| Show IMPORTANT PARK TOBE HELD on tuesday may ilay ard 3rd there was held bield n idaho falls idaho a meeting af 0 representatives ot of the communities ini in I 1 southeastern idaho and utah most ilife interested rested in fit the building and main j 1 of the utah idaho yellowstone highway the purpose of 0 ali the e rn meet beet ing was to elef elect delegates to a park I 1 ta lo park T highway convention to be 1 held in salt lake city utah oil or I 1 about june 1921 tile due notice ofa oft the exact date to be given later the park to park highway association was organized at ar denver deliver colorado about a year ago tor for the purpose ot of building a paved highway from denver north to cheyenne wyoming front from that point to cody wyoming and from that point to the yellowstone park from the north entrance of 0 the pa park rk west through montana and washington Ore Orle goil and california and then east through nevada back to denver deliver having the proposed highway designated by cengr congress ess as the official park to park Illg highway hway and so advertised and known the meeting at denver deliver when the proposed park to park highway program was outlined sought to give out the impression that the denver convention represented the united west and that the west was asking congress tor for a federal appropriation of tor for the purpose of building the proposed highway tho the denver convention ignored the utah idaho yellowstone highway built front salt lake through utah north to tile idaho line from there to pocatello north from that point through the upper snake river valley to yellowstone montana Alon tatia the proposed park to park association makes hakea no mention of 0 either utah or idaho in the advertising or publicity and neither of the states are include I 1 on the highway as being promoted by the said association and as shown on the maps and the advertising sent out by the iho association the people of utah and idaho wes ein cin wyoming southern montana and ot of parts ot of nevada and california Cali torniA washington and oregon are offering protest the delegates to tile the salt lake convention will offer kofl er protest to tile the program as outlined by the denver or convention ot of the park to park highway association and arrangements are being made to have the th e facetious ot of idaho and utah most particularly interested in fit the building and maintaining ot of a highway through utah and idaho from salt lake to the yellowstone Vellow stone park to connect with highways front from boise and the southwestern part of the state and front from the extreme southeastern part or of the state and the central portions of 0 the state represented at the convention the call for the convention states that boards ot of county commissioners mayors of towns and villages presiding officers of civic and commercial organizations presiding officers ot of auto mobile and good roads associations way aitay send delegations to the salt lake convention each with proper credentials so that those who are there may be prepared to vote and act on the matters which will come coine up tip before them tor for con consideration side ration that this convention Is an all important one to this section ot of the country goes without saying it if the route is diverted according to the wishes ot of the denver convention automobile tourists going to the yellowstone park from eastern points will never come this way at all but will turn north at che cheyenne yenne last year automobile tourists registered at the tourist camping grounds in salt latte city and it has been estimated that the traffic this year will be increased many times brigham city and box elder county are right on oil tile highway and tourists traveling over the yellowstone low stone highway must come this way tills this county should therefore feet et behind this big convention to be held in salt lake city during the present month and make every protest against changing the park to park route so that this section K t the country will not be passed by |
