Paragould soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-03
GOV. M'RAE HAS
APPROVED GOOD
ROADS FUND
Arkansas Appropriation and
Map Cornplete--List OF
Communities That May
Receive Federal Aid.

Receive J. CdGral Aiu.
Little Rock, May 1.-The approval
by Gov. McRae Saturday evening Of
the S1,254,00 federal road improve
ment fund for Arkansas, announced
in The Commercial Appeal Yester-
day, means that the money viii be
available ut once and distributed
among road improvement Districts
throughout the state. When the
roads are completed 4he state will
have 400 miles Of primary roads
and 1880 miles of secondary roads.
There will also be several hundred
lmiles of state roads.
The approval by the state de-
partment Saturday evening of the
highway maps proposed by High
way Engineer Limerick settles for
all time a controversy that WAS fast
growing into a lively state political
issue.
Following is a description of roads
as shown on the highway map drawn
by Mr.. Limerick and approved by
the commission.
Federal aid roads: Little Rock to
Memphis, through Lonoke, Hazen,
Brinkley and Forrest City; Little
Rock TO Louisiana, through Pine
Bluff, McGehee and Lake Village;
Little Rock to Louisiana, through
Sheridan, Fordyce, Hampton and Eel
Dorado; Little Rock to TeXarkana,
through Benton, Malvern, Arkadel-
Iphia, Prescott, and Hope Little
Rock to TT. Smith, through Conway,
Morrillton, Russellville, GAINESVILLE.
Ozark and Van Buren,; Little Rock
to Missouri, through Conway, Clin-
ton Marshall, Harrison and Eureka
Springs; Little Rock to Missouri,
through Cabot, Searcy, Newport
Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas and
CORNING; Mesa to Helena, through
J, Clarendon and Marvel; Pine Bluff tc
Hazen. through Stuttgart, McGehee
to Texarkana, through Monticello
Warren, Hampton, FL Dorado, Mag
.nolia and Lewisyille; Benton tC
ct. Smith, through Mt. Ida and Wal
dron; Louisiana line to Missouri
} line, through Texarkana, Ashdown
De Queen, Mena, WaidrOn, Green
wood, FIT Smith, Alma, Fayetteville
. land Rogers; Russellville to Harri-
son by way Of Jasper; Clinton tC
Mammoth Spring by way Of Mt
View and Salem; Newport to Nam
moth Spring by way of Melbourne
Memphis to Walnut Ridge by way
, Of Marked Tree and Jonesboro
Memphis to Missouri by way of Ma
rion, Oacoola and BlytheviIle.
Secondary federal aid roads: Lit
lie Rock to MARVEL, through Eng
land, Stuttgart and Dewitt; Lonokt
, to Hamburg, through Pine Bluff
= Star City and Monticello; Dewitt t,
Dumas, through Arkansas Post
Louisiana line to Missouri line
through Portland. Dermott. Arkansas
City, Helena, Mariana, Forrest City
Wynnc, Harrisburg, J0nesbOro, Par
agould and Piggott; Mariana t.
, Chatfield; Lune Landing to El De
, RADIO, through Lake Village ant
Hamburg; Star City to Warren ant
IPisOn; Pine Bluff to Louisiana line
Through Rison. FOrdyce, Camden ant
Magnolia; Pine Bluff to Hot Spring.
, through Sheridan and Malvern; f
{ Dorado to Hot Springs, thr0ugl
r Camden and Arkadelphia; Malvern
to Princeton, through Poyon; Ar
Eadelphia to Princeton, through Da
lark: Hampton to Prescott, through
Camden; Hot Springs to Oklahom,
line, through GienWood Dierks, anC
: De Queen; Lewiaville to Nashville
! through Hope Prescott to Murfrees
boro; Arkadelphia to Murfreesboro
Glenwood to Ashdown, through Muir
freosboro and Nashville; Asbdowl
to De Queen, through Ben Lom1nd
} Wilmington to Clinton, through Per
4 ryyille and Morrillton; Glenwood t.
= Ozark, through Danyille and Paris
Perryville to Greenwood, through
Ola, Danville and Bonneville; Rus
| aeliville to Waldron, through Ola
| Summers to Eureka Springs, through
| Fayetteville and Huntsville; Rogers
| to oklahoma line, through Benton
! vile and Sloan Springs; Benton
| vile to Missouri line, through Gray
| cite and Sulphur Springs; Harrison
| TO Missouri line, through Omaha
| Harrison TO Missouri line, through
| Yellville and Mountain Home; Yell
Vile to Marshall; Mountain Home
to Cotter; Marshall to Sycamore