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Show OGDEN MEN PROTEST U. S. ROAD AID CUT; At the weekly meeting of the Ogden Og-den chamber of commerce held al the Weber club Monday, Secretary Jesse I S. Richards was authorized to tele graph l tah senators at W'a h , nt n n opposing the Dunn bill now before c ongress. This bill calls for a limit of $10 000' per mile from government funds fori the construction of roads In all part-' Of the I nlted States ;inri would ser-i lousl threaten the upbuilding of high ways in all ectlons. directors of the chamber 6tnto In Utah at the present time thp paved pav-ed highways cost on an average at $80,000 per mile, the federal govern-ment govern-ment Paving 74 per cent of this cost, It Is stated. Utah's roads In the future will be seriously hampered bv this bill if it passes the senato and house " said sec rotary Richards. "Governor Mabev and other state officials of Western states have opposed 'he bill an.l ha -asked their senators Jo aid In opposlnj I the passage of it." 8 I Monday"1" "' Pa",a ,n ,he h"use |