Show big road convention brings out boasters boosters Bo the road convention held at hur last saturday was a big success the keys of the town were handed over to the visitors and they were welcomed in such hearty fashion that no doubt was felt that the good people of hurricane were glad to have as their guests the convention delegates and others interested in the good road movement A large sign was stretched across the road leading into town bearing the word welcome and on its reverse side so that it would be seen on leaving town the words come again nothing was left undone by hurricane that would conduce to the comfort of her guests each car was met by a member of a reception committee and inquiries made whether the visitors had a place to stop it no previous arrangements had been made the visitors were located where they would be comfortable and well taken care of the auditorium where the convention was held was beautifully decorated with flowers streamers flags etc presenting a gay there was a big attendance and enthusiasm thusia sm marked the proceedings from start to finish convention met at 2 p m the object of the convention waa explained by W W W W was elected temporary chairman and chas B petty temporary secretary A motion was unanimously carried that a committee on resolution and a committee on finance be appointed from the body of the house each committee to consist of a member each from alon kane hurricane st george and iron the following committee was appointed on organization william alon J S spencer kane amos workman hurricane W 0 bentley st george and henry lunt iron committee on resolutions JOB S snow st george R L jones iron ahns B petty hurricane W W kane and W W wy lie zion committee on finance J W imlay hurricane W H mace kane H J doollittle iron david H mor als bt george and W W wylle alon A motion was carried that committees retire and geo R lund of st george took charge of the meeting short talks were made by chas H Bl gelow secretary of the arrowhead trails I 1 D and many others lasting until the meeting adjourned to 8 p m evening session on gathering for the evening session it became known that hardin bennion secretary of state for utah waa present mr jos S snow moved that a committee of three be appointed to escort mr bennion to the stand after mr bennion had taken bis seat chairman called tor reports of committees amos workman read report on or and moved that this temporary committee be made perman ant seconded and carried jos S snow read report of committee on resolutions and moved tor its adoption it was unanimously adopted the report in full follows to the hon chairman and members of the road convention of the road convention we your committee on resolutions beg to make the report 1 that whereas southern utah and contiguous territory contains more scenic wonders than any said belven portion of territory in the united states and whereas zion national park and tha grand canyon national park are not connected by a road that la practicable and passable and whereas the two parks are receiving more public advertising from both federal and state sources through their several touring bureaus than any other national play grounds and whereas the touring public la seeking and demanding a connecting link between tha said parks that these two scenic wonders may be vis cited with some degree of satisfaction and comfort 2 therefore be it resolved that the road convention here assembled pledge themselves individually and ta tbt ot a highway from zion national park to the grand canyon and eliat 1 our efforts falter not we have fully realized the fruit of this under taking and be it further resolved 3 that a committee of five be appointed by chii convention to go y over the route to locate the proposed a road and that their decision la here by ratified and made the voice of this convention this convention having been informed that a portion of the present road many years in use has been a fenced by one mr william jr and that the road he has made around his farm between antelope and rock cannon Is impractical and almost impassable be it hereby directed by this that mr be that he must at once put in gates at the old entrance or this fence will be opened 4 and whereas we have learned with genuine satisfaction that mohave county arizona has successfully passed its bond issue for the purpose of road building in said ourt we therefore urge and biggest that the permanent finance committee get into communication with the arizona officials and urge their unit ed support in building their portion of bald highway 5 be it aurthur resolved that the permanent finance committee be instructed to investigate the feasibility and possibility of obtaining a post road from hurricane washington co to kane co utah and that they be further instructed to solicit the support of the state of arizona and utah in the building ot the said highway and that the secretary be and Is hereby instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions to secretary of state road commission of utah and governor and secretary of state of arizona respectfully submitted randall jones W W W wylie C B petty and joseph S snow committee II 11 J doolittle read the report of committee on finance as follows to the hon chairman and members ot the road convention we your committee on finance beg leave to report 1 that with the success that has attended the experiments made by y dry farming in the southern part ot utah along the present wagon road extending from hurricane utah to onla arizona we are firmly convinced that there are in the neighbor hood of three quarters of a million acres of land suitable tor dry farms with almost an assured annual crop providing there were some facilities extended to that section particularly in the establishment of good mat service 2 there are approximately thir ty five miles of road fifteen of which lies in utah and twenty in arizona that would have to be wholly con and it this could be done with the balance ot the road in fair condition and the present mall service from hurricane to cane beds extended to fredonia and kanab the people along this route would have a service that would be first class the i entire year and a great inducement affected tor settlers along seventy miles of sparsely settled country which could be turned into a perfect granary and furnish homes tor ands of people v 3 we firmly believe that the roads in the west are as necessary as the roads in the east to assure the farmers transportation facilities to the markets and that it Is the duty of the government to assist in the making of the roads as a part of the necessary pioneer work and tor the above reasons we feel that it Is up to the people in this section of the country who are acquainted with the conditions to take the initiative in securing the assistance ot the executives of arizona and utah in appeal ing to the federal government tor the establishment of a federal post road between hurricane and fre donta and providing the necessary means for its construction 4 for the above and other reasons we feel that a permanent finance committee be appointed who will work in connection with and under the direction of the arrowhead trails t and development association and in order to the business of the meeting we respectfully becom mend the following named persons ni members of said mohave co L H foster and J II 11 gallagher kane co V Y and L B plied if J jle Jl 1 11 i i ati big road convention brings out boosters boasters Bo from first I 1 age washington co W 0 bantley and claud hirschi hirschl lion co wilford day and randall L jones beaver co W F knox and ray barton Bl illard co edward nelson and F dark clark callister Respect respectfully ully submitted H J doolittle J W imlay david H morris and W 31 mace alace on motion the report was unanimously Inious ly adopted 4 the following committee was appointed to select the best and shortest load between kanab and hurricane to mahe make report july 15 jos S snow st george W W kanab chas H 11 bigelow st george chas B petty hurricane and W V IN mace blace cedar city chairman introduced harden bennion Benn lon secretary of state mr bennion expressed the regrets of governor bamberger damberger that he could not be at this convention having important bust business nets in wyoming mr bennion complimented the convention for the business like way in which it had earned carried through its work ork he ile had confidence in the men selected to look out the road the pioneers of utah had shown rare judgment in the selection ot of roads engineers had followed them changed the roads and had eventually come back to the roads laid out by pioneers this convention had undertaken der taken a big thing and he complimented it nothing conduced so much to the comfort and convenience of the people as good roads the people have arrived at a stage where poor roads will not do for them they must have good roads but as I 1 have already said this is a big thing road building is expensive I 1 havo have no doubt the government will help in the proposed road the members of the state road commission have been united la in working for southern utah despite reports to the contrary was pleased to be here and meet with the people the state officials als were deeply interested in this move but are alive to the bigness of it mr bennion was roundly applauded at the conclusion of his remarks chairman said we are abare an are that we are talking of big things but hurricane Is a living witness ot of what people can do it they are determined to do big things we can and will have tho the road united effort on the part of the people will do dolt it senator was heartily o 0 applauded omission it la Is deeply regretted that through flome some misunderstanding the commercial clubs of beaver and billiard counties and prominent citizens of these two counties were not officially invited to attend the convention this Is felt all the more here because of the splendid services of these two counties for the arrowhead trail |