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Show Lions lUonsCelebrat CelebrahCompletion lUonsCelebratCompletion Completion CompletionOfD.S.40 CompletionOf OfD.S.40 OfDS.40 OfDS40 Of 0111 U . S . 40 o oState OfD.S.40State State Road Heads HeadsSy HeadsSay HeadsSoy , . Sy Say Feeder Roads RoadsI RoadsNow RoadsNow I Now to be Built I ITo To celebrate the com completion 1etlon at of atU ofU ofU U 8 s 40 between the Colorado Coloradostate Coloradostate Coloradostate state line lln * and Salt Balt Lake and to tohonor tohonor tohonor honor the Lady Uons Lions a a , banquet banquetwas banquetwas banquetwas was held Wednesday night of at lut last lutweek lastweek lastweek week by the ( he Vernal Lions tJoQ8 club at atthe atthe atthe the Scout Beaut House Rouse In keeping with witha a nation-wide nation wide - rnovemenL rnovemenLOf movement of the theclub theclub theclub club honor was also paid pat4 paw , , thi the 10 1or 1orcal lo local < ' " cal president B D H . H . . Stringham Btringhanl BtringhanlPresiding StringhamPresldinlJ etrlnghamPresiding / PresldinlJ Presiding over the th affair afalt a ( faif was W8Js iIr iIrStringham ErBtringham Stringham with Prank Frank l ank Ot dy Orildy dyconduct1n Orildyconducting Oradyconducting conduct1n conducting a 8peC special musical . p pko- pko pro - gram ana and Mayor tt R v a u cooper In Incharge incharge charge of a short program during duringwWch duringwhich duringwhich wWch which members of the State Road RoadComm1s8ion RoadCommission HoadCommission Comm1s8ion Commission were the speakers speakersP'ollowing speakersFollowing spealcersFollowing P'ollowing Pollowing Following ' the banquet and program programthe programthe programthe the group enJoy enjoyed dancing danctng dancingD ' D D Hammond . , chairman chntnnan of ofthe ofthe ofthe the state road group , said Aid ld tha.t that tha.tnearly thatnearly thatnearly . nearly five million mUlton dollars hadbeen had hadbeen badbeen been spent to build U S 40 frQltl from frQltlthe fromthe fromthe the state line Hne to the Utah capital capitalthe capitalthe capitalthe the amount of the total asses.sed assessed asses.sedvalua.tlon assessedvaluation assessedvaluation . valua.tlon valuatlon valuation . of Ulntsh U1ntah Uintah and Duchesne Duchesnecounties Duchesnecounties Duchesncounties * counties with the exception of ofthat ofthat ofthat that set by the State fitat Tax Commis- Commis Commission Commission Oommli-slon Oommli slon - sion This Th15 vast expenditure to tomake tomake tomake make Highway 40 a permanent permanentroad permanentroad permanentroad road Is good business for tor the state stateof stateof stateof of Utah said Mr Hammond He Heexplained Heexplained Heexplained explained that the Improved In- In Inlet In Inlet . - let from trom the east will attract additional ad- ad additional ad additional - ditional thousands of tourists each eachyear eachyear eachyar year who will wUl contribute to theprosperity the theprosperity theprosperity prosperity of ot not only the counties count count- countIes counties - ies in the Ulntah Uintah Basin but the theentire theentire th entire ntir * state He denounced a amovement amovement amovement movement to divert d1vert funds tW1ds tr'om trom from tr'omthe fromthe ' fromthe the state road commission treasury treasurytor treasuryfor treasuryfor tor for schools and other purposes purpoaesIt purposesIf If funds are thus diverted Utah Utahwill Utahwill Utahwill will lose one-third one third one.tWrd onetWrd - . of its Federal FederalAid FederalAid FederalAid Aid fund or an annual amount ot of of(725132 of725132 $725132 725132 ( . $ 132 he h said Much of the theI thehighway thehighway thhighway * I highway system of the state needs needsrebuilding needsrebuilding needsrebuilding rebuilding and there is W'lent Wlent urgent W'lentneed urgentneed ' urgentneed need of work in Parleys Parley s Canyon Canyonand Canyonand Canyonand and the highways M 89 and 91 I run- run running running run running - ning north and south through the thestate thestate thestate state said Mr Hammond HammondIn i com.misIslon In concl conclusion usion the road commis commis- - com.mis-I com.misI com.mis commis I commisslim commission . - sion slon slim chairman said sald that the theamo theamount theamount amo amount t expended west of Vernalto Vernal Vernalto Vernalto to eliminate the dangerous curves curveswhere curveswhere curveswhere where a . number of fatalities tataUties had hadoccurred hadoccurred hadoccurred occurred was worth the Invest invest- investment investment Investment curvesI - I ment to save livesPreston lives Uvea UveaPreston livesPreaton Preaton Preston 