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Show Highway Signs THERE Is nothing more aggravating to the road tourist than a lack of highway In-: In-: formation along the route, unless it is a maze I of conflicting signs.' The main highways of ' travel should be properly marked for the : : benefit of the Jourist, but no good can come : of the -present-day efforts to mark every W- . tie trail wmcn traverses pans or me main '. highways. ' The state toad commission has jurisdlc-tion jurisdlc-tion over these signs and It is encouraging to '. ' note that a movement is on to clear 4he high- ways of unimportant and confusing marks. A '. month or so ago a Boise music dealer passed through Salt Lake, painting bright . orange - bands on the ornamental lighting standards in the city. Similarly, he marked the road trav- eled by him before he reached here. " His only authority seems to be a passion for this sort of thing. The road commission j is now considering a proposal to have him . as well as other unauthorized agents who ; have been blazing trails over the main high-; high-; ' was of the state remove 4he signs and mark- ings , which they left behind them. . This Is ; v the least that can fee done. As a matter of ; fact they should be 'punished for defacing property as well. , Since the" state road commission has un-'. un-'. questioned authority in this matter it should v develop a definite policy in regard to mark- ings. Certain road Information at conve-' conve-' nient points along the road is necessary to -v tourists. The road commission should de- termins Just how much or how little of this ; information Is in the interest of the tourist ; and the state. Certainly no one should- be ' permitted to mark trail by signs on public ' property without first obtaining the formal ', and official consent of the state. |