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Show HIGHWAY CHECKING STATION 1ESTABLSHED NEAR ST. GEORGE A checking station, where all motor mo-tor vehicles entering the state, from the south, will be inspected, will be established about March 1, at Santa Clara, according to secretary of state and road commission officials who were in St. George last week. j The station will be located a short j distance this side of Santa Clara, and j will employ four men, open 24 hours of the day, it is said. In addition to these a patrolman will be appointed for the highways of the county. His territory will be from the Arizona J state line north to the Iron county line. The duty of the checkers will be to inspect incoming cars and trucks, paying special attention to licenses and the overloading of trucks. Scales will be installed at the station. Washington County News. |