Show SALT LAKE ROTARIANS DISCUSS HIGHWAY FORTY W D rishel eishel pleas for paved highway through the uintah basin to colorado advancing another step in an executive campaign tor for the cani cam of highway 40 through to the colorado Colaia do line william D Ris alshel liel president manager of the utah state automobile association addressed the salt lake rotary club tuesday noon presenting the problem and explaining the importance 0 of this highway lat hway to lo salt lake city business men mr rishel declared tl that bat highway foty is the imort valuable gateway to utah of all roads and the most neglected ile he discussed many points to back his statement saying that highway forty is the most direct route between denier dener and rocky mountain park and utah rocky mountain part dark only miles from salt lake city has the greatest tourist trade trade of any national park in the united states and forms forma a dividing line tor for tourists from it they go south or north but not west because of the condition ot of highway forty lie ile suggested that all western states contained beautiful scenery and the ones onea having the best roads were the ones onca that were visited ile he informed rotarians lans that cities in northern and southern utah should cooperate with the be state to pave the eastern entrance to utah as it would bring a tremendous increase in cross state traffic that now avoids the state slite tourists would come from fram the east and the south along highway his liway 40 to salt lake and then turn north to yellowstone or south to zions national park not a city in utah would lose trade by this move but would gain considerably by it for when a 0 tourist arrives in salt lake he must take one of the main arteries out every main highway hway in the state is paved with the exception of forty is less than 30 39 per cent paved mr rishel after presenting various arguments urged business men imen to back the completion of this highway stating that it if we want to secure in creased tourist trade weve got to stay in front of the race by paving our mads here we are neglecting the road that would bring an immediate increase to all points in the state 11 J |