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Show myio.vk rm:i: iiikhh is iioosTi.No tiii: ntici: way M)tnnV Kree I'rr or lnt week jrltra the following account of what la hnppcnlnR over In Ducheane county In rcftnrd to the roud altuatlon Two member or the Durhen county board of cnnuulloncr lout ceck adopted n mot atartllnw rraolu-thn rraolu-thn with reference to the expenditure of money on atute rond. Thee two men". Thoinu Ithond nnd Oeorue l.ltuUey. realdc In territory tributary to the city of Duchrne. The) adopt-ed adopt-ed thl resolution In aplte of n protent by the ehnlrmnn, William Oentry, who rcaidcM In a territory Including the tiiimt thickly populated portion or the count). The resolution I na follow That whereii, the atute rond torn-mlaxlmi torn-mlaxlmi nml the atute board or correction, correc-tion, have announced their Intention or ImpiovliiK a atate roud Irom aome iMilnt on the railroad to the Uintah lliialn, nnd Whcreua. the Uintah llu.ln I ep-united ep-united from the railroad by 11 high ruuge or mouiiluln. making winter truvel on nil mute more or le difficult, dif-ficult, und Wherist. II ha been mIiiiwii l the reiord of the ut eight )cir that the route from Ducheane went to the rullroad hn prnxed to be the moat KitUfactory route Into and out of the Hukln, und Whereu. the Ininiuliig und outgoing freight for Ulntnh county I by wuy of Wutaoii, the teriulmi or tht- I'lntnh railway, only the Incoming mid outgoing outgo-ing rrrlght for Duiheue loiiiit) will be kervetl by the .iropiMed road, und Whereu, there I no community In lucheiie utility w huh ciinnoi reach the railroad ut leunt eight mile nearer b) the DuchcMitt to Helper route thuu l the Price to M)tuii route, und Whereu, euih of our twelve thou-and thou-and people living wet from the town of M)tou In order to truvel the M)-ton M)-ton to I'rlle roud would be foned to truvel two mile extra dUtnme ror eAch mile he llea wet of M)loii, and Diicheaiie county iM'lug fifty mile wide, the M)tou to Trice road would add un uwrnge mllenge of fifty plu eight mile or rift) .eight additional mile for the terrltoi) to be m-rvnl, und Whereu. It I pomlhle to keclire ulMtiiuthil help from the foret department de-partment for the Improvement of road i million from Duchue to Helper, whli h i mild tint be aocurcd for the Myton to I'rlce route, und WhcreuK. n ery large fednral appropriation ap-propriation enn be keen red ror the lluehwuic to Helper route, the ume being u ot riHid, which cull Id not be ecu red ror nu, route not u pot roud, and Whereu. wood und good water are plentiful along the Ducheane to Helper Hel-per route In the place of un Rhaolute ilewert condition ot n larc" part or the M)tou to I'rlce rond, und Whereu, lx-aocnlh of the roud between Ducheane and Helper ha u natural excellent rond bed, compoaed or bltumlnoii ahale und aund clay, formed therefrom, the aumc being practically Impervious to water and weur C4iiul to macadam, nnd about the ame pee lent of tho Myton to Trice road la or the pooreat grade or road materiul existing In tho atate or Utah, whlali would neealtato an ox- pcndlture aevernl time greater, to make a p.iublo road thnu would be required to make nn excellent thoroughfare thor-oughfare or the Ducheane to Helper road; Therefore, lie It reauhed by the coinnilklotier or Duchcne county thut we declare ouraehr atrongly In favor of the Duchrano lo Helper route und that wo will give thl route nil the financial uaalitance poaalbla under our condition, but Hint, owing to tho necessity or first building n road that will accommodate all of the people. we do not reel Justified III spending nu) money on the Trice to M)ton road until the Duchesn to Helper and the Htrnwbrrry Valle road are Improved. The farmirs of the I'lntnh