| Show VERAL VANE VA N E REPORTS RE ON C OF C activities the vernal vane publication of the vernal charn chamber e r of commerce this week announced the results of a study tudy on how the tourist dollar is as spent in the city according to the report a tourist and convention dollar is divided about like this hotels and motels 20 cafes 23 retail stores 22 auto services gas and oil i 08 beverages 03 entertainment 1 I 04 Miscella miscellaneous 18 the mis cellarious includes barber shops laundries doctors photo stu studios alos etc road meeting A road me meeting ver between the members ot of th the vernal nal chamber of commerce road committee the vernal lions club croaa road committee other interested citizens of vernal and similar groups from roosevelt was held at roosevelt recently according to the vane purpose of the meeting was to discuss dimus the proposition of asking the state road commission to organize a new district in the uintah basin after careful consideration of all i the ithe factors involved the group unanimously agreed that such a district would be possible they also agreed that if theil the road load commission would establish tab sh a shop at roosevelt it would eliminate ellmina te long trips to american fork for kf for or repairs the actions of the group has been sent to t the h 6 state road commission sen B II 11 and rep rew clair R hopkins have also been informed as to the desires of the group f r A legislative committee the ile vernal vane reporting report bg to the chamber on actions of the legislative committee informs its P members that a series erle of meet ings with sen en and rep hopkins has been held hold at which time a number of proposed bills were discussed the committee under the chairmanship of J A chency cheney has recon recommended mended to the chamber board of directors that the vernal chamber go on record in favor of the approval of echo park dam darn and the central utah project amendments to the taft flartley law low to provide tor for home bargaining a gradual grad reduction of direct subsidy to industry and agricultural the elimination of ECA E CA expenditure on reclamation in foreign countries the elimination of waste in government the reduction tion of taxes wherever possible and voted to oppose fair fair trade laws as diametrically opposed to the free enterprise system the chamber will sponsor a state bill to cha change the disposition of money received under the federal leasing act to provide that 50 per cent of the monies received by the state treasury from the federal government from rentals royalties and leases be returned to the county from whence it was derived the chamber will go on record in favor of bonding the state of utah to build roads and to to increase the he gasoline tax n he the amount of I 1 cent per gallon the chamber will oppose a severance tax for utah and will favor the removal of the vernal lapoint highway from the state road system it Is support ing ng a revision of water laws to provide a commissioner and to allow the water and pow er or board to establish policy the committee voted to sup art revision of the welfare algirt aw w to allow welfare recipients to earn a modest mode 1 l t cum sum of money the committee favors a hospital licensing law the committee authorized attorney whitney D Hamin hammood noid to draft a bill for introduction tro in the state legislature to repeal the utah liquor law as it effects indians on the reservation |
