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Show Civic Clubs Organization Holds Successful Meeting at Blanding Federal Help For Schools Divides Interest With Roads; Tour Made of Scenic Spots Road improvement, federal aid for school districts and proposed increases in-creases in the tariff on imported wool were among the principal subjects sub-jects considered at Blanding Saturday Satur-day at the monthly convention of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah. . Through the joint efforts of the Blanding chamber of commerce and the Blue Mountain Civic club of Monticello, that hamlet became host to the convention delegates, who traveled from all parts of southern Utah. A caravan was organized for delegates attending from the most distant points. The caravan left Price early Saturday morning after an informal session in the Carbon county seat Friday evening. It had been planned to hold a general gen-eral meeting at Price with civic leaders, lead-ers, city and county officials attending, attend-ing, but many of the delegates arrived ar-rived in Price too late and the smaller small-er group briefly discussed municipal and county governmental affairs. Tho caravan arrived at Blanding at 3 p.m., after having traveled over roads which delegates described as surprisingly smooth for a section so isolated. Frank E. Martinez, president presi-dent of the associated clubs, led the caravan. The convention heard discus-ion of i'cderal aid Jor public schools and attention at-tention was called to a proposal for U F C loans secured by delinquent tax accounts. Such a move, it was contended, would enable districts to maintain full school years with adequate ade-quate curricula. It was pointed out, however, by Frank Law of Delta that, some counties are attempting to sell properties on which taxes are delinquent de-linquent for less than the total delin-nuencies, delin-nuencies, in accordance with state law, and that if the federal govern-' ! ment executed liens upon such property prop-erty the tax sale program would meet interference. Those who participated in tho tax-school tax-school discussion included E. P. Pec-tol, Pec-tol, George Eckersly and State Senator George Jefferson, Milford, and other delegates. Senator Jefferson offered a proposal pro-posal which met the approval of the delegates when he suggested that in-I in-I stead of seeking more extensive federal fed-eral aid that the citizens "dig themselves them-selves out of the depression." He contended that relief money eventually eventu-ally must be paid back by someone, i Ho further suggested that if the counties run all other phases of their affairs the federal government might he encouraged to take over control and financing of public schools. A committee of five was appointed to investigate the subject and report at a later meeting. Those on tthe committee com-mittee ;:re: Frank Law, Delta; George E. Eckersly, Loa; Leo J. Xielson, Kanab; Ray E. Carr, Richfield, Rich-field, and I.cland W. Redd, LaSal. The convention went on record as favoring widespread cooperation in efforts to encourage greater tourist travel to southern Utah. 1 On a resolution presented by the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce, requesting a 50 per cent increase in the duty on imported wool, the convention con-vention unanimously voted for any reasonable means of improving conditions con-ditions affecting the sheep-growing industry. Senator Jefferson and L. A. Wynaught, Wy-naught, Beaver county directors of tho association, with their wives, represented Beaver county at the Blanding meeting. They left their (Continued on laat page) o Civic Clubs Meeting (Continued from first page) car at Richfield, however, making the trip in the car of H. B. Waters, general manager of the Telluride Power company. A total of 1150 miles was recorded for the trip. Following the meeting a tour of the natural bridges of San Juan county was made, the party proceeding on south to Bluff, thence into Arizona and within ten miles of Cameron, where they joined highway 89, continuing con-tinuing northward across the Lees Ferry bridge to Kanab and thence back to Richfield. |