| Show GRAND JUNCTION IS MAKING MAKING-A PROPOSITION I I Wo Slope e City Would Like to Get GM on The Pikes Peak Oceans e eto to Ocean Highway High High- way Tho The state convention of the Piker Pike Peak Ocean to Ocean Highway wa wu held at Roosevelt last Monday IB ta addition to the regular members there were many visitors from Duchesne Du- Du chesne Myton and Vernal The election Glee eleo tion of officers resulted as 88 follows J. J P P. P May Roosevelt president Enos Bennion Vernal vice Ice president George S. S Sloan Myton lyton t treasurer Wm M. M Anderson Vernal member board of ot directors Three other will be chosen from counties to the west A X delegation was selected to go goto goto goto to Heber Park City Prove and Salt Lake They are to confer with th the cities to be visited and are to choose the route for the highway from Heber Heber He- He ber west to the state line So far tar Provo ane and Salt Lake have not shown much Interest but Is believed a great greet deal of or assistance will wUl be given If it this delegation can get at the rl right t men During the meeting at Roosevelt a discussion lon came up over a proposition proposition proposition tion from Grand Junction to the effect effect effect ef ef- that the Western slope city win will give up the fight for tor the Midland Trail If It said city can be put on Pikes Pike Peak Highway The plan seems tobe to tobe tobe be to come on west from Rifle and then cut back to the K IC I ranch over the range and down Douglas creek This Utah division can hardly accomplish accomplish ac ac- much along that line for the reason the Pikes Peak route haa has already at al ready been selected as far tar west as aa Heber and for tor the further reason that Utah would have no authority to select a route In Colorado The Roosevelt meeting however did not come to any such conclusion It wa was WM decided to correspond fut further ther with Grand Junction In tn order to ascer aster ascertain ascertain tain taro Just what plan can be worked out o 0 |
