Show I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Use of Oil on M 40 Protested By Commission i State Road Commission and aIRI Governor Petitioned to Continue Use of Basin Asphaltum on US 40 East of Vernal I At the special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held Friday John W Weaver Vice chairman presided in the absence of Willis L Johnson absent from the state Commissioner John G 0 Dolton Bolton and County Clerk F L L INoel Noel were present Two important transactions were the appointing of elec- elec election elec election tion j judges and concurring tn let the protest of or oiling US 40 from Ver Ver- Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal nal nat to Jensen Other matters matten were of more or less routine A committee headed by W S I SI Henderson and W A Banks Danks re- re reI requested re requested I quested that immediate action be beI betaken betaken I taken by the commissioners to pro pro- protest pro pro- protest protest test the oil surfacing of US 40 from Vernal to Jensen aa M they understood the recent re survey surey and cross sectioning of the road in- in indicated In Indicated such road was to be oU oiL surfaced I They cite cited the fact tact that fully fully- 85 65 per cent of the material cost coot was local labor and that such in- in la labor bor helped to solve our unemployment unemployment I ment problem Also Alo the inconsistency inconsistency I tency of or bringing oil In from a dis- dis distant dis dia 1 I tant hint point to place on a road that I was at the very door of the Vet Vet- Vernal Ver Vernal nal nat asphalt plant owned and op- op operated op operated crated by the state road commis commis- commission commission opI sion slon Mr Henderson pointed out the superior qualities of the road over an oiled surface Before coming before the com corn commissioners missioners they had asked Mayor R C Cooper Coper and the City Council to also alco file tile a n protest The following letter W was 3 dis dis- dispatched dispatched patched to the chairman of thai the state road commission and a copy of the tue same to Governor Henry HenryH HenryH H Blood signed by Commission Commission- Commissioners ers Weaver and amid B Bolto Extract of minutes of the Board of county commissioners or county Utah October 9 0 1936 1930 4 The Bo Board Begird d of County Com Coun- ComI Commissioners Com missioners of Uintah County rca res- respectfully res respectfully that US 40 high high- highway highway way from Vernal to the Colorado state line be finished with sand sandI asphaltum instead of oil brought in from California 4 There Is a very great need for lin employment In Uintah county and an anIt it It is ts felt that by using sand asphaltum aspli- aspli asphaltum altum n mined ned locally to finish this will wUl help solve the un- un unemployment un unemployment Unemployment employment problem as well as a alving giving us a much better road The commissioners by unanimous unanimous consent asked that the Ver Vet Vet- Ver-Inal Ver Inal nal ml Express publish the following We the Uintah County Commis Commissioners loners have never hever asked anyone to 0 sign a lien Uen on property when applying for old age assistance I I I I I I I I I I j j I and request a more liberal policy be adopted in this matterI matter Election Riverdale judges judges Riverdale Mrs Jessl M Wall Ira S Gardner Ama a C 0 Caldwell Ct Naples Mrs IAma Robert Hunting William and Carl South Vernal City Mrs Jane Pope LaVon LaVan James W S Henderson recording judges C 0 W Showalter Floyd O Noel H B countI count North Vernal City Mrs Martha Kanen Andrew King Fuller Rem Remington Rem Rem- RemIngton lington Ington recording judges Mrs Des Des- BessIe Bes Bessie sie sic Mark Mrs Dean Workman Van Ma Man MasAO count South Ashley Van Mrs Myrtle Don Batty Mrs William Kanistanaux North Ashley H Harold rold McKee Frank Prank Ab Ab Roy Carroll judges Mrs Thomas 0 G Caldwell Allen Jones Joseph Merkley count Mountain Dell P S Beck ck Mrs Mra I Ermna Erma Taylor B L Caldwell Tri Tri- Tridell Tri Tri-idell dell Ray McKee Parley H Good Good- Goodrich Goodrich rich Good rich Mrs Lila LUa Merkley Willows George C 0 Thorne E S Birchell ICharles Charles Bro Brown South Dragon J JIM M B Barr r MIs Mrs Dorr Dorf Finnicum Mrs I 1 I I I I I Winkler Winklen Randlett Dennis Hemphill Mrs Ora Co Coston ton Frank Jarman White White- White White-ricks ricks Sterling John Talbot At A F Van Van Arsdale Mrs Robert Marl Man Mannion Mari nion nion South Vernal Fred 0 BIngham Bing- Bing Bingham ham Bing-ham ham Mrs Pearl Eaton LeRoy North Vernl Horace Caldwell Joseph Horrocks Alma Leeton-Bennett Leeton Mrs Minnie Peterson S A Brighton John Haslem Lapoint Fred Nes Ne's meyer Ne meyer Lavrence Hayden Fos Pm Foster ter Ballard Weston Timothy Mrs frs John Birchell Mrs John Cook Moffat Lawrence Young Bert Eert CookI Haynes Aleck Duvall Du Ha den E ES ES ES S lI rum Otto ISis ISis- BisseL Bis seL I seLI Davis Wallace Mrs MIs John I Walter Waiter Simper Ouray Val Val- Valley Val Valley ley Icy 0 N Jorgensen Mrs Bert Hosey Cj C 0 T North Dragon W A A Barr 0 C A Bob Bob- Bobzien Bobzien Paul Britten The Constables appointed are Ross Snow J M Allred Adair Prank Frank Hatch David Dean Marvin Smith Ellis BUms Caldwell C 0 CB j B Bartlett 0 C A Broome W P I Price Ed Coston Cotton John Horrocks IE B J Winner Winder Lee Lae Mer- Mer Continued 0 01 0 page five UsE UbE OF OIL ON U S 40 BY COMMISSION Il Continued iron o l page n-mc e Ol ore Un vin in C Bolton E J Tutt Elmer Manwaring George E Young Henry W PI P f Ells orth and William Layden Bids for tor feeding prisoners acre vere submitted The payment of ot 37 50 per month for a county nurse was as accepted by the commissioners The state stale board of health pays the cr cr of the cost cast The sum of was accepted In payment of taxes owed oed by ElI ElI- ElIzabeth Elizabeth Eli Elizabeth zabeth ST M Reynolds Mma S M Id MBrown MBrown Brown asked adjustment on her taxes Matter referred to county assessor Henry Wyman asked for cancellation of taxes on the th dance hall the old canning plant which burned last January 12 Ilic 1110 com corn corn- notified Mi Mr Wyman th they Y had no authority to cancel the taxes ta-es ta es William Peterson director of the tho extension work ork requesting 1000 budget from uintah county for the county agent was declined declined ed and nd an appropriation of 76 allowed for the 1037 county agent program The commissioners agreed to pay freight freigh t on pounds pound of dried prunes shipped in for tor county welfare work but declined to pay the freight bill on 5 ZOO pounds or of grape fruit An Aty f 20 Was made collect Information on n the propos propos- proposal I al to exempt th the property in th the 2 2000 exemption amendment amend to be be voted on November 3 Ollie Justice and nd Forest Ranger George Walkup appeared In re- re re regard gard to building about three miles I lof f road running up to Mosby I mountain narrows Mr Walkup I stated the forest department could I furnish the road rand machinery if it th the I county commissioners would pay the actual expenses The sum of was WM agreed upon Mr Walkup is to o 0 k all bills for the project The road when completed will willene acne sene ene a large rie number of citizens in getting out lumber and timber from the mountain I |