Show I GOOD ROADS i CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN SALT LAKE I CITY JANUARY Meetings Meeting Will Be Attended By Representative of the Bureau of Public Roads Governor a telegram from Senator Smoot last week which conveyed the tho Intelligence that for the f big good road roads convention to be behEld beheld big held in Salt Lako on Jan It H an expert expert expert ex ex- pert will be s sent nt from Washington to meet moet with tho the delegates The Tho expert is Logan W. W Page head of ot the good roads inquiry Inq ulry Some time ago Governor Cutler addressed a letter to Senator Smoot asking him if tho the department would send a no representative to the c convention conven conven- tion The Tho dispatch received last week by tho the governor is an affirmative reply reply reply re re- re- re ply to tho the loner letter of inquiry The convention of good roads boosters boost boost- ers era is expected to bo ono one of the most lar largely ely attended meetings of tho the kind I over held in fn the W West st st. In a few days tho the governor will ill issue his official call calli for the tho meeting This lo 13 in response to a suggestion made at a recent meetIng meeting meet meet- ing lug held in the governors governor's office There will be bo delegates from state county and city administrations and from comm commercial bodies and other bodies of liko like character Inasmuch as aa the tho legislature will be beIn bein bein in session when the good roads convention convention con con- meets it is hoped that the tho representatives and senators will find much in the proceedings that will favorably impress them with regard to a systematic improvement of Utah's highways II The rh department of agriculture is 1 al- al al so taking steps towards towards' a campaign of education in tho matter of good roads which will be bo of enormous enormous norm us benefit beno- beno fit to the citizens of this state Statements State State- ments menta made to tho Roosevel sion slon pu u country life lifo a I. I few feu days ago show showed d that the tho bad roads in tho the stat a large e measure measure R. R due g to carelessness p on on the tho part of of the t taxpayers taxpayers tax tax- x- x payers and on the part of the road supervisors who have charge of the expenditure ex ex- ex- ex of tho the funds devoted to road building As AJ was seen from tho recent visit of a I. I government engineer to this city the department of agriculture is making making making mak mak- ing a special effort to get before the tho people of this state information with regard to the tho importance of good roads The Tho department is making an effort to keep the people le in touch with the latest methods of ot carrying on this branch of publio public activity and has bas organized organized organized or or- a regular division on of the work under an experienced newspaper newspaperman man who is sending out to tho the newspapers throughout tho the country educational articles on roads and road building |