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Show MILLARD COUNTY WILL ASSIST: COMMISSIONERS PASS RESOLUTIONS AGREEING! TO CO-OPERATE WITH BEAVER COUNTY IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE THE GARRISON GAR-RISON ROAD DECLARED FED-. FED-. ERAL AID PROJECT A committee from Heaver county lomposed of C. C. Sloan and Karl S. Carlton of Milford; N. P. Neilsen and II. D. Thompson of Heaver; and Orin Or-in Burke of Minorsville, went over to Fillmore Tuesday and mot with the county commissioners of Millard county in an effort to have the two counties un.te In asking the State Hoad commission to designate the road from Garrison through New-house, New-house, Frisco and Milford to Beavor. a secondary road and to secure state and federal aid In ils construction. The reception given the Braver county delegation was most cordial and the Millard county commissioners commission-ers were very willing to do all they could to assist, although they were not in a position to advance very much money at the present time. They were very anxious to do their part because they recognized the fact that the taxpayers of the west part of their county were entitled to relief re-lief in the matter of roads, and that such relief could best be given ai nrosent by rooperating with Beaver I county. J fter conderable rt y-cissiVri. a resolution was unanimously adopted pledging the support of Millard county coun-ty in an effort to have the road recognized recog-nized as a stale highway anil entitle. entit-le. 1 to fotleral aid as a secondary road. At the present time this road is in j a fairly good shape, in fart, today, it is the b-st read to travel in going j from Sal! Lake to Southern Califor-j nia. and If the contemplated improve- menis are made, and the farts become be-come known to the traveling public it will soon be one of the main lines rf travel. It I- by long odds the shortest rout" between Nevada. Crn-treal Crn-treal and Northern California and the Grand canyon. Zion canyon. Ce-, Ce-, lar Breaks and I'ryre's canyon, i It aKo forms an important link in j the Midland tr.vl. which is the short-; short-; est route between California and ' Washington D. C. j The importance cf this road means much to both Millard r.nd Beaver "ountif-s. as it will brinrr a great deal of travel through them from Ely and akr. Nevrv1,?- travel which does r.nt want to go over the 'Womlover -at-off" ant travel wh'ch does nr.t Voire to visit Salt Lake. |