The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1916-08-03

money viii be available for road
construction in Idaho for the next
five years as follows:
1916 ...... -. -.....$ 62,1ot
1917 -. ..-... .-.... 125,5OC
1919 -. $500. 1850. 1oo.z9t
1919 -. 800. ...... PSI, OOC
lSZO $500 Old, o.
In other words $94l 200 viii be
contributed from the federal trea-
sury to assist in building high
ways in Idaho during the ensuing
five years outside of forest re-
serves.
But this is not all the benefits
Idaho viii receive by the enact
ment of this legislature, for see
ton s of this act appropriates
81 ,OOO, 900 each year for the next
ten years to be expended under
the supervision of the secretary OF
agriculture upon the request OF
the state or county authorities in
the construction and maintenance
of roads within or partly within
the national forests The state or
the county IN which the forest re
serves are located are required to
enter into cooperative agreement
with the department of agricul-
ture to pay for the roads that they
want built upon a basis equitable
both to them and the United
States The federal government
is to be reimbursed for the money
thus advanced by depOsiting in
the treasury ten per cent of the
revenues received from the tim
Der and forage resources of the
forests wherein the roads are To-
Gated until the loan is paid This
forest reserve provision in no way
interferes with the present law
whereby the states and counties
are now receiving for road and
school purposes 25 pc rcent of the
gross receipts of the national for
ests, and an additional 10 per cent
for road construction within such
national forests
The total area of all the nation
al forests in the United States is
l35, 356, 1853 acres, of which a lit
lie less than one-seventh, of about
10000, 900 acres are located in
Idaho. The national forests of |
1ur state are as valuable in tim
Der and forage resources gener-
ally as reserves in other states,
md it is therefore reasonable to
assume that Idaho will receive
he benefits of this forest reserve
provision in the ration which the
'orest reserve area of Idaho bears
o the total area of the national
iOrests- On this assumption at
east $4,000 a year will be avail
bile for road construction in Ida
10, or a total of 81 400, 900 within
he next ten years.
The advantage, and in fact, nee
ssity Of federal aid for the syste-
iatie construction and maintain
nee of highways in this country
as become so universally recog-
lied that there is no doubt what
yer that congress will continue
} appropriate at least $25, 900, 900
nnually after 1920 to aid the
iafes in the construction of roads.
his makes it certain that under
ie apportionment provided for in
lis bill Idaho will be entitled to
Ot less than 81, 500, $50 during the
ext ten years. With tire increas- 4
q appreciation Of the value of IL
bod roads, congress is more like I
to augment rather than to re-
ice this appropriation. By add ,
g to this sum the 81 10000 that /
Iaho will receive during the next i
scade from the special appro- '
'iation which section 8 Of this
Il makes for roads in forest re il
rves, it is safe to say that Idaho /
II receive direct federal aid for 0
ad construction to the extent Of b
least %, ,SOO during the next a
a years. c,
With this help from Uncle Sam, 0
aho can and will build a sys- D
n Of main highways and branch v
ads that will be not only a v
eat benefit to our state and in Il
Ease property values but will al
,ract thousands of motor tour T
$ and make accessible the won o.
rful scenic attractions in our IN
'untain sections, and also make es
more easy to market the timber NJ
sources of our great forests. al
AS we already have a state high bi
y commission, ready to nego- til
te with the Federal officials, le