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Show UTAH HAS TWO ROAD BOARDS Governor Takes No Action on Request of Men He Asked to Resign SALT LAKE. May 2. With the withdrawal of resignations by the old members of the state mud commission commis-sion and the appearance ai the utaie caltol yesterday of th. now rommis-lon rommis-lon members, Governor Mabey has Found himself with two road commissions commis-sions on his hands. The adjournment Of Ihe "former" or "present' state road commission according to the point of view last Saturday, until the regular meeting date of Tuesday was explained by the announcement that chairman N". C Poulton and Commissioner George D Caato had written the governor to Withdraw their written resignation'. These it Is understood, had not been incepted In writing, fhe third member mem-ber "f th" Commission, Ira R. Hrown-tng. Hrown-tng. who. by reason of his absen'jo from the city at the time, happens to be the only member of the road commission for whose resignation a request went forward In writing, has not vet compiled, M: members there. Th hltuatlon was canvassed at soni'- length nt a meeting yesterday u ,rt..,.r,.-.f'o rtfflr-.. Tho mult. -r was left &S unfinished buein-sw, and any announcement was deferred until un-til after a meeting to bo held some time today If the governor can divert his attention irom the Carbon county coun-ty coal strike problem long enough to delvo into the matter further. During the afternoon. Treston O. iv-tt-rsnn of Provo. Henry vV l.unt of Cedar City and Henry H LUood of Kaysvllle called at the state Capitol. Capi-tol. However the proclamation naming nam-ing them formally as members of tne state road commission had not been filed with tho secretary of state, and there was nothing that the new appointees ap-pointees could do officially. They contented themselves with making a few calls on personal friends at tho Btatehouse, and left without action of any kind SI GGE8T sl. IKK MAN RICHFIELD, May 2. The Bevler county Republican central committee commit-tee met yesterday afternoon to consider con-sider the aetlon of Governor Mabey In asking for the resignation of the state road commission After duo dlsi usinn, a resolution was introduced intro-duced and passed protesting against the action of the governor and asking ask-ing for a reconsideration of the mat-tor; mat-tor; for the retention of N. C. Poul-son Poul-son as chairman of the commission, and. falling in this, to ask that a Sevier Sev-ier county man be named to succe-jd him. The committee's choice for a successor fell on George A. Christen-een Christen-een of Redmond, former cpunty assessor. as-sessor. oo |