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Show rur.rTHE UTAH STATESMAN, DECEMBER 21, 1928. KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE PUBLIC RECORD IN THE UTAH STATESMAN. Ihf . state political newspaper, published every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah. The aim of this paper is to keep the general public in touch with the activities of the various political departments upon the theory that better government can be made possible by keeping the public and the office holders in closer touch with each other. Office 122 Atlas Building. Salt Lake City, Utah. BERNARD L. FLANAGAN, Editor. C. S. GODDARD. Business Manager. THEODORE BRODERS. Advertising Manager, at Salt Clnaa Matter, July IS. I M2. at the Postofflc Lalca City. Utah, under the act of March I. Extend aa Second Hi. During 1928 Shown By Report LEGAL NOTICES Notice of Assessment, 5 times Delinquent Notices, par column inch Prohate Notices, 2 times Notice to Creditors, 4 times Summons, 3 times Phone Wasatch 852. Annum! Review of Bureau of Roclamation BUSY 11 HE 83.00 .50 3.00 4.00 .. b.OO COST OF BEING SICK. A special study of the coat of medical service among employes of the Bureau published in the Labor Review shows something of the burden of sickness among persons of small or moderate incomes. The results of the study can not of course be accepted as conclusive for other than the members of the particular Bureau to which they relate but the fact that the personnel of the Bureau has such a wide range of duties (from messengers to expert statisticians) Indicates that the figures may be regarded as fairly representative of the other classes of salary and wage earners of similar income groups. Schedules were obtained from 114 persons representing all the employes of the Bureau with the exception of the chief executive officers and agents in the field. The term cost of medical services" as used in the inquiry covered all direct expenditures including the care of the teeth and eyes, medicines, hospital and nursing charges, surgical appliances, etc., in addition to the services of physicians and surgeons. The principal points developed from the inquiry are as follows: "The average annual expenditures per employe for medical services were 898.92 for the group earning less than 82,000 per year; 8146.13 for the salary group 82,000 to 83,000; and 8100.63 for the salary group 83,000 and over. The average medical costs for all salary groups was 8122.72, the average salary beirifc 81.992.63. Expressed in terms of percentages, medical costs represented 6.2 per cent of salary in the lower salary group; 6.3 per cent in the middle group; and 5.5 per cent in the upper1 group." ar Con-gre- three hundred fifty Insurance Theaa operating In Utah. ara represented companies by about four Jhoueand agent. If there ia not an increase in tha appropriation corresponding to tho Increase of business transacted there la certain to bo a loss of revenue to tha atat. Because uf our Inability to carefully check up on tho many sources front which revenue should come. This quaaiion. however, should be considered, not only from the standpoint of revenue to tha etate, but also from tha viewpoint of promoting nnd facilitating this very eesentlal factor In cs the economic . :td material growth of tho slate. Two (.'lasses The Insurance l.us, nets In the atalo may lie divided Into two general cluMee, with widely separate and distinct interests, one has to do with life values, the other with property values. The duty of Interpreting contracts, tha adjusting of claims, ths regulating of agencies has to do very largely with the companies engaged In life values Including providing lines. The Insurance casualty Commlaaloner, therefore ,m nanul-l- y because of his knowselected, ledge of, and experlcuw In th life insurance class. We have at the present time ona hundred aaven'y eight fir insurance companies doing business in Utah. The potential value of insurance contracts whch tltey have in force la equal to nearly half th value of the properly ot 1. the atat. There waa collected during th biennium In fire Inaurunce premiums $4,021,271.89. Tha fixing of rates for such services la a very Important publie question. At tho present tlma thla department has no meana of checking up so that we may know whether th rate charg'd, are adequate or inadequate. It la conservatively estimated that more than fifty percent of tha fires securing in the sidle ara preventable, but w have no meana of checking up on the causes of fire or with ths many firs prevention now giving ara which agencies, service in other states. Wa would suggest, therefore, in order to Increase th general effettelency of ;ha department, and alto to give a more balanced acrrlca that th (Continued From Fata One) Legislature should provide for a Btala Fire Marshal. A MU which businr from an laud at a percentage of their groe rocalpts was approved by the various comwithin the Mate no attempt being mada to determine (ha actual panies and