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Show Valley Behind On Road Contribution "Mayficld has subscribed more than her ijuottt towards building the road through Twelve Mile, canyon and work has already been started. Considerable work was done the p;inl week and n not her crew went, to the canyon Wednesday or this week to do further grading." Thus spoke Ed. P. Cox, ranger lor the Manti national ! forest to a News man Wednesday levelling. Mr. Cox. in company with j Supervisor J. W. '.Humphry, was horn to meet with tjm i I l.n n k of i Gunnison relative to raising funds ! Vvith which to prosecute further work j hi the canyon. Through the acliviiy j of the officers of the Mmi'M national j forest at Ephraim and Manti. the ! government has appropriated or will .appropriate two dollars fur every i dollar subscribed by llm citi.euii of the valley for the building of Ibti road through Iho canyon and up to Kcrron Flats, i The movement towards extend i ng the road on up the ranyon was started start-ed some three weeks ago and at a meeting of the advisory board of the C il ii n i Mill nod Mayiiohl f.it'le sikko-elalion. sikko-elalion. together with n number of eili7,enH. it was derided to rniMi f (.(ion by popular r.u 1 iw: r I pt ions, a third of I lie nuiount to bi rnb ed ly Mnyfi'dd, while the bninnce wus to come from Gunnison, ('enterfleld and (lie western dintrjrt nf the valley. At the meeting held at the city hnll Wednesday evening in Onnnk.on a committee from the ndvKory board of tbe cattle nsRoci.'it ion w;, in:. trusted trust-ed to take the mat'er up with tb Commercial club for this city and similar action will be taken at Ccn-lerfield. Ccn-lerfield. It is believed that sufficient suffi-cient money by subscript lolls can lie raised to aid materially in having a good road built, through iho ran-! ran-! o n . |
