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Show SCENIC HIGHWAY : INTERESTS WILL BE DEVELOPED Scenic Highway interests will continue con-tinue to operate an automobile tour-; ing bureau for exploiting the scenic I'tauties ot the state and the rout-j ng of automobile traffic to the best interests of the tourist and the state, according to announcement made by .iiias K. Woodruff, secretary of the .- ic Highway association. Announ erui m follows the deci-io deci-io nreccntly made by Judge Chris .Mathison of the Third district court ;vi -mil t ing the Scenic Highway as-snvia as-snvia ion to incorporate a separate ouring bureau under the name of the Auto Club of Utah. The L' tab Stale Automobile association asso-ciation and W. D .Uishel nought to enjoin the Scenic Highway association associa-tion from using the Auto club name :n oitler to secure for itself a monopoly mono-poly on the touring bureau names In the state. Rishel's organization filed on a score of trade names which it claimed the right to use with the apparent purpose of forestalling in-: in-: corporation of the Auto Club of Utah Ut-ah by Air. Woodruff and associates. Consequently when these papers j came before the secretary of state the Utah State association vigorously vigorous-ly protested the granting of a char-, char-, . r but after a full hearing H. E. 1 Crockett, secretary of state denied j to allow Bill Rishel the exclusive i right to the use of touring designations designa-tions and granted the charter to the i Auto Club of Utah, j Thereafter injunction proceedings : were brought in the district court and in the decision recently handed Judge Alathison decided in favor of the Scenic Highway asosciation In its fight to build up a touring body which would be representative of the entire state. The court denied Rishel he exclusive right to the word Utah on the ground that it was a geographical geo-graphical designation and also denied de-nied exclusive rights to use the word into association as this phrase merely mere-ly designated the business engewed in. The Utah State association failed to show that the Auto Club of Utah was attempting to exert any unfair competition and no evidence was brought out to prove that the auto "lub had practiced any fraud or was attempting to deceive in any man-tier man-tier by its incorporation under this name, according to the court's decision. deci-sion. "In fighting for use of this name the Auto Club of Utah is seeking merely the privilege of using a resignation re-signation such as will be descriptive of its business," said Mr. Woodruff, "rher .- : :.o reason that I have been b! :- c .athom why a competing "auto "au-to to .ring body should not be formed form-ed where one already organized has failed to function satisfactorily as has been the case here. "The Utah State Automobile association asso-ciation attempted to show that it had been using this name of the Auto Au-to Club of Utah for years as a matter mat-ter of fact it has failed to use It at all in the last several years. Admittedly Admit-tedly there Is considerable mail ad-dressed ad-dressed to an organization under the Auto club name but this is seeking merely touring data and was not sent expressly to Air. Rishel's organization organiza-tion or to any other. The newly Incorporated In-corporated auto club will be equipped equip-ped to supply data requeusted aa will any other. "The Scenic Highway association in building up the Auto Club of Utah Ut-ah will ask support from the peopde , for the club as an indeendent organisation organ-isation which is being formed to fill a need long felt in this state namely j a touring unit which will furnish: data which will be to the best interests inter-ests of the tourists as well as the: state as a whole. The club will en-j cleavor to show tourists as much of Utah as posaib' during their sojourn so-journ here and to this end the club will furnish maps and data as tot i roads and accommodating which will take into consideration the comfort' and welfare of the tourist as well. ! "The need for a separate louring i organization has become more appar-i tnt in the last few years as many sec-1 (ions of the state have felt them- ; ,-i lves poorly represented in the then j existing organization. It was to fill j this need that the Scenic Highway! association and the Auto Club ofj Utah were formed and it is with this in mind that support will be solicited solicit-ed for the two organizations in all sections of Utah." |