agency organisations value o( tin ptijraicul properties. and also the Chief of the Balt Automobiles and other motor vehicle (urniah an Illustration lxvke Cityby Fire Department, waa of 'faculty of administration," and arc entitled to a separate classifiIntrduced at th last Legislature. cation. (When our Constitution was adopted In 1ISS the automobile It received favorable consideration existed only In fertile Imaginations) In tho House, but on account of The Anto Problem. tho ruining ituslnrs during tho In collect la to moat The automobile tex difficult impossible close of tho sessKm It failed to Innot in many and Instances as Utah, owner, administered many receive consideration by lha Senformed ae to their rights, pay a tax Illegally Imposed. ate. We trust that this or a simSection It'S Complied Lawa of 117, requlrea the county ieefteor ilar measure, may h enacted Into to aasees property to the person by whom it la owned . . . at It jaw by your honorable hady. SOTO o'clock noon of tha first day of January. Section requires lax $12,000 Fire Fees on pgytra to make a eworn return of tha property owned by them We desire to call attention to tha on that date. And personal property acquired 'by any resident of Utah fact that tho fir yomlwnits ore Mars or Jap. tnd or at any tlma thereafter, whether on the planet now paying in fees. In addition to In the State of Utah, on January lat. ia not taxable to its new ownr their Just proportion of tea, that year. Stillman vs Lynch. IS Utah. 141. f 11.000 annually to tho siatt. This Suggested Solutions. ia about doubts tho amount o( th If entirely exempt from tha properly tax. the license lee can be sntlra and inoto. appropriation for running arranged and graduated to cover every equitable charge, th department. The Fire com vehicles purchased after Jenuary 1st will be subject to the same panlee feel that inaamurh aa th the tax will ba colcharges a any others, and of greatest Importance, fees are charged for sperlul servilected with the license fee without additional east. ces. given they ara entitled to a Hie foregoing examples which might be multiplied Illustrate more efficient rnuperattnn on the the advatagee of ctaVIfyliur tang Iblo property. part of this department. The work 'Inronto la the only Uniterm I yardstick for the measurement of a Fire Marshal ef values either for the purposes of (vestment or of taxation." with other agencies would result Anon. in a very substantial decrease In loss and destruction of property Assessors Do Not Differentiate Between Investment and Value County Arrangement With City On race by trespassing animals, tha fees tha amounta ahall be but one-hacollected In other civil cases. For hearing teatlmony or argu ment on the trial of a civil or criminal rase or proceeding, per day. $1; provided, that In default rnsea. the feea shall be 02 for nil service up to and Including the entry of Judgment: and. provIJed further, that whi-r- proceedings In any case occcpy portions of more than one day. not moro than ona per diem compensation shall bo churged tin less the total number of hours oc copied in the trial or hearing shall exceed six hours. In which rase six hours shall be reckoned as a day for the purpose of fixing prr diem compensation. For Issuing warrant of appralse-mrn- t, under lien law. SO rents. For recording appraisement, or ale Mil, under lien law. per fpllo, SO rents. lf judgment, lb cents. For Issuing commission to take testimony. In cents. For preparing end certifying transcript on sppeal and Dane mlttlng papers, fl. For all charges for making up and transmitting papers on changa of venua. SI. For entering causa without process. SO rente. For entering Judgment by confession, SI. For each warrant of arrest or search warrant. SO cents. for each commitment to Jail. SO cents. for entering Judgment for fine or other punishment. 19 cents. For order of discharge to Jailer, SI cent. For solemnising marriage, $3.50. In actions for damages caused HERE IS MY SUBSCRIPTION THE UTAH STATESMAN 111 ATLAS BLOCK, Slt Lake City, Utah. Inclosed find check for which please send me The Utah Statesman for ears SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Name QtP by fire. J. P. Courts Unprofitable L.awyers Would Two) 81 Street State Take Judiciary Out of Politics Recommendation that supreme l and district Judges hereafter elected mi a beadle. ballot, will be placed before a ape-rimeeting of the Utah Bar association nn December 20. according to A. E. Bowen, president of the al oreanisatlon. Committees appointed at the annual meeting in til summer hate reported in favor of Headleea ballot for Judge. Nonpartisan els rt inn at Judge. Name placed upon btllot alphabetically with no party designa- tion. of supreme Judges rais(talari ed from li.000 to 08.090. P laris of district Judges raised from 10,000 to 00,000. Terms of district Judge Increased from four to glx years. Letter Will soon be In th hands ot every member ef th bar In Utah. as proposals Incorporating th recommended by the committees. .months. Year; 50c 6 months. JUST RECEIVED BEAUTIFUL XMAS TREES We PtMvrr. .Phone Hy. 27. 