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(2,242,000 GIN SUlf’S PROJECTSCONGRESS ALSO ALLOW3 $100,00C FOR HIGHWAY FROM GLACIER TO BENTONNEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITYMontana's Only Leper, O. Q- Willett, Will Be Removed From His Isolat-ed Ranch Home to the Federal Leprosarium In LouisianaHelena.—Provision for the construction of a trans-mountain highway through (Bader National l»*rk from Glacier l*ark station at the eastern boundary to Belton at the western boundary is made In the sundry civil act passed by the last congrees dur |ng its closing hours. The cost of construction of this highway is not to exceed *100.000. At the present time It Is necessary for motor tourists to ship their cars bv train front one entrance «*f the park to the other.The total appropriation for Glacier National park-in the sundry civil act is $105,000. of which $25,000 Is immediately available. For the maintenance, repair and operation of motor driven and horse drawn passenger carrying vehicles and for cars and vehicles used bv the superintendent and employes in park work. $2,400 is appropriated, leaving $92,000 for the administrative, protection, maintenance and improvements in the park, which also includes repairs to certain roads in the park and through the Blackfeet Indian res-ervation.Reclamation projects will receive under the sundry civil act. for operation and maintenance, continuation of construction and Incidental operations, the following sums:Huntlev project. $108,000; Milk 1 River project. $1,017,000; Sun River project. $687,000; Iover Yellowstone i (Montana-North Dakota). $340,000,
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Thompson Falls Sanders County Independent Ledger
Thompson Falls, Montana, US
Thu, Mar 10, 1921
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