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Show Action Expected Soon On Road Improvement Request DELEGATION ASKS ROAD ALLOTMENT Grace Highway, And Strawberry Road Needs Cited in Boise A pledge from Governor Cnase Clark and, B. H. Finch, head of the bureau of public roads at Ogden, to give the two major road problems prob-lems of this area earliest possible consideration was obtained by a delegation from Preston headed by the county commissioners. Improvement of the Preston-Grace Preston-Grace highway, a project that has been hanging fire for the past 10 yeirs, was requested by Henry Rawlings, county board chairman, as well as improvement im-provement of the Strawberry-Sharon Strawberry-Sharon road. 'Both these roads are vital lin'.i. between U. S. Highway ;!0 pnd U. S. Highway 91. a the matter of defense these roads take on a new importance,'' Rawlings stated. He pointed out that as Defense De-fense roads they would serve as outlets for the movement of oil, coal, phosphate and otner army supplies from Wyoming and eastern Idaho into the supply sup-ply depot at Ogden, and that they would provide a mearis of " moving farm products to markets. mar-kets. Active in the matter of obtaining the needed iinpiovements are the commissioners, h . Chamber of Commerce, ami the Associated Civic Civ-ic clubs of Southeastern Idaho, as well as groups from Grace and Montpelier. Governor Clark stated th,it action ac-tion on the r.qucst could be expected ex-pected soon. o o |