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Show THE JORDAN ,ephews, the States, a Billion Dollars in Motor Vehicles and Fuel Billion Dollar Highway _Buildinc Chief of the U. S. Bureau OSON C. WELLIVER to the ancient system of collecting maintain highways. nted to $1,094,000,000, collected ine taxes, property, corporati~n, taxes on automobiles, automobile m industry, etc. $1,003,000,000 was spent on rural roa~s. to build $20,000,000,000 worth of ral_lsystem costing that much will be created 1n ll..,....... ent rate. UNE TAXES BY STATES Colleetlona 1525 2,140,801 3,668,995 848.275 13,869,9:12 1,864,521 ' 1,~08,808 350,580 7,024,308 4,4%1,314 139,813 I I 2 None 2 ll I 2 I I " '-'-"-'~..,.,~ ~ t 1.792.481 1.215,404 2,37'0,994 8,040,000 %.339,542 2,000,000 2,022,986 St.atea N lL N J. N Mex. N Y. N c. N.D. Ohio Okl&. Ore. Penna. R. I. s c. s D. Tenn. Tex. Utah Vt. V&. Wash. w 1,863,940 9.000.000 2,439,683 4,894,260 Va. Wls Wyo. Dlst. ot Oct. 2.200,000 318,21i Total 73~,000 e high polntl Gas Tax per Gal. 111215 2 None 3 Nol\e 4 1 J Z>,i a J 1 5 : •.,. a .,. 1 I % 2 I • Colleetlona 1925 700,000 • 531,351 6,212,093 657,202 t,129.845 6.143.517 %,886,532 10.200,000 196,6S4 8,195,756 1,993,112 3,193,4:>3 1,744,007 975,5ti8 519,205 J.515,87f 8,000,000 2,155, 790 2,447.234 460,971 787,656 1142,987,748 824 mlles, were to be Included in tn. national system, eligible for Federal aid. Nearly every mile of that 2,868,· 061 was a candidate for deelgnation u a Federal high way But In the end the system was laid out aa a truly national one. "WheJJ the map was published it showed nearly the 200,000 miles of designated routes. Since then 46,485 mlles of these roads have been Improved, nearly 13,000 more are under construction, and over 2,000 have been approved for early beginning o! 'fiTork. In addition to that many states han built, without Federal aid, extensive sections which are Included within this national system. In fact, these state contributions a&gregate 56,000 mil-es, so that approximately twothirds of the 200,000 mile national highway system has already been Improved. on gasoline Uncle Sam as Road Supervisor 00,000. Add to that "Along with all ot this, t'bere Is the automobile registra- Federal 'Supervision over construction enses; $150,000,000 as and maintenance. When Uncle Sam ~ on the 20,000,000 autohelps build a road he reserves au·,,.a0,709 as the Federal thority to require its proper main· ?,outomob!les, parts and tenance. Then there Is the business 5; $60,000,000 to of uniform marking along highways, taxes, special which makes It possible for motorists cars, and :ftnea to drive thousant!s of miles on a desdrivers. The Ignated route whose markings be$749,· come 110 famlllar that after a few miles he need not a11k directions. Tolls "Finally Federal participation hae Include made DOssible a great number ot derived bridges at strategic points. Some of Nor do these have been needed for years, yet ductlon, state and local authorities have been unable to provide them, partly beof the of the cost, partly because of cause that Indusbetween routes. When a competition of about two countle!<, or two separates stream estimate for Impossible to get often is it states, ng figures, to build or how where agree to them ,709, which a bridge. In of cost the divide to the entire authority bas Federal the cases such try roads. and ditrerences mediated repeatedly I have not in· menme Let construction. secured ent's expenditures ,000 in Federal aid tion some instances. "Missouri has been a state tor over In the eight years century. Divided aast and west by a Gov· 192b inclcalve, the Missouri rlver, communication be· the contributed .. $460,000,000 1 " atea ulld roads. That tween the two sections has been limleas than halt of what Ited, to the state's disadvantage. Four spent on roads In either bridges across the river were required Moteol'er, in the aame In the national highway program, and whh>e the Government Federal co-operation with the state of $460,000,000 to Missouri has made them possible $!!73,000,000 In Two are completed, the others are unon motor cars, der construct1cn. Tlle four will cost Other hun· a little more than $2,000,000, the Fed· collected In In· eral contribution being nearly $1,000.taxes from roo- 000 Getting Bridges Constructed and dealers Federal con "Another bridge that has a peculiar 4s t.s com pared to the importance, both locally and nationpeople who make and ally, has been needed for generations and the &asollne has across Raritan bay, New Jersey. It is one ot the links In the chain of commodest. Fed.eral contribution 1.11 munication between New York city per cent of highway ex and the country at large. In 1924 accomplished resulta al New Jersey had some $700,000 of Fed· of proportion to its eral aid allotted to her roads and in It was an Incentive to 1925 over $1,000,000. So the totate Government required agreed that this Raritan bridge should as much as It con be built, costing about U.OOO,OOO the Government takes Federal funds made up about ones pervlslon of con third or the amount. The bridge, over ahare In determining a mile and a halt long, is now nea.rly e have built roads on CQrnpleted. and have got them "Such Illustrations mtcht be mu!Utruly national sys plied Indefinitely. National participa, .t,r..,ll.,.ht atate sys tion has repeatedly made posatble the accomplishment or vitally important lllghway development." System According to the American Petrobe realized that Institute, the gasoline tax wu leum ll'aluable contrlbu In 1919 in Oregon. It imposed !lrst Boston to New adopted by all the been now has through four York, Illinois, New New except states Everlllght have a The tenMassachusetta. and Jersey hlch ; but if these to in· continually been has dency artleu he sta.te llnee A.s callon. per tax of rate the crease woul~•t Impossible enthe for taxes gasoline 1921 as late s to th tlzation under ln1lae try roads are tire country were only about $t,ooo,. 000; In 1922, $12,000,000; In 11121, al~ ....,fnr to undal')' linea as most $37,000,000; In 1924, $79,000,000, in 1925, $142,987,74&. and Feder;ay al:t of 1921 With good prospects that tbe "gas'' + :te natloJt-retch be des~nated tax will be adopted soon bY atatea tb• ro•ct. to which do not have It nGw and with the gallonage rates being lncreaaed in Ulilt'naa "H. MacDonald, It 1u of Public Roads, ttrlculture, in an in· a:ray development. 11t of this continent baa been the most of a publlc utility Jnunlty ever accom· ailar period," said Mr torlans say the held together by from America JOURNAL Mack and I The dazzler is one example of pre- Imany sportsmen's publications under Most World's Titles: severance personified. He made three the nom de plume of "Montezuma." McGraw, eaelh 3. Most Consecutive Victories: Giants trips to the big show before he could In addition to giving reliable inforconvince any one that he possessed mation in regard to tackle and es26 in 116. pecially the flies that can be used Most Games W-on in Season: Cubs, the real goods. most effectively, the folder contains 117 in 1916. valuable table showing the location a Pitcher Relief .Champion Ty Player: a as Most Seasons the various waters and the kinds of the as qualifies Marberry Fred Cobb, Tigers, 21. indigenous to them. The pubfish of time. all of pitcher relief champion Most Seasons as a Pitcher: Walter With the Washington Senators he lication is being distributed by the Johnson, Washington, 19. in 55 different games in 1925 Passenger Department of the Rio worked Game: Most Innings to Modern pitched a complete game. Grande. never yet 1920, Boston-Brooklyn, 26. I crhe I BULL:S EYE 'Editor one/ (jenerai.ManafjeY WILL ROGERS With the major league season on since April 13th, the fans already are trying to dope out how the various teams will finish. At this early • stage it's risky business trying to pick 'em, but here goes anyway: American League 1 Bhiladelphia Athletic 2 Washington Senators 3 Detroit Tigers 4 St. Louis Browns 5 Chioago White Sox 6 New York Yankees 7 Cleveland Indians 8 Boston Red Sox National League 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 New York Giants 3 St. Louis Cardinals 4 Brookyln Dodgers 5 Cincinnati Reds 6 Chicago Cubs 7 Boston B1-.aves 8 Philadelphia Nationals Invited To Play In Hawaii 1 Strecher Has B~st Claim . Speaking of wresthng champiOns, 1 Drake University of Des Moines, Joe Stecher, the Nebraska farmer' Ia., has been invited to send its footboy, who uses his legs as pinehers, I ball team to Hawaii next fall to play has about as legitimate a claim to the University of Hawaii. Gibbson Won't Box Again the crown as any one we know of. T'<>mmy Gibbson, who retired from Stecher has lost but four in 500 matahes. He won the crown from Chas. the resigned ring after his knockout Cutler in 1916, lost it t~ Ca~dock a by Gene Tunney in 1925 ,says he'll year later, and then regamed 1t after never reenter the ring. Tommy has the war. "Strangler" Lewis took the been refereeing fights throughout the title from the Nebraskan in 1919. Middle West the past winter. His "Big" Munn tossed "Strangler" out . greatest ring feat was staying the of the ring at Kansas City in 1924 1 limit-fifteen rounds-with Dempsey and later was humbled by t~e ancie~t ' at Shelby. Gibbons is one fighter Stnislaus. Zbyszko at Phlladelph1a who has saved his money and need soon after. Stecher then came back not worry about the future. and beat the burly Pole. That's that. U. S. MINE SCHOOL NOTES