Show c t I e x CARBON COUNTY'S BOYCOTT THREAT One of the most nIost intensive publicity campaigns yet promoted by the Associated Civic clubs of Southern Utah appeared in three successive issues of the Salt Lake Tribune last week end Colored statements concerning concerning concerning con con- the two VO proposed routings for the Roosevelt Highway High No 6 acro across s Utah Utah and threats of a boycott against Salt Lake City business firms formed the backbone of the articles The boycott threats reportedly issuing from th the e Price City Chamber of Commerce are to be used as asa asa a aa S a whip to conI compel pel the Salt Lake City Chamber to withdraw v its Sul support I ort of the Highway High No 40 routing in favor of Highway High No 50 which goes through Price No answer ver to these threats has appeared from the I Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce which fact might be interpreted as indicating the contempt in I which Salt Lake businessmen hold these threats Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon county and the Price businessmen may not realize realize realize real real- realI I ize how v dependent their coal industries are upon the good will vill of the balance of the state especially Salt Sal Lake City This realization could very r quickly and effectively be brought home hOlne to them b by a counter boycott should they attempt to carry out their threats ts Throughout the articles which include two vo reports report on the recent meeting of the Southern Utah Clubs Club with Colorado civic chic bodies in Grand Junction are such highly inferential statements as The only other route seriously considered is U. U S. S No 40 which however vever is closed during the winter vinter months due to tb the heavy snows vs and high mountain passes One report report report re re- port also claims a pledge of support from state road commissioners Hammond and Peterson the latter a a member of the National which determines determines deter deter- mines the highway high routings and who vho has always to date stood firm in his support of the Highway High 40 4 0 routing This claimed switch s to support of Highway High 50 has not been verified Through it all Uintah see much finch light on onY road building activities Y in Utah in in the past pant Southern Utah has had pretty much its own o way vay in in all matters matter of road construction and improvement while the Basin has made little complaint With all other highways highways high high- ways practically completed to a dustless standard however vever the state road commission and Salt Lake City and Northern Utah now v see t the h e urgent need for improvement of No 40 and for the first time in its history the Basin is is receiving much appreciated outside outside out out- outside side support for its road program Southern Utah used to almost unquestioned support i in n its desires I finds this support lacking in in the question of the Highway Highway High High- way vay 6 routing and is turning to ever every y possible means to demand it Whether their tactics will vill be successful or not will vill be made evident at the June meeting of the American Association of State Highway vay Offic- Offic als in in Chicago A CORRESPONDENT WRITES 30 The notation 30 has for years been used in in the newspaper ne world to express the end It is found particularly par pal i at the end of stories turned in in by reporters or telegraphic dispatches Frona Morrison Stewart a correspondent for the Utahn section since her student days has written her last 30 She was vas laid to rest in the Utahn cemetery Monday afternoon with simple ceremonies and the sorrowful sorro farewells fare of her family and friends Frona assisted at times by her younger sister Jean has been a faithful correspondent and though we ve know v her work vork will viII be carried on just as faithful faithfully b by br y her follower ver it is is with a feeling of real loss that t we ve write these lines No single item o or r feature of a country newspaper ne is in our opinion more important import ant than the little columns of news vs from the various I communities we serve Our big dailies the radio broadcasts and the national magazines all serve to keep us in in touch with world and national events We must turn to our lo local al newspaper ne and the correspondence correspond correspond- ence e columns from the surrounding communities I however if we are to learn the comings and go goings of the Smiths and the Jones and perhaps brother brothel Jack and his new v family who vho are living 10 20 or 50 miles away a It is is these columns of local interest which make the country weekly to the rural subscriber and the townsfolk to alike And so we bid farewell fare not only to a friend but toone toone to toone one whom we believe really felt that lure of the press which surrounds even the country week weekly Y |