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Show Ephraim Is Host To Big Gathering Of Civic Group The Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah Saturday at their monthly meeting in Ephraim, pass-j ed a resolution which will be pre-, scnted to the next legislature, requesting re-questing that the present liquor : control law be changed so as to give counties, cities and towns the' absolute and complete control of the licensing for the retail sale of beer. The resolution also embodies1 other requests. This action wasj taken after several months of study by the organization's legis-j lative committee and the directors.! Representative members of all 15' counties were present. Following the open session at 2:30 p.m., the Ephraim high school band gave a concert and a banquet was served in the Snow college auditorium. A dance in the open-' air pavilion concluded the day. For Sunday a tour of the Skyline drive on the Manti national forest was scheduled, with a short intermission intermis-sion for a business session along the drive. I In addition to the discussion and action on the liquor change, the as- sociation went on record as favor-! ing the establishment of a junior college, or a branch of the University Uni-versity of Utah, at Price, to ac-1 comodate the students of eastern Utah. The educational and legislative legis-lative committees had gathered in-1 formation on this subject to show the necessity of establishing such an institution, both from a standpoint stand-point of the value to young people of that territory and from an economic point of view. I Many other projects were also taken up, including the formation' of a "state advisory council." j Discussion on the liquor problem brought out -many lines of thought. The feasibility of also placing the! responsibility of handling the sale of hard liquors in the hands of cities and counties was discussed,1 but it was decided not to make' such a recommendation.' 1 On this phase of the subject it was compared to the state gasoline tax in case diversions should be made. Under the present law the profits derived from the sale of liquor go toward the reduction of taxes, and the consensus was that if handled by the many cities and counties, the profits would be much less. Under the provisions of the resolution, reso-lution, the wholesaling of beer would remain under the control of the liquor control commission, but the number of places licensed to sell beer would be left with the municipalities. The administrators of the commission com-mission were complimented on the "ernest and sincere attempt to regulate and control the liquor traffic in Utah", but also urged to keep down the "overhead" expense of the administration. Copies of the resolution will be sent to the liquor control commission, commis-sion, the governor, and other civic organizations of the state will be asked to pass similar resolutions. Further consideration of the project pro-ject was left to the committee with the understanding that, should the members decide that additional ad-ditional changes be advisable, they will be recommended. The discussion of a state advisory ad-visory council reverted back to the record of the Associated Civic! Clubs of Southern Utah. Some of j the older members pointed out that, previous to the functioning of the association, the various counties coun-ties and towns of southern Utah ' were constantly fighting over sec-j tional differences, and it was only: through the cooperative spirit1 established that this was over-! come. The general opinion was that the same condition could be promoted throughout the state by having some sort of a body to talk over state problems. A motion passed authorizing the inter-club relations committee to meet at any time with similar committees from other clubs, but the committee was not given any executive power. The directors expressed pleasure at the report of W. D. Hammond, member of the Utah state road commission, that the dust condition prevailing along highway 89 from Glendale to the Garfield county line, and that on the road to Bryce canyon national park, will be cor-' cor-' rected very soon. This is being done, he said, by a revision of the forest road funds. L. A. Wynaught, chairman of (Continued on last page) Civic Clubs Meet (Continued from first page) the road committee, reported on progress being made on southern Utah roads. Contracts have been let on the balance of the construction construc-tion of Circleville canyon and a part of Salina canyon. During the year about 15 miles of hard surface road will be laid from Thistle south on highway 89 and 15 miles north of Panguitch. Kanab asked that the Main street of the town be oiled, to prevent the discomfort of dust, and several other minor requests were made. At the request of the Ogden chamber of commerce, the association associa-tion went on record as favoring a legal holiday on Armistice day, November 11, so that the day may be properly observed. For fish and game, an effort will be made to have the Long valley val-ley reservoir built by the fish and game commission. It is said to be the only place in that part of the state where fishing may be improved. im-proved. The Sportsmen of Kanab will obtain the water rights and the state will construct the dam. according to present plans. The next meeting of the Associated Asso-ciated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah will be held at Panguitch on August 15. At that time a tour of Bryce canyon, Panguitch lake, Navajo lake and other attractions of that section will be made on the program. |