| Show LEES FERRY HIGHWAY FAVORED BY ARIZONA arizona interests are strongly favorable to the construction of the proposed lees ferry road winch will F furnish a direct route from utah points into the center of arizona and i to her most important centers disi tact forester R H rutledge of the district of the forest service said saturday upon his re 1 turn to ogden from a conference at phoenix with arizona state officials A bridge at lees ferry is the key to the situation if the bridge is built over the colorado river at this point the inferior road that now I 1 branches both ways from the crossing will be improved and made into a first class highway mr rutledge said the new route will lead from ba nab in utah over the arizona line to fredonia and thence to the northern extremity of the kaibab forest over tha present good road on this stretch if ia new road is built it will lead from the northern nd of the kaibab lees ferry and thence south on the southern side of the colorado 1 river for this road there already is available in federal aid and efforts are being made to have the arizona state legislature now in session match this amount mr rutledge said in view of the sentiment for the road in arizona it is haeb that the appropriation will be made and work begun on the project jonn as possible mr rutledge said a new game code is being written in arizona which will vest in a game commission or an advisory board power to regulate and meet such situations as arose cpr ing the last two years over the shoot ing of deer on the kaibab forest this will undoubtedly end the biffi curties between the forest service and arizona state officials over the rights to shoot deer on the forest mr rutledge said while m arizona mr rutledge heard governor hunt of that state weis areat pies sure over the action of the utah legislature in with drawing freiri the six state colorado river pact A very friendly feeling toward utah exists there the forester said |
