Show COUNTY WORK TIKES US NUMBER OFF DIRECT RELIEF BELIEF LIST commissioners act on belief that jobs are preferable to charity from various federal state and county funds to make work for the unemployed a number of road projects have been completed during the year or are now in progress in sevier county the sevier canyon project was recently completed at a cost of approximately the stretch of road between monroe and the sugar factory on which work was started last week will be done at 1 a 1 cost coat of about of which is ia now available for graveling three new bridges are to be placed on this project the road project in the north end of the county is being done at a cost of about 3 which includes two bridges near redmond and one this side of salina an additional is being spent on the cement road paving job at salina which is now nearing completion last fall approximately was spent on the junction of the glenwood sigurd roads to fish lake and indications are that another will be spent in the kings meadow canyon section of the road this fall where 21 men and teams and 12 sin single le hands are now at work in addition to foremen and timekeepers time keepers the work now being done in kings kinga meadow canyon is made possible by from the gasoline tax and men are being employed through the county however employment after this fund is exhausted will be under direction of 0 the federal employment agen agency cyP P F peterson Pc terson local agent under which the work on the monroe austin project is now being done more afore than has been spent by the forest service on the sa lina fish lake road aside from the work done by the C C C camps at the same time the C C C camps have absorbed a number of unemployed previously on OIL the county relief work lists including some experienced men approximately 1700 has been spent by the forest service la in monroe canyon approximately has been spent for maintenance of the salina canyon road and about 1400 for construction and an equal amount for maintenance of the scipio road among t the smaller jobs have been th the e installation of new bridges across the river at aurora and across the canal at venice while work is now being done on a river bridge at venice and repairs on the river bridge between annabella Ann abelIa and central in all has been spent through the county on direct relief and relief work employment all of which has been paid in store orders in addition to this there has been distributed during the year by the red cross 1550 barrels of flour yards of cotton goods dozen ready made articles of clothing 45 dozen sweaters pieces of bedding at a value of within the last month one and one half tons of salt pork in 3 and 5 pound packages have been distributed by the county relief committee A request is now being made to the government for butter corned beef salt pork smoked pork cracked wheat and whole wheat for cereal which will be distributed to persons in need whom the relief organizations have not yet been able to place on payrolls the commissioners do not want anyone to suffer and at their request schools have been asked to report any children unable to attend school because of a lack of clothing or who are not receiving proper food for growth efforts are being made to cooperate with different agencies to see that children get both proper food and clothing the tendency a year ago was to give more direct relief but every effort is now being made to furnish employment wherever possible |