Show Possibility of New Scenic Road I Up Arthur Canyon Is Seen een Frob Probability of ot A 1 road from Hardscrabble to Far Farmington m t n g ton Fl Flats te was discussed Wednesday evening at a meeting of ot the Morgan Morgan Mor gan County Development Council George Van Buren of ot the State SUto Forest Service detailed the poe pos of at a road linking Davis and nod Morgan Counties and said his organization will be vitally Interested in anything of ot this nature na ture tune to further the recreational activities of the area I Jerry Horton personal of Forest Service Chief Koziol concurred In the approval He lie said It might take t. five or six elx years depending upon financial arrangements but that the project pro pro- Jett is a definite potential Plan flan of Road The proposed highway would follow the ridges encompassing some somo of the finest scenery in the I west woot Right of ot way privileges would of necessity be gained from land owners but the route would leave Hardscrabble at Arthur Canyon Canyon and follow the ridges to Farmington Flats Flate Forde Dickson chairman of the committee In charge of recreation recreation recreation tion said the route Is only three miles long and is already accessible accessible sible by wheel four drive vehicles Mr Van Buren said the area rea has been eo so thoroughly photographed photographed photo photo- graphed from the air that It would be unnecessary to have the tentative tentative tenta tenta- tive route surveyed County Commissioner Russell Porter who acted as chairman of tho the meeting with Faye Williams as secretary said sold the route following fol following I l lowing the ridges ridge would not Interfere In I with grazing in la the area Porter said he be had recently met with Davis County officials and they are enthusiastic about the possibility of ot a road over the range linking the two counties Committee Reports In other business of ot the Council Coun cil 1 Ii H. C C. McConaughy displayed the cover of the new brochure detailing the merits of Morgan County The cover designed by Clark Wright will be furnished by the First National Bank of ot Morgan and the brochure Itself will VIii be furnished by the Utah State Development Commission Kay Hale lIale reported that the clean up committee accomplished a great deal in the city through the tile cooperation of the Junior Chamber of ot Commerce but they hope to get more modernization done in the county this fall fail Roy Maxwell and Charles Charlet Bur Bur- rigs riEs reporting for the Base Economic Econ omit Committee said that several big organizations are interested in and iu in contact with the Jack Olsen In Investing Company own own- ers era of the Pack Cal building which is being thoroughly renovated Dude Ranch in Offing Dr Lloyd Hunsaker representing represent represent- ing the Extension Service remarked remarked remarked re re- marked that the Morgan County Group is 18 doing a splendid job of promotion and development and suggested suggest d that a dude ranch ranchI I seems quite plausible for the county Mark Thackeray expressed a wish that Civil Defense could bo bu included in the Councils Council's work County Assessor Paul Turner suggested sug Bested that the Council might work closely with the Browning Arms Company in their new development development de de- In n Mountain Green |