Show J GOOD G OD ROADS J r DISCUSSED CONVENTION IS HELD AT SALT LAKE LAST WEEK t f T Y Mayor Beal Beat Speaks of Work Done f And Predicts It Will Greatly Benefit The State c K r rv Mayor Beal returned Tuesday from Salt Lake City wh where re he ho and A. A W. W Jensen and H. H P. P Peterson attend the thew w f good ro roads ds convention as delegates I from this city Mr Beal says flaye the i meetings were unusually interesting R and profitable and that even if the they y 1 i r recommendations of the delegates ri should bear no truit B the legislature the discussions would result in much 1 1 i aa y good to- to the to-the the state Naturally the chief interest centered center center- 7 I ed about the remarks made by Mr 7 Pa Page Pago e the expert exper who represented the thet t Bureau of Public roads road Mr Page 1 made suggestions in regard to the best bast methods of ol road building and paid aid that in his opinion good earth t roads would nice meet meeli tall all present requirements requirements requirements require require- ments of the state He urged that the roads be graded and then 11 l tj thoroughly leveled with splitlog drags r Mr 11 Page deplored the methods of yr a. a road that have been tt pursued in the past in this this state and aed fi fiL L said Baid that these methods had resulted d dI I G in the useless expenditure of money as but little work had bad been done dono on IJ f the roads of th the rural districts with witha fi j a a. view to permanence lIe He also discouraged disi disi dis dis- i i ix x the of wide roads because it is impossible to keep i f t wide roads in good condition One of tl the e bills which were approved io ed d by the convention asks the legislature legis legis- ii F lature to enact a a. law that will impose i a tax on all nolI vehicles used on the public pub pub- J lie lic io roads of the state On ordinary vehicles a nominal tar tax is to be col collected col- col col- col collected while the owners of automobiles automo automo- bites biles aye e to pay from 7 7 to ro 12 12 acs according ac ac- s cording to the toe si sine e and aud of their theirA A machines Seventy live percent percent cent of this t thia money is to be expended ded iu i iu rural districts V r tl tion als i kP the annexation tion of the ther r Ari Arizona ri pa P de Strip to Utah eo so that the Ve- Ve I fe-I I i rived from the sale of the land may Imay maye be e expended in this state Acco According qing 1 I to the plans of the tho convention a portion por per 1 w 1 tion of the money is to be be used in l f constructing a state ca capitol i ol and th the thet I It I t t remainder der is to be e spent iu the construction con con- i rt j of public roads on-I on t |