llusln n r i uracil to raise big imp to feed soldier. We huve It from nil aotircc that the Kuropetin nllle tuny low thl war to (Irrmnny through the starvation starva-tion route. Thousand of extra acre will be planted here thl eur If wo Me nwurcd of n passable road In the mil kits. The nnl) possible piiMwible rond the )enr round I the Myton to Trlie road. If thl roud Is not built thousand or acre In thl llnsln will grow up In weed that would otherwise other-wise be cultivated. What the Tlntali llnsln farmer enn mine nnd will raise might win the wnr. Many people In thl xlilnltv who huve been holding seed potatoes ror planting will refuse to ibi so, knowing that there will be no snle ror n tnrge milling" here In the Itasln. The I'IhiIio flour mill hit uroiind three thousand bushel or seed when! of the let variety which liu been offered nt cott for planting. If It I found that thilc will be nn way out to market with the wheat tlif fall the Upnlco people will grind what they have on hand. They know that there will be no sab- ror n large tonnage In thl basin. Neither the Helper road nor the Httuw berry road will ever be anything any-thing better than aummer rond. The lowest possible point ror n rond over the Cotton Kuinmlt I ninety. two hundred hun-dred mid fifty fret. The altitude on Daniel Tas on thn Strawberry rond I eight) -m en hundred reel. The lowest possible point ror it rond from Myton to Price I seenl-two hun- dred nnd rlft feet I, the Me, iimounl of mono had I n f xm on the I'rlro roml that hn i dern ti-pcitdul ti-pcitdul on the Helper ro.ul the Prh roud Uuln) would be hnc !r TW pnsaenger who atari from htre b llelpel ut thl time or til- tear lit, In nn niltit. In n wngon in ,,i ami th n n gal n In n alelgh in a mm nnd ,ii nn nuto before lit g la to n per H he doe not hull to walk ul push unit Nwenr pnrt or tin u Bk In tuck. The mil) wu) (wtomilii rond from Duchesne to IM;rliu construct u coticrcii ti tit.rl If u, Duihesne Hinge nnd TiiiltxpgrUtlM company I luck) It will l runtJv nuto to Helper some time about Ui Inst of June or the first ( r Jub T when the snow begin f fit In tv full they will remark wli.it a tlun summer we huve euJoed The M)lon tit Price r d II fit. not only u nuijorlt .. Durhnw county hut u large part i Uedi county. Tho resolution uilutr4 'I the two county commls i,ner r atate fact. Thellclptrr itl It u been "most aiillsfut tor A intf deal or freight for I i'.t ill (Med come In over thn Price road Tbm nrn twelve thousand peopl et t M)ton, hut they reside still Writ i1 the county line. There Is plratr wood and water along Hie llttpe rond. Traveler will need both to tm the cold nnd thirst nwn) tltirlng IV long Journey Many people In Dudusiie and l' tali countlea who trade in Colon would prefer to trade In Salt U Clt), but they can't get to Halt Di Clt), except u few month In lh )t unless they go urouiul by wtr Colorado. They any thut whllt IW) nro In Colorado they might Jait a well trade there nnd be time will I Olve thrni n paaaabln riad the t" round and Halt take City v. ill ttf trade. Colorado would like mlt well to corrnl all thu wc.ilth of tt great country. Colorado inibl v aurrcrd Certnlnl) ao unless ruil w tlltlons ure Improved. flovernor llmnbergrr lu uM V the state of Utah la going t InilUt Price lit M)ton rond thla s-immfr T Tree Prea doea not belli ve tlul the Influence that cuu be bromMt bear from Ducheane will t aus hlmt change hi mind unless he l vlnced It will be best for a major"?' the people or thn I'lntnh llanln. " member or the atnte niml omml' he wilt probably make u trip " both (he Helper nnd Tr. t to "w ronda. U the govtrnor nnd mH"' or the atate road commission tt Hint Helper rond rrom t.itl'n l tlon they'll doubtleaa htirr th on the Trice to M)tou roti' |
