Show federal cooperation for good roads secretary houston of the department of agriculture sas tint the state and federal governments should work for improvement in order eliat a large proportion of alie money spent for road con ma not bo wasted in his own the of public roads liis been demonstrating the value of proper road building i by the construction of certain object lesson roads and the forest service is carrying out ins idea of national and state cooperation in road building the law requires that ten per cent of the gross receipts from the national forests shall bo spent in the bbate in which ilie forests are situated this money is expended for road improvement under the direct control of the secretary of agriculture the amount appropriated under this act based m alie receipts of the national forests for the fiscal year ending june 30 1913 is 68 from the 1912 receipts for this ten per cent road item there is an additional 10 which is still available in administrating the ten per cent road fund forest charged with the actual plans and expenditures in the neighborhood of their forests have in almont all cases secured an equal or a larger cooperative fund from state authorities for the building of certain pieces of road with the maney thus expended many important roads are being built or put in repair one on alie wyoming national forest six mile long makes accessible to farmers largo body of timber and opens up a region of great scenic beauty in northwestern arizona part of the fund will be used in connection with the lefevre bight angel road important because it makes accessible to tourists the grand cayon of the colorado in one place the ocean to ocean highway crosses the apache national forest arizona and on this project the foi eat service and the local cooper cited enthusiastically on alie hondo national in western florida steel bridges and graded roada have under the stimulus of this fund taken the place of corduroy bog and sand this federal road fund is now available in all national forist states of the west just as fast as returns come in the forestry officials say a similar fund will become available in states in which eastern national forests are being secured i |