Show B 1 D 1 ff cy t o THE FRUITLAND DUCHESNE-FRUITLAND STRETCH The latest highway high 40 disappointment was vas brought to light this week in two letters from the state road Toad commission one from Chairman E. E E E. Howe ve to the Associated Civic Clubs of Eastern Utah and another from engineer K IC C. C Wright to the board of county commissioners of Duchesne county If Mr Wrights Wright's letter to the commissioners is tobe tobe to tobe be taken at its it's face value it appears that Federal Aid I funds for the fiscal year 1937 which were vere expected to be made available in July 1936 and with which the road commission expected to oil the Fruitland-Du- Fruitland chesne stretch may be postponed for a year In view vie of this uncertainty Mr lr Wright suggested that the money now v available for graveling this stretch be used instead for graveling and oiling half of it Delegates from the various communities along long highway high 40 meeting as the Associated Civic Clubs of Eastern Utah at Roosevelt lt Wednesday evening were inclined however vever to believe that both the graveling graveling grav grav- eling a and o nd oiling of this entire stretch were vere promised from 1936 funds which have not been cut down do and nd to interpret Mr Wrights Wright's s 's letter a as meaning that the road commission commissi n wishes to divert funds weds f to roads in other parts of the state hiding behind the excuse given The whole history of highway high 40 develop development nent in inthe inthe inthe the Uintah Basin is one of broken promises and vague excuses Though the commission may be entirely sincere sincere sincere sin sin- cere in in this latest development Basin citizens ns cannot be blamed for their indignation at being pushed into the background Other highways in the state long since brought to an oil standard are receiving appropriations appropriations appropriations ap ap- ap- ap for widening and straightening under and over passes etc and the latest development is the recent announcement of a road beautification tion program while the Basin roads still mostly gravel are fast reaching an almost impassable state Road beautification is fine es believe behave but to them there could be no more beautiful sight than an oiled or 01 asphalted road leading from Salt Lake City to Denver with the wrecking car humps bumps and life- life threatening dust clouds el eliminated WI A regulations for road money Bloney specify that not 1 less less' ass than 1 per pel cent shall be used for i road tion Figuring on this percentage however vever would indicate indica e that w was vas as available for roads in in Utah and the Uintah Basin would like to have its share of this huge sum SOCIALISM vs CAPIT CAPITALISM I I Many l of Duchesne's citizens s svere were vere a entertained on Tuesday evening by the informal debate between bet r Judge L. L A A. Hollenbeck and John 0 O. Watters s in in the Cozy theatre with Mr Hollenbeck defending capitalism capital capital- ism ism and Mr lr Watters advocating Socialism There were vele no judges of the debate debat so the outcome was left up to the audience to ponder over and decide decide decide de de- de- de cide each as he thought best In this respect such debates debates de de- bates are of real interest and value to the voters who listen to them There is no doubt but that both of the debaters are well read highly interested and deep thinkers and if their expressions will quicken the interest interest interest in in- terest of Mr Citizen and induce hills h to make more of a study of matters political a better government is bound to result whether it be capitalistic or of social social- As to the debate itself both men found themselves themselves- agreeing on many points both as to the present system system tem tern and the desirable improvements Mr Holl Hollenbeck classed these evils as the abuse of capitalism and not I the tie result Mr Ml Watters attel s emphatically classed classed them as the very 3 r basic basi c principles of capitalism and offered socialism as the only possibility for their correction Whoever was vas i right i g ht on this point it would seem to us could be called the winner vinner of the debate though neither in jn in their then allotted time found much chance for conclusive proof on this point That the present high concentration of wealth in inthe inthe in the hands of a few v and the resultant power of this wealth over the masses is highly undesirable and unjust unjust unjust un un- un- un just is evident That the present form of government is leaning a long way ray toward vard socialism is is also o quite evident to many but we ve believe with the Judge that the elimination of profits rents and interest or 01 of the right of one man luan to advance beyond his less industrious industrious industrious in in- or less intelligent neighbor would produce a highly unsatisfactory and unworkable un system of living if that is what socialism means On these matters everyone is entitled to his own o opinion however and if similar debates will vill help to these opinions and bring further enli ht- ht went ment on this and other political issues we ve welcome more of them |