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priations have been made, one of $2,500 by the act of June 

 S, 1920 (41 Stat. L., 918) ; the other, of $3,000 by the act of 

 March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. L., 1407), arrangements for the ex- 

 penditure of which sum in the construction of roads and trails 

 have been made with the Forest Service. Forest Service 

 employees of the neighboring Lassen National Forest are giv- 

 ing the park what protection they can. A movement insti- 

 tuted in 19 19 to have the park abolished and restored to the 

 forest reserve proved abortive. 



Mount McKinley. Mount McKinley Park was created by 

 the act of February 26, 1917 (39 Stat. L., 938). The act 

 does not differ from the other park acts save in that it specif- 

 ically continues in force the mineral land laws as regards the 

 park area and limits appropriations to $10,000 per annum. No 

 appropriations were made nor anything done to protect the 

 park until March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 11, 1407), when $8,000 

 was appropriated for its protection. A ranger with one assis- 

 tant was sent into the park in the Spring of 1921, and a start 

 has thus been made toward protection of the great game herds, 

 which in recent years have been seriously harried by poachers. 

 It is believed that this territory will become as great a game 

 preserve as the Yellowstone. 



Grand Canyon. The act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 

 L., 1 175) created the Grand Canyon National Park out of a 

 portion of Grand Canyon National Monument in northern 

 Arizona, which had in turn been created by the Presidential 

 Proclamation of June 11, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 2175). The act 

 creating the park is, in general, of the usual form, but con- 

 tains two unusual provisions: one authorizing the Secretary 

 of the Interior to conduct negotiations with the authorities 

 of Coconino county, Arizona, with a view to the purchase of 

 the Bright Angd Trail, a toll road in the park owned and main- 

 tained by the county ; the other providing that all concessions, 

 leases, privileges, etc., granted in the park shall be sold at 

 public auction to the highest bidder. It also provides that 

 prospecting is to be allowed in the park at the Secretary's 