1000 at Roela-matlo- One) coin-pani- Reelamgtloiuprejeeta new under construction in the program authorised by involve an expenditure of n 10.000,000, tho Bureau of reports. Good progress was made during tha year, it waa said. In the building of thrso large dams In California, Montana and Utah. Tha full text of tho official summary ef th report ot tho Bureau follows: , The report ecu out the fact that, foliewtng readjustment of financial relations between th government and tha acclamation project settlers, baaed on the relief act ap. proved May II, 1110, tha repayment ef charge by aeitleri against project lands showed an increase of IS per cent during the year. Tha repayment chargee paid into tho treasury on this account amounted to l.Sl,14l.tl, as compared with 14,110.111.11 for th previous year, a gain of 11.011,-tl.STho general prosperity on reclamation projects and th new terms of payment established for delinquents under the readjustment law era responsible for the inrreaaed return. There are 4 federal reclamation projects, comprising 1,11.110 irrigable acres, which have been developed, at a coat of $178,111,-041.4Tha value of crops grown on land Irrigated from government work waa llll.S07.IIO. These included lands Irrigated by tho canals built entirely by the bureau and renal supplied with water under Warren act and other centra rt. Works new under ronelruutlon Involve a further ultimate expenditure of 10.000.000. During the fiacal year progress waa made In th construction of three large dama In California, Montana and Utah, and contracts were awarded for ths building of three other dama In Oregon, Idaho and Washington, thee project all betn authorised by Congresshaving and having them approved by tho president and th then secretary of the interior. They are under th program announced In 1017, which provides for the construction of new projects authorised by Congress and tha completion ef eld projects. Construction of those projects, new and old, exclusive of ouch proposed projects a tho Colorado and Columbia River Basina, will absorb entirely th reclamation fund over a period of some year. Examiners for Each Project. Under present regulations there ia a board of examiners on each project where public land is still available for entry. Thee boards pass on qualifications of prospective cottiers ac to industry, experience, character, and capital. Eight puhllo-lan- d unit were opened (o entry during the year on flic Tulo Lake division of the Klamath project In and SI on tho WUlwood division of tho Phoshono project In Wyoming. Many of these units have been entered by qualified settlers, option on a large number tl farm In private ownership were obtained by tha bureau on three projects The farm are selling to settler on amortised payments over a period of 10 years. Th Bureau or Reclamation has a revolving fund of about Invested In reclamation ar Oregon-Californ- la $108.-0P0.9- State Urged Thie investment ia In loans to nature ot long-tersettlers on tha projects Th settler! arc obligated to refund to the government the cost of construction and operation' In annual extending over A period of years. As theca payments replenish th revolving fund, they become available for developing Twenty-tw- o new projects. of tho federal projects ara now making re to tho governregular payments ment, and thara arc but two completed projects that have not yet reached a repayment status. Th fund is nlao augmented by a portion of tho money received by th government from the al of public lands, tha accretion to the reclamation fund lact year from this source amounting to $70t,IIl.lif. Fifty-tw- o and ona-ha- lf par cent of all cash received by the government as royalties from oil Isaacs also goes Into thla fund and last year It waa Increased In tha sum of $2,4it,18$.80 from thla project. th m source. Improvement Com Higher. Of th $1,959,919' acres on tha federal Irrigation projects there Sra 1IQ.U0 acres vacant and In need of settlers. There sra IS, 17 farm cultivated by tenants. Vacant farms and agitation by for cmallcr yearly payment! piesent serious problem! for some Faw saltiers have the project. aet-tle- ra capital required to ronvert a tract of raw land Into n productive farm, the coat of Improving, equipping, and operating farms having doubled In recent years. Hence, th bureau ia seeking a batter type of farmer with moro capital and , kill. Modification of existing contracts to permit a longer period for repayment, or for a reduction of tho Indebtedness, is not encouraged. It has been ncceesary for the department to control speculation in privately owned land on proTo posed reclamation projects. prevent fictitious ar.d prohibitive Inflation of values at needed lands tho bureau of reclamation, prlot to construction, ha entered Into contracts with ownora of private lands to bo luoludud In tho Irrigation district. Thee contrada have provided for an appraisal