Show WORK OF PERFECT T organization WITH cooperation 81 G greatest scenic Highl highway ivay leads through til rough colorado utah and nevada to pacific coast in entering upon its second year of its work of putting on the map the great scenic attractions of the intermountain west the scenic highway association is sending out to members a bulletin that gives information as to the activities in regard to things so far accomplished quoting from this bulletin the association believes that the greatest scenic and tourist highway in the world leads through central colorado utah and nevada to the pacific coast and that the improvement of the connecting roads between these points will bring the cross travel of the continent through these states utah colorado and nevada occupy a unique position in regard to automobile travel the largest summer tourist travel in amerl america c a Is in the rocky mountains of C colorado and the largest tourist objective in the world is southern california south ern utah is just developing other great tourist objectives bryce ran canyon zion national park cedar breaks that will nill rank with yellowstone park and rocky mountain Mount tin na continued on page 8 I 1 WORK OF PERFECT organization WITH WIT H cooperation BIG continued from page 1 lional park in its appeal to th the sightseer and the rocky mountain N national Tat ional arce canyon grand canyon national park and california all can he be made on the same trans trip and over the shortest and best routes from the standpoint of road conditions and climate no similar trip in the world can equal this the three greatest tourist objectives on the continent colorado utah california connected with a system of passable highways will wil furnish the automobile tourist the greatest scenic route in the world to this end the scenic highway association is working san francisco hopes and waits wait san francisco is patiently awaiting the completion of the wendover mud flat section thereby hoping to divert all pacific coast travel directly west from salt lake city out of the state of utah and through the northern part of nevada to san francisco this is san Francis cos effort to on oil the road to los angeles it is a los angeles proof road and has none of the perils to the frisco travel that the southern routes possess once leaving salt lake city over the IVen wendover dover it Is san francisco or bust while on the southern routes a traveler could change his mind and go to lo 10 los angeles or to other points in california this road when com aletea will cost the state of utah divert the travel from the populated and scenic wonders of the state and serve a population of less than fifty people this road is a personal victory for C ottrell of san francisco and frisco interests who handled the pawns in tile the political game that made the road possible highways of southern utah marked marke d 1 the scenic highway association working in conjunction with the auto club of southern california will have all the main roads of the state south and east of salt lake city marked with the fine steel marker of the auto club of southern california no markers will be placed on the price salina canyon or the road west from milford to baker and ely nevada permission to mark these has not been granted by the state road commission the arrowhead arro ahead trail the bryce grand canyon salt lake city to grand junction moab to mesa verde national park and all the scenic loop connection of southern utah will wi I 1 I 1 be thoroughly marked as to distances and directions thus giving the tourist accurate road information at al all I 1 points this is the big thing the scenic nic highway association accomplished during 1923 24 now the roads of s southern and eastern utah are as easy to travel as main street the T he new markers have met with instant favor from the traveling public and a noted increase in travel Ls Is expected in all the towns along the routes this thia is the first time that the roads have been marked through central colorado into utah and the importance of this work cannot he be overestimated A large travel should be developed between mesa verde national park and yellowstone stone via salt lake city and also between mesa verde and southern utah yellowstone park grand canyon with the increase in hotel accod ovations at bryce and the north rim of the grand canyon a heavy summer auto traffic will be established between the yellow stone iNstone national park and grand canyon the distance between these two world attractions tr is soo miles mile and no other trip in the world can otter offer so many scenic climaxes in the bame distance yellowstone with its many wonders Non ders the jackson hole country and its mi take lake and mountain seen scon 1 ery cry boar bear lake great salt lake the wasatch mountains fishlake fishlike Fish lake bryce canyon zion national park the kaibab forest and the north rim lim of the grand can cannon on alt all embraced in one trip of SOO miles search tile the voiad in vain to find so many glories of such infinite variety in the short span of SOO miles scenic hipley associations work for 1911 1025 5 the scenic 1 highway association I 1 is s now preparing the most elaborate 0 road guides to tile the states of colorado rado utah and nevada with california connections as well as complete road guides to yellowstone i park glacier national and the northwest secretary F P D B n gay lias has been busy the entire summer gathering now data on the roads and is familiar with all the now toad road de in the entire west no other organization in it the west has the amount of first ha hand nd road information as the scenic highway association during the winter months it is the plan of tho the association to solid send a picture show of western scenery to the middle west and give free exhibitions and distribute maps and literature to those interested in western trips water vater pocket natural bridge the scenic highway association added another natural attraction to southern list by logging and mapping tha the road through sevier and wayne counties to the water tater pocket natural bridge this bridge Is readied reached via loa and is the most accessible ces sible of all our great natural bridges the association 7 is preparing maps and logs to this bridge the present officers of the association are E S hinckley president E S woodruff vice president F P D B gay secretary treasurer with geo A doyle and A J lewis additional dit ional directors |