Show BASIN DELEGATION VISITS URGES NEEDED LEGISLATION FO i iTHE THE BASIN The following is from Tuesdays Tuesday's Deseret Ne News vs Needs of Uintah basin were forcefully forcefully force force- forcefully fully pointed out to Gov Simon Bamberger and members o of the state legislature yesterday by a delegation representing the Confederated Commercial Commercial Commercial Com Com- mercial club of Uintah Basin The delegation consisted of James ONeil O'Neil J. J H H. H Hard Hardy and A. A M M. Murdock Among the matters urged by them is a law permitting counties of the state to levy a mill 1 tax for forthe forthe the purpose of constructing roads as feed feeders rs to state hi highways This would b be made entirely inde independent of any tax levied for purely state roads The purpose of the move is isto isto is' is isto to make e better communication possible possible pos pos- sible for Cor the widely scattered towns of the basin which are now suffering sufferIng suffering suffer suffer- ing b because cause of or the difficulty of getting getting getting get get- ting to main highways House bill No 8 providing that counties may combine to support rt a high school is also favored by basin residents They also urge that the age of or students attending high I schools be increased from 18 to 21 1 I to accommodate many country boys whose opportunities for education have not been as go good d as those enjoyed enjoyed enjoyed en- en en en- joyed by boys in ci cities ies The delegation has prepared a along along along long memorial setting forth the advantages advantages ad ad- vantages of the basin and urging state and federal help in ip developing them The m memorial mori l emphatically protests against the proposed federal reservoir which would take up acres in the heart of the basin basini i and which declares declares the memorial I would benefit only the people OL 01 Imperial Imperial Imperial Im Im- valley Cal at the expense of the of Utah The memorial calls atten attention tion to the fact tl that at many Utah people are going to other states to make homes when they should be encouraged to go to Uintah basin where there is plenty of room for tor all of them n |