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Show Ji(S , CLIFF MEMMOTT, Editor I ROOSEVELT STILL MAINTAINS A It DEFINITE TRAFFIC HAZARD .... Recently I carried an opinion in this column concern-! concern-! n" one of the most obvious traffic hazards I have seen Of in" one of Utah's highways .... I'm thinking about the Lagoon and Main Street intersection on a busy Saturday Safe or Monday afternoon. aseiv My last comment on this problem brought a slight tremor from the povvers-that-be on capitol hill in Salt Lake it: Cjtv but only a tremor No action! " Why the Utah State Road Commission can't recog-sJ'fc recog-sJ'fc size the need for a traffic light at this spot is beyond 5 : ny power to understand. It's rumored they have regula-it regula-it t tions or rules of some kind where there has to be so many cars or people, or' both, passing a given spot every hour, JT: or some-such period of time, before they can install a light. ... If that's the case, then I'd say "it's time they changed their regulations to fit situations like the one w have in Roosevelt." I don't think I'm talking through my hat when I say we need a traffic light on this intersection, and I'm not fooling when I predict that with the increasing business in this city, some day we'll hear of a serious accident in that very spot. ... In fact it could have happened the other day when a tourist, who was on his toes, stopped his car only inches from a prominent woman of this j city who was attempting to cross this busy street on a j busy Saturday . ... I was there and saw this incident. Just one more statement "Two weeks ago Saturday afternoon I walked up to the corner of Sather's Jewelry ' and stood 60 seconds and counted 23 cars entering the in- tersection in that one minute. . . . Mayor Edwards tells me he checked the same intersection for a longer period, and his findings averaged with my figures. Maybe this isn't proof enough that a light is needed, 1 but it most certainly is enough to make people think a j , little about whut could have happened the other day. l ' r- V E V , "IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH" STRENGTH IS NEEDED IN DUCHESNE COUNTY Before I became a resident of Duchesne county I had heard from various sources of the disunity that existed among factions in the Uintah. Basin, and especially between be-tween the cities of Duchesne county .... In fact I sat in on a meeting at one time when a delegation came from a part of the county to Helper in the interest of a highway that connects Carbon and Duchesne counties, in which this fact became rather evident. For twenty-three years I lived in a county where a similar situation existed for about eighteen of those years ... One community the one I lived in constantly "griped" about the county seat getting all the breaks. Whenever When-ever a celebration came along sponsored by either com- munity, the other would worry about the extra business one main street would realize and the other would lose. . . They consistently worried about closing hours for the retail re-tail establishments whether one would remain open an hour longer and so on and so on. . . And all the time the feeling of animosity was growing stronger. J Then one day the businessmen in my town began to take inventory of their own problems They finally realized re-alized that if they would worry a bit more about their own affairs and less about their neighbors', all concerned would be better off . . And so their future plans for business and community promotions were worked out in an effort to benefit Helper and let Price worry about i Price. . . Gradually that feeling of resentment began to fade, and when a problem arose that needed the united support of all the county and which would benefit the area as a whole, the two towns worked together to bring the Project to a successful conclusion. . . j Of course, the feeling of competition remains between e two cities, and perhaps always will which is as ft hould be . . . Each town must be competitive with the, But if it can be kept on a friendly basis, progress for the etntire community and county is assured. , As I see the situation in Duchesne county, it is pretty ! much the same as it is in Carbon county .... There is a sraa'l majority of the people in both Duchesne and Roos- eveH who keep the ill feelings kindled. who many I years ago made up their minds that they didn't like each other and weren't going to do anything to change the, situation. Which community has been the aggressor, you'll nave to be the judge but I wouldn't hesitate to wager mv last winter's hat that each is equally responsible. And, until each ends the childish play, the county will remain divided. Everywhere one goes these days, people generally are Pressing extreme optimism about the future of the Uintah oasin Duchesne and Roosevelt cities are both on the ' ,erge of becoming centers of predicted oil fields Each s soon to have a new banking institution and everything Points to an era of prosperity and progress for all of Du-wesne Du-wesne county. . . . None of this will give Duchesne county, H whole, the prestige it should have unless we work to-ther to-ther as a county should, and bury, once and forever, little ny differences that exist. ' tipft- Wouldn't suggest that the spirit of rivalry and com-An com-An be amoved far from it. In fact, if the merits mer-its in each town would get on their toes and really civ' business for their city; if the various service and the'C organizations would strain every effort to build up sho'r t0Wn and encourage people to make that city their what""8 and recreation center, and stop fussing about I 'the other town is doing1 then progress will come j tiinV And that is not an idle Promise but nas been Proven i Tv!nd time aSain- f Is st Wise sage who made the statement, "In Unity There had I i ng'h'" knew what he was talkinS about. ... He f those "f m'nd I m sure' Duchesne county when he uttered I and o 0Us words. Certainly Duchesne needs the support I cadia MPeration of Roosevelt, Tabiona, Mt. Emmons, Ar-' Ar-' Neola, etc., and Roosevelt needs the support of Du-(Continued Du-(Continued on back page) OUR EDITORIAL VIEWPOINT a u (f ntinued fr Page one, chesne and the other communities of the we accept the fact that this is our county lU"ty. and r, anything that is done in Duchesne for nu 0fit-' to benefit all of the county indirectly w7 !"e fti move forward. y' We cat t exp'i Duchesne county's two newspapers, whioh , publish, have one major .objective and i , edit a- existence that is to serve all the people !fUali" in a fair and impa-'tial manner We'll sun V t:vity .that is conceived to aid each and ev 1 eVerJ if individually or collectively, and regardle-, maintain my residence, my heart and soul ar WhetM the activities of the other community a thJ ,as lniH i, there And that's a fact. lh0u-h I rEfe Therefore, as a parting thought and suggests you good people who have been carrying .i! "' r'ch p-on-your-shoulder" for so many years J ob: vO the back yad and knock it off yourself La 0ut '' ' in the front door determined to go to bat f me county as a whole, and not battle evervthinar Duclfer- j the other fellow is trying to do, even thoueh if0 miles east or west from you. ne lives jr. I v E v Dr. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the Tn National Education Association, writes "Dr k ' 1 of e' eration is not the solution of our liquor Jw 8 ln Uir-main Uir-main cause of that problem" vlUDlen. It lj f I 7 E v . Will of your own is more likely to hPln ,' ' ! than the will of a rich relative. -IndianaJK v v E v v P "Success comes from the ability to gPt a some people and to get ahead of other neonlp 6 i News-Sentinel. tPie. -Kno v E v -30 I , |