Show ROAD TO 1 WAL WALES IS ASSURED ASSURE D County Commissioners Act Favorably o on n Citizens' Citizens Petition M Action was taken by the board o of f county commissioners last Monday which assures the opening of the Meadow Road Read between Ephraim and Wales This action consisted in int inthe t- t the adoption ofa of f a resolution to th the effect ef et- that the proposed county road Will swill will be surveyed and platted l' l by the coir and a declared Is public highway The resolution resolution reso reso- lution lution was introduced in in response 1 to a written petition from many of the citizens of Wales and Ephraim 1 and this petition was supplemented I by a second document signed by citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens of Freedom and other settle settle- ments ment T which will be by the he e new road The The iThe original petition was was submitted about about two months ago but action was deferred in order to give the t 1 county commissioners an opportunity t um t y t to investigate It seems that there has never never been any doubt on ou the part of the county officers in regard to t the desirability and nd feasibility of the 3 proposed road but they chose to ta be circumspect because it wa was anticipated anticipate e ed that there would would would-be be serious opposition on the part of a few of the abutting property owners They were informed however that A. A P P. P Olsen x had withdrawn his objections and some of the petitioners declared that that the county had never forfeited its rf right ht to a public road through the pasture of Mr Edmonds The road it was was declared was formerly a well L. L tr traveled le pub public i th thoroughfare o b but t was as F closed with a a fence by Mr Edmonds i T several yea years ago Th This s barrier they 7 said was ineffective lye and did not prevent prevent pre pre- prevent i vent the public irp from driving driving through l the pasture t Several Ephraim business men menat at attended ab- ab LE 5 tended the meeting of the com commis- commis mis- mis sinners last Monday an and joined forces with the Wales dele delegation j in n urging the officers to take favorable action the tm tin pe- pe 4 Hon lion T. T D. D Rees chairman of the delegation urged the commissioners commis- commis to open the road as soon as as r possible on account a of the fa fact t th thaE t a Ww I ho lJ th the t tip tp ip from Wales Wales' to Ephraim Ephraim about four miles The legal legal phases of the question were Fr then then discussed by County Attorney If George Christensen and this was wa foli followed fol r i lowed by the adoption of the resolution resolution tion introduced by Commissioner Anderson An An- ld derson and seconded by Commission- Commission er r Peter The proposed 4 road extends from a point near the Ephraim m creamery ina in a north westerly direction to within less ess than a mile east of Wales where i it t joins the Wales-Chester Wales road It it will do much to sti stimulate intercourse between Freedom Freedom Wai Wales Ephraim p rai and Manti and will increase the al already al al- ready great volu volume e of business ss that that is transacted between the communities Several attempts have been made to reopen this road the most notable of which was made by the the Ephraim Commercial club cub about four years years year I ago go and the belated success is therefore therefore there- there fore ore all aU the more gratifying |