Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-08-25

it? Of course the state will also have to add an equal amount, raising the cost to 26 cents for this type of high way. One movie show year for one person will pay the dreadful road cost" about which we hear so much in some quarters. It is about the most productive money the nation spends when it is under Uncle Sans direction. His methods are even be- irg adopted by some progressive coun- ties.
 To date about 17,05s miles of the Federal aid roads have been finished. All but some 4,O00 of this has been paid for and the Federal aid received. Besides this there are 14,491 miles upon which work is being done and there are about 5S per cent complete according to the latest bureau of roads report made at the end of May this year. The highways of this type com plete and paid for, those completed but not yet settled for by the govern ment, and those upon which construc- tion is progressing amount to 31,529 miles. That is the actual progress of the work started few years ago in the interests of better highways that in the end may be related to each other, and more or less alike in quail ity, throughout the states. There are to be added to this the mileage of a few states that have highways under agreement, but have not yet started actual work on all the projects that come under the first and second ap- portionments made by the Federal government.
 Travels West
 The roads and road progress seems to travel West. This section used to be front rank leader in construction. Nebraska now leads in the amount of work being done and the progress be- ing made, with Illinois second and Arkansas third. In actual mileage laid the Federal report says that Minne- sota leads with 1,109 miles and Texas second with 1,017 miles. Then comes Georgia, Illinois and Wisconsin with complete roads of more than 600 miles. Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Caro- lima have 400 miles of their Federal aid roads finished. Of the work now under way in the leading states with large mileages under construction Me- braska has completed 93 per cent, Illinois s4 and Arkansas 6 4per cent.
 To be sure mileages are not the whole story. Ohio and Pennsylvania, for instance, have pavements of mod ern variety for their citizens, while some of the states with greater mile ages have not been obliged to build so thoroughly because of lighter traf- fife that will be served we'll by less solid construction.
 Michigan is spending the last $5,- 100000 of her $25 25,OO0,OO0 bond issue made for trunk lines in the state high ways system. It is practically com- plete and the next step for that state i sto find means to raise more money without recourse to bon tissues for further work and of maintenance. A gasoline tax is being talked of in that state which will obtain money from citizens and from the tourists who are said to constitute two-thirds of the users of the Michigan high ways. Estimates have been made that $75, 100000 is the amount o tourist traffic that Michigan will get each year from now on. It may be wise for the people of the state to carry their own burdens and to raise money as they have. At any rate it is good to note that state that has already nearly finished the $25,OOO,OOO bond money is going about getting more money for the roads and the high ways that bring such an immense traffic. It may be that in Michigan and Illinois and wisconsin, where they are constructing so earnestly, the people spend more than a penny a day. Those of us who live in states that do not do as much as this are the ones that strike the balance and hold the cost of progress down. Per haps we bite off our own noses in so doing. Even if we go the limit some of these days we shall not spend more than cents day on highways, which is considerably more than twice as much as some fus are spending at present. Indiana is such a case, if you please.