Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-12
MORE ROADS FOR NATIONAL FORESTS


llINIIoN. Fcp. ll.--A system.
OF roads that will cna BILE motorists end
campers 10 roach the highest. widest
parts OF tho Rockies ana Sicrras over
culNcrtcd and graded highways Is mad.
p"s STOLE tN PROVISION in tn. Federal
oaH act. which apDrop;iates 10000 i.
'oo 70 bs used in constructing roads
"!thih and near national forests
~ the bureau OF Forestry hcr. plans
fo' the use Of this fund are the cen.
'"i OF Interest: Tor roads arc the great.
est need of lii" national forests Nor.
ana better roaas mean more timber
sales. more use Of the national forest :
- range new mines opened and above
- more campers. tourists and summer
i"rlIers. To the dwcll.i upo. or near
the national forests roads mean pros
perry. and TO the conscrvation!st they
mean 4 wider understanding ana .r
e.ptance foi his creed
The SlO.000.6O0 appropriated is 10
oe spent IN oo-oparition with the St..-s
70 the rate of sl.000.0o0 !, year. II *
estimated that to.e tl.,r w.tl The money
contributed by the States, and the per-
,snt.tses OF national forest receiots
available for road construction under
'N.stinE Laws. at least SO. 900 800 IN all
VIII - available.
!" the public at large tins ro.d w,rl;
.; interest chiefly because i, makes
INC national forests more accessible
10y recreation pur.ros.S Tens a.. ,ho,,
SANDS <" I" the forests 10 .;,n,, avery.
sum me-. and over 1000 permits for =,
M"hcnt summer homes have a.rcad,.
'""i taken out under ;hc regulation
promulgated last year which Mn,
-! one 20 obtain a long LEAFS, on u
bit OF forest land at !, uoinir..l ,.,,..,
lH.S national forest domain cnns;.,.
~ 70 separate forests aepregu,!nr
'''o"S '"'oo0,ooo acres. In all ,his
Sfc't area Of mountain woodl.nl ,n...
Only -."oh miles OF road. and -. 200
MRS .: trails. use roads do !i,,,e
more ;han TO skirt the edge .; ,bc
nigh country. here and there rcarhin.
. Eti!t way up tho main c.nyons
'".'T!nr thousands or square miles ,,-
ceSs!"'" only by trails or not a, al,
ne i""! beauties ~ most OF tho M.
IONA! forests have been seen only bv
Forest rangers ct,tlemcn and Ste.n
"''":'s. iNho know tho country
Hnrdest Notori.ts
'h" !n"toriSt has Jared worse .hsn
3'I - them. lie has been compollcd IN
II How dusty roads acros, the SIM.
.i'hi"re deserts. and through arid rod
'""'Hi!iS not dreaming Of The dense
snfH'" forests aud Clcar t-ou; streams
ihhi Nc" hidden few miles back in
INC mount. .ns. utterly inacceSsibl" to
inoncr tires. The r.Sul, of this s.atc
% affairs Is that the tourist usually
sS"r"hc" through the Southaes, ,.i,b
rs 'n"n;h ipl! % s!k:t,i .ius:. ana no
interest ia III" "NceD; getting % ~.
n"Nt d:Mk ~ water. when he -.
Turns 70 tns East he tells his fri.,.p
th"' New Me>ico ANA Arizona .,ro -.
dead = the moon.
c.mp"r coming down from he
N"n"ano natiora! forest which lies
on the crcst "f small mountain range
east ~ A!nUqU"rule. Now Mexico. mo,
two starved snd thirsty rlctori>,. work
inS over . hrukcr-iu"u car n.Sid. :hc
;"*nscontincn,al highway. Al tina,
''o.nt Z runs across :, barron upland
itatf- Nay between III. uolnrait!4 nr,'
the RIO cra9d" VALLEY. Nothing .rou.
Over four inches hi:.h. and nothing
lives except lizards sn.i Jack rabbits.
Tas native guided tho wanderers
VINO "ero from Eo~ton, and badly
rc"vcd. TO tn" nnartS, sor:aE and
hcea0 20 toll them ;h;,, only cish;
m!i"s - IN" caa, there Nerr spruce
'rc"s. running water. and good deer
hunting They lool"d ~ tho noun
tcins. which appeared furhiddinr
enough - 'lia' distance and then -,
The native, and no lu"p tina. nc was
adiudzed brother to AnDnias To
convince a hot, thirst, motoris'. Who
- waiting for his radiator to sop
boiling ~ III" midst .. = New MEXICO
d-4ert that there - good fishing within
cle'"" miles u among tho great I'm
possibilities. Yet such proximity Is
common. IN THAT country. u IS All q
matter OF altitude. and the highways
never get high enough TO touch The
Best OF the country. From Albuqucr-