Show V U TJ cah to seek interest in he colorado rangers are wanted for the capitol reef national monument members and directors of the associated civic clubs of southern utah meeting here saturday afternoon voted to urge members of the utah congressional tion to immediately take steps to assure utah a fair deal in connection with its interests in the water of the colorado river and in the boulder dam project A resolution will be sent to senators william H king and ebert D thomas and represents representatives L abe murdock and J will W 11 robinson pointing out that since utah and colorado furnish approximately 80 per cent of the water in the river that utah is entitled to some definite consideration in construction of the new reclamation project and from proposed reductions of power and interest rates to lower basin states A motion calling for the resolution and naming frank G martines of richfield george hunt of bicknell L A of milford and J W of ij pi aim raim as a committee to draw it came after congressman murdock had reviewed the of the project and told of its benefits f its congressman murdock was highly complimentary to officials of the state of arizona because they did not sign the compact waters of the river he deplored however the fact that utah did not forsee the advantages of demanding some definite rate with P R helm of phoenix and other representatives from arizona present the matter of making U S highway 89 a military highway through the two states was discussed at some length 10 this route also would be a section of the proposed alaska an american highway according to mr air helm the last part of the road between flagstaff and cameron is being brought to a hard surface standard from jacobs laks lak to house rock has been oiled this year and also the few miles between the utah line and fredonia edonia Fi next year additional oiling ailing will be done and the last piece of new construction completed As a means of diverting a part of the traffic now using U S no 66 from the west coast to the east over no 89 a contract was apa sign at the junction of the two roads to call attention to scenic attractions tr of southern utah and northern arizona the sign will be 42 feet long and 12 feet high A similar sign already has been erected at las vegas nevada other matters acted upon by the association included a request for a ranger or custodian to take charge of the capitol reef national monument an urgent request to H H macdonald chief of the bureau of public roads to make a survey of the proposed road to connect wayne and san juan counties and plans for the election of new officers to take place at the november meeting the meeting here was sponsored by the kanab lions club and the kane eane county directors elmer jackson and preston bunting president C W love jr presided following the business session a banquet and dance were held at the high school building |