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Show FEDERAL ROAD j CHIEF IN CITY A. R. Losh of Washington to Inspect Projects in This District A R Losh, assistant chief engineer of forest roods with general headrjuar ters at W'anhlngton. D. C , arrived ln j 'igden today to confer w ith B. J. Finch district engineer of the United .States Bureau of Public Road's. Losh departed hortl before noon on an Inspection In-spection tour of roads In Northern! T"tah and Southern Idaho In company With Mr. Finch While in this dlstrlrt Mr Losh trill Inspect the various proJrts now under 1 I construction and will be In this section I for at least two weeks before returning! to his poft In the east "The Dnlted States Is carrying on one of tho most extensive programs' for road bulldtng of any country In I the world and millions and millions I are beln spent yearly frr such lm 'proemen:, 1 said Mr. Losh today i , "Greater progress will be mads In the improvements within the next few years and In due time I look for Ithe Atlantic and Pacific coasts to be connected with a direct chain of paved ' highways. ' Thousands of men are emploved annually b the government for road work In all parts of the counirv and irh district is now working on im-, im-, pro emnis whlrh aaslly outclass those made pror to the world war Franre. F.nrland and other eoun-tries eoun-tries of Europe are making rapid strides In road Improvement. but jthe I" nlted States Is now leading.' . Art |