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Show SliMMt ID MM BE LOST TO UTAH e ' U. S. Appropriation, Held Up by War, RererU to Treasury- Unless Expended Expend-ed During Present Year UTAH .is likely to lone the 15,000 appropriated by the government for the improvement of the road through the Shivwit wa.rH rtuh iiBifisf iha Droner au- thoritie in Washington will permit the use of the moaey al nny time. A letter to thia effe has been written to Congressmen Milton If. Wslling and Jamea H. Mays by the I'tah Stau Automobile Au-tomobile aJwrriaUoa asking their avid tn making the appropriation available at onre. The nmoey appropHated by the government gov-ernment waa not expended this year on account of war eondttione and unless un-less the money is expended iefere the bea-inning of the new year It Will revert re-vert to the treasury. "It is moMtr important that this road should be Improved, aa It la an Important Import-ant link In he main highway between Salt I-ake and Ios Anueles," the automobile au-tomobile aaoclailon writes. "During the fall, winter snd spring months there is a constant at renin of au tamo bile pt.8K.ng over thin road. From a military point of view It la the oniy , road open the year round connect inn Halt Lake with a seaport. It la possible on the Arrowhrad trail for an automo-bile, automo-bile, motor truck or team to leave; Bait j Iake at any time of tha year and reach I a aeaport. This la not true of any! other highway through I'tah In afiy direction, due to the mountain pa sees being blocked hy snow in the winter. "We trust that you may he ahle to I see the proper aiithorltlea in Washing-i Washing-i ton and have this appropriation so ar-i ar-i rana-ed that H ran be used at any time." |