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Show Commission Frowns FrownsOn FrownsOn FrownsOn On Road AdvertisingBanning Advertising AdvertisingBanning | | Banning disgraceful dl.graceful dlgraceful : . signs on 011 the theIightofa thefightofway thelight-of-vvav thelight of vvav of . and act- act actmg acting act acting Iight-of-\\a Iight of a fight-of-way fight way - - \ \ highways rugh\\.1Ys rugh.1Ys rugh .1Ys 1Ys \ , - ing mg undei undel under authority of an act of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Utah legislature , the state load toad loadC011"mISSIOn toadcommission loadcorrmission C011"mISSIOn C011mISSIOn commission " \ with \ lth its added PO\\ PO POers powers powershas powershas \ ers ershas I has adopted a resolution which , If Ifseerely ifsetierely ifseverely se\erely se erely setierely \ enforced111 enforced , \ will \\111 111 prove pro\e pro e prole \ a boon boonto boonto boonto to travelers tra\-elers tra elers . \ - E > . Except .cept cept under certainconditions ceJtam certain ceJtamconditIons ceitainconditions conditIons , those \ who \ ho maintain such suchsIgns suchsigns suchsigns sIgns and come within withm the decree decreewIll decreewill decreewill wIll be declared dcclared " avvbreakeis lawbreakers 1a \ breakel s ' and andull andwill andwill I , \ull ull will \ be prosecutedAdvertising prosecuted prosecutedAdvertising Advertising signs along the high hIgh- hIghways highways highways - ways Itas it \ was \\as as presumed , were so ob- ob obsolete obsolete ob obsolete - - solete and ineffective that many manyhae manyhave manyhave ha\e ha e have \ discovered dlsco\'ered dlsco 'ered ered \ ' the poor policy pollcy and andhad andhad andhad had abandoned the piactice plactlCe practice There Therewas Therewas was \ \ as a time \ when hen fence posts , tele- tele telegraph telegraph tele telegraph - - graph poles , bridges brldges and e\ e even een \ en trees treesCle treeswere treesweie \\Cle Cle were \ used as an advertising ad\ertismg ad ertismg \ medIum medIumBut mediumBut mediumBut But thatas that \ was \\as as \ in the days of the thehorse thehorse thehorse horse and buggy , when the traveler travelerhad travelerhad travelerhad had lots of time to squint at these theseSIgnS thesesigns thesesigns SIgnS while ' Old Dobbin Dobbm Dobbrn ' was plod plod- plodding plodding plodding - ding to the picnic grounds , or per- per perhaps perhaps per perhaps - haps to the comer corner grocery Today Todaythe Todaythe Todaythe the signs are seldom noticed notlced , for forthe forthe forthe the reason that gasoline makes mahes a afaster afaster afaster faster steed cteed ; than did oats , and andAlks flrenoL _ or - ' - stopping stoppmg to read signsBut signs I IBut But these reasons are not rigIdly rigIdlyImprcssed rigidlyimpressed rigidlyimpressed Imprcssed impressed fiom flom the viewpoint of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state road commission conumssion It Is Ispomted ispointed ispointed pomted pointed out that advertising signs signsclose signsclose signsclose close to highways hlgh\\a"S hlgh a"S aS \ \ ) " interfere with wlth the theie thevie theviev \ie ie vie \ v ofarnlng of \ warning \\arnlng arnlng and dIrectional dIrectionalSIgnS directionalsigns directionalsigns SIgnS causing causmg confusion WIth WIthmotonsts withmotorists withmotorists motonsts motorists The resolution passed by bythe bythe byfcho the commission , and which will w11l ef- ef efI effeet ef effect - - I fect feet the 'poor poor ' poor advertising ' scheme schemeadopted , adopted last week . , . tollbws follbws ' , No foirn fOlm form of advertising shall hall be bepermitted bepermitted bepermitted permitted permittedithln ' \ within \\ithln ithln the right-of-"ay right of "ay ay right-of-way way rightof"aylimit rightofwaylimits right-of-waylimits right of waylimits - - " limit limits . ' ) of any state highway out- out outIde outside out outside - ' ) side Ide of the corporate limits of any anycity anycity CIty or town except that overhead overheadadvertIsmg overheadadvertising overheadadvertising advertIsmg advertising signs sign suspended from a abuilding abuilding bUIlding or other support which is islocated islocated Islocated located , on private property and im- im immediately immediately im immediately - - mediately in front of the place of ofbusiness ofbusiness ofbusiness business referred to by the sIgn signmay , may extend upon the rIght-of-way rIght of way rIghtofwaylimits rightofwaylimits right-of-waylimits right of waylimits - - limits as far as the sidewalk limit ; provided that upon privately owned ownedland ownedland ownedland land situated along and contiguous contiguousto to a state highway higpway where a per- per permit permit per permit - mit for advertising has been grant gra.nt- gra.nt grant- gra.nted granted granted . - ed by the state road comn commission commissionthe ssIon , the owner of such land or Ills his l s as- as assigns assigns as assigns - signs may place such ad\ertising ad ertising advertising advertisingas adertisingas \ as Is permitted pennltted by said state road roadcommissIon roadcommission roadcommission commissIon in the granted ranted permit ' |