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Show "MOAB MOAB 'MOAB " ' MOAB LIONS CLUB TAKES UP MANY MANYMATTERS ) . . MATTERS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST - A well-attended well attended well-nttended nttended - - a and n d interesting interestingmeeting ' meeting of the Moab Lions interesting'I qlub glub qlub was washeld washeld 'I I beld held at the Utah cafe Monday evemng evening eveningTwenty-one eveningTwenty one 'Twenty-one 'Twenty Twenty one Twenty-one ' - - members out of a total totalmembership total"membership totalmembership 1nCmbership membership ' " of 32ere 32 , ' were \ere ere \ present at the themeeting themeeting themeeting meeting byPresident , , which was presided over by President A . A , . C Folster FoIster . . The major activities committee , to towhom towhom to"whom towhom whom " had been referred the matter of ofutWzing ofutilizing ofutilizing utWzing utilizing R F . C labor , , reported that thatconsiderable thatconsiderable thatconsiderable considerable improvement work had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been . done on the Moab cemetery hadI the thepast thepast thepast I past pasteek week \\eek eek \ \ , , and that the city author author- authorities authorities authorities - ities were now using relief labor inimproving In inimproving I improving streets street.s . and sidewalks sidewalksIt It was suggested that some R . R . . F C C1abor Clabor Clabor 1abor labor be used in building a stretch ofroad ofroad of . road BrumleyridgeWlkon BrumleyridgeWilson connecting the new BrumleyridgeWilson Brumley ridge-Wlkon ridge Wlkon ridge-Wilson Wilson - mesa road with highway , 450 President Folster reported thatGrand thatGrand that ' Grand county would cooperate andthat andthat and andthat that some forest funds were still available available avail- avail available - : able for this work By utilizing someof someof some ' of the relief reliet labor , the highway connection connection con- con connectlon - , ; nectlon nection could be put through , it wasstated wasstated was ; , stated The club endorsed . the project projecti , , and It is hoped that the road improvement improvement improve- improve improvenient - ) nient ment can be completed before summer . The question of locating a route extending extending ex- ex extending - - , tending from highway 450 north of ofMoab ofMoab ofE Moab to the Arches ( Devil Devils s Garden Gardennatural ) natural monument was brought up upand , and Turnbowhad It was stated that J . M t.L tL . . . Turnbow Tumbowhad had agreed to furnish ho horses .cs cs . for a aparty aparty aparty party to go over the country and decide decideon decideon decideon on referredto .a a . a . route The 'I11e I11e ' matter was wn . referred referredto to ofL the roads committee comm1ttee , consisting consistlng of ofL ofL L L Taylor , C S . . Thomson and anc1 H II . . J . Nielsen J.Nielsen JNielsen , who were asked to organize organ1ze a n . aparty ofthe party and make a tentative survey of ; the route at an early date , , so that the theclub theclub theclub club seekingfunds could act net intelligently in seeking funds automobile for construction of an automo automo- - - bile road to the scenic attractions attractionsThe previous The committee appointed at a pre- pre pre - - vious meeting to make recommenda recommenda- - - tions for a a , volunteer fire department departmentat at Moab stated ) ) that it would submit a areport areport areport report at the next meetingMars meetingMars meeting Mars Pope and C . J . Meador were wereinstalled wereinstalled wereinstalled installed as key members and present present- presented presented presented - ed with Lion keys , in appreciation of oftheir oftheir oftheir their work in building up the club clubmembershIp clubmembership clubmembership membershIp Letters from the district districtgovernor districtgovernor districtgovernor governor and from the secretary of ofLions ofLions ofLions Lions International , congratulating the theclub theclub theclub club and the two mcmbees membcJS member's members ! ' , were readThe readThe read readThe The club passed a resolution resolutlon In- In Instructing instructing in instructing - structing the secretary to write Grand Grandcounty's Grandcounty's Grandcounty's Grandcountys county's countys ' representative and senator in inthe inthe inthe the legislature , requesting that they theyoppose theyoppose theyoppose oppose a movement under way to cut cutdown cutdown cutdown down the amount of state funds used usedfor usedfor usedfor for the education of the blindThe blindThe blind blindThe The club decided again to sponsor a atree atree atree tree planting campaign In Moab this thisspnng thissprang thisspring spnng sprang A beginning in this work was wasmade wasmade wasmade made last lazt year , and it is hoped to enlist en- en enlist en enlist - list greater Interest In hr the future In Inview Inview Inview view of the fact that large numbers of oftrees oftrees oftrees trees have been removed from the thestreets thestreets thestreets streets In recent years , the necessity necessityfor necessityfor necessityfor for a general mo\ mo mod movement mocment \ cment to plant good goodtrees goodtrees goodtrees trees Is very apparent The club clubre'ommends clubrecommends clubrecommends re'ommends reommends recommends ( , ' $ Siberian iberian elms as a qulck- qulck quick- quick qulckgrowing quickgrowing quick-growing- quick growing quickgrowinghardwood - growing ' - hardwood tree that is very veryadaptable veryadaptable veryadaptable adaptable to to'conditions toconditions ' . conditions at Moab The Themajor Themajor I Imajor major activltl activities committee , aided by byPresident byPresident : President Folster FoIster , will seek the coop coop- cooperntion cooperation cooperation - ! . eration erntion of other Moab organizations 1n in inpromoting inpromoting promoting a tree-planting tree planting - campaign campaign.The campaignThe . . The logical time to plant trees at Moab Moabis Moabis MoabIs is about April Aprl1 1 , and a community or- or order order or order - der for trees will be placed shortly so se soth1.t sethat sothat th1.t th1t that . they will be on hand . at .at that dateA dateard dateA date dateA A } - yard -ard ard and garden contest . was v.as vas also alsodiscussed alsodiscussed alsodiscussed discussed , and a letter from a national nationalorganization nationalorganization nationalorganization organization sponsoring this tWs movement movementv.a movementwas movementwas v.a va was . read The matter was favorably favorablyconsidered favorablyconsidered favorablyconsidered considered , and more Information will willbe willbe willbe be obtained with wlth a view of taking takingdefinite takingdefinite takingdefinite definite action acUon on the matter at the thenext 1 1ne'Ct [ next ne'Ct neCt ' meeting |