Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-04

me NatIOnai TOTcstS OI hTIzOnd ndS been returned to the State for dis tribution by the Legislature among the various counties, to be expended for the support Of roads and schools. The Agricultural Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year ending June 90, 1913. provided "that an addit- ional ten percentum of all moneys received for the National Forests during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth. nineteen hundred and twelve. shall be available at the end thereof, to be expended by the Sec retary of Agriculture for the con- siruc,ion and maintenance of roads and trails within the National For ests in the States from which such proceeds arc derived but the Secrc- ,ary of Agriculture may. whenever practicable, in the construction and maintenance of such roads, secure the cooperation or aid of the proper State or Territorial authorities in inc furthcrance of any system of highways of which such roads may be made a part"
 This item, it will be seen, provides special fund which is aside from and in addition to the 25 per cent returned to the State and the regu- lar appropriation for National For est improvements. In accordance with the law above quoted and the policy of the Secretary of Agricul- lure, plans have been made to spend this special fund entirely on road construction and maintenance for the benefit of the public. The fund has been distributed among number of projects throughout the National Forests of Arizona, which it is be- licved will prove of the greatest benefit to the people at large. Be- fore making these allotments, the matter was taken up with the Gov ernor of Arizona, so that the pub lie value of the improvements would be assured and the funds placed to the best advantage.
 A total of S22,64s7s is the amount available for expenditure under the 10 per cent item in that portion of Arizona which lies south of the Grand Canyon and is in District Three of the Forest Service. Oi this amount, S2S00 has been allotted to work within the Apache National Forest; $500 will be spent immcdi- a,ely on about F miles of the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway where this highway crosses the Apache Pores, between Springerville and Sheep Springs. County authorities and oth- CTS locally interested in the good roads movement are cooperating enthusiastically in the construction of this road and it is hoped to com plete the portion through the For est before snow flies. The remain ing $l,000 allotted to the Apach. will be spent on approximately miles of road between Bigelow Crossing on the Little Colorado River and the top of the White Mountains
 To the adjoining Forest, the Sit greaves, $2,46sz7 has been allotted which will be appropriated betweeI several projects. About $l20O O the total will be spent in improv ing the road between Holbrook ant Fort Apache, $20O in making som necessary repairs to the Pinedale Snowflake Road and $500 in simla work on the road between Holbroo and Pleasant Valley, where thi crosses the Sitgreaves Forest is planned to spend the balance c %34 in constructing a crossing owe Chevalon Canyon, which will mak travel much easier between the east ern and western ends of the FoI est This will, without doubt, prov of immense benefit to a great man local stockmcn and ranch owr CTS.
 The Pleasant Valley-Holbroo project will be continued in a mea' ure on the Tonto National Pores where $l480 has been allotted fo the construction of road betwee Salt River and Pleasant Valley. A ter this work has been complete il is expected that passable roa will be provided from Salt Riv' through the Tonto Basin and acro the Mogollon Mesa to Holbrook,
 The allotments to the Coconir and Tusayan Forests amount to
 total of $l2.600. which will be spel in completing the highway betwe' F1avstaH and Williams The e