0 G yeterson Peterson veteran veteranmember veteranmember veteranmember member of ot the commission told of ofthe ofthe ofthe the growth of Highway 40 from the thetime thetime thetime time it was known as the Pike Pikes PikesPeak PikesPeak a aPeak Peak Ocean to Ocean I Highway Highwayprior Highwayprior ghway ghwaypr10r pr10r prior to 124 19Z4 1924 * to the present TheAmerican The TheAmerican TheAmerican American Road Users association associationIssued associationissued associationIssued Issued a bulletin on the Ulntah Uintah UlntahBasin UintahBasin UlntahBasin Basin last year telling telUng what a agood agood agood good highway hIahway could do for tor a com- com corn- corn community cornmunity com community - munity by bringing the market marketnearer marketnearer marketnearer nearer the farms and attractinq attracting attractingunlimited attractingunlimited ' unlimIted number numbers * of V'J&1ton VJ1ton visitors V'J&1tonand visitorsand ' & visltonand and tourists He said the outlying outlyingcommunities outlyingcommunities communities of ot the Basin off the themain themain themain main improvements needimprovements improvementsof highway hlghway now need Improv Improv-ments Improv ments - . rnents of feeder teeder lines In order totransport to totransport totransport transport children chUdren safely safety to and andI andfrom andfrom andfrom from school These roada roads should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe I be buU built t so 50 the Basin could come come'Into comeinto cornInto * 'Into Into ' her own said Mr AIr Petwon Petet801r1 Peterson Petet801r1I Petet801r1Inasmuch PetersonInasmuch PetwonInasmuch Inasmuch as most of ot our money moneygoes moneygoes moneygoes I goes to Detroit to pay for tor new newcars newcars newcars cars we should be eager to get getsome getsome getsom some of ot It back In revenue from fromEastern fromEastern fromEastern Eastern tourists Mr Peterson com com- commented commented commented - mented He said the section of ofU ofU ofU U S 40 between Vernal and My- My MyI Myton Myton icy-ton icy ton - I ton paved with native rock ash- ash ashphale ashphale ash-phale ash phale - , phale was wa one of the finest roa.d.s road.s roads roa.d.sin roadsin roadsIn . in the nation The cost coat of thl this M 26 28 miles ot of highway was $171 171 $171025 171025 $171025for $ 17102Sfor : for asphaJt asphalt $79 79 $7 7 $ 40 480 * for placing placingthe placingthe placingtl the e material maU'rial maUrial ' or an average avera.ge . of or ofJ $8 8 $ $ < J 802 602 per mile ' anfuture future will wUl see a four lane lan * highway hlghwa high- high hlgh- hlgh highwa - way wa > } from Vernal to Salt Snlt Lake Lakesaid lakesaid said J C MulvUle Mulv1lle Mulville of ot Proro Provo dLs- dLs dis- dis dLstrlct district dis district - - trict trlct road engineer He said he hehoped hehoped hehoped hoped to see se considerable conslderable money moneyspent moneyspent money'spent moneyspent ' spent on feeder teeder roads from the thenorth thenorth thenorth north and south Into U S B 40William 40 40William William WUUam Core resident residen t engineer engineerwho engineerwho engineerwho who supervised the construction ot of otthe ofthe otthe the project west of Vernal expres- expres expressed expressed - - sed a.n an . appreciation appredatlon for the co- co cooperation cooperation co-operation co operation - - operation received while whlle the road roadwas roadwas roadwas was under constructionMayor constructionMayor construction constructionMayor Mayor Cooper told of the unselfish un- un unself15h un unselfish - selfish self15h work done by the Vernal VernalLloD VernalLions VernalUons LloD Lions . ' ! club and other civic clvic bodies bodiesto bodiesto to secure appropriations for work workI I on the Mghway h1ghway highway h1ghwayIncluded highwayIncluded MghwayIncluded Included In the preliminary musi must musical mustcal mustcal cal program was a selection by the theFour theFour FoUr Detr Debs of the UHS UH8 Ada Jen- Jen Jensell JensezL Jen-seni Jen seni - sell sezL . , Bbrbara Barbara Baton Eaton Betty I Peclcand ( ecY , and Winifred W1n1fred Kennard . , accompani accompani- accompanied - ed NevaSmile NeverSmile by Barbara Banks , "I'll Ill " 111 ' NevCC Never ' BmUe Smile Again was sung aung by 07 Ooro- Ooro foro- foro OoroContinued foroContinued DorO-Continued DorO Continued ) - ( Continued on page four fOUl ) 110"1/ 110"1 1101 110"1(11 i IONS " / ' " (11 11 ( i ( 1EI n 1\ 1 \ < ( EI I < } I\UATE I UATE BItATE IUATEt BItATEFINISH \ KItBHATEUNISIl INI"i1i INIi1i FINISH t " Ol OF 0 " ' l 1 t S . 40 .w w . 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