Show experiment farm for basin won by hard fight figh t secured by withdrawal of senate bill 58 and incorporating in budget senator thos W odonnell on his return home to vernal from salt lake city passed through roosevelt last friday accompanied by his wife dr al garrett odonnell who has been at the capitol with him during the session of 0 the le legislature isla senator odonnell was a very busy man as he be served on tour four committees three of 0 which required strenuous work he was chairman ol of the highway committee vice chairman of the judiciary committee through which 42 per cent of 0 all the legislation passed and was a member of the agricultural and contingent committees he explained it was in the committee meetings which held almost continuously that the hard legislative work was mr air odonnell was the author ot of but a tew few bills two of which were ot of direct benefit to the uintah basin ile he introduced senate bill no 58 appropriating tor for an experimental peri mental farm for the uintah basin which would so greatly help the alfalfa seed industry he recognized I 1 the fact the house would kill th the I 1 bill 11 ill s should h uld it come to them so h he ee withdrew w the measure and in corp orated the same bill in budget but which readily passed in this tona form and director william peterson of 0 the extension department of the utah college says will give a reasonable amount of 0 research work it land does not have to be purchased from this amount on the Cockle burr road miles from born the victory highway to the colorado state line over which the oil from rangely langely ia h hauled connect ing with the grand junction and meeker douglas creek road in his endeavor to make it a secondary state highway mr air odonnell states required much maneuvering and on the very last evening a conference of a committee from the senate and house was out the tangle ot of the utah state road legislation and which tor for a time before the two hours conference was ended that all road legislation Islat lon would pass over for or this biennium this strip ot of highway participates equally with all other state roads in the 3 cent gasoline tax and it Is estimated by mr air odonnell will amount to about 2500 per year which will be sufficient to keep the road in good repair the game gama preserve acres of 0 land sponsored by 1111 the vernal gun gu club was passed in the general game bill his bill granting towns to refund on bonds tor for water works was passed and I 1 I 1 also a bill for or the price irrigation company over which there was considerable sid erable debate those who know mr air odonnell ODon nelI and nearly every one in the uintah basin does realize that it would be impossible for sir air odonnell to represent them in a legislative capacity and not work to his limit so were not surprised when the news kept filtering through that he rapidly was recognized as one of the senate leaders because of his calac capacity tor for hard work and a trained legal mind second to none in the state senator odonnell ODon nelI and representatives owen bennion of duchesne county and william H of 0 uintah county made a legislative team hard to beat and lt it was fully recognized that the uintah basin was on the map |