| Show W 1 OF NEEDS SALT LAKE CITY jan 23 dafid died with the bunions burdens of four counties count lei and knowing the needs reeds of his lection section of the tato carbon emery ban san juan and grand counties there is one member of the fifteenth utah ture now in session who got a bill for introduction he lie ti Is senator oscar W mcconkle McConk to from monticello the democratic minority and he fi Is wondering what eort sort of legislation lial atlon 11 I 1 possible to save grand ind and san juan counties to the business bu gine life of utah the major portion of the business buil nes in our section fi Is now conducted with colorado says ay he tho rho merchant merchants pet get their goods by parcel arcel pott post f from rom grand junction colo mc and our pro duct ducts are going that way because of better road roads the main difficulty li it and has haq lan pen the poor road roads between monticello and thompsons Thomp sons connecting with the denver and rio grande western we have been practically cut oft off from utah and a as an economic necessity we have turned to colorado the sit nation li Is not riot acceptable to the people however because they feel feet their al le legi glance ance to utah and would like to trend their money hera wo we are de ve loping one of the richest portions of the state they are opening a real rold mine in the blue mountains near blanding anding BI and the oil fields of san juan are the only real ones in the state that we know af at the present time ours Is the finest dry farming section of the state we have raised much grain in the past and have made it into flour but tho the lone long haul has made it unprofitable the farmers have learned their lesson and are go ass ing into the hog raising game on a large scale since my arrival at the state capital to attend the legislature I 1 have been assured by the state road commission that work will be started on the road between Thomp thompson sons and monticello within thirty days if my service here will bring that thit section to the attention of the state as a whole I 1 will feel that I 1 have accomplished something worth while |
