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Show PLEAD FOR MORE I FEDERAL ROADS i i Additional appropriations un-j der tin; Colton-Oddie hill for: construction of highways acres:-: I lie public domain wan urgi-d by Henry II. iilood, chairman of the Utah slate road commission, commis-sion, Friday before the annual mei-ting or tin.' Western Association Associ-ation of State Highway Officials, or which he In president, an-i. an-i. online to press dispatches from fjt Francisco. f "v vu st.-rn slat-, naid Mr. f i ' long ;;ijih or unimproved unim-proved roads ;i':ross government lands for which counties liave !--ii reluctant to match federal aid fundi, because they lie In n n i ii halii I eil sections. Mr. Iilood, who also is president presi-dent or the National Association Associa-tion of state Highway Officials, ;aid cmoreency highway appro-1 prlalloiiH for western states will lie client. Iy September 1, in accordance ac-cordance wllli the federal program. pro-gram. He estimated nearly $2,-1)1111,000.000 $2,-1)1111,000.000 will be spent 111 the United Stall's for road construction construc-tion and maintenance during the present year, a record high lit; rk. The. 'dates and the forest scr-vied scr-vied moved quickly to put lo hkp Hie forest funds, lio Bald,, and most of the program was under way by July 1, the dale Hie money was available. The more than 1(111 highway ol'llcials attending the meeting wero warned by 3. B. Show, San Kra nclsco, United Slates re- clonal forester, to be on the alert ' for a new hold-up game which mars scenic routes- and raises the cost it iei.d bullditK. The "hold-up" was described us the filing of locations, under federal mining laws, on deposits of sand, gravid and stone, on public lands along highways, and then erecting unsighViy buildings, build-ings, doing excavating and over-, charging the stale or county for rights-of-way. I Mr. Show urged federal mining min-ing laws ho amended to cover! only metal-bearing grounds. C. S. Pope, construction engineer en-gineer of the California highway high-way commission, said that by making the highways of the state perfectly smooth, they last longer long-er and Increase tho mileage from 12 to la per cent on tho same ; gasoline consumption. ; Dr. L. I. Howes, deputy chief i engineer of the United States bureau of public roads, said the! country roads are 20 years be-( ' hind the times, due to lack of I 1 funds given county engineers. 1 (). S. Warden of the Montana 'te ii ic h wuy ..commission, disa-'iiig disa-'iiig other elements . -ken into considers-! 1 rinnt: |