Mrs. Elsie Nelson, Teacher 1925 in One No-Hit Game Betty Walker of the 6th Grade The only no-hit contest in the ma-1 Another "Bull" Durham ad· jor leagues in 1925 was turned in I gave a candy pull Thursday night vertisement by Will Rosero, Zieg· by Dazzy Vance, ace of the Brooklyn. for her classmates. feld Folliea and acreen. star, and leadins American humorist. More The Junior and Senior high school Robins. On September 13th he turncomi ne-. Watch for then,. ed the Phils back with nary a bingle gave a musical comedy in the assemMajors' Most Everything M,ost Pennant WinnE>I:'s: John J. ' after having held the club to a single bly hall Wednesday evening. It was I hit five days previous. As it was, well patronized and enjoyed by every The BULL'S EYE is a publica• McGraw, Giants, 10. Most Seasons Manager. Connie Vance pitched sixteen tonsecutive one. tion that goes to print. \Vhen does .1\ir. Cunningham of the U. S. Mine I scoreless games. Athletics, 25. Mack, it go to print? It goes to print when ever there is something to print. A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - · is giving an ice cream party Friday for ihe school children who have lot of papers, in fact to be exact, all worked on tlhe tennis court. of them, have a certain time to be Eugene Oliver of the U. S. Mine issued, regardless of the news. If sprained his wrist badly last week. nothing has happened that day or We 1~ant you to feel that this is the house of your There was a fire in the Bingham that week they have to come out I friends. Grocery No. 1, Wednesday afternoon. just the same. They want you to Not much damage was done. That you are perfectly free to confer with us upon any pay for them whether they are any Mr. Plummer is now our teamster matter affecting your plans for business success or good to you or not. \Vhy should because Mr. Johnson quit last week. I I happiness. a paper be printed if there is noth· Mrs. F. L. Martin went to Salt ing new to print? Lake yesterday tc visit her daughter Where our services may contribute to your welfare, wo Sing Sing don't electrocute a for a few days. want you to use them. Mr. and Mrs. G. Bowen and Mrs. man at a certain hour every day. · motored to Salt Lake WedNelson They wait until they get a good trhis is the way we interpret our relationship to this nesday and spent an enjoyable evenman and then electrocute him They community. don't have a set time or custom, With the approach of the trout seaand that is the way the BULL'S If you are not one of our friends, ask one of our friends the problem of the hour among son EYE is operated. We don't go to how well we live up to that policy. fishermen is where to go for the best press at ten o'clock tonight just be- l catch. In an endeavor to answer the cause we went to press at ten last question, the Denver & Rio Grande Large enough to serve you; night. No, sir! We wait until we Western Railroad has just issued an Small enough to be interested in you. have something that is worth while attracive illustrated folder, "With to our myriads of readers. W c get 1 Rod and Line in the Rockies," conthem accustomed to the fact that taining valuable information regardwhen they see the BULL'S EYE, ing the best trout waters in Colo"The themselves, The they say to rado, Utah and New Mexico. I text is by a noted authority, Frank BULL has seen something worth H. Mayor, formerly editor of "Field while," and that is why the Paper and Stream" and now a contributor to is out today: Because it has news for you. We saw a man smoking a sack of "BULL" DURHAM and he was getting so much satisfaction out of it that we feel it our duty to tell those that never used "BULL" DURHAM just how they too can get satisfaction. I This Is a Friendly Bank SPEEDERS ARE PAYING THE PENALTY Several speeders have appeared in Justice Silas Brown's court during the past week at the instigation of State Patrolman R. N. Slaughter. John Martan, of Bingham, plead quilty and was fined $15.00. P. M. Christensen plead guilty and was fined $10.00. R. H. Wells, of Idaho, forfeited his bond of $10.00 by not appearing at time set. He was speeding better than 40 miles an hour on State street. Jacob Meyers, of the Meyers Cleaning and Dyeing Company, paid a $10.00 fine for speeding on the Bingham Highway. Ohas. Pez, driving better than 52 miles an hour on the Bingham Highway forfeited his bond of $10.00. John E. Leventis plead guilty to the charge of speeding and paid a fine of $15.00. Tohe patrolman is working between Salt Lake City and Provo and speed· ing motorists must get their speedometers down to a reasonable gait, at least to 30 miles per hour or stand the consequences. I - Midrvale State Bank P.S. 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