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Show TRADE OF UINTAH CAPTURED BY GiTY Efforts of Highway Transportation Trans-portation Committee Are Crowned With Success. Salt l.ake has definitely taken from Denver the trade of the Uintah basin region, re-gion, according to Arch M. Thurman of the state council of defense. Through the efforts of the committee on highway high-way transports, a motor truck service ; out of Price infco Uintah has been established, es-tablished, Chairman .1. H. Mandei field working out the details. The state public pub-lic utilil ies commission granted the necessary nec-essary permission, and produce from the Uintah basin is now lauded in the Salt Iake markets within twenty-four hours, ' Secretary Thurman says. H. S. Oollett, on the executive cmi- 1 mittee of the highways transport com- i mittee. reports to Secretary Vhurman i ! that business of the Uintah Tnuisporta- ' 'tion Produce company is flourishing.' j That while the company lias heen operating oper-ating only a little over thirty doyn. -;ght ; I trucks are now operating regulaWv be- i I tween Price and Kooscvelt. two add!- 1 ttonal large capacity trucks are en route ' I to Prico, and that the products of tin. ! I basin for the first time now have ttif 1 ben of it of regular daily freight service : i to the railroad. ; j The new piece of road constructed hv i thp state road commission' early in 'o'- ! vemher between Soldier canyon and TV el -I lington. a distance of thirteen and i;je-' i;je-' hp If miles, enables them to operate tl-nly ' under every weather condition. I It is hoped also that in the spring the ; short stretch of bad road in Gate can- : j yon. about seven miles, may be takfi 1 care of with convict labor, whioh will j I make travel safer and more economical! i on rolling stock'. ' 1 ! |