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Show Montpelier-Afton Road Approved by Secretary Houston Word was rrelved at the local of-j of-j flees of the forest service this morn-j morn-j lng that tho secretary of agriculture j has signed the co-operative agreement between the state and counties for the construction of the Montpelier-Afton I highway. The construction work on this project will commence at once. When this road is completed it will be a connecting link in the highway between Yellowstone National park and Ogden It is sugcosted by the chief engineer of the forest service that a survey be made of a probable road from Afton through Jackson Hole and into the Yellowstone national park. If such a road is constructed, a direct di-rect route over an excellent highway would be established from Ogden to the Yellowstone. |