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Show SOLONS MAY VISIT iEEHIVjfl CITY Representative of Commercial Club of That Progressive Town Now Here. WILL EXTEND INVITATION TO LEGISLATURE MONDAY Hopes to nave Legislators There Next Saturday; Interesting Programme Arranged. There is but; ono state road in Utah ovor which a traveler may cross tho divide and over tho mountains on his way to tho cast, and that is tho highway high-way which, starting at Salt Lake, runs south and then oast, crossing the largest river in tho state, Green river, at tho city of the samo samo in Emory county. This highwa' is tho only ono that can bo traveled to and through tho great Rocky range all tho year. At Green Rivor City tho method of crossing tho river 'is by ferry. This is not onlv a Blow and exponsivo- way, but to "the end that tho gTeat tido o"f travel which is now passing ovor this highway may bo expedited, it is proposod to construct a wagon and footbndgo over Green river. , Peoplo of State Interested. Not only aro the counties of Emery and Grand interested in tho projoct, but tho pcoplo of the ontiro state' aro interested in the erection of the bridge, which will necessarily have to be dono by the aid of the state. Down on tho 'I hompson , desert is said to bo tho finest winter range for sheep in tho state, but sheepmen who aro on the west side of Green river aro unublo to avail thcmsolves of this range owing to the excessive ferry cliargo in moving their flocks across Green river. The people of Green River' City aro anxious, very anxious, to have tho big stream bridge thero in order that the trade of southeastern Utah may be brought f thero, and that, easo of" communication com-munication may bo had by those upon both sides of tho river, and along which for scvernl miles hundreds "of acres have been planted in fruits. The pcoplo of Green TUver, which city has been made a division point on the Rio Grande railway, havo labored under a heavy financial burden for some time past. They had completed a big dam across Green river for irrigating irri-gating purposes at a cost of $100,000. but it had only been completed a short while when it 'was washed away. Thon a bauk, in which the savings of many wcro deposited, failed; but the peoplo of that locality had sand and pluck and nerve, and thcy began over again. A new dam was constructed, an auxiliary aux-iliary steam plant placed in position, and tho work of reclaiming tho lands continues. Tho region w'iJl in tho conrso of a few years be tho great peach bearing belt of tho country. Besides, Be-sides, the country all about it being rapidlj' settled, and tho needs of a wagon bridge aro seen more and more every day. |