument and dispose of the lands therein to the town of Tempe, Ariz., for park and recreational purposes.

BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS AND STILL PENDING

H. R. 151, authorizing an appropriation of $1,943,200 for construction of a highway from Red Lodge, Mont., to the boundaries of the Yellowstone National Park near Cooke City, Mont.

H. R. 235, to establish the Roosevelt National Park along the Little Missouri River, N. Dak.

H. R. 239, to establish the Kildeer Mountain National Park, in the State of North Dakota.

H. R. 717 and S. 1143, to enlarge the Army and Navy General Hospital at Hot Springs National Park, Ark.

H. R. 2374, to add 4,080 acres to the Sequoia National Park. This bill extends the mineral land laws to the added area.

H. R. 2940, to provide for extension of the eastern boundary limits of the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

H. R. 3568, to remove the proviso carried in Public No. 888, Seventieth Congress, revising the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park, prohibiting the building of roads and hotels in the added area.

H. R. 3572, to establish the Homestead National Park on the Daniel Freeman homestead in Nebraska. The purpose of this act is to develop a memorial to the homestead law.

H. R. 3590, to establish a national park in Texas.

H. R. 3658, to establish Fort Boonesboro National Monument, Kentucky, as a memorial to the pioneer settlers of the West.

H. R. 3867 and S. 1494, to establish the Ouachita National Park. H. R. 4020, authorizing investigation of advisability and practicability of Upper Mississippi National Park in Iowa.

H. R. 4021, to accept the grant by the State of Montana of concurrent police jurisdiction over the rights of way of the Blackfeet Highway, and over the rights of way of its connections with the Glacier National Park road system on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation.

S. 121, to amend the Federal aid highway law. This bill provides for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and mainte

nance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations other than forest reservations without contribution from the States, and authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in the improvement and maintenance of roads through said lands. It is not believed that the parks will be eligible for allocation of funds from appropriations made under this bill, as the highway act provides that highways in national parks shall not be taken over by the Secretary of Agriculture.

S. 195, to facilitate administration of national parks.

S. 196, to facilitate the administration of the National Park Service by authorizing purchase of supplies and equipment for employees and making deductions from their salaries; payment of mileage to employees for use of their own automobiles on official business when expenses can be reduced thereby; in emergencies to sell supplies to operators; permitting acceptance of travelers' checks, authorizing central warehouse and purchase of supplies to be charged to projects under specific appropriations; care of indigents in national parks; reimburse employees for loss of property destroyed while in use on official business; that employees may be required to furnish transportation and equipment necesary for their work, but that the Government may provide fuel, forage, etc.; and that the Government may purchase, hire, or rent property from employees.

S. 326, to establish the Royal Gorge National Park, Colo. This bill repeals an act ceding the lands to be included in this park to the city of Canon City, Colo.

Š. 428, to transfer the former naval radio station, Seawall, Me., to the Acadia National Park.

S. 940, to create a department of conservation.

S. 1183, to authorize the conveyance of a tract of land in Hot Springs National Park to P. F. Connelly Paving Co.

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS

On April 12, 1929, the President issued a proclamation establishing the Arches National Monument, Utah, comprising 4,520 acres. This monument contains extraordinary examples of wind erosion in the shape of gigantic arches, natural bridges, windows, spires, balanced rocks, and other unique wind-worn sandstone formations.

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

May 3, 1929, No. 5105, withdrawing from entry 9 square miles of land in Nevada pending determination as to the advisibility of establishing a national monument. This area includes the Fortymile Canyon Pueblo.

January 28, 1929, No. 5037, withdrawing from entry 5,080 acres pending determination as to the advisibility of adding to Zion National Park.

February 2, 1929, No. 5038, withdrawing from entry 13,680 acres pending determination as to the advisibility of including in the Pinnacles National Monument.

February 4, 1929, Supplemental Executive Order No. 5040, withdrawing from entry, location, or sale, but subject to prior claims

legally initiated and maintained, certain lands in the Jackson Hole country for elk refuge purposes.

August 29, 1929, No. 5182, lands in the Owens River Valley, Calif. and Nev., were withdrawn pending classification, subject to existing withdrawals affecting certain of the lands. These lands contain Indian petroglyphs and ruins.

INDIVIDUAL PARK REPORTS IN APPENDIX C

In the foregoing report the outstanding phases of national park administration have been touched upon. Further details of field work are given in the individual reports from the various park superintendents, the superintendent of southwestern monuments, and the chiefs of the technical and special divisions, and are printed in Appendix C.

The acting superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, whose report is included in Appendix C, is superintendent of the Fort Totten Indian School and serves as acting superintendent of the park through the courtesy of the Indian Service without cost to the National Park Service. No appropriations for the administration of the park have ever been made through the National Park Service, all funds for its improvement having been expended by the Bureau of Biological Survey, as the park is in a game preserve administered by that bureau. For this reason its designation as a park is a misnomer, and I hope its status may be changed from that of a national park to a game preserve.

CONCLUSION

In concluding this thirteenth annual report of the National Park Service, I wish to express my keen appreciation to all who have assisted in promoting the successful development of the national park and monument system during the past year, and particularly since my incumbency of the office of Director.

The vacancy that my transfer to Washington left in the Yellowstone superintendency resulted in many transfers and promotions throughout the field service.

The officers of the department have been most helpful and sympathetic, members of the headquarters office have worked almost to the limit of physical endurance in their loyal support of park principles, and the field officers and employees continued their unwavering support of park policies without which the service would cease to function. It is a source of great pleasure and pride to me to be at the head of such a loyal, efficient, and result-producing organization.

I look to even greater opportunities in the future to render public service through the administration of the national park system. Three new national parks are in the process of making in the East, and when established they will serve the highly-concentrated population of the Eastern States. In the educational work which we have inaugurated we are just beginning to substantially develop the unique opportunities afforded the public for the study of the natural sciences, and through extension of visual education service will be enabled to bring the national parks to the people who may not have opportunity to visit them. With the continued development of the road