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Show iTHREE COUNTIES PARTICIPATE IN HIGHWAY EVENT I Gov. Bamberger Snips Cord Signalizing Completion of dcjclen-Salt Lake Road In celebration of the completion Of the all -concrete hlghwa) Which oon? nects th" two lorset cities of ihe state. Salt Lake and gden, an extends both north and south In the loiufe.-u tun-tlnuous tun-tlnuous hard surfaced toad betweei the"" Mlnjisslpiu rier and California, c-.iii"ns and officials of three counties, weber, Davis ami fita.1t Lake, joino-i hana: yesterdav at Lagoon Workmen were busy In cleaning the last of the -an.1 from tnc surface of the road when the ionoys or autd mobiles from the north anu south on- verged .i the point 6f completion, W Ith this work dono the route orr the perfected highway, which mrkeo the realiz.it'.on of the dreams of t good road.x cnt husiaaU, was open ... travel. 1 win snips ( xi' Governor MAiuerg..a 1 .1. - vhos adminlsiration (As Wui'it ja. Wrra completed, and forme: CfOvernOr VV?4ll-1am VV?4ll-1am Sj.ry, under vhoni it wiu Initiated were present at the dividing line at larmlnwi'iu. and when the larjae crowd had garnered. Uuvevnei hnm-Ij hnm-Ij rg r, with n frw Driei . -r the cord of fluttering banners and declared de-clared 'he road bXfioiaily ikpeneu ios all time. From the road itself ihe hundred !of automobile load. or celebrants wen, 'over to ih? Lagoon resort, .hen m 1 forma I progratfi w as held, j Thert-. in from of the bandstand, I befOfe a cons, derabi RiiUieine of residents resi-dents from the three counties, ef-flclals ef-flclals recounted the history t hnru' 's. 11 face road makln In the state, em-jphaalscd em-jphaalscd the significance of the day ;and lorec.ist u future In which hardl surfaced reads win booome .he uni j versa hlghwavs of I tah The goelnor made n plea that no I that the i-oad Is co:up)etel that It be! I to governed by the officers u.ong the 'route thai the danger of fpcd!n-; and I careless driving be eliminated The I temptation to ppeed. Goernor Bam-1 Ibergei said, as offered lr the new road tadding thai as children must be pro-, ,teeteu from new toyj so the speed do-; , mons must he punished severely for any infraction of the traffic rules. He 'was accorded most hearty applatrse at this statement which he eluborated j S.I-: IDS IN (. I Hi VDS SpeaHing of th future, Governor! j Bamberger said the time is most sure-, jly coming when every road of any lm-; porta nee In the state will he hard sur-1 faced. He spoke of how the state has; maintained Its leadership among its; western neighbors In road building No other state in the west, sas e California Which is not com, -arable In wealth or population, has anything like ihe mile-! .ug. 111 hard surfaced roads. Governor , Rambergcr said. This leadership, he added, must be jmatntaincd He spoke of toe value of' I such roads from a commercial elw-' Ipolnt for the traffic origlnatin" along lit, for the farmers the merchants i manufacturers and others As at-, 'traction for automobile tourists, noth-lng, noth-lng, Governor Bamberger said, could be more allunn - than t?ie knowledge :that perfect roads await them in tl'ah OGDI N JUDGE SPEAKS Following (jovernor Bamberger, ludp;e D. R Roberts. formerl state I reprcsentativi from each county, no 'city Judge In Ogden, and know:i throughout (he state f,s ' r,r,r, n.on.-tM lltobertS," followed with an ampliflca- 1 tion of the hi; tori 0f i;oo."l roans mcre-I mcre-I ments In I tah. Mr Roberts was a ntaie representative fot a number of terms, beginning In 1901 when he first undertook to get the paaag of legislation leg-islation favorable to the extension and hetterrm-nt of highways, ubsequentlv 'he worked for good roads during othe; session? of the legislature. Now he is city Judge in "gden and In the past month has started a drive or. speeders lie has given not a few of them jail sentences. Judge Kobeiis emphasized ihe significance of the completion of the road as a great ste, forwar.l In the development of the atate and the bringing closer together the rodents of the different counties. William Hague of Karmmgton, pioneer of the davs ff 1S4 7, recounted 'some of his reminiscences concerninc the time when mules and Oxen met almost al-most Insurmountable obstacles In tra" -1 ling the route now made perfect by the concrete rood. I1 INE 1 ILKA James II Le'in "gden lawyer, '"k" 01 the vork done and of the future development of good roads ludiwe Roberts wai presented by Mr. Burnes with the sciasora Governor Bamberger used In severing the cord arross the hlghwaj Professor Richard Rich-ard R, Lympn, former member of the road commission, was another speaker. I Following the program of addresses the crowd scattered about the resori I lo see the ball game Indian features 'and other amusements offered f?p-1 f?p-1 daily for the occasion. On the way from Salt Lake to Tarm-lineton Tarm-lineton the convoy of members of the Intermountaln Automotive Dealers' as-isoelatlon. as-isoelatlon. Salt Ijke countv unit, made 1 an Interesting night, with each car bearing a distinctive banner oommo-Iratlve oommo-Iratlve of the occasion. Such slogans las "Sep America First rtf.r I'tah'-' Concrete Highvvavs.' t'tah's Lead In I Road Building," " Good Roads Make ' Goo. I Business" and other were on' each unit of the train, which was headed bv I Y. Alklre, president of the association, and a band in a gaily 1 decorated truck. Mayors C. Clarence Neslen of Fait Lake, Frank A Francis of Ogden, Ieo J. Muir of Bountiful, Joseph William" i of Cfcnterville, John A Bourne of ; Farmlngton, Mr. Thomiey of Kaysville. and R K EDlllgOh of lavton were on! the speakers' stand and exchanged mutual congratulations on the step which all said Will bring these communities com-munities closer to one another. County ! and city commissioners and officials ,of the commercial c lubs of these cities 'and of the Utah Automobile association associa-tion also had representatives present. |