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Show FIVE-COUNTY MEET URGES WATCHDOG ON B & C FUNDS By Nora R. Lyman The , Five-County Organization Organiza-tion composed of the county commissioners of Beaver, Garfield, Gar-field, Iron, Kane and Washington Washing-ton counties met in St. George Friday, Dec. 7, for the regular monthly meeting. A business meeting was held in the court house at 6 p. m. at which time the group was divided di-vided into committees according accord-ing to work assignments. At 7 p. m. they assembled at Dick's Cafe for a dinner meeting, where reports were given by the committees and an informal discussion of the problems which concerned the five southern south-ern counties of Utah was conducted. con-ducted. Guest speaker of the evening was W. A. Love, chairman of j the B and C state road fund committee, who gave a general report of the legislative organization organ-ization of the B and C road funds, together with its growth and expenditures between 1937 and 1956. Mr. Love said lhat funds for B and C roads are growing grow-ing rapidly and should be jealously watched so that no oulsida appropriations are permitted which would penalize pen-alize or Jake from this fund. He stated that while there are many calls for 'funds by various var-ious groups, every effort should be made to protect the B and C road formula as it now stands, permitting no changes in its upkeep. He warned that any change may open it to appropriv a lions, thereby endangering the formula and depleting existing funds for various uses. Mr. Love also discussed the proposal that the B and C road funds be based upon vehicle mileage, which he warned would distribute all the money to the cities and th;ckly populated popu-lated counties. At the close of Mr. Love's discussion Arthur J. Barlocker, Washington County commissioner, commis-sioner, moved that the group go on record as favoring the B and C road formula remaining as it is, and his motion was unanimously passed. Eldon Yergensen of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, wiio had been appointed to investigate in-vestigate the advisability of a lc road tax on gasoline, gave a reported strongly favoring this tax, stating that tourist influx together with Utah citizen usage would bring three million dollars dol-lars annually into the Utah state load fund. He reported both thi Cedar City and St. George Chambers of Commerce favor thij tax. The Five-County Organization adopted a resolution reso-lution favoring the tax, and urging active membership par- ticipation to sell this program to the public. ' The new alignment of High-I High-I way 91 was dsicussed, consider-j consider-j able oposition being expressed ! to the national philosophy of by-passing all towns. Repre sentatives from such towns as Parowan and Paragonah stated the proposed highway would leave the respective communities communi-ties five or six miles 'from the highway, and would make ghost towns of their business centers. The group was unanimous in its decision to ask the cooperation coopera-tion of state and federal groups in giving greater consideration to smaller communities in Utah. It was pointed out that while superhighways and turnpikes east of the Rocky Mountains do not affect the thickly populated communities, it would be suicide sui-cide to Utah, which depends greatly upon longer duration of tourist visitation. Arthur J. Barlocker, chairman chair-man of the road committee, reported re-ported progress on the Veyo bridge and Pine Valley road, with work scheduled to begin in the near future. Gordon W. Clark reported that the Kolob and Newcastle (Continued on Back Page) Here's More About T ." Five-County Meet Continued from Page One reservoirs are getting water and that Newcastle has been doing some irrigation. He also discussed dis-cussed progress on the Dixie project, and mentioned that at Ash Creek a dam will be built instead of both a dam and budge, as had been considered. Mr. Clark also stated that out of the $500,000 slate appropriation appro-priation 'for 1955. $400,000 has been spent in Southern Utah. The next meeting is sched-I sched-I uled for Jan 4, at Beaver. I : |