Show T H E plu n 1 P kin FR h r ism N li 1 lit v i m U U it H L 0 H EHE FA AT 0 spirited dand and enthusiastic gathering in spite of the ane bad weather veather conditions tho the now came down own heavily it ix was a regular blizzard but the salt lake members or the U bitah lah state automobile association were game and started out on oil their till to richfield in spite of the fact that it was raining when they were ready to star stant were nere game in continuing tile the trip in of tile the fact ct that the rain turned into snow between provo and nephi and the members 0 of f the richfield commercial club made up their minds to be game also and to do the best they could for the brao brae visitors who showed them that tha t inclement weather could not dampen their enthusiasm for the good cause bause only seven of tho the 75 salt lake visitors N nho 0 had started out front from the elie newhouse hotel were able to reach here yet Riel richfield ffield land fand visitors from north and south of us were waiting tor for them and the meeting called for the opera house was held it was not a mass meeting only about 70 people being present bw bat it dad ald not lack enthusiasm all those present representing sanpete San pete sevier pluto garfield kane washington and iron counties displayed a wonderful spirit of operation cooperation co and pulling in the same direction to do their utmost to tell the world t what wo we have to show them and make it a pleasure to travel through southern utah for the greatest wonders created by nature the Alec meeting ting at tho the opera house it was past 9 in the evening when ex president H H son n ot of tile the com commercial mercial aluli called the meeting to order stating that the te term had delayed many visitors from reaching here in ioime that on account of 0 the late hour many of tho the features planned for the rally bould I 1 have to be ommittee and introducing judge H N bacs as chairman of the gathering mr hayes briefly explained the purpose of the meeting to boost good roads from salt lake to our great assets in the south of the state and to increase the tourist traffic so bene benefit fitting ling the people in tho the and invited N C poulson chairman of the new board of state road commissioners to address the rally commissioner poulson talked interestingly te to on road conditions as he had observed them during tho the commissions recent trip to beaver cedar city and st george giving high praise to beaver county for the manner of maintaining their roads and to tile the citizens of cedar city who freely contribute men and teams to bring their road in fit good condition lie he pledged the commission to aid all counties in their efforts to got good roads to the best of their ability but called attention to the financial conditions which will not permit very much work this year tile the following speakers john W robinson of marysvale Marys Mary vale S am M nielson of mt pleasant john keller of manti W J henderson of panguitch and N S hermanson Hcrman son of gunnison all emphasized that they did not conic come for selfish reasons but to boost tor for ithe abe good cause without selfishness P very much appreciated were short remarks by sate road commissioner geo gee D gasto casto and district engineer B S finch of the U S bureau of public roads in fit ogden who both lr commented on tho roads in sou southern theril utah of the salt lake visitors A keyser boyser president of the utah state automobile association secretary 4 W D anti and directors IV 0 farrell and F C schramm addressed the meeting mr farrell in a vory very pleasant and humorous manner advocating vo cating to make the loads loada tor for the tourists just as easy to travel on as tile beautiful girls are easy to look at and mr rishel commending tho unselfishness displayed by all if the speakers and suggesting tile the organization of a salt lake grand canyon ilig highway hway association with the aini aim to link bryce canyon grand call canyon zion national park and cedar bleaka with connecting roads and to promote interest in the grand lanyon continued on page eight E HO D T i ru N HELD HERE tile the kasuk will lie tile tic 01 oram g aton of si 1 salt cilc grand calli 1111 en oll A ocia t foil continued froni from page one route irom sall sn lake to grand can call to b way nay ot of provo thistle ml pleasant ephraim Ephr nim INI infanti anti gunnison S salina jiana richfield alar Mar pan duitch anil and kanab and ichuin to iio salt lake lahe by nay ay of the zion national park highway which includes cedar city beaver allmore ril Ill more nephi payson spanish fork foric and provo 4 mr 1 r nis hels suggestion was anva taken up ap by tho the meeting and a motion cai ried x led that of all the counties and bodies assemble sunday morning at the johnoton hotel to lay 1 ly the foundation tor for the che proposed organization r atiqi of suit salt jj jacc alv araud 1 cannon rii itin A at 9 sunday mc morning rn in g the ot of all communities