Show PIKES PEAK HIGHWAY LOCATED TO SALT LAKE First State Annual Convention Is la to toBe toBo toBe Be Bo Hold In Duchesne The Tho Second Week in JuneBy June JuneBy JuneBy By R. R S. S Collett Nett The Pikes Pike's Peak Ocean to Ocean highway has been definitely located into Salt Lake City by way of Heber City and Park City This action was decided at Salt Lake at a representative rep e meeting of delegates from the counties of Uintah Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne and Wasatch with Summit county county- county conc concurring Those present at the meeting were Senator Don B. B Colton and Ernest Eaton of ot Uintah Rev Rev- Geo Gee S S. S Sloan and R. R S S. S Collett Colett of Duchesne W. W H. H Harvey and Commissioner J. J H H. Richie tichie of ot Wasatch The m meeting was Vas first called at the Salt alt Lake Commercial club rooms but rut all the delegates did not get the notice and were not pr present ent The meeting adjourned to the UIe Cullen hotel where W. W H. H Harvey was made chairman and Sl SI an Ean secretary Th The question of whether to route Into Salt Lake from Heber by way of ot Provo pOVO or by way of Park City was discussed and was finally decided In favor of ot Park City representatives o of that town promising every help hell asked and being very anxious to have the road pass that way The matter of ot the first annual convention of the Utah division of the road then came In for consideration tion and the Duchesne delegation urging the central locality of the county seat of that county had no trouble In landing the convention It will be held some day In ill the second week In June June the exact time to be beset beset set b by the state slate organization and general Invitations will be sent outto outto out outto to all points of ot the state and a sociability so so- l i run fun will be Inaugurated tn ln in con connection with the convention The highway was not routed beyond be yond Salt Lake While the the Arrow Trail by way ref ot Fillmore Beaver Little Zion canyon and St St. George Georg GeorgIs Is favored this road is not in the best nest of condition for this season and I after taking the matter up with Secretary Larsen of or th the Salt Lake Lak Commercial club U Lt t was decided to leave lea the routing out of Salt Salt- Lake t until the annual convention In the mean time each county through which the Arrowhead Trail passes will be he given an Invitation to visit the convention as will representatives of ever of-ever every town aud and city th the trail passes through and already there is much interest manifested and the delegates received many promises from prominent people all along the southern trail to be bo in attendance at convention Commissioner Richie of Wasatch promised that the roads from Crom Heber Heberto I to the county line would be put in d good condition D by June iu LV and ana we wr weare weare are sure our own commissioners will wil join in in getting the roads in III condition condition condi condi- tion Lion from frown the cou county ty line to the county seat as this means one of or the largest moves this country has undertaken undertaken un un- and promises very ery large results results re re- suits in advertising and the bringing bringing in of Immigration The Duchesne delegation waited wafted on ox the governor and went over the situation sit nation with him The State road commission mission com will not be in v. v working order until some time in May Mar We I have Lave the thee promise however that this 1 road will receive due consideration n nas as one of or the important highways of ot the state state and nud we feel assured state appropriations will be available fox for forthe the same The Pikes Pike's Peale Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway is destined to become one of ot the great national highways of the ho nation Its route is the shortest and end most direct from coast to coast possible and there is every promise that lint It will become a hard surfaced road oad through gh out Its w whole course This of course will tal take time Ume but butwill butwill will be he accomplished within the tho next decade i The Tho four lour counties now forming the tho tale state association will be le Joined by bythe bylie bY the lie other counties through which will be routed and we ex cx- expect the he road to build up a strong strong- state organization organization organization or or- that will be amply able to o take care of the Utah unit InU of ot the he road Next to the building of ot ota ofa a railroad this highway will become of or Ef the very verJ first Importance to the I Uintah basin and we must not lag lac lacin lagin in our support of ot the same I Duchesne has ample hotel accommodations accommodations accommodations for a a- and care to serve and large crowd The people are public public public pub pub- lic spirited and we are assured the warm wel wel- convention will receive receive- a warm come From Duchesne will be planned trips to Interest and take car caro of the visitors and before they shall return return re re- turn they must be ba made acquainted with the whole basin and its wonderful wonder vonder- ful rul resources It is expected a meeting of the representatives of the tho county organizations organizations organ will willbe willbe of oC Uintah and Duchesne program pro pro- complete be he called soon and a for the convention gran gram worked out to to- which will kill Include an Invitation members of the tho national association and and participate t to be he present tor for the entertainment of oC those visiting visiting visit visit- ing under the sociability run We bespeak the earnest C cooperative cooperative opera co cpa tive tl effort of or all the people people-of people of ot the tho second week In InJune t making the In basin the basin basin ba ba- best day June Juno ule the largest and sin lags has yet ct en 4 |