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Show r Federal Highways M. B Williams, highway engineer for the public roads bureau, with offices of-fices in this city, has returned from an inspection trip He visited the Soda SpringB-Freedan road in Idaho, he Star Valley-Yellowstone road in Wyom- - i hi - mg and the Montpelier-Afton road In Idaho. Engineer FrlckStSad has returned Irom Nevada, where he a irve? ed fosl roads throughout th state B. f. Finch, district engineer, recent-1 1 ly went over the road through Teton . i Pass and in Hobark. canyon In Wyora- 1 ing. which is being constructed under ' the superivision of the Ogde offic.', day labor being employed. Because of excessive prices, prob- I ably due to labor shortage, bids on I ; the Tonopah road, submit'ed at the bu-, j reau of public roads offices on October j ( 1, were rejected, according to B F. I j Finch, district enginerr. Strike conditions at the mine? pf j J Tonopah are causing hundreds t fa-' J borers as well as others to leave tl e place. J Mr Finch stated thai the 1 onopah 2 road project will DTObabl) be bull! h da) labor, under the direction of 'he,! Ogden office. j |