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Show I MOVE CONVICTS I 10 m R CUE B Now that bdovt has begun to fall H In quantity it Is contemplated by the H .state engineer and tho stale road H ; commissioner that th convict camp H now at work in Box Elder canyon H I will be moved to tho southern part of MJ tho state where thero is little inctam- H ' ent weather to intcrfcro with road H operations. H Asido from tho work that Is being M done in Box Elder canyon, the coni- H, mission has forces operating in DavlB, MJ Juab, Sevier, Sanpete, Garflold, Uln- H i tab, "Wayne, Millard, Carbon, Rich aiyi H Iron counties. Tho work in these M latter localities Is being done by rcs- H idonts of tho counties, a portion of M the cost being defrayed by the stato H and tho remainder by the counties H , themselves. In all this road construe-'' M tlon vltlrified, pipe, steel and concrete B ' only are being used in flumes and M I culverts, no wood whatever being per- Hl mitted. It is the Intention to have N everything of durable matorlal. 30 M that tho construction shall be perrau- H pent, MMj I Aside from the benofit ronllzed by j residents In these counties by reason 1 of better roads, saving tho wear and Hi tear of teams and horses, the farmers M who are doing the work arc mntori-. B vnl1y helped through the distribution H of cash in payment for the servlccu Hl of themselves and their teams. An- fl ; other feature is that better roads arc H bringing better values to -real estate, M I whether that used for homo plots or H for farms. Taken altogether, the road Hl j builders regard their work as being H , of vast "benefit to, localities wherein M 1 it is . p9rformed, and it is expected H 1 that'the report for this year wjU show H 1 great advance in this respect. |