Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1916-08-25


ton has just announced the plan 20
be pursued In spending the ten mii-
lion dollars appropriated BY the
Federal Aid Road Act for the con-
struction and maintenance OF roads
and trails within or partly within
national forests. and has tentatively
allotted among the various national
forest states the million dollars ex-
pendable this fiscal year.
The tentative allotments 10 the
principal national forest states are
as follows: Alaska. S46,2S0; Art
zona, $5S.97B: Arkansas. 21i.2s4;
California. &1A0.763; Colorado, eS2,-
336; Idaho, $iOS.010; Montana,
ss9.sOI: Nevada. S19.i96. New
Mexico, S42.622s Oregon. &i27,7SA;
South Dakota. Ss.1l6; Utah. ssO.-
982; washington. 9sl.7S9: wyo-
ming. $4O.B66.
'.In general" said Secretary Houa-
ton the states and counties viii he
required TO furnish cooperation IN
an amount At least equal to 90 per
cent of the estimated coat of the
surveys and construction. However,
upon "a satisfactory showing by the
applicant state or county that such
proportion of cooperation IL tnegut-
able, a. may he altered and tho ratio
OF cooperation fixed upon basis
equitable 10 both the state or county
and the United States."
The method followed in apportlon-
fnR the money WAS explained ny Sec
retary Houston ms follows: Ten per
cent of the amount available each
wear will he withheld as q contingent
fund. One-half OF the remainder will
be allotted 20 the states in amounts
which will be based on the area Oi
national forest lands In each state
i The other half will be apportionet
on basis Of estimated value OF tim
ber and forage resources whleh th'
i forests contain. Amounts apportion
ed but unexpended within thre'
years, and any balance of the con
tfngent fund which remains unap
portioned at the end of each year
will be reapportioned on the SAM
basis aB the original allotments
The determination OF the project
upon which funds will be expended
during the current fiscal year WI
be made on the basis of application
which must ba filed with the diatric
foresters on or before October
1915. Each application must contain
statement of the public needs y
be served by the proposed road an.
the manner and extent 20 which
would aid i'm tine development OF th
resources upon which communttie
within or adjacent 90 the natlona
forests are dependent, and must 81
/ no show the general location Of tn
J proposed road and It's estimated eOni
As already stated. In general state
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furnish cooperation equal to at leaa
, SO per cent Of the estimated COS
! of surveys and construction. This &C
! operation may be I'm the form 3
: money. labor and materials, OF "a
! 1 cona6ructton OF roads. Where OAhe
factors are equal. the approval Of
. project may be determined upon "a
relative amount of cooperation q
/. fered. Many applications have, it
: stated, already been received for q
! pendifuree upon specific projects
The posntm act forth in the abov
. article having been brought TO q
3 attention Of 8 number of the lsadin
. business men of Montpelier, > ap
e cial meetInR Of the commercial eit
was held Wednesday might 20 g.
over the proposition OF cooperattf
with the forest service Ia the Co
atruc1ton OF a good road betwes
e Montpelier and Alton.
Just how much Of the Sl0s,0e
u will be apportioned TO the CaFlhs
reserve Is not known at this tim
The fact that the Caribou is one
lS the heaviest producing forests in q
, west and the NATURALIZATION roi
e Is one of the heaviest travelled roa
v IN this reserve. ii In most likely th
the forest service will aDporftOu
considerable aum for the rebuild
sk Of this road However. this point
IA pends largely upon the degree Of I
es operation manifested by Bear La
m County.
II 1t was pointed out NJ the moetl
ct Wednesday night. as In shown in
n. article IN another column On q
be page. that the Montpailer-Afton 70
dg Is an important link In what pro
lis .sea TO become one Of the great
40 scenic routes In the west, and Il
good road IS constructed this val
re will profit immensely By the tour
tn traffic during the summer seasons
ne New that the forest service
ne inausnra2ed q system Of road bui
'n@ ing within the national reserves.
in IL evident that now 50 the opp0rts
to- time for Haar Lake county 20
tai something towards the construct
ri Of the Star valley road. tnaHmi
ate an the forrest service will expsnd I
fn dollars for every dollar expended
lem this county That many other e
Ack muntties adjacent 20 forest rsgeF
eat intend 20 take advantage of the
} q sK@kancs offered by the forest HeTE
20 in the building of good roads is
dencsd by fhs applications that