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Show Wallace M. Hales, Dr. Joseph Hughes, J. W. Christen son, W. J. Wilde, C. M. Jacobson, David ; Hodge and Henry A. Garrned of Spanish Fork Kiwanis club ; Morgan Mor-gan Beck and M. D. Warner, Jr., Spanish Fork city council; George T. Billings, Provo city commission; E. B. Jones, Utah county surveyor, F. D. B. Gay, tourist traffic expert of Frovo and Frank Doming Provo city engineer. The meeting was called to order by Commissioner James T. Gardner, Gard-ner, who briefly told the object of the meeting to he the consideration of road matters pertaining to the five counties represented. Preston G. Peterson was named chairman of the meeting 'with Wallace Wal-lace M. Hales as secretary. Mr. Peterson sni that no section was in greater need f road work at the present time than the section connecting Utah with Colorado. Especially was this true, he s::M, between be-tween Thompson and We' water where the road is extremely b.ul fo! lowing a rain; lie explained that the f nanoln! condition of" the state road comnii-sioit'Until comnii-sioit'Until the present time had bf"ii such that (he "state could not expend ex-pend any funds for the bnildin;' of roads, but that tlie county and tho federal aid while the poorer counties for that purpose. He gave th!s as the reason why the larger counties of state had availed? themselves of "tlie opportunity of matching federal aid while theooer counties which needed' roads taorte had to go wothout. t Mr. Peterson made it clear that if the present gas tax bill became a law it would greatly assist in building the needed roads connecting Utah with neighboring stntes. Representatives from Five S Counties and Colorado Meet in Provo on Road Matters. a county commissioners at a meeting J attended by about' 45 representa- tive citizen.'! from five Utah sonn- ties and one Colorado county at the county court house. Tuesday Boon, that the commission would do every- thing possible to push to an early completion the proposed federal aid ! project through Spanish Fork can- yon. ! The meeting also adopted a reso-H reso-H lution urging Governor George H. H Dern to sign the gas tax bill recent- ly passed both chambers of the state legislature. The resolution signed 5 by all of the Utah men' present was sent to the governor by telegraph. 5 The entire delegation present a the meeting in Provo Tuesday w;i.l " go to Salt Lake City Wednesday, where they will meet with Governor Dern, the state road commission and a representative of the federal road bureau. The necessity of S building roads through for the tonr- ist traffic will be stressed at the " meeting. The resolution sent to Governor aj Dern was as follows : "The county commissioners, repre- sentatives and civic bodies of Grand, Emery, Carbon, Utah and San Juan counties, noM iu session at Provo, J strongly urge that the gas tax bill now in your bands be made a law. 55 The funds made available by this tax are absolutely necessary for roads making our state connections and if the state of Utah is to, take its ' rightful place in attracting 3 visitors to our scenic wonders it. is imperative that this tax come into JJ effect. We firmly believe that Utah's progress is at stake unless these funds are made available." . J The resolutions were drawn by up Max B. Taylor, chairman' of the Carbon county commission ; E. A. Bricker, president of the Green River Chamber of Commerce; JJ Charles Eedd, representative in the state legislature from San Juan JJ county; J. G. McBride, stale legls- lnror from Grand county ; Sam 2 Woodhead, county commissioner Carbon county and James T. Gard- nor, chairman of the Utah county commission. ta Others present at the meeting JJ were Preston G. Feterson, chairman of the Utah stnte road commission; Gus J. Johnson, chairman board of county commissioners of Mesa coun- ty, Grand Junction, Colo.; Julius J R Schmidt, Grand Junction Cham- her of Commerce; J. IT. Bertholf. JJ counly road suix-rvisor, Grand Junction: A. O. Smoot and Neil JJ Dahle, Utah county cnniinissmn ; I John A. Malbis and Frank T. Keu-bj Keu-bj ! nett. Carbon county commission ; Genrge Bcebe, Emery county com- mission; P. E. Johnson, Hunting-JJ Hunting-JJ ton city council, Emery county; Gomer P. Peacock, president of the J Price Chamber of Commerce and the Price Itntary club; Hen J. St"in and JJ Sheriff Itay Fleming, Trice Kiwanis club; E. C. Lee of Price, slate and H ! Carbon county road agent; G. II. Franz, Gren Ttiver; Carl Nwman, American Legion, I'rice; C. D. Pope, JJ Helper Chamber ' of Commerce; Elisba Warner, J. Herbert Snell, S Ed Money, L. A. Anderson, F. Grousman, Fred S. Smart and P. P. IB 'Thomas, Spanish Fork Kotary club |