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Show ROAD DEVELQPMErdT 1 II FORESTS ASSURED ) New Appropriation Provides Pro-vides for Improving Important Trails. H Special to The Tribune. 7 OGDEN, March 5. The development of f tho national forest road syslems is given great impetus by the terms of the post-i post-i office appropriations act, which the president presi-dent has just signed. Besides increasing" by $200,000,000 the total fund available under the federal aid roads act, the new law' makes available for expenditure by the secretary of agriculture ?!). 000,000 for roads and trails within or partly within the forests. The law also authorizes the secretary of war to transfer to the secretary of agriculture ag-riculture material, equipment and supplies suitable for highway improvement and not needed by the war department. While most of this will be distributed among the highway commissions of the states for use on federal aid road projects, not to exceed 30 per cent may be reserved by the secretary sec-retary of agriculture for use in building national forest roads or other roads constructed con-structed under his direct supervision. The SO. 000,000 fund may be used for maintenance as well as survey and con-etruction'. con-etruction'. The new legislation, like the federal aid roads act, makes the building of roads and trails necessary for the use and development nf national forest resources re-sources or desirable for the proper administration, ad-ministration, protection and improvement of any forest where cooperative local contributions con-tributions can be obtained; but, In addition addi-tion to this, it contains a new feature of much importance. The new feature permits the secretary of agriculture without the cooperation of local officials to build and maintain "any road or trail within a national forest which he finds necessary for the proper administration, protection and improvement improve-ment of such forest, or which in his opin-ion opin-ion Is of national importance." In the view of forestry officials, this law is the most important step ever taken for rapid development of a national forest road system, sys-tem, and will he of inestimable benefit to the local public. "Th( mpas'irn sriv.q us mnrh hrnndpr scope for a fully developed program than we have had before," savs Henry S. Gravpy, chief of the forest service, in com- 1 menting on the new law. "Under the'! federal aid roads act we had available, for roads within or partly wilhin the for-' ests, Sl.OOO.Orto a year, available until expended. ex-pended. Owing to the war, which prac- . tlcally baited the work, we bad an ac- i cumulated balance of ??,r00,000 unexpended unex-pended and another $1,000,000 which will : become available July 1. "Of the new appropriation. ?3,o00,000 is immediately available, and $3,000,000 will ' become available July 1. There will also! be available ?400,00u or more from the 10 ' per cent of national forest receipts.. Alto-.proihfr. Alto-.proihfr. therefore, we have In sight for the! coming year about $10, "00, 000, if we cant 'use iL advantageously. Whatever we can't' ufp advantageously so soon will be added to Him SJ.Ouo.nno of new money that be- 1 co:r,i available the following year. I already have our plans for ap-, ap-, proved rood projects sufficiently shaped: j up so thai a prompt start will be possible! i-as soon as the weather permits. In some i ' cases, hdwover, these plans must neces- i ! f-'nrlly be suspended on account of pend-Mng pend-Mng proposals for the creation of national! parks affecting national forest lands. It t would he obviously improper to expend, the funds intended and voted by congress i for the development and protection of the national forests on areas which mav soon I ct-ase to be national forests. "This legislation will not only make it easier to protect tho forests without costly expenditures to fight bad fires in inaccessible inac-cessible localities, but will also help enormously enor-mously the many small communities and scattered settlers in and near the forests who now suffer for lack of roads. It will ijlyo enable the construction of important 'trunk line roads crossing the mountains, with suitable provision of subsidiary roads. One result will unquestionably be marked 5 development of .recreational use of these Kreat national playgrounds with their wealth of too little known attractions. Al-together, Al-together, the opening up of the forests to T, lnr,r complete and varied use bv the I Public, which is tho fundamental object I of their administration, will be tremendously tremen-dously advanced." DDtf Under the law, preference is given to ur the employment of honorably discharged fioUHers, sailors and marines for the required re-quired labor. Wife Alleges Desertion, ti Special to Tho Tribune. v inS ni0?Dr':N' Ma-rcli 5. Suit for divorce was M p'od with the clerk of the district court today by Avis O. Black against Bvron JfA "1-irk, on the ground of desertion. The Plaintiff alleges her husband left her on September 10, 1017. She asks the custody 3g of two minor children and alimony. The VT JIple were niarrled at liowena, Wo., $9 Christmas day. 190'J. yjj Veterans; Dance Postponed, iy . OODRN, March 5. The complimentary y nance to be given the returned soldiers .it jna sailors at tho Second ward ball on Jjrtday night has been postponed unlil March 14. The postponement was made' necessary owing to the failure of the ; , committee to secure suitable music. |