The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-09-01
DISTRICT FORESTER
 WILL COOPERATE WITH
 BOARD IF SUPERVISORS
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have great weight with the depart ment.,
 "The next step necessary will be to file formal and legal application by Greenlee County for an allotment of a portion of the first annual ap- propriation made to the Forestry De- rartment by the Good Roads Bill. l his application must be in the hands of the District Forester not later than October l. The Board of Su- pervisors is now gathering data, sta tistics and estimates to be included in this application and it will be ready to be submitted to First Assistant Powell who has promised to come to Greenlee county on September 18th to view the proposed projects. In addi- : ton MT. Rddington promised us that he would make personal visit to Greenlee county not later than Octo- Der 18th r"-
 ''The building of these highways by cooperative plan entered into by the Board of Supervisors of this coun- ty and the Forestry Department of the United States means hundreds of thousands of dollars to the people of this county. In addition to opening up the vast forest resources, the
 
 placed on new road and south and east and west interstate highways and in addition will afford our people 2 easy access to one of the most de-. .iightful spots in the United States for their summer outings.
 During my tenure of office know 4;of. no more important business that has come before the Board of Super Eisors.
 Engineer Redd was qually as en- .thusiastic as Supervisor Dutton We have got the best of it by long fot," is the way he expressed it.
 Both Dutton and Redd were about town yesterday explaining in detail 'the plan to be worked out with the Forestry department, the success of !Thich. means so much toN GreenIee county and were the recipients of -"ngratu1a tiors for the good work : ey accomplished.
 Secretary Houston has just announc- ed the plan to be pursued in spending the ten million dollars appropriated by the federal aid road act for the construction and maintenance of roads and trails within or partly within na- tional forests, and has tentatively allot ted among the various national forest states the million dollars which is ex- pendable this fiscal year.
 The tentative allotments to the prin- ciDal national forest states are as fol Iows: Alaska, $46,2S0; Arizona, $59,- 7a5: Arkansas, $11,294; California, s140,763; Colorado, $62,335; Idaho, S10S,010; Montana, SS9,9O1; Nevada, S19,195 New Mexico, S42, ,622; Oregon, S127,794: South Dakota, SS,115; Utah f40,9S2; Washington, $91,739, Wyom- ing, $40,566.
 "ln general" said Secretary Hous- ten, the states and counties will be required to furnish cooperation in an amount at least equal to fifty per cent of the estimated cost of the surveys and construction. However, upon satisfactory showing by the applicant state or county that such proportion of cooperation fixed upon basis equitable to both the state or county and the United States.
 The method followed in apportion- ing the money was explained by Sec retary Houston as follows: Ten per cent of the amount available each year will be withheld as a contingent fund. One-half of the remainder will be allotted to the states in amounts which will be based on the area of na- tional forest lands in each state. The other half will be apportioned on a basis of estimated value e timber and forage resources which the forests contain Amounts apportioned but unexpended within three years and any balance of the contingent fund which remains unapportioned at the end of each year will be reapportion- ed on the same basis as the original allotments.
 Q txvn cr.,O nfc c-f., xaC fn in11 lump sums are allotted are it was ex- plained, to be considered as single units of apportionment. Apportion- ments now to be made are for the cur rent fiscal year only Thereafter new apportionments will be made, giving consideration to the number and character of applications made by the state and county officials for expenditures on specific projects. These applications must be filed with the district foresters in the seven na- tional forest districts on or before January 1 each year, for the fiscal year beginning the following July 1 :! The determination of the projects upon which funds will be expended during the current fiscal year will be made on the basis of applications which must be filed with the district foresters on or before October 1st, 1916. Each application must contain a statement of the public needs to be served by the proposed road and the manner and extent to which it would aid in the development of re- sources upon which communiDes with in or adjacent to the national forests are dependent, and must also show the general location of the proposed road and it's estimated cost. As al ready stated, in general states and