OCR Text |
Show IMPROVING NATIONAL FORESTS. Thousands of Dollars to Be Spent on Roads and Trails. Washington. Six hundred thousand dollars will be spent during the fiscal year 190S-1909 for the construction of roads, trails, telephone lines and othei permanent improvements on the na-tional na-tional forests. Congress has appropriated appro-priated the same amount for this purpose pur-pose during the fiscal year of 1909-1910. 1909-1910. In order that the forest rangers may cover the large area contained in the district, it is very necessary that a system of trails be constructed along routes which give the best control con-trol of the areas to be patrolled. |