Arizona republican., 1919-03-29

 year ending June 30, 1919, was made immediately available; the sum of s75.- 900, 900 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1920, and the sum of s75, ,000,0 900 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921.
 MT. Wheeler has kindly furnished me with a table showing the amount of funds which will be Arizona's ap- portionment under the original Bank head bill passed July II 1918. and the postoffice appropriation bill rider passed a few days since, which is as follows:
 Ending Fiscal Year 1917 1918 Arizona :. .. s6S,51S.52 s137.O27 CA
 Law Document 415-65th
 s6S,51S.52 s137, .O4 Available from beginning of opera ton of both laws, to end of F. '. 1921 (sum of columns ], 2 3, 4, 5 sS.767,- 194.65.
 Have Definite Plan
 In commenting on this matter Mir. Heard stated: Tn approving federal aid projects in the various states the Fed eral Good Roads Bureau, acting for the secretary of agriculture, have a definite and practical plan of co-opertion, and are requesting each state to present without delay, a definite, statewide five-year road building program. A program planned to connect in the most practical manner, the various sections of the state, and also planned to tie in most effectively with the federal aid road building program of adjoining states, resulting, when completed. in the development of a genuine national | highway system.
 The whole plan is to encourage prac- tical, business like and modern con- struction of permanent roads, state wide in character, that the taxpayers, whether federal, state or county may be convinced that the road program 1 will give them the maximum amount of | permanent, serviceable, well drained roads at the minimum of expense.
 Fortunately Maricopa county is ex- ceptionally well situated to avail of her l portion of the federal money made available under these acts for expendi- ture within Arizona on a 50-50 basis, by the fact that the county highway com mission has now matured it's plans and are ready. with the cooperation of the board of supervisors, to at once present to the people a constructive plan of county highways.
 Ready to Co- operate
 The state highway department are evidently prepared to cooperate to the fullest extent with the Maricopa county highway commission, and in addition tC the cooperative work with the govern ment now under way on the Tempe road, propose to extend this co-opera tive state government highway into Mesa.
 The project for cooperation witf the government on the Phoenix Yuma highway from Agua Caliente to Ante lope hill, involving an expenditure ot about $200,000 of federal money. ha. already been approved, I understand by the secretary of agriculture and il now seems possible, with the joint co operation of the federal government the state highway department and tn, Maricopa county highway commission to utilize at least several hundred thousand dollars of the money whicl will be Maricopa county's share of fed eral funds on the construction of tn much needed permanent highway iron Phoenix through the Buckeye valley thus taking long step in the direction of making this a permanent transcon tinental highway.
 Fortunately, Maricopa county through its highway commission is ore pared to act. The commission assur the people of a straightforward. ad ministration free from any mixture O politics or loose business methods an