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Show I PLANS DO NO! I SUIT RUTLEDGE I Forest Service Refuses to Go Ahead With Road on Wyoming Terms Tho forest service will not build the j Star Valley road, a link In the high-I ' way from Ogden to the southern on-tran'-o to the Yellowstone Prk on the forms laid down by the state- hlgh way commUnlon of Wyoming. That decision was reached yestor-, dav bv District Forester R. H. Rut-, lain following a conference with forest service officials relative to the demands of the Wyoming Btate hlgh-' hlgh-' way commission in a letter to the forest service or j B I District 4. State Knglnecr Z. E Sovl- snn of Wyonilng states: "Tho commission approves the' designation for construction as s forest for-est project of the road from the state lin .-it i point where tho Snake river crosses the state line to the southern entrance of the Yellowstone national park through Snake river canyon and lackson Hole and the towns of Jackson Jack-son and Moran, on condition that that, section from Hohack canyon through H Jackson and Kelly and Moran be ; completed before tho section from! the state line to the mouth of Fall1 H river be constructed." It Is pointed out by the forest s r-vjfee r-vjfee officials that the section demanded de-manded to be constructed first Is through a valley and in no sense I that section any part or portion of a national forest. For that reason, they I Bay. they can not see their way clear to bind themselves to use funds allotted al-lotted for the construction of forest roads on that portion of the highway. high-way. They said yesterday thnt the forest service is ready and willing to construct con-struct the portion of the roadway that lies within the national forests. on |