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Show REPORT ON ROADS QFTHE GEM STATE ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. A report , just issued by Logan Waller Page, di-.reetor di-.reetor of the office of Public Koads, Department of Agriculture, shows 18,--: 163 miles of public road in the State of Idaho. Of this mileage, 195 miles ' were surfaced with gravel and 17 miles with stone, making in all 212 miles of improved road. - It will be seen from - these figures that about 1.2 per cent of i the roads has been improved. By cora- . paring the total road mileage with the area of the State it appears that there was 0.2 of a mile of public road per square mile of area. A comparison of mileage with population shows that ' , there was 1 mile of road to every 9 in. habitants and 1 mile of improved road to every 7.63 inhabitants. . The rate of taxation for road pur- - poses is fixed by the boards of county commissioners. This tax must not be less than-10 nor more than 60 cents on , i each $100 worth of taxable property. 'Wo tax may be worked out. J 1 verr male inhabitant, over 21 and BJider 50 years of age is required to f perform two days' labor annually on ' the public roads or pay to the overseer a commutation tax of $4, or such small-. small-. er sum as the board of eounty commissioners commis-sioners may fix. The amount derived from the property proper-ty tar and devoted to road improvements improve-ments was $46,875,85 in 1904. . By comparing com-paring the total expenditure with the ' total mileage of publie road and with the population of the State, it is found ;that the funds collected and expended for road . purposes amounted to $3.72 per mile of publie road, or $1.10 per inhabitant. . |