Show to I j National Monument Plan flan of or a government and I t through I I II I National NatIon l Monument in Washington II I county Is under discussion today be- be tween teen representatives of ot the tho government govern- govern ment and of the state W. W 0 O. O Tufts of ot the national parks bu bureau bureau bureau bu- bu reau department of or the Interior is la here from Washington for a conference with II H. S. S Hinrichs chief of ot the field di division division division di- di vision United States general land office of ot- fice Governor Spry and Senator Smoot looking to state operation co-operation in inthe inthe inthe the construction Congress has made mado an appropriation of for tor the governments government's proportion proportion tion of or the cost of ot this highway a athe and the state Is expected to appropriate a I similar amount 1 monument Is thirty miles nines from the states state's highway to the he Grand canyon It II Is expected that the e estate state will construct a road from this highway to tap the P highway highway high high- thus giving access to the m monument monument n way ment from all parts of ot the state This road will leave the state highway l a at a point near Hurricane If It f the n negotiations negotiations g otla- otla are satisfactorily completed It Is s planned to have the monument road finished before July 1 1917 1017 Tufts will go at once nar to 1 to make a preliminary i with survey and Hinrichs will Ill join him within a afew I Wednesday Wednes- Wednes I few days Hinrichs will leave eave I day for the natural bridges national monument in San Juan county nt taking S with him Dr W. W II IL Hopkins an and O. O S. S Their expert photographer o Hanson an country stay In the San Juan Tuan country will bo he Indefinite In Its ita duration Theodore Theodorr N N. Espe will be in charge of ot the general genera land office In Hinrichs Hinrichs' absence |