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Show EMERY COUNTY ASKS ROAD AID Officials Call on Forest Men Offering $20,000 in Labor Asking for federal cooperation In the construction of a road from Iluntlng- ton canyon In Emery county to Con-norville Con-norville a distance of 30 miles, r. He-her He-her Leonard and ES. K. Adams, county commissioners and Peter N'iclson. state road ugeut of Emery counfy, conferred with officials of the engineering department de-partment of the forest service v ester- (day afternoon The presented peti-itlon peti-itlon signed by H9 of the residem I "i the northern part of Binary countv requesting that the road iik.iv he con-slureted con-slureted and offering to subscribe $-''.-000 In labor toward the project which would be one-third of the estimated cost. According to the petitioners the roadway will make available some I 200.000.000 feet of timber in the MaiKl forest that Is now inaccessible due to fhe lack of a roadway over which It can he hauled. The propositi road way would also make it possible to j reach a number of valuable coal irefna I It will also conneo with the rn.i;l between Kalrvlew nn I the coal mine over whii h the residents of Sanpete county haul their coal for the Wflute mon'hs The project Is - onsjdern lion I by .he cnclnecrint department of th. i forest service and the lands depart-1 ment. |