Show 4 t. t Our W Weekly ki W Washington hi L Letter til u 4 u. u e u. u 4 1 u f os a 44 4 T Am All i t umio H WILl ON GOOD Goon UH WASHINGTON June In In aa at an address upon the subject of public highways delivered before the American Am n A Automobile Secretary Sec I of or Agriculture Wallace recently recently re re- gave some very Interesting I facts facia and figures In connection with will tho the operation of pt the federal roa road act Among other Interesting data date furnished by Secretary Wallace In ii tho the course of his remarks were th the tho following The designation and approval o othe ol of the Federal Aid Highway System tender under under un un- der the act o of 1921 Is progressing rapidly py the end of the summer approximately miles tulles will wit have been designated as a 11 part of of this system Up to May 5 all but three states had submitted tentative systems for approval The systems of three thirty-three states had been formally formally form ally approved including a total of miles Considering the approved system In the three thirty-three states we find and that of the 1016 cities of or orm more m re population In three states of them lie tie directly on the approved system and there is not one but willbe will willbo bo ho connected with the system by an Improved state or county road When the system Is completed therefore one will be able to travel from any town of population or greater to any other town of the same population population lation without leaving an Improved road The detailed study of the availability availability avail avail- ability of or the improved roads to the total population has not been completed completed completed com com- but If we take typical states in the East Middle West and West we w find that the roads on the Federal Feder Feder- al Aid system will give a maximum service In Maryland not more than 2 2 1 per cent o of the population lives further urther than ten miles mUes from rom a federal aid road in Indiana less lest than 1 per pent cent In Arizona where the total population Is but perhaps third one-third will live outside of 01 the ten mile zone A federal aid hid road will cross the I western mountains at practically every everyone one of the Important passes In designating the routes routE's to be Included in the federal aid system the chief aim of the states and the federal agency has been to select routes which will give the maximum of local service and at the same name time c connect with one another to form a great national highway system The states were first asked to certify the total mileage of road in existence atthe at atthe atthe the time the act was passed Seven per cent of this was the maximum allowable mileage that could be bo Included in in- eluded In iu the system The total was miles The states were then asked to prepare maps of state systems proposed by them locating tie the roads by controlling points These state systems were carefully reviewed and studied by the department department de do and some changes changE's were suggested as being desirable from tram the national point of ot view Conferences Conferences Conferences Confer Confer- were held between representatives of the department and anti of states and groups gro ps of lof states stales and out o of these conferences came rame agreement as tl to the systems finally decided up up- on Federal aid for road building was inaugurated by the federal aid road act act approved July 11 11 1916 Since the above date have been m appropriated or authorized authorized au au- au- au for or the fiscal years 1917 to 1925 inclusive Of the above amount is authorized for the fiscal fis fiscal fis- fis cal 81 year ear 1925 and will not be available available available avail avail- able for expenditure until July 1 I 1924 Sixty-five Sixty million dollars Is It authorized authorised for the fiscal year begInning beginning beginning begin begIn- ning July 1 of o this year leaving authorized or appropriated appropriated for expenditure up to th the current fiscal year Of the 4 authorized d dor or appropriated up to the current fis fiscal its cal year ear had been paid to the states elates for work completed up to March 31 of which was paid on projects projects' completed and accepted and had bens paid In progress payments payment for work completed on projects ct which were still construction on March 31 The Tb mileage completed or orI under on 31 was I miles e s rIO 1 lItO HO GnESH i ST ST The Th DI reforestation made greater grenter progress in 1922 than In la any single lingl year sli ce tho the policy polley of 01 replanting re- re pI planting planning n lnA cut ever ver timber land was bl Inaugurated During During last lant year ar oY over r acres in tho Rocky H k Mountain l kt t w were ro replanted rep largest Tho largest was wa ln in the ta In National Forsti t. t whore where over 1 1700 r cri eb acres acre's were e planted t e I in pine I Nebraska a ka ke replanted nearly 1000 acres Colorado over oyer acres and Michigan Michi Michi- Michigan gan gait approximately acres cres R Reforestation Re Ra forestation Is being pushed largely larRel In the productive pine regions na That the work done Is but a aver very Insignificant insignia fraction traction of what remains to be bedone bedone done is shown by the fact tact that the total amount of denuded timber land which could be and should be reforested ested Is la acres and at the rate replanting Is now being conducted conducted con cone ducted It would require over years to reforest this territory X WORK WO UK At 26 principal points outside o of Washington the United States De Do- Department Department of Agriculture It is conductIng conductIng conduct conduct conduct- Ing experimental tal livestock work Problems in feeding and aud breeding of live stock in the prevention and control of Insects parasites parasite and predatory predatory predatory pre pre- pre pre- animals harmful to live livestock livestock livestock stock and other subjects related to the welfare o of the live stock of the United States are studied GROWTH GUO IW lib C. C O. O D. D PARCEL P. POST PROVES ITS lUL The popularity of the C. C CO O. O D. D privilege privilege privilege on parcel post packages is Indicated by the increase in amount of fees ees collected by the department since the establishment of the service July 1 1923 During the first year parcels were mailed C. C O. O D. D from rom which the government collected During the last fiscal year parcels were mailed C. C C O. O 0 D. D DD from Irom which the government collected collect collect- ed MOUNT McKINLEY ALASKA SI U U. U S S. S Sl SECOND COND AUGUST L. L PA UK The Territory of Alaska has withIn within with in its borders one national park and three national monuments according accordIng according accord accord- ing to the Interior Department Mount McKinley National Park created by Congress in 1917 is the second largest national park In the United States It comprises an area of 2645 square re mites miles or acres and Is the outstanding scenic attraction of Alaska having as its chief features Mount McKinley 1 the highest mountain In North America and immense herds o of caribou and andI I bands of o mountain sheep Through the construction of the Alaska railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road the park has been made accessible ble to tourists with a stop on the line I 1 at McKinley Park Pari Station No hotel 1 facilities ate are as yet available at the I railroad station or within the park I Roads have not been developed withIn with with- I in In the park but one costing has been proposed One trial crosses the park to the mining district The Sitka National Monument established In 1910 contains 57 acres It was the scene of a massacre massacre massacre massa massa- cre of Russians by Indians in 1802 I Within its limits are lire 16 totem poles of best native workmanship It Is situated near the port o of Sitka National Monument was wag I created In 1918 and contains 1088 acres It Is a wonderland of volcanic volcanic vol vol- canic action having within it the valley o of Ten Thousand Smokes It is inaccessible to ordinary tourist travel Old Kasaan National Monument I established In 1916 embraces 37 acres of land on the east eat coast of Prince o of Wales Island and covers the abandoned Indian village called i Old Kasaan |