The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-07-31

torical style and said the area
could increase its population with
a good road. The commissioners
of Madison county pledged toward
the cost of the construction all the
cOunty'S automobile license funds
after 1882, which amounts to a.
bout $4,000 per year. The high
way commission denied this re-
quest for the present but said the
addition might be made later if
surplus is accumulated in the road
fund, and the county is willing to
match the states money, but there
would be no federal money avail
able for the addition, as the feder-
al government already refused to
include the route In the system be-
cause another road in that region
connects with the Yellowstone
Trail with the park.
.-- Four Projects Added
However, four new projects are
included in the road system by
recent amendments to the original
plan, and contracts for their con-
struction will be let tomorrow.
i These include grading about %
miles on the POmpey's Pillar road
which will complete that work
from Reed Point to Hysham via
Billings; % miles from Wolf
Point to the northern Roosevelt
, county line on the way to Scbey;
10 miles cmpleting the Butte
;; Whitehall road, and eight miles of
the Angel-Hill-Pablo road, which
completes grading the route from
Ravalli to Kalispell, except for a.
) bout IL miles on the northern end.
I Tom Stout Exults
e -...Anent the recommendation of the
Power Plant bridge, and the includ-
e ing of the new north and south
i road to the state-federal highway
J system, Tom Stout says in a spe-
cial article on the first page OF
S his Lewistown Democrate-News. is.
sue Of Thursday, July %, under
hear as follows:
a river SPAN TO OPEN
o NEW TRADE TERRITORY
h Highway Will Route Tourist Traf
+ fic Here
e Recommendations of Missouri
r River Bridge at Power Site o.
d Great Benefit to LewistOwn.
d
" "Action of the Montana high
h way Commission Tuesday in rec
d ommending to the federal bureau
IN of roads the construction of
N bridge across the Missouri river a
N the power plant site and connect
ing mileage is the result of severa
i years of hard work by officials o
" the D-Y Trail association, tn
n chambers of commerce of the inter
d. ested counties and county official!
or Harry Fitton declared yesterda
nd after returning from the meetin
We at Helena, where the decision wa
reached.
"The recommendation will no,
~ be sent the district highway office
rn in SanFrancisco and from ther
re forwarded to Washington. 1t
d. expected that government eng
he neers will be sent to survey tt
on bridge site and proposed highwa
ut some time this summer.
IT "The present D-Y Trail starts ;
Prince Albert Park in Canada ar
ill passes thru Swift Current, CanaC
of into Malta. From Malta the ros
be would cross the Missouri river
rst the new bridge and continue
de- Lewistown, Harlowton, Big Til
he Der, Livingston and Yellowstol
IN park.
EN- Canada has been working /
est their section of the road for seve
tie, al years and the highway above t
nd border is almost completed. Tt
red new highway will place Lewiston
nat on one of the main tourist roa
ad- of the northwest, besides openil
all up a vast new trade territory f
via Lewistown to the north.
"The commissioners of Swe
MIA Grass, Wheatland and Ferg
up. counties have agreed to constru
if a standard highway from Big Til
ra- her to Lewistown, which will me