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Show Civic Clubs Hold Rousing Meeting In Colorado City i Members of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah meeting Clubs of Southern Utah, meeting representatives of various western Colorado organizations Saturday, were assured of the support of the Utah state road commission in the routing of the Roosevelt highway into Utah over U. S. No. 50. This has been a major project with the southern Utah group for more than two years and Colorado people have been working for the same results for a like period. The only route seriously considered for the transcontinental highway which originates in Cape Cod, Mass., is west from Denver over j U. S. No. 40. The latter route, however, is closed during the winter months due to the heavy i snows and high mountain passes. The meeting of representatives of the 15 counties represented by j the associated civic clubs was held) in connection with the Grand Junction chamber of commerce and Lions club in an effort to promote pro-mote good will between the two scenic territories, President Frank G. Martines presided at the business busi-ness session which convened in the courthouse at 3 p.m. At 7 p.m. a banquet was held for all visitors from Utah and representatives of the Colorado civic clubs. J. C. Glassford, chairman chair-man of the interclub relations committee com-mittee of the Lions' club, was toastmaster and the principal speakers included President Mar-tines, Mar-tines, Preston G. Peterson and W. D. Hammond of the Utah state road commission; T. W. Gardner, president of the Grand Junction chamber of commerce; M. G. Hin-shaw, Hin-shaw, chairman of the Mesa comity commission, and Dr. P. A. Mat-teroli, Mat-teroli, president of the Grand Junction Lions' club. The Utah visitors left Price Saturday morning at 9 o'clock in (Continued on last page) Civic Clubs Meeting (Continued from first page) . . a caravan led by the state highway . escort. Stops were made at Green-: Green-: river, Thompson's Junction and Cisco where other members of the party were met. At the Utah-Colorado Utah-Colorado line a courtesy patrol of ; four men furnished by the Colo-; Colo-; ratio highway department met the party and escorted it to Grand . Junction. I The three-hour meeting Saturday Satur-day afternoon brought out the fact that the "western slope" of Colorado Colo-rado and southern Utah have a i great deal' in common and that ;- cooperation between the two re- gions will be of great benefit to both. The attractions for the . tourists as ve as the general traveling conditions throughout , the territory are far better than ,' can lie found elsewhere, it was : pointed out by one of the speakers. The decision of the quorum of . the Utah state road commission which was represented by two of the three members came after a 1 conference during an intermission. ! Both Commissioners Hammond and ' Peter-on were reluctant to com-. com-. mit themselves until they had . learned the opinion of the Colorado . officials, but after studying the I conditions and attractions of the two possible routes for the Roosevelt Roose-velt highway they promised their ; support. Several speakers expressed re-; re-; gret because the Colorado highway , department apparently did not consider the meeting of enough importance to be present. When the resolution was passed requesting the Utah road commis-. commis-. sion to support routing of the Roo-evelt highway into Utah ov.si-, ov.si-, U. S. No. 50 the' Colorado clubs i pledged their support. Simon Smith, Grand Junction attorney, j asserted that he was sure the "Western slope" people would be glad to "play ball" with southern , Utah. At the banquet, after having talked over the possibilities of an ' organization similar to the Asso-. Asso-. ciated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah, the Colorado people sug-, sug-, gested that they would organize '. similarly and then be in a better , position too cooperate with Utah . in promoting the attractions of the . adjacent territories. W. D. Hammond, member of the j Utah state road commission, representing rep-resenting Governor Henry H. Blood, stressed the importance of the development of a good road system in the intermountain west. In addition to the meeting of the Civic clubs from two states, Grand Junction was host to 33 bands from Utah ond Colorado. They were participating in one of the most colorful exhibits of musical mu-sical talent and maneuvers ever seen in that region. Sunday morning the Utah visitors visi-tors returned by way of the "river road" from Cisco to Moab. This is one of the most scenic routes of Utah. They were given a big chicken dinner at Moab after the trip down the Colorado river, a trip which made many members of j the party dizzy. |