Show roads and progress the basin felt gratified when we botone through highway across the range westward to our larger cities catl ea 10 biown lown as federal route no 40 or the highway theoretically this road extends from the atlantic to the pacific and in surn or time EL a lot ot of through traffic comes over the route making little difference as to east and west flow it is therefore serving some good purposes but two weak apons hidder the fair use of the road viz it crosses i a high summit about feet hence only four our months more or less of the year is open acason and westward from craig Coloia colliado do little work Is done on the victory highway colorado politicians are lending too much ild iid to the grand junction route and letting theo Victory rest or have avail a all recently now colorado is spending some money and we are advised their program Is to extend a fair roadbed westward from craig thia Is good bews to us victory highway officials should help all possible in crowding this road west from craig al and ald d C colorado should make some arrangements range ments whereby autos may bo be hauled through the tunnel for fop a norn hial tee fee wad aid thus promote all year traffic lc or at least a ten mouths period however wo we utah people have some duties to perform yet some cash to spend prom from vernal eastward to tire the state line little road building has been done we have a road abroad nearly miles eastward erom salt lake city and thou thea we stop the forty miles to take it to the state line Is not an explosive job tor ter utah and when colorado gets the road in fair to the state line the victory highway from ocean to ocean will have been a reality of course completing this road eastward from vernal forty miles would let some freight get over that route and utah leaders may cavat to stop that but our counties count Lea wad and the state of utah are in too tar far to permit little eize small calibre objections delay a big job like the victory highway even it if it might holp help the poor old uintah basin get et R its 5 nose out of the dirt wad arid look eastward atward ew as well is as westward we bellev believe our present state road commissioner at mr r blood chairman la is too big and broad minded to stop vast sums bums are being spent in sout southam herta utah mainly for the tourist trade the uintah basin has a right to expect that the road eastward from vernal will b bs completed at an early date to the state IP lirie le Is this right J P MAY |