Arizona republican., 1915-07-13
CONDITIONS IN EAST
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standing of Arizona as to its school facilities. and to the awakened in- terest that this state is showing in good road construction. This good roads movement seems to be sweep
 ing the country and I had the oppor-
 tunity cf inspecting many country
 roads in New York. Massachusetts,
 Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Col
 orado. There seems to be a general
 disposition to take good road making
 out of politics. put it upon a scien-
 tific business basis, arrange for de-
 finite maintenance at the time the
 road is constructed. generally narrow
 the width of the roads and construct
 permanent highways wherever possi-
 ble, as the main arteries
 Increased attention is being given
 to good drainage and Colorado has
 been exceptionally successful through
 its non-partisan highway commission.
 in securing a large mileage of well
 drained roads at q comparatively
 small cost Wisconsin. as well as
 Michigan, is taking very kindly 70
 the concrete road; Milwaukee county
 in Wisconsin having recently con-
 structed nearly one hundred miles of
 this type of highway l find that our own pavement used in Phoenix-the
 bitulithic, is in general popular use, as well as a number of other similar pavements in which asphaltum is
 used with gravel or stone forming bituminous concrete
 T spent several days in Washing ton in company with Mir T w. Tomlinson, secretary of the American National Live Stock Association. and MT. sam Cowan. our attorney. and beth MT Tomlinson and MT. Cowan presented a very strong case before the Interstate Commerce Commission on behalf of the stock interests in opposition to the proposed raise on live stock rates.
 We also had some very interest ing conferences with Secretary Lane and Secretary Houston and other officials of the departments of agri- | culture and the interior, relative to some legislation at the coming ses- sion of congress by which the princi- pie of a 640-aere grazing homestead, : the classification of all the public lands under federal control. and a grazing permit system similar to that in the national forests, and it now seems highly probable that some tluIIt'''it pltin flioHS liitot lilitS Netn be, worked out which would involve the preservation and development of the public grazing lands and at the same time. give the fullest encour- lgement and opportunity for home stealing
 "We also had several conferences with Dr. Melvin, head of the Bureau of Animal Industry. From him if is evident that the hOOf and mouth dis ease is practically ended in this coun- try, so much so that after our con ; ference he advised us that he would shortly issue an order in which the { charge on carloads of stock which has recently been so heavy a burden upon stockmen, would ( De removed from all shipments from { one clean territory to another ter -itory also clean.
 Tn Denver last week we had an important meeting of the marketing committee of the American National Live Stock Association, also attended Dy Dr. Brand, chief of the Bureau of ; Markets of the Agricultural Depart nent: special committee appointed ' Dy Governor Carlson of Colorado to consider this marketing situation, and many prominent Stockmen. The queS- ion of the unnatural market fiuctu- l