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Show THE CITIZEN i: Why has it not been developed! Because ias ,een no railroad there. Now that the Moffat tunnel Ln completed, and no doubt a road will soon be built, just our eye on Uintah. But until such time as a road is built lie dormant. iat district, that rich field will railroads followed civilization, but today i the early days, ation follows the railroad. When the road taps a new v towns spring up like mushrooms and business booms. discourage prospecting for oil and mineral. The prospector should go out into the field unhampered by law because through his work the wealth of the state is developed. The request of the people living in Sugarliousc should be heeded and the unsightly prison with its high stone walls removed from this beautiful residential and business district of the city. The removal of the prison was one of the political issues of the campaign and now is the time to fulfill election pledges.' this state. Hi SMITH LIKED NEWBRIDGE moments the United States senate was turned into Arizona will bridge the Colorado river near Lees Perry, iical forum in which Governor A1 Smith of New York was which will give to Utah another highway of great importance. Led from the standpoint of presidential timber. We do not When the opposite roads are connected, tourists may come to "C that it is good grace to attack a mans religion by any Utah without making a big detour, and our tourists may easily The go into the southern states at any time of the year. Cjjer of the largest law making body in this country. yact that Governor Smith, has been elected four times as The Denver & Rio Grande will spend upwards of $8,000,000 executive of New York state is sufficient evidence that he this year on its railway and equipment. This means much to ide good in that state. Whether he will make a good presjfor a few herd indf lit, I j ide runs and is elected is another question. Utah and its future development SUITCASE PEDDLERS ski The people should not stand for any raise in school tax or any other tax in this state. What we want is a lower tax, and let some of the politicians holding soft political jobs go to work and earn money upon which to pay taxes. considerable agitation in the city against the itin- salesman who comes here with his suitcase and com- W against the local merchant, neither paying taxes or licenses 5 business. The local merchant locates himself and has to fa high rent; the tax collector looks him over very carefully ihe is made to pay the limit in taxes. It is no wonder then ir There is J GASOLINE. visiting carpetbaggers are hated for taking iyhicli rightfully belongs to the local merchants. tour annual SOUTH TEMPLE considered that the streetcar has greatly kited from the beauty along East South Temple, and the nrach rather have had a beautiful boulevard sill V? with the many magnificent homes along the street. lDie street has been under discussion for some time. The ;4car company has signified its willingness to move its in order that a boulevard may be made, but the repaving etfe Ij street is a matter that is seriously confronting many of property holders who cannot see their way out. The people ought to get together and work out some amica-pJi- n to beautify this street, along which some of the most e homes of the city are located. The east end of the pres-itreis like a washboard and is anything but attractive, and in automobile highway it is a joke. 4 beautiful boulevard would add much tone to this city. sss II It has long been coni com-'ara- te ex-iv- et ; UTAH WINS hire must! o one he Utahs stand taken against the Boulder on bill created a filibuster in the United States Senate and result the Boulder dam bill lost out in this session of Con- - gency-- l f Senator Auerbach led the fight in this state against the pres- - upon the ground that it did not provide for or rights in the water originating in this state. i n n .Proposed bill ee our rying rd Swing-Johnso- ? WINDING UP RIGHT ! iliceft far the state legislature has not tinkered with any fun- an( ie bys may wind up with a much better tori than was predicted at the beginning when some radical U - introduced, but were as quickly killed. The leg-- F ae ls scheduled to adjourn next Wednesday, March 10, but c roay be stopped and the week finished out. While there e? W010 Ttio pninnii-i- r rn-aiu- u legislature shouhfnot pass any measures which would A general impression has been too often encouraged that when the price of gasoline is raised on about the same date in different sections of the country, it is a result of an agreement between the various oil companies. The man who drives up to a filling station knows that the prices fluctuate at times, but he doesnt know why. He can hardly be blamed for suspecting an ingenious plot for his undoing. He does not know that periodic price fluctuations worry the oil industry a lot more than they do gas and oil buyers. The automobile owner does not realize the uncertainties of oil production, that are probably unparalleled in any other business. Nothing but the drill, at great cost, can answer the eternal conundrum, where to find oil. When the drill finds the oil, the drillers reward may be rich; when it fails, there is total loss.' This element of chance has naturally attracted men of enterprise and initiative, ready to be good losers or willing winners. When a flood of new crude oil comes in, the oversupply lowers the price, with resulting drop in gasoline. When the crude supply becomes scarce, the price goes up, and gasoline follows. It is the same as the price of butter or eggs, and the oil refiners are as unable to prevent fluctuation in price as are the sellers of farm products. During 1926, more than 300,000,000 barrels of gasoline were consumed, both at home and abroad, a gain of nearly 20 per cent over 1925. UNION PACIFIC The Union Pacific Railroad company will spend approxiAmmately $100,000 to advertise Utah. The scenic highway of erica passes through Utah Yellowstone Park to Zion and Bryce canyons. This ought not only to bring in many tourists but they will also spend much money with us while here. FORGOTTEN When our boys were enlisted in the army for the World to War, they were banqueted, praised, worshipped and landed the skies. When they returned, we barely know them. All sorts of tilings were promised to them when they returned, but now we find that even the hero memorial contemplated for several sol- years, cannot secure any support. We were to have a largeto do diers memorial building. Senator Gardner tried hard |