Show TOURISTS DRAWN FROM ROAD BY WELL BUILT nUlL T DETOUR I The state road from lieber Heber to Du Du- chesne does docs not run directly through Frue Fruitland tl and where there is a hotel and anda a store but of recent date it has been found that many tourists have been going by way way r of of Fruitland thereby taking a three-mile three detour from the state highway Ira R. R Br Browning secretary of the state road commission yester yesterday ay reported report report- ed that he b believed he had found the reason As a result the state road commission ordered that a formal r request quest be bl sent to to tor r. r Mine ine Host Rockhill Rockhill Rockhill Rock- Rock hill proprietor of the store inviting inviting inviting ing him to return to the accredited agent of thc the state road commission one roa road scraper belonging to the the state which has been used by the people of Fruitland in improving g the detour detour 1 That they made good use of the scraper me members bers of the state road rod commission commission and and there were several sever several sever sever- al wH who were familiar with the the road were were willing to agree That Tho detour detour de do- tour is connected with ith state highway highway highway high high- way With an easy casy curve and has been built up and down until until until un un- til it is a veritable boulevard But while they know from experience experience experience ex ex- the thc importance of drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age age to the road system the thc members members mem mem- bers bels of the state road commission do not feel that the people of Fr Fruit Fruit- t- t land land or or at at any any rate the the operators operators opera opera- operators tors of the thc states state's scraper were scraper were justified in scraping a deep ditch across the state road at either junc juric junction tion with ith the de detour our just for the purpose of of draining t the c d detour t ut r rt r t As tt t r a matter of fact travelers lers who wish to take the state road i instead ste ll of oft t the e ed d detour tou are required to go upon the thc bank to get past either cither of these thes ditches And when Secretary S cr tar Browning I reported that branches of tr trees es and ml brush had been thrown o onto to the the state highway on the other ther side of the ditches So as to lead the unsuspecting un- un un-j un n- n suspecting tourist to the belief that state road did not lie ahead at all but rather along long what what i is r really realy real real- ally al- al ly y a detour the state commissioners i felt that this was adding insult to injury and they forthwith ordered I the return of the scraper In the meantime the dec deceptive and deceiving deceiving ing willows have have be been n removed emo ec Salt Lake Tribune I |