FUNDS FOR FOREST ROADS
AND TRAILS
WASHINGTON
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' Oregon get» $136,686 and Washing
ton $85,741 for cooperative road and
trail projects this year, according to
word from District Forester Geo. H.
Cecil. Twenty-eight states in which
national forests are located wholly or
in part will share in the distribution
durin gthe current fiscal year of the
$1,000,000 fund appropriated by Con
gress. This is an annual appropria
tion for the construction of roads and
trails within the national forests in
cooperation with local authorities, acr
cording to advice recently received of
the approval by the chief of the for
est service and the secretary of agri
culture. Alaska and Porto Rico will
also share in the distribution of this
fund, commonly known as the Section
Eight Fund.
AND HIS FAVORITE CHARGER
Thia fine painting shows tne Father of Our Country on his favorite
horse. It io the well-known painting from which many equestrian statu.,
have been copied.
Last year 27 states shared in the
federal moneys. Pennsylvania having
been added to this year’s list follow
ing the establishment of the Aller
gheny National Forest in that state.
This particular fund is expended only
under cooperative agreements with
state and local authorities and should
not be confused with other road
building funds expended upon roads
and trails within the national forests
It is entirely separate from the 25
per cent fund which is turned directly
over to the states to expend.
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Following are the states and the
amounts each will receive from the
Section Eight Fund: Arizona, $54,209;
Arkansas, $9,732; California, $1263122;
Colorado, $67,537; Idaho, $114,764;
Montana, $64,889; Nevada, $17,164;
New Mexico, $37,945; Oregon, $136,686;
South Dakota. $7,495; Utah, $38,319;
Washington, $85,741; Wyoming, $45,-
201. Alaska receives $43,919.
Florida. Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska. Oklahoma and Porto Rico will
together share in $13,980. Alabama.
Georgia,
Maine, New Hampshire.
North Carolina, Pennsylvania. South
Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and
West Virginia will together share in
$35,597. The sum of $100,«10 is re
served for administrative and equip-
ment expenditures and special con
tingencies.
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WASHINGTON’S
EXPENSE
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Based on the expenses tor
three months in 1780, Wash-
ington figured his year's out-
lay nt about $25,000. When
Washington became president
he was unwilling to receive
any money from the public
treasury beyond hla actual ex-
[tenses. At the time hla house-
hold included u secretary, an
uaslstant secretary, three alda
and eighteen aervanta, while
a livery of sixteen horses also
figured Into the yearly cost
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LI) records—what storie« they cnn
tell. Sometime* full of romance,
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aouietlines xtiirtllng In their dlsclonures.
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It would Heem that Washington's i
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birthday, observed for so ninny years I
on February 22, wus a celebration
founded securely on accurate historical
fact» Yet burled In the family Bible
of Wa % Ington's mother and written In
her own hunilwrlting la nn entry which '
make* one pause with surprise. There i
she has clearly recorded the astounding
An interpretation of this brief note
statement thnt George Wuxblngton
shows that the band of Colonel Proc
was bora on February 11.
Oertnlnly no one nhould know more tor's Fourth Continental artillery ap
about thin Important event thnn Mrs. parently took it upon Itself to serenade
the commander in chief. This old rec
Washington.
Tiiere It is In black nnd white In ord brings to light that Valley Forge,
with all that that name means of priva
her own handwriting:
tions anil suffering, was the setting
George Washington, son to Au
where was staged what was undoubt
gustine nnd Mury, Ills wife, wns
edly the first recognition in any public
bore ye lithe of February, 1732,
way of Washington's birthday.
about It) In the morning, and was
French First to Celebrate.
baptised the 3d of April following.
There 1 h still another record of those
Mr. Beverley Whiting und Cnpt.
Revolutionary times which touches us
Christopher Brooks, godfathers,
perhaps most poignantly today. To the
and Mrs. Mildred Gregory, god
French is credit due for the first pub
mother.
lic celebration of Washington's birth
Family Bibles, especially In those
day. It was In February, 1781, that
times, were the last word In accuracy,
Comte de Itoehambeau, with true
so this statement must be accepted as
French spirit, declared a holiday for the
indisputable.
French troops who were then located
By the latter part of the Sixteenth
In Connecticut.
Washington's birth
century the calendar year had become day ft-ll that year on Sunday, so the
askew with the astronomical year. It
French? general specified that the fol
seemed Important that a readjustment lowing Monday be set aside for the
be mu de and Pope Gregory Xlll, after celebratlori of the birthday of his com*
careful consultation with the learned niander, whom he so highly esteemed. I
men of his time, decreed that In 1582
It was another of the many e'^
10 days should be dropped and ar
donees of the close ties between Fran d
ranged what ha., since been called the nnd Americn which existed in Rev*»
Gregorian calendar. The mandate of
the pope was followed that year by
Spain*. Portugal, Italy nnd France, but
England would have none of it nnd
continued on the basis of the old cal
endar for another century and a half.
Difference of Eleven Daye.
By 1752 In Englund the discrepancy
had mounted up to 11 dnys, and the
disadvantages of two systems of dates
was causing great annoyance. It was
necessary to date letters going from
England or her colonies to Franc» with
the dnys of both systems; for tn*.nnce,
February 11'22, : • at last to avoid all
tills confusion Eng md officially adopt- !
ed the Gregorian calendar anil decreed
that 11 days be omitted in the year
1752 betwc:. Set tember 3 und Septem
ber 14.
So for Waahlugton, Ills birthday In
1753 and nil succeeding years fell on
February 22.
But there is another record which
throws light on what was probably the
first public recognition of his birthday.
This time the record Is In hip own
handwriting.
While commander in
chief of the Continental armlee, with
all hla other responsibilities and duties,
Washington found time to keep exact
records of all hla ex [tenses. TTieae ex
pense accounts were several years ago
One of the unique relice of Amort*
made available by their fransfernl
from the Treasury department to the can history still extant Is the 16-blado
library of congress where they were pocket knife whleh was presented to
placed with the great collection of . George Washington by Capt. Samuel
Do Woee In 17*4. The many blades,
r.aahlngton's papers there.
In one of Washington's dally ex It will bo noted, are arranged to fold
pense account books there la nn entry, Into four slots plaood at right angles
nnder date of February 22, 1778, which to eaeh other In the handle. The knife
Is now the property of George De Wees
reads:
of Chicago, III., a descendant of Cap
Cnsli paid the 22nd Inst to Proc
tain Do Woee.
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