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Show I LSALUAKEj I COUNCIL OF MIDLAND I ?oi. t i ,TR'L IS ORGANlZED ' f n Uk; D0C" 17--T'e tempo- ' !burJanlZei SIl,L Lak C0cU of it tho Midland Trail association was W mado permanent at a meeting In the Commercial club last night. More f than 100 boosters had becomo mem- 8. f.rs . as man-v mor ,iad made ap- : plication. ' W" ? , Elliso ws elected perma- 3 nent chairman. Mr, Ellison had been i chairman of the temporary organiza- I tlon. An executive committee was i elected with power to appoint a secretary-treasurer for the council U U. Hlsscky was named. The executive execu-tive committee consists of Mr Ellison, Elli-son, O. H. Hewlett, A. H. Crabbe. W. r J. TJurton and Dr C. A. Wherry. ; After the council meeting, the ex- & ccutivc commlttoe went Into session. It decided to recommend that four l committees be appointed, publicity, -. legislation, constitution and bv-laws, and auditing. A membership com- i mlttee was selected at the preliml- r4 nary meeting of the council several '.' aays ago, J. Thompson of Prico. attended the - council and Invited the Salt Lake v members to a banquet at the Savoy hotel, Price, whichh will ho p-Iv kyi. , ..w., jn.t:, whichh win ue given hn- ;. day or Saturdav night, when the $ m1C0 councl1 wi" be organized. Mr. J Thompson said Carbon countv would raise $15,000 if necessary, to boost t: the Midland trail as the first trans- t continental highway. i On suggestion 'of Dr. Wherrv pnamphlets will b0 Issued giving argu- ti ments In favor or the Midland trail t and why Utah mon should support it. ; He suggested that display advertlse- . menta be run in the newspapers, ex- l plaining the Importance of having ; the transcontinental highway pass through Utah. Mr Hewlett suggested ; that owners of automobiles who were r. subscribers tofc automoblh Journals J write to these periodicals, giving ac- ; counts of the Midland Trail associa- l tion meetings and arguments for this ' route j It was brought out at the meeting that the automobile mnnufaclurers Intend In-tend to devote about $1,500,000 to ma- ! cadnmizlng that part of the transcon- tinental highway which passes I through Utah In the event that the K Midland trail was selected. This, it S ! was said, would be Utah's part of I; ; $10,000,000 or more to be spent on J ; the ocean-to-ocean automobile road |