of the lands at their fair values, without reference to tho proposed Irrigation development. Mongo Dama Inspected. tha secretary of Ig Mgrch, the Interior ordered an examination to bo mad by competent engineers to determine tho safety of 12. all storage dams under the Jurisdiction of the department on reclamation projects and Indian reservations Thera are over 0 storage reservoirs under the control of ths department, located at various points In the went, which are iiaed principally for Irrigated agriculture. They vary from small caIn ths pacity to 1.111,000 arre-fecase of Elephant Butt Dam In et Naw Msxlco. Th dama that would endanger human life If they were to break were examined first. Two consulting engineers were employed by th bureau of reclamation to collaborate with fti regular engineering staff. Th war deparltnrnl assigned a number of army engineers to assist. Till examination I nearly completed. All the dams thus far examined have been reand presenting no ported aa mtrtaca to human Ilf or property. nit What Becomes of Gold Spikes? Railroad Officials Differ Diopoial of Tremoured Nails That Link Final Gap in Steam Roads Varies With No Two, Apparently, Alike, All Are Saved. I'OXl'A CITV. Okie. What be- come! of th gold splko that la driven when a railroad onutructlun ia completed lu a terminal point? This query has risen locally, following th driving of such a spike hero recently when th Rock island railroad completed an extension lo this city. 1 resident James E. Gorman, six of tho seven vice presidents and 25 of the other officials of tho company were here. The gold apika waa driton with much pomp and observance. In fact the Rock Inland ran a special train to Tones City fur thla event Gold spikes liae been flritrii upon the completion of railway during almost the entire period IhaL railways hsv been built. The custom started when the first transcontinental line was finished in 15811, and they have been doing it ever since. And tha they guld? Glided for Onraaino. Well, on of them was at least and that was the first one er driven. In more recent year, thry e have been epurloue in railroad spike glided for tb purpose and then presented, ae a tuir, to some one In authority as a memento. Bo far ae I know." J. A. Fraies or Tulsa, who has built more short line railroads In tha eouthweat than any other men, said, "there Ig no rule governing th dis- and moro frequently, 1 believe, they are kept in th archives or the railway company. That, xt least, has always been iny understanding." In tha caea of tho Rock Island being completed recently to Puncx City, (bo gold eplk waa presented to tho chnmbar of commerce, a committee of which hod really mada possible tha building of the extension. In turn th chamber of commerce hc turned the spike over t th Carnegie library her for saf keeping In ha museum section. Vlisl Become of 'Em? 1 don't know," wa the W.II. of Morrison, strejoinder ars I Rock Island official, who ia now located at Little Rock ae ant freight trafflo manager, when he was asked what become "Honestly. - os-sl- at of gold aplkea. g Tho on big gold event of alt hletorv was that when an actual gold spike wee driven In connection with th completion rf th first transcontinental line. Till vent w recalled by W. E. Bahb of Chicago, assistant director of personnel and publie relatione of the Rock Island and ona of the official who attended th Ponra City event. "I know of no other golden sulk outeid of Pone city, except the on driven May 19, 1089. at Promth ontory Point, Utah, when Union Pacific and th central Pacific were Joined at that point, completing the first transcontinental railway west of the Mississippi river. ho aald. 'That happen'd to bo sure enough gold eplk and later It wsa melted up and made Into posal of gold spike.' 'The gorld spikes are sometime little watch charm bells end distributed by Letand Plan ford among given to th president of the corporation." continues Mr. hi friends" Frstes. end It I, understood h Inland P'enford. on of the has several in hie private mus-u"retd" millionaires to e"tn out o' -, "Pomellme- too. ther are given to th California rush was )i other persons particularly Instruf if re in making It mental In promoting the tr.-l-lioter th frat trsnsmntlnsntsl linr whereby the railroad Is built, to bo built. Monitor. spike-drivin- old-tim- rl m. ni.-i- n 5 Beds, Reliction lands Disputed Say Construction Work Progressed in Montana, Utah and California. Utahns Have Half of Value of Property Protected Against Fire Lota (Continued From Peg ADVERTISING RATES Per Column Inch 50 Cents Title To River Progress In Reclaiming Land A (Continued GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE PUBLIC HEIP IN THE UTAH STATESMAN. .v-.