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Me iIalealtorIKllIIUmnil(MillI•■clIliKK.agtIeniUt'luni |il ii pr.vo l ad tin mlidC., Is i»b follows:The delenntnntilon of the member* of congress from Hie public land sillies lo gel together on legislation affecting all their states, especially land and conservation legislation, will hasten art Ion on a number of hills now pending, and probably will result In better and more far-reoehlng results than If the western members continue to uet ludlvhluully. os they have done up to this Mine.At a re-cent conference the western members perfected an organization with Representative Taylor of Colorado as chairman and IH-preseii-taM'c Smith of Idaho as secretary.HWi attention Is to be given to a bill, recommended by tills department of agriculture, which proposes to llnance a plan whereby the forest service euu enter immedlalely upon a program of r- .id constructIon In national forests, which will open up a large part of the weal now Inaccessible. |fJThe plan proposed Is to advance a | |nl large sum of money from the federal treasury, out of the rceeipta from the forest reserves, and apply this fund lo road construction, building Unit trunk lino roads that connect with county mods mid which will permit travel along lines where travel Is needed, bin now imponslble because of the Intervening government forests This money will be repaid to the treasury gradually, by deducting annually from the t’6 per cent going to the states a certain percentage, until the amount advanced bus been reimbursed.Under this plan twelve and one-half to tlftei-n per cent of the receipts from all the forest reserves In Idaho, for Inetauee, would be held back to reimburse the ireiisury for all moneys advanced for the building of roads In Idaho. Hut there would be Immediately uvullable u large huiii for road construction, and the state would get the benetlt of the roads within a year or two, whereas, under the present law. Un-program of road const ruction would continue over a long period of years.There are numerous bills pending before congress aiming to expcdlatc the construction of roads In forest reservoir There Is great dissimilarity In the plans proposed Through Ute medium of the conference of western member* It Is hoped to reach an agreement on some general bill, applicable to all the states, which all the members can support. Once Mils agreement Is reached the western delegations will go before the committee on agriculture, present their bill, ask a hearing, and probably getwiton1*1*Imvhtbeitslotpitp«miu,lt;COSt.Inmilt;llireasonable prompt action.Extensive and detail preparations are being made by the executive committee of the aaorlatloti to place the highway ill first dans shape for travel by June 1, 11116, and to keep u la perfect condition. It Is probable that President Austin, In company wlUi '-he executive committee and others, will make a tour of InspeotPm from Ashton clear through to Halt lake t'lty within the next ten days, holding III ! public meetings along the line. In or-o- ! der that arrangements may be made, he where needed, for repair and new to I construcUon work upon the highway.Arrangements are now being made ■e- I to thoroughly log the highway and w- i place tills Information In the hands re- of the proper advertising agencies, loan gether with descriptive and lllustrat-tat 1 ed matter setting for he advant-ky 1 ages of the Halt lake-Yellowstone ive j route, the scenic points of Interest, snd on the great agricultural development tig that will greet the eye of the over-he I land inurlaia |i Is etnecied lbar Ihe It park traffic for 1916 will far exceed that of 1916 on the railroads, and will I sc treble In the volume of automobileD. I tourists.—Idaho Register.
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American Falls Press
American Falls, Idaho, US
Thu, Apr 06, 1916
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