Show GOOD I ROADS ROADS' SENTIMENT FOR GOOD ROADS Governors of Two Twenty-Two Western States Petition for Increased An Annual n. n nual Appropriation If the passage of the Townsend bill depended dE on the support from Western states the measure calling for tor a Ii national national national na na- na- na system of highways would become become become be be- come law by an nn overwhelming o majorIty majority major major- ity says a representative of a n lar largo large 9 rubber concern At Salt Lake City recently governors governors of 22 states signed a petition which will willbe willbe be forwarded to congress to Increase Immensely the annual appropriation for road building to be expended during dur dur- lag ing the next five years While the Townsend bill asks for their petition calls for a n billion dollars The Western governors gover gover- nors not only Indorse the bill as men but as governors go of ot their respective states This action reflects plainly what the West thinks ks of ot the necessity of highways and furnishes an an- Influence Influence ence which cannot be overlooked The The- West has gone on record as being willIng willIng will will- Ing to stand stand Its share of the cost coot of ot a system of nationally administered roads and the share will be a big one |