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Show IT'S DUE TO SOUTHERN UTAH. So long as there were only two full-time members of the state road commission there might have been some little excuse ex-cuse for centering- the membership in the northern part of the state and allowing the Provo member of the commission commis-sion to teiTn himself the representative of southern Utah. However, with the recent enactment of legislation which provides for a third full-time member, there is no reason for not recognizing the rights of southern Utah for a representative repre-sentative on this important body and Governor Blood, will do well to hearken to the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah, the individual civic organizations and to individuals in their pleas that this be done. Fully GO per cent of the roads of Utah are contained within the area represented by the 15 counties in the association. as-sociation. This has been conceded by Governor Blood himself him-self and by otners high up in the administration of state affairs, af-fairs, as has the right of southern Utah to ask for representation repre-sentation on the highway commission a body which has in its control our network of state highways, the one great things in which every citizen of southern Utah is vitally interested and one that, by reason of its universal need, is held very dear in the hearts of the people of this section. Reliable reports have it that the appointment is scheduled sche-duled to go to a Salt Lake county man providing certain political requirements can be met but we hope that this is not true and that Governor Blood is not going to be led into thus challenging the power of the Associated Civic clubs. He must know that there are certain other "political requirements" require-ments" to be met November 2, next year, in these 15 southern south-ern Utah counties as well as in Ed Howe's bailiwick. The governor has innumerable friends in southern Utah friends who wish him well in what are believed to be his sincere efforts ef-forts to serve all parts of the state, and, it is to be hoped that this desire to serve, together with his reputed political sagacity, saga-city, will prompt him to do the right thing by southern Utah at this time. On the side of the 15 counties and their four-year four-year old plea for representation on the board there is Justice with a great big capital "J" and there can be no fair or reasonable argument for massing of the three members of this body north of Utah's Mason and Dixon line the Provo City limits in this instance. And in this connection, while The News is 'on the subject sub-ject of a southern Utah man for road commissioner, we Want to say a word for L. A. Wynaught of Milford, who has received re-ceived considerable support for this appointment. The fitness fit-ness of Mr. Wynaught for the position needs no commendation commenda-tion on our part, nor is it needed to call to mind his interest in good loads. As director from Beaver county in the Associated As-sociated Civic Clubs, Mr. Wynaught has faithfully carried virtually the whole load of Beaver county's representation in that body during the two year period of our residence in the county and has done it cheerfully, uncomplainingly, and with only a thought of the good the association might do for southern Utah as a whole. As chairman of the road committee commit-tee of the association he has been an indefatigable and unselfish un-selfish worker, though we feel confident that such a position as that for which friends all over southern Utah are now urging him, never entered his head until just recently when the importunities of thoose friends served to draft him as an aspirant for the position. Some may remark that Beaver county has fared pretty well in the matter of appointments under the present administration ad-ministration but the fact remains that federal, state, C C C, and F E R A appointments that are considered worthwhile have been limited to the east end of the county with the single exception of one small clerical position in the county relief office which came to a Milford man! Verily, it's time something came to Milford! n |