Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-05-09 | Page 16 | Utahns Pleased with Road Signs

UT AHNS PlEASED S' S WITH ROAD SIGNS Til tell the world the people o of f Utah ar in love lo with our roa road d signs said an official of at the Uta Utah dh h State Automobile association yester ester yesterday day When Whon we wo began bean to erect these signs sins a year ear ago o while hUe tho the average c motorist looked upon the work wit with h delight others actual actually tried to prevent prevent pre pre- vent yent their erection I If tho the general public public public pub pub- lic knew tho the trouble the directors had to put these si signs ns across the they would be an indignant mass meeting of oC mo mo- ls But the tho sk sky has cleared and now demands are ma made e upon the association associatIon association asso asso- from rom different parts of or the state for road signs People who travel tra In California greatly appreciate the road signs used In the state It Is estimated that about I l OOOO s such uch signs now mar mark all tho roads road in that state Utah has copied the ramo namo system of at road rond signing used in California and have o over o 1000 in place now no Sins Sims have o been ordered and are now no ready to sign 81 the Zion Park country to take care caro of or this years year's travel tra Three requests havo been made from commercial bodies bodlos on the S. S Salt lt Lake Grand Canyon route to sign s canyon and the Grand Canyon hl highways ro TO J r im ID i D nv BY Tn TRUCK Two Tuo Kind Find Molar Ira Transport Trans sport s- s port ol uJ C e Pr Present nay ei nt-nn nt l-Iny l Melting the miles c bot between n farm and andelt elt city is s becoming one of ot tho the most popular popular pop pop- ular occupations of ot tho the motor truck in those 2 sections of oC tho United d States where I good roa roads s are tho the rue rule Two Tt farm arm communities near Baltimore Baltimore Balti Dalti- more for tor example are operating their own motor truck lines into that city on regular schedule They aro are using tho the not In only sending sanding an average aver aver- ago age of ot 1800 gallons of milk and a 3 largo IRro supply of other othor products of oC the farms In Into o tho city dally daily alJ but also in bringing brInging- back brck to the farms arms consignments consign consign- consignments ments of C farm tarm Implements groceries and nd furniture purchased in the elt city b by the farmers' farmers operative co societies In lots at nt reduced prices Both of ot these co operative truck lines have havo been in operation more than two years car long cans long lono enough to demonstrate demon demon- strato strate the value and practicability of oC the plan under which thc they are arc con Con- conducted ducted Many of tho the persons thc they servo ser state stat I that without them their farm communities would loso lose much of oC tho the contentment that now no prevails Tho The Increase In earnings and pre the savings sav sav- ings the they make pO go to a 1 lon long longway sa I wa way these those farmers sa say In I them meet the Increased t cos-t- costs of r farming Without truck transportation tion dairy air herds would bo be reduced 73 jj per cent they state Tho organization org of both holh associations an and 1 their manner of or doln doing l b business business busi busi- I- I ness has his been made tho tiro subject of oC a booklet which has recently been issued Is Is- Is sued b by th the Ship by Truck bureau Akron Aron 0 O. O At Philipse Manor Now Xo York says lIas a point of ot interest in the Automobile Blue Bue book Is la ono one of or the finest views of or the time of oC the Hudson river Just east of oC the road end And near Tarr Tarrytown Tar- Tar r to n is where tho the famous headless head hend- hendless less horseman of ot Washington Irving Ir was as said Eald to have havo been seen scon n. n Resi Resl- d dents d declare clare that Ih thy story Is merely fiction n. n as ns no headless ss' ss horseman ever lived then