-w- U Utah statesman On HMMNMMMlWjl To publish a paper that will tell the atory of Utaha political proceedings and to acquaint the people of the state, city and county with their office holders and the work which the offifce holders are doing will, in the future, be the policy of the UTAH STATESMAN. We will endeavor to. print the publie record fairly each week and let the office holders stand or fall upon the cold facts. We are cognizant of the fact that there may be more than one side to a question and in case of eontroverslaistories which may come up from time to time we are eager to carry all arguments and let the truth prevail. We ask full of aB office holders, regardless of party, to help us get their problems and their solutions before the people of the state. to Settle of Utah Ownership Lake Shore. - (Continued From Pago Ona) and land located bolow ths meander llna of Groat Halt Lake and Utah Lak. A considerable acreage of very cplendld agricultural land has been Improved and developed by individuals who have obtained title to adjoining lands down to tho meander line, honestly believing that title of tho lands lying below aald line was actually vested In tham by right of riparian ownership or otherwise. Utah Lake Problem. to lltio of thee The question lands la a very Important ona Involving the rights of tha state and many Individuals. It should, by all meana, ba ssUleil at an early date. Th atata has, on esvntal a occasions, attempted to mak teat case on different tracts of land only to moat with considerable opposition from tha numerous property owners along tha shores of thesa lakes, contending that the tat should not burden them with expansive litigation in order to protect what they hunaitly believe to be their property. "Much of this land ia not and hae never been assessed and produces no revenue whatsoever for maintenance and operation of our state goverment In soma uasoe the land has uoon assessed at tha owner at request of ths a very faw cnts pr acre. If lha land belongs to tha state. It should bo sold at a reasonable figure. If It belong to the Individual, he should be compelUni to pay reasonable tx not be Action 'Should thereon longer delayed. Act. Khould State "I would suggest that th matter ba presented at our next legislature with a view to determining tha sentiment of tho members of that body. If our legislators feel that It ... la a question which should be entirely it the the state,' eliminating therefrom tha necessity of any Individual termer having to pay for litigation. In order to determine tlltlo to th land, then an appropriation should bo made for that purpose. If not, tllo atat should assert what It believes to ba its rights and bring determination of about a final tha question before the court.' 2014 Miles of Federal Aid Roads Completed U.S. in ' Year; 8,184 Miles Started b (From tb annual report of Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Tha federal-ai- d road work of tho year resulted In th Initial im- of 1,114 miles and the completion of advanced stages of Improvement on 3,014 miles, th latter Including th surfacing of roada previously graded and drained, tba elimination of grad crossings, and other work designed lo Improve tho quality of tho service afforded. tho beginning of federal In 1910 tho work done including that of tho past year, hae resulted In th Improvement .of 72.094 miles, all of which, except a Lmlted mileage built prior to 121, la In the Federal-ai- d highway system. A portion of thla improved mileage ia now undergoing further Improvement by tho process of tag construction, and such subsequent improvements have effected reductions In dletanci of 04 mile. For these reasons th Improvement classified as completed at the doe of th year aggregated 71.074 miles. At tba close of th fiscal year Initial Improvement waa under way on 1,494 miles and stage eonstruo-tlo- n waa In progress on 1.290 mllea Tho 0,184 mllae of Initial improvement completed during tho year Included 0,120 mllea of roada and 84 mllea of major bridge ranging in length of span and approaches from 20 feet to over I (Unco miles. Th Initial road improvement consist of tho construction of mils of graded and drained earth roads, 044 mllea of aand-cla- y roada, 1,110 mllea of gravel roada 12 mllea of roads, 484 mllea of "htVITtnouiJ macadam roada 108 mllaa of bituminous concrete pavement, 2.111 mile of Portland cement concrete pavement and 43 miles paved with brick. For each project the type of improvement Is choaen to meet tho present and probable future demand! of traffic, modified to a certain extant by the desirability of extending soma degree it Improvement ae rapidly aa possible with the funds available to tho ontlro system. The latter consideration accounts for th oxtonalv mileage of graded earth and aand-cla- y roada built aa initial Improvement. Aa theaa roads develop In traffic importance, era further Improved by otage they construction. During the past year nearly 1,101) miles of previously constructed earth roads have been surfaced In thla manner, so that although th year's initial construction of oarth roada waa mllaa, th mileage of thla lowest type wee Increased during th year by only 080 miles. Ths large mileage of bridges completed ia an especially gratifying faatur pf tha year's