Show Oiling on U. U S. S Highway 40 Starts T This is Week In Strawberry Valley Miles of Oil Will Vill Cover Entire I Stretch of Highway High Be Between Daniels Summit and S Soldier Greek Creek r Preparation of Road For Oiling Started Tuesday Preparation of several miles mlles of Highway 40 in the west half of ot Strawberry valley for oiling was begun Tuesday About two miles mlles of the road beginning at the west westend westend westend end was scarified and nd the gravel piled in a a. ridge in the center of the road Tuesday night Actual mixing of oil oU with the gravel and relaying of the surface will begin within the next few days and will cover a distance of approximately eight miles which was completed by Olaf Nelson last fallI fall I 9 Another stretch of or about three miles between FruItland and Current Current Current Cur Cur- rent Creek has Chas been completed by W W. W. W Clyde and it is reported that this also will receive oil immediately im im- mediately ws s could not be verified veri fied fled at ate tR e road commission by Chairman W. W D D. D Hammond Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day who said he did not have a copy of the present oiling contract available at the time Follows Call By Lyle Young Starting of work on the oiling followed immediately a call by Duchesne Du Du- Duchesne chesne County Commission Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Lyle Young who called the road commission Monday morning asking why oiling operations operations oper oper- had not yet been started Contract for miles mUes of the road was let to Strong and Grant on June 22 22 Since part of the road has been ready for the oil ever since last fall Basin people could not understand what was delaying it Mr Young said Part of the miles to be oiled oiled oiled oil oil- ed is still under construction by Strong and Grant and of course cannot be oiled until completed This includes the road between Soldier Creek and the road camp campin in the middle of the valley Grading Grading Grading Grad Grad- ing on this stretch is about completed completed com com- a few miles of it has re received received received re- re the gravel base and several several several sev sev- eral more miles have received the Continued o on Page 8 Oiling On High Highway vay 40 Starts This Week In Strawberry Valley Continued From Page 1 gravel so it should not be very long before this entire stretch is ready for the oil oU also Deep Creek May lay Be Bo Oiled Too When the oil now contracted is I laid there will remain only the eight miles in Deep Creek now under construction by W. W W. W CI Clyde deWork de Work In this section is progressing rapidly however and gives promise of a completed road In the near future Chairman Hammond stated stated stated stat stat- ed Tuesday that if the road is completed completed completed com com- in time it will also receive its oil coat this tilis fall When asked if work would go ahead this tilis summer on the proposed propos propos- ed new road entering Vernal from the West Mr Hammond said he could make no definite statement concerning it at the present Ver Ver- nal residents arc are naturally anxious to see sec this project get started Approximately was set aside aside aside a- a side in the 1940 program for its construction |