Show DID SOMEBODY sonE DoDY BLUNDER I 1 the announcement made by the re gi onla I 1 director of 0 L the h e un united I 1 ted st states a te s bureau 0 of public roads at salt lake city on friday to the effect that the government is awaiting the order ot of the th state 0 of utah to turn over more than u which have been set aside to assist in the construction of roads in this state Is strangely at variance with the oft repeated repealed declaration 0 of the state road commission that there the re are no more federal funds available lor for road building in this state ahe the government official was very pronounced in his declaration that the state ot of utah shows the poorest record of any ot of the western states in its cooperation with the federal govern ment in the construction ot of post roads by this Is meant we assume that utah has failed to match the government on an eien even fifty fifty basis in the construction st ot of roads had this information been given out early in the year box elder county could have had today under way a road program which had for its purpose the hard surfacing of the state highway between this city and garland five mileson miles mi lesof ot which might have been constructed at this end together with the two miles between garland and tremonton Tre Tremon monton Wn and now it if the government official is stating facts box elder county should not be slow in acting in order that application might be made for and the promise ot of the necessary amount secured to put thru the entire program to pave a ma main trunk highway through this county we get what we go after and no more and it would be a very easy matter tor for this rich county to match the govern mat in this big enterprise and thus secure to residents and the traveling ag public everywhere hard surface roads road that may be traveled over at all seasons ot of the year without let or hind hir ranee rance i atlon action C must be taken before june jun e SO 30 ot of next year or the thel government ap will be withdrawn and it would indeed be a crying shame it one dollar ot of the amount set aside tor for use in this state should be turned back it if there are federal funds tor for road building in box elder county let us use them and use them quickly in order that we today may have the use of the roads |