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Show Lions Will UrgeRoad UrgeRoad Urge UrgeRoad Road To ArchesAsk Arches Ask State , , County and ParkSerske Park ParkSen ParkSer\ke ParkSer ke Serske Sen \ ite to Cooperate inOpening in inOpenin inOpenine Openin Opening ; Monument . . ' The T'ne Tne Moab Lions Club at its meet1 meetlag meet meet- meetling meeting - ing lag Monday 'Monday ' : night afc at the Utah Cafevoted Cafe Cafevoted Cafevoted 1 ling voted to request tlie the state rood road roodcommissIon roadcommission roadcommission commissIon the county ccunty ecunty and the na- na national national na national - tional park enice cenlce cersice ; to cooperate In nt Inbuildmg ntbuilding inbuilding buildmg building a passable tylssable road mto into mtoArches intoArches intoArches Arches National Monument Al- Al Already Already Al Already - ready a truck trail has been con- con constructed constructed con constructed - structed as fars far is \s s as ' \ WIllospring Willow WIllo\ WIllo \ > spring springhalf springhalf spring-half spring half - half the distance from highwayNo highway highwayNo highwayNo No 450 to the monument , and a acomparabveh acomparatively acomparatively comparabveh comparatively small amount of ofmoney ofmoney ofmonev money v . will ill extend i ' ' the " route to the Arcnes Arcaes Arches The entire distance is eIght eIghtmilc eightmileq eightmllc milc mileq " Last v . week eek a specially specla11y equip equip- equipped equipped equipped - ped car owned o\llned o llned \ by Harry Gouldmg Goulding Gouldingof Gouldmgof of Monument valley made three threetrips threetrips threetrips trips clear to the Arches , demon demon- demontratmg demonatratmg demonstrating - strating tratmg atratmg . : > that the building bullding of or a apassable apassable apassable passable- passable passabletounst - tounst tourist road would be a asimple asimple asimple simple matterThe matterThe matter matterThe The road from highway highv.ay highvay . 450 tothe to tothe tothe the monument boundary was wasdesignated wasdesignated wasdesignated designated a state highway by act actof actof actof of the last legislature legJslature but nothing nothinghas nothinghas nothinglias has been done by the state towardimprosing toward towardlmpro towardimproving lmpro\ lmpro lmproIng improsing \ Ing it due to the fact that thatthere thatthere thatthere I there v . was as some disagreement cUsagreement as to towhich towhich towhich which of several proposed rroposed routes routesshould routes.should routesshould . . I hould -should should " ) - be improved The Lions LlOns .club club "clubafter clubafter " . . , , after thoroughly considering ccnsldenng considenng the thematter thematter thematter matter feels that at least a narrow-road narrow road narro narrow = - road should be built bUllt into mto the monu monu- monument monument monument - ment byay by \ way \\ay ay of Willow spring , to- to - toenable toenable toenable enable tourists tounsts to drive dnve to theArches the theArche theArches Arche Arches Later as tcunst tcurlst tcurrst traffic traffio in- in increases increases in increases - creases a more soectaculir suectacuhr spectacular scernc scenic scerncroad scenicroad scenicroad road can be built bUllt by the park s ser- ser service ser service r- r rvice - vice The TIle president of the club was wasrequested " , waslequested as asIeque5ted Ieque5ted requested to fake take the matter up upwith upwith upwith with the state road commISSionAbout commissionAbout commission commissionAbout About 20 members attended Mon- Mon Monday Mondays Mon Mondays - day days s meeting " which "hICh hICh sshich " was "as as presided presidedover presidedover presidedover over by . President .PresIdent D E Baldwm Baldwin Baldwmplans BaldwinPlans BaldwinPlans plans for the meeting meetmg on July " ' " 13 13at . , , at . which v.hich vhich the club111 club \ will \\111 111 wall install itsnew 1tS its 1tSnew itsnew new officers were discussed An Anoutdoor Anoutdoor Anoutdoor outdoor meeting probably prcbably at Camp CampWarner CampWarner CampWarner Warner in m the La Sal mountains mountainsis , . is plannedThe planned The club \ voted toted oted to sponsor a cele- cele celebration celebration cele celebration - bration on July 4 for the entertain entertain- entertainment entertainment entertainment - ment of the children of Moab The- The Theprogram Theprogram Theprogram - program will consist of e1 ' chIIdren children children'sraces childrensraces ' ' ' races and sports and probably prob\bly prob bly ' \ adance a . a.dance adance . dance and there probably will be betwo betwo betwo two baseball baseba11 games LaDue Wil- Wil Wilhams Williams Wil Williams - liams hams , , Edgar Kerby Ierby { and L N Mea- Mea Meador Meador Mea-dor Mea dor - dor were appointed as a conumttee committee committeeto conumtteeto to stage the event Tlie The club votedto voted votedto votedto to challenge the Greenrn Greennver Greenriser er ciVIc ciVIcclub civicclub club for a game cf soft ball atMoab atvfoab at Moab vfoab on July 4 Coach G w1 W Merrill of the local local111gh 111gh high school who is 1S directing dJrecting a rec- rec recreational recreational rec recreational - reational program at Moab for the thesummer thesummer thesummer summer addressed the club Hestated He Hestated Hestated stated that the activities will ID- ID in- in IDclude include in include - clude swimming s'vlmming svlmming shamming ' ' , , , tennis baseball baseballand baseballand baseballand and soft scft ball and that already alreadymuch alreadymuch alreadymuch much interest Is being bemg shown by bythe bythe by-the by the - the } young jOlmg oumg folks folh.s folhs . of the town The Theclub Theclub Theclub club assured Mr Memll MerrIll of its co- co - cooperation co cooperation - operation operationSecietary operationSecretary Secl Secietary Secretary etary George Burck Burch . read theannual the theannual theannual annual financial report , , showmg showing showingthat showmgthat showingthat that the club had paid cut eut dunng during duringthe dunngthe duringthe the past year arcund $750 750 $ on civicprojects CIVIC CIVICPIOjects civicpiojects PIOjects projects and has about $150 150 $ in III itsti Its Itstl itstieasury tl ti easury at this timeLion timeLion time timeLion Lion Dr J W Williams made a aI areport areport areport report on the prospects for geeting geetingdevelopment geetingdevelopment geeting-development geeting development - I development work done at Arches ArchesNatIonal ArchesNational ArchesNational NatIonal Monument Mcnument He stated statedtha statedthat statedthat tha that t in his Ius opinion opuucn opanacn the dIstnet drstnet dIstnetv.ould drstnetwould districtwould v.ould vould would . come in m 1n for a great gTeat deal or of orattentIon ofattention ofattention attentIon from trom the national parkservice park parkservIce parkservice servIce during the next year . Lion Ralph J Miller reported reportedthat reportedthat reportedthat that rapid prop progiess ess was being bemg made madeon madeon madeon on the new neVo neh road leading leadmg down dawn the thesouth thesouth thesbuth south side of or the vallev valley to the headof head headof headof of the Grand canyon of the Colo- Colo CoIo- CoIo CoIorado Colorado Colo Colorado - rado nver river |