Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-01
INDIAN RESERVATION
ROADS


the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, whereby scientific
highways may be constructed with
in Indian reservations entirely by
government money, and without
any assistance on the part of the
state, except that the projects
must be recommended by the state
highway commission which also
furnishes the engineering and the
supervision of construction. Ex-
cept for this attitude on the part
of the government, we would have
been a long time in getting these
Indian reservation projects built
which r nov under way. The
ruling only came out of Washing
ton in May, 1922, and already nine
federal aid projects have been rec
commended by the state highway
commission and some Of this engi-
neering work is already well un-
der way. To date, the following
projects have been initiated:
Federal aid project No. 1856,
head Indian reservation, Sanders
county. A graded, gravel and
bridge project beginning at Nc
Donald and extending west IL
miles; estimated total cost SS3, 500.
Federal aid project No. 1877,
Crow Indian reservation, Yellow
stone county. A graded, gravel
and bridge project in the south
central part of the county extend
ing from the west Indian reserva-
ton boundary to the east reserva-
ton boundary, a distance of 1875
miles; estimated to cost $4,000.
Federal aid project No. 1873,
Crow Indian reservation, Big Horn
county. A graded and gravel and
bridge project beginning at Hardin
and extending ~southerly 1o.5 miles;
estimated to cost $4,000.
Federal aid project No. 1so, Fort
Peck Indian reservation, Valley
county. A graded, gravel and
bridge project beginning at Nashua
and extending easterly $50 miles
to Frazier; estimated to cost $685.
600.
Federal aid project No. 100
Blackfeet Indian reservation, Pom
dera and Glacier counties. A
graded, gravel and bridge project
beginning at Birch Creek and ex-
tending via Browning to Glacier
Park, a distance of 40 miles; es-
timated to cost $4,000.
Federal aid project No. 1e1,
Flathead Indian reservation, Flat
head county. A graded, gravel
project beginning at Pablo and ex.
tending northerly around the west
shore of Flathead lake to the north
Indian reservation boundary near
Rollins, a distance Of BIS miles,
excluding federal aid project No.
60 near Poison, already improved,
Estimated to cost S2S7,0o0.
Federal aid project No. 1872,
Flathead Indian reservation, Mis-
soula county. A graded, gravel
and bridge project approximately
3 miles southeast 81. Arlee and ex-
tending northwesterly to Ravalli, a
distance Of II miles. Estimated
cost, $4,000.
Federal aid project No. 1913,
Fort Peck Indian reservation,
Sheridan county. A graded, grav-
el and bridge project beginning at
Medicine Lake and extending
northerly to Reserve, a distance of
7 miles. Estimated to cos $780,
700.
Federal aid project No. 1914.
Flathead Indian reservation, Mis-.
soula county. A graded and grave.
project between Ravaili and St
Ignatius, a distance of So miles
Estimated to cost $4,000.
This is a highly fortunate out
come. because, as before stated
many of these roads would have
been many years in the building ii
the usual way. Some Of them ar
a part of the primary system o
the state and will be highly use
full thoroughfares.
1t perhaps is worthy OF obser
walton that these roads could hard
ly have been secured except thru
the state highway commission, be
cause the federal statute enabling
this construction provides tina
such highways must be initiated
by the commission and that it ha
to furnish the supervision and hav'
charge of construction.
parhans If is worth while tn cal