work. With their approaches, th now bridges have an aggregate length of 04 miles, and thoro have now been built with Federal aid bridge structure and approaches of an aggregate length of 332.0 mllea.. Construction of Toll Bridges. Tha us of federal funds lot (Contlhued Front Pago One) ot half th coat of large our wool growing Industry until paymtnt bridges offers a partial solution of clean-umade. la p a tho difficult problem presented by Bridge Being Built. auch th urgent need of many A bridge Is near being built structures on th Important highacross the Colorado river at Mar- ways and ths limited state and ble canyon, Arizona, and will open local revenues available for their up a market for large numbers of construction. Deficiency of public sheep from th western Navajo revenue for thla purpose has reand Hop! Indian reservation that sulted during th past several yeare now move south to tho Flagstaff In tha construction of numtroue country. Sheep from Kan. Wash- Important bridges by private build ington and Iron counties will min- ara under franchises authorising gle with thee sheep on th win- th collection of toll. Many auch ter range. Tho policing of thqt private toll bridges have already part of tho state line le a problem been built or authorised on th federal aid highway system, thu that remain to bo solved. Our atat lines ara policed, ae a defeating In a measure tha clear preventive measure. Bo far a Intent of Congress, as manifested funds available will permit, sheep by the' federal highway legislaare inspected and health certifl tion, that tha roada upon which cates checked when sheep enter federal funde ara expended should the state. U le through th sincere thereafter be freely opened to of tho officials who use. are engaged In thie work, both publlq Th hae done everyetate and federal, also the wil thing Indepartment Its power to discourage growers generally, that eheep scab tha erection of these private toll has been controlled. Th fact tnat structures and, aa an alternative some of our neighboring states measure. It haa urged th use of have cleaned up and'kept free from the available federal funds lo an scab over a period of years, ha Increasing degree for thla purpose; be-a prrat benefit to ins. and It le distinctly gratifying, Always on Guanl. to report a very substanIt Is the policy of this depart1 therefor, Inert aae in th number of fedment to be ever on the alert to d' tial aid bridges planned and comtert an outherak of srablet In eral could 1pleted. sheep before the disease Forest and spread to other herds. Inspections loads In tho National Darks. are made at as many ot the principal shearing plants througnout In Ttio work of road construction the national forests haa two the elate ns our funds will permit, and numerous reports of eheep principal objerta. Tha first la th rail were Investigated during the Improvement of th main highways biennium, thus insuring to the that rroee the forest areas and wnnlgrowera safety and freedom of connect communities within and movement to their flocks. adjacent to them. Tho second le Field rrrsonnil. the building of roads and trails reThe Inspection force consists of quired for the administration, pro a chief sheep inspector, one full lection and development of the time deputy and four district sheep forests Toward th attainment of the Inspectors, employed when their services are required, on a per fleet object a definite program uf diem bssi. Two federal inspectors construction haa been agreed upon were In lha field, on part time following conference with state during tne dipping and shearing nd local officials. Ths program seasons with this Involve tho ultimate Improvement hoard. of a system of forest highway, inSummary of Artliillre. cluding 11.911 in lies, correlated Total Imi-te3.403.190 with th federal sld and state highway systems, and work la progressing rapidly aq ths somewhat limDipped. ited funds will permit. Infected. 1st dipping . Up to th close of the fiscal year Exposed, dipping . 2775 milts of these main highways 'Free, lit dipping . . . . had Infected. 2nd dipping been Improved, 111 during the Sheep Inspector Makes Biennial Report of Work lt Exposed. 2nd dipping Free. 2nd dipping ... Inforted, Ird dipping tha Improvement 'of connecting road outside tht forest areas. It so happen that many of tho national parka are completely rounded by national forests, or practically so. Access to th parka by highway la furnished In many eases only by forest roads and th greatly lnorseaed volume of motor travel to tho parka will not bo accommodated adequately until thesa roada arc satisfactorily Improved. Thla need not be recognlseA and th utlllatlon of tho park area la being facilitated by the correlated improvement of th approach high-wa- ys utd tha Interior park roada. By an advantageous interdipart-ment- al agreement tha bureau of publie gpeds ef thla department has undertaken to ad visa and assist tha national pqrk service of tho department of tho Interior In surveying. planning nnd