Show representatives baem resen tate ives of northern utah civic clubs club S attend banquet at roosevelt Roo BASIN RESIDENTS URGED TO CONTINUE FIGHT FOR FOK HIGHWAY 40 build utah by building highway 40 Is theme of good will tour one hundred and fifty representatives ca ti v e s on of civic ivic clubs in nine counties u n t i es in northern northern utah including salt lake weber morgan tooele thoele wasatch Wa sateh davis summitt duchesne and uintah counties gathered in roosevelt saturday evening to attend the banquet and business meeting held in the roosevelt ward hall which concluded the good will tour of the northern utah civic association into the uintah basin build utah by building highway 40 was the theme of the he meeting and a large map showing the importance of the highway to the state bearing this slogan was displayed W D rishel of the state automobile as association and E B erwin mayor of salt lake city both stressed the fact that a great share of development lies hes in the construction and publicizing of this only east west highway through the state mr rishel urged basin residents and the northern utah civic association to keep up their fight for highway 40 until it is finally completed importance to residents ray E dillman spoke on the problems facing the uintah basin and discussed the importance of the highway to basin residents as it is the only major communication artery between the basin and the remainder of the state the water problem in the uintah basin mr dillman said is a great one and he requested that the civic clubs endorse the diversion of colorado river waters into the I 1 uintah basin because insufficient water prohibits extensive agrical i ture iture development mr air dillman said steps should be taken to develop other industries and mentioned the fact that government reports show there are seven billion tons of gilsonite here the gilsonite industry he said could be made into a great industry profitable to the basin and the state he also spoke of over federalization as a basin problem declaring that 32 to 35 per cent of basin lands are nontaxable non taxable indian lands all members of the utah state road commission were present presen t including W D hammond harr chairman G K X knowlton chief engineer preston peterson and J W D hammond speaking I 1 for the commission reported that 70 per cent of the highway between salt lake city and the colorado state line is now under tinder continued on oil last page representatives representative es attend civic club banquet banau et satu saturday rdby continued from page 1 contract and the remainder of tibe the highway will be completed as soon as funds are arc available however mr air hammond said people in every section sect ion of the state st ate believe their roads to be the most important ones in the state and warned that the road commission is running short of funds for road work it is our earnest hope that the stretch between vernal and the I 1 colorado state line will be completed this year but already it is getting late to be letting contracts the stretch between fruitland froitland Fruit land and heber city has been transferred to the federal aid system mr hammond reported and when funds are available the te stretch s will be completed mr hammond made no promises as to when this will be other speakers at the mooting meeting wore were T W jensen representing the associated civic clubs or of southern utah who pledged the cooperation oi of his or organization with the northern association and john anderson of heber city president of the associated civic clubs of northern utah who outlined the years work of the organization and introduced various members and guests melvin E lundberg of roosevelt third vice president of the association was toastmaster mayor paul wilkins gave a welcome address at the beginning of the meeting musical numbers for the evening were furnished by mrs C C wright of fort duchesne who sang vocal selections john E V T rice and mrs R Q warnock visit dinosaur monument A caravan of about twenty cars eft heber city saturday morning after having breakfast as the costs of the heber city lions aub at heber city and arrived in loosevelt about 1130 a m they vere escorted through the city by he roosevelt high school band at vernal they were luncheon guests of the vernal lions club during which rice cooper mayor of vernal made a welcome address and dr A C boyle explained something of the dinosaur quarry after which the group wont went to jensen where they were conducted on a tour of the quarry they returned to roosevelt at p in for the banquet was sponsored by the roosevelt business and professional club under the direction of mrs viola harmston hainston Han mrs J 0 orser and mrs hazel ashton |