Show desires Stock more to be highway IC C jensen and wife in company with frank defa all of tabiona Ta blona biona du cherno county were v visitors alters in our city hours on tuesday last on their for or 0 few WS way y home from a trip to salt lake city the ile Isper isperian ial reason tor for their journey to the capital ital ya was to put before the state road comal commission salon the state engineer and the legislature now in session the ne necessity etsity and desirability of having the me road down the duchesne river irom from Stock more to duchesne Duc besne declared a state highway the party brought with them petitions signed by county commissioners chambers of commerce and prominent citizens ns of all the comm communities unities along the highway and 1 also secured the p proposed r closed summit of many from e endorsement r idor cou county n t y D duchesne U C h esne county Is one of the new counties of the state having been cut oft off from m babatch Wafa atch county r a few years since it Is a county rich in agricultural and ni mineral fineral resources but owing to its loo position and lock lack of transportation facilities the development of these re sources has bec been n long delayed due to its small population and limited revenues it has been seriously handl hand capped in its efforts to build highways highway rind and bridges and other necessary public improvements ImproTe menta and has been obliged to bond itself to the limit ta in order to keep its roads in condition to enable its ita citizens maintain relations ith the outside ze ne to world at present the road from summit n ahn provo river across wolf and down wolf creek and the cheok c eek pass V west t lork it ot of the D besne ends at stock more fro rom m which point the county road extends down the duehesne ne river to duchesne where it joins oens the a tate state road and victory highway which cuts aut off toward red crack deep cleek ard and the strawberry StraTO and thence down daniels canyon to heher heber the rout over trie the wolf creek pass Is consider considerably abY tharl than the tl le strawberry I 1 road and lethe lathe to trw e ale ae rt rf the cir casiri the e h high agh altitudes r ol 01 f the wolf cieck pass are only 1 about abou ono third ps e long as those of the route who le Is no accra l rr t la ral beauty the pal endes c I 1 elia belag one ot of the t eions of man 0 I 1 upper duchesne are dependent entirely u upon pon their highways as a means ot of transportation and communication with the rest ot of the state and it would seem that their needs should receive the a earnest arn est consideration ot of the road commission and of our legislature |