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Show FEDERAL AID IS GIVEN TO ROADS Announcement was made today at I (gdf-n headquarters of the forest service serv-ice that the secretary of Agriculture has approved the allotment of funds for the second year unoer Section 8 of the federal aid road act. Under this section of the law, the sum of $10,000,000 is appropriated, to be expended in ten yearly instalments, instal-ments, in co-operation with the states and counties, tor the construction and maintenance of roads and trails with in the national forests. I'nder the allotment for the fiscal year beginning July 1. 1917. Idaho receives re-ceives $108,730, Utah $41,167 and Nevada Ne-vada $19,296. These amounts are practically equal to those allotted to these states during the present fis-i cal year. oo |