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Show UTAH IS TO SAVE HUGE SUMS OF - ii MONEY B! REASON OF TOE WAR f I Ah n result or tho wnr with Germany, Utah Ihih decided to flnve H neary two millions- of dollars. The bin rond bond Ihhuo authorized M by tho litnt lcKlHlnturo will not be itoltl, state officials believing it ' ffl Ih no time for an immense outlay on home Improvements when the j ( ' f B fnte of the nation is hnngini; In the balance. Ah it will be neces-- H sary to find two hundred thouttnnd dollars somewhere to keep tho j f .TM roads of the state in a fnir condition durinfr the blennium, and tho , i H motor vehicle fund no longer applies for hucIi purposes, the form , IB of n sale of about two hundred thousand dollars worth of tho road ! bond issue will be gone through. The state will get the money it Jr needs to keep tho ruts out of the highways, but will be very little, ( ; IM if any, out of pocket. ; jM The stato land board will just say, "Here, I'll tako that two Jr' hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds. I have money to spare." fig mm The road fund will be replete, the land board will be getting G per ,.Ji Hj cent instead of 2 pur cent on its money, and the state as a whole Ufi i flj will not owe a cent. It will K taking money from Peter to pay $PjT ifl 1 1'aul, but in this case Peter and Paul nre brothers and the money Mr fifM .will stay in the family. In the preparation of load plans thiB year hjuK lMj 'only such impioemcnts are being considered as will facilitate hw M 1 getting produce from agricultural sections that hitherto have had ijttl iSJ ,no good outlet, as in the case of the Uintah Basin. Many such LIB 9J 1 roads will bo built, despite tho laying on the shelf of tho road bond ?w J tissue. Between federal appropriations, county appropriations and UWj ilW thu regular state allowance, tho funds will be ample to construct iiKlH eveiy highway essential to efficient food supply service during ImImMMI the war. ilxfiBBI I It is now contended that tho stato must be a better business ilwBS i man than it hns been in tho pnst, and that the lnu 1 board has for IfjKIB some timq had n million dollars lying idle that might as well have ftlHlH ben drawing U per cent. Efforts nre being made to plncq tho IHIHmI I money, largely through loans to fntmers. jyBJHBJ |