participating in ille movement con venca for a meeting in the inston ol hotel cotol W D acted as spokes nian tor for the utah state slate automobile association ns and lations or counties represented at the alie meeting were gmt pleasant hub club S NI nielson dr Synda gaard I 1 IM difanti anti commercial club eldib E job johnson csoll IN W D bently glen jellen ben john neller keller gunnison N L Her hermanson matison salina not present but mentioned for representative P C E S Ande anderaon roii G W nr robinson dmonroe A W magleby J henderson benjamin cameron Or derville E carroll kanab franklin A heaton widtsoe Vidt soe carl Bla mangum ngum escalanti Esc alanto isaac J riddle joe king tropic ma u rice cope john johnson cedar city randall L jones hy petersen J H baker M am C nelson H H petersen jul heppler dan E borg geo F holmstead J H baker was elected tempo sary ary s chairman and G W robinson temporary l secretary oatho ot the sat salt lake grand canyon highway association tco he be organized and the temporary officers cers will trill call a meeting of 0 pros Cec tiTe members of the proposed organization this meeting to be held sit at richfield saturday may lilay 14 for ithe purpose 0 of drafting constitution and bylaws by laws and making the perma ment organization scon ind heard haai d adiong the road enthusiasts the salt lakers who were successful in reaching richfield in spite ot of the snowstorm were mr and mrs 1 tos decker mr and mrs harvey ross mrs E D bell wm G farrell 1 W D rishel F C schramm M W A keiser ice ser jos E light and R RI i M X cross also the reporters portera re of the salt lako lake telegram and the salt lake tribune W G lambert chairman of the ic er committee for the salt lako excursionists was unable to in ec icile the duties and privileges privilege of his responsible position as his car broke down near gunnion Gunn ibon ind and lie ho had to remain in it gunnison t cecil alter our weather man found his waterloo when the caravan was leivo leave salt lake in of threatening clouds ill am ic assured the travelers that there is no danger and the he weather will not in elfere with the joy ode lide dont ever prop prophesy liesy onless yo lt atlow know low he avs caught in the boist and in a mand hotel lie ho camo came to tile the conclusion that his predictions cant change leather beather conditions condition Ri clifield or bust was given out as a slogan when the caravan was wa in the of the blizzard it was bust for the larger part of the cars no personal injuries however markell marked tho the adventurous with one exception cep tion according acco iding to report the exception is E H eairley of salt lake who it is said ild will return with a black eye the discoloration of the optic resulted when the car in which lie he was a passenger struck a railroad ci cl at tho same time eardley tho the covering of the car 1 with th his head and his hat tightened on oil his head and across the baid birdge e of the nose john hood had prepared un in e exceptionally good musical program lor for I 1 lie he rally featuring his mixed quartet and mrs R G clark as soloist about half past eight lie he was nag informed that there wont be any rally and the program was called on oft tile the only musical numbers therefore two ery cry good songs rendered by the glee club of the mt alt pleasant hub club the lyrics for one of the songs were composed in tile tho car which brought them down they were riven given to us and we promised to publish them but unfortunately wo we lost them so tho the publication has to be called off also it was cold in the opera house oh so cold and several of those present suggested some fire or at least some fire water the answer given to this suggestion was to the effect little drops of water t that we used to think were only good tor for chasers are now the whole durn drink e V J H baker INI C nelson and H H peterson risked their best sunday attire and crawled down into the thel opera house basement to stir up the III fire re they came up tip hot but the house stayed cold t 1 the pi besent and the past president of tho the commercial club bravely undertook a ride to salina to meet the visitors halt half way between sigurd and aurora they turned a round around and drove home the blizzard was stronger than mr bakers trusty oldsmobile v t will jay pete peters rs t the he genial publisher of the garfield county neu news s was among the visitors and boosted boosted panguitch to beat the band on account of tile the bad weather ho however Never terrys band did not get out so they did not get the beating 4 r if i ft we date hay ay that among tile the three road load commissioners two aie aia sevier counts county men N X C poulson horito foro fore our mayor and george D casto now of logan but a native son soil ot of our county ile ho was born and i cared scared in fit salina and mrs irs lewis jenson of glenmoor Glon Glen mood is ia his sister wo ought to 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