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Show NEXT MOVE UP TO THIS COUNTY An important move for the establishment estab-lishment of good roads, and which should have the effect of "awakening "awaken-ing Sanpete county" to the fact that it will soon be her move if she would keep abreast of the times, was the voting of Millard county of a bond issue of $310,000 for road improvement improve-ment throughout that county. The election was held on the 30th of September Sep-tember and the bonds carried by a substantial margin. The funds provided for in the recent re-cent election are to be used for the construction of good roads in cooperation coop-eration with the state and federal governments and for a link of roads throughout Millard county. The issue is-sue allows funds for a road from Scipio south to the Sevier county line to connect with the Arrowhead Trail running to Los Angeles and the Grand Central Highway west to Ely, there connecting with the Lincoln Lin-coln Highway. The Grand Central Highway will run from Green River, Utah, (on the Midland Trail) to Salina and then on to Ely, and through Millard county. coun-ty. A portion of this road Is now in use and the state of Nevada is already al-ready at work on its section. No better opportunity is offered Gunnison valley and South Sanpete county to open a new territory for its produce and to divert travel this way, than by getting busy and having hav-ing the. road routed from Salina through Gunnison and on through Lone Cedar canyon and there connect con-nect at Scipio, thereby opening a channel which will surely bring big returns. In connection with this is there any reason why Sanpete county should not follow the example of the neighbor county to the west and "get in line with the live ones" and work for better roads? A bond issue of $500,000 would work no hardship or be a burden to the taxpayers. On a basis of $2.50 per $1000 per year and running for a period of twenty years, would make the task easy. Good roads are more important than any other factor, except good schools. Let's get busy and have better roads and secure some of the big travel being enjoyed by others. |