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plored. As a result of that movement an appropriation was made by 

 Congress for the purpose, and the matter is being carried out under the 

 advice of a special committee appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. 

 There is a bill before Congress to make that region a National Park, 

 and the Advisory Committee has addressed the following letter to the 

 Secretary of the Interior concerning the matter : 



The Honorable, the Secretary of the Interior. 



Sir : Your advisory committee on the John W. Powell Grand Canyon Memo- 

 rial beg leave to submit for your consideration the suggestion that the pro- 

 posed park to include a portion of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado be 

 designated "Powell Park of the Grand Canyon." 



This designation would be a fitting tribute to the man who risked his life 

 for the sake of revealing to the world the mysteries of one of nature's greatest 

 wonders. 



The Grand Canyon of the Colorado is some 300 miles in length. The pro- 

 posed park will be about 60 miles long, covering 20 per cent of the entire 

 canyon. Other parks or monuments will doubtless be created along other 

 portions of the canyon. The name "Grand Canyon" should be associated with 

 every such feature, but each should bear a separate and distinct name. 



The fact that the site selected for the memorial to Major Powell is within 

 the limits of the proposed park affords an additional argument in favor of 

 the appropriateness of this suggested designation. 

 Very respectfully, 

 (Signed) Chas. D. Walcott, 



W. H. Holmes, 



H. C. RlZER, 



Committee. 



In view of this proposal of the committee, I move that the Geological 

 Society of America adopt the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the Geological Society of America, heartily approves naming 

 a national park on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado after its explorer, 

 Major J. W. Powell. 



On motion, the resolution was unanimously adopted and the Secretary 

 instructed to transmit it to the Secretary of the Interior. 



TITLES OF PAPERS AND NAMES OF DISPUTANTS 



The reading of papers was resumed with 



SOME GLACIAL DEPOSITS EAST OF CODY, WYOMING, AND THEIR RELATION 

 TO THE PLEISTOCENE EROSIONAL HISTORY OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN 

 REGION 



BY WILLIAM J. SINCLAIB 



Presented in full without notes. Discussed by W. W. Atwood and 

 W. M. Davis. 