constructing th roads In tha park. As th asm bureau also supervises th federal id forest road work It Is abla to effect a desirable correlation of all improvement projects. Highway Research. Encouraging program has been mad In tba development of methods uf Improving light traffic oarth and gravel roads with asphaltio oil and thus producing at low cost road surf acts oapabj of carrying traffic tha year round with a minimum of mud and dust. Th methods which hava been tried apd Improved by th bureau of public roads In cooperation with ths highway departments of California and South Carolina, ara applicable to tha thousands of miles of rural roada on which traffic I ao light aa to preclude th construction of mor expensive surfaces, and on tja account are of special portance to agriculture. im- Wheq apuplled to cruehed gravel roada, of which there are thousands of miles In tha western state, the methods not only sllmlaato ths dust which has bscom an Intolerable nuisance, but effectively prevent th wearing sown of tha eurface, which In some eases has a year-Th- e amounted, to 1 1 inch annual lose from thla cause has amounted to aa much as 11009 a mil. Tha cost of the treatment that result which accomplish rarely exceeds 11700 a mil, and th treatment will apparently be effective for several year. Other current highway researches deals with the classification of oils according to their aulteblllty for road foundations and methods of treating unsuitable eolle to Im-prl- vo their supporting capacity; with th qualities of road surfacing materali and tha deelgn of ths various types ef aurraoaa: and with tha economics and efficiency of construction methods ' Economics in method and material shown to be possible by thesa Invaetlgatlona are repeated time after tlma on tha thousands of mllea of road constructed each year and, thus multiplied, return to tha public a large saving out of all proportion to tho comparatively email expense of th research which makes them possible. PLANNED. looking to tho construction of a federal aid highway between Woodeld and Graea was In Emery county River reached Monday afternoon at a conference between members of and tho etat road commission tha Emery county commissioners. Th project will coat approximately $121,000. WOODS1DE ROAD Agreement STATE wurovrjrc TO GET CHECKS EARLY THIS MOXTB BOISE State house and other state employes were Jubilant Monday over anuouneement of th tat auditor, that. In keeping with a precedent set last year, tha monthly pay check would bo delivered before Chrlstmae. State Auditor E. O. Gallet said th checks would bo paid out about December 11. State employes la othsr parts of th stats will also be paid at thla tlma If vouchers can be secured. TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED AT FANGtilTcH W M. McKendrlck. field cecre-tsr- y of tho research department of th Utah Taxpayers association, Monday returned from Pangultch, where a Garfield county branch was formed. M. V. Hatch, chairman; J. Xephl Henri, vies nroaldeut, and S. A.h, Worthen, secretary, all of head tha new organisation, which Includes twenty taxpayers ef Garfield county. Pan-gulto- H05ITTAL AT OGDEN BY COLTON Congressman Don Is anxious to support Ogden a the lte for a government veterans' hospital and will Immediately taka th matter up with Director Frank T. Hines of tho veterans' bureau, ho advised Commander Ora Bundy of ths American Legion by telegraph Monday night Th suggestion that tha Ogden arsenal ba eanvarted Into BACKED OGDEN a hospital appeals to Congress- man Colton, so his telegram tated. Th hospital committee of tho local post will meet Tuesday noon last year. Th improvemant of thost roads at th Hotel Bigelow for a conIs an ohligstion tba government sideration of steps to put Ogdsn one to th states In which th forward as a place for th loca's are located and to ths Increas- tion of the hospital. Member! of tho committee are Commander ing numbers of Interstate travelers The forest areas are large and nu- Bundy. Ray L. Olson. U H. Hol-thmerous. They sra not taxable by E. G. Fonnett and Charles the stele, and. especially In th Cxnfltld. western stales, they ara ao located that they must be traversed by all who travel any appreciable distance. , JUST RECEIVED In providing for tha improve-lim- it 1000 BEAUTIFUL of the main Irsnsforc.i arteries willi federal funds the governXMAS TREES v ment has recognised thla obligation and lias made very ronsfder- - We Deliver. Phone Hy. IT. nbl progress In discharging It. though It It not keeping pace with for-ee- Total dipped 130.700 ftheep classified as free were dipped jjnder supervision of inspectors. at th request of owners, for th eradication of tick. Kecond dipping of fre sheep to With regulations of Canada.) This department wishes to express Its hearty appreciation df the of lha other department of the rtii'.e board of Inlli'd Ktstrr burs.i'i of .Anlmiil t,i- ef Indusiry. the nf'ii-ulins stele, snd 'he nffir aU of the fint.--i Ka llrosi company, at M.uk, s l I er I |