Show VICTORY HIGHWAY IS I IN GRAND CONDITION Ben Blow Manager of of the Association Association Association tion Tells of His Trip From roin Denver to Salt Lake Lako City Ben Blow national manager of r the the Victory H Highway hway association with headquarters at at Topeka has just completed a trip over over the Victory VIctory Victory Vic VIc- tory highway from tram Denver to Salt Lake City and has made a a careful I study of the features of or that stretch of the route The scenic point or of or inter Interest st and the condition of the road were studied by Blow who Has made m de the following report to the headquarters headquarters rt- rt ers of the tho association in Topeka From Denver benver by way Sway way of Gol Golden en enand and over Lookout mountain one or of orthe orthe the most scenic mountain high highways ways in America with a good clear road Into Id Idaho ho Springs From Idaho Springs to the top of Berthoud pass all good except about seven miles mlles from Empire to the foot of oC Berthoud pass The road over the pass built by uy the government government government govern govern- ment is one of oC the best mountain roads in in the tho w world and is of great scenic interest At the west base of Berthoud Is a detour bad In wet weather to avoid construction work From t there ere clear over to 10 Steamboat Steamboat Steam Steam- boat oat Springs is a thirty-mile-an-hour thirty road rough only In short stretches and very scenic especially over the thea Rabbit a bit Ear pass pass where the rocks from which the pass takes its name stick up like the ears of a giant j jackrabbit in hiding behind the mountains to the north To show the condition of the road It is only necessary to say that a adaily adaily adaily daily daily auto stage stale makes better better time than the train between Denver and Steamboat Springs From Steamboat Springs to Craig another er stage runs on road that Is Is with the exception of a few places a thirtY thirtY- thirty file ile an hour road oad From rom Craig to Vernal is is' is als also generally generally gen gen- r llY good Some me construction work is going on where Moffat co county nty is putting putting a gravel surface on the Victory Victory Victory Vic Vic- tory highway This condition continues continues continues con con- c clear ear to K ranch at the state stateline stateline line and between the state line lino and Vernal there thera are omy two bad stretches one over over fiat flat and the other over over Baking Powder flat fiat Beyond Baking lower flat fiat the road runs over a. a mesa and around to the south of split mountain where the D Bear ar river runs through a canyon which has never been traversed traversed traversed tra tra- versed by man except in winter wh when n it w was s frozen solid soua In this canyon are cliff dwellings most of w which are under cliffs that overhang so that most of the prehistoric dwellings are totally Inaccessible From some of these dwellings however however however how how- ever pottery and othel articles have been taken by the u l Morgans owners of the ithe K ranch ranch who say that these cliff dwellings are among the most remarkable In the world Spit Mountain iou canyon is close to the Victory highway ana nom from the mesa the tourist can loon loOK down into it from a distance or of about Dout two miles Swinging around to the south of Split mountain we look do n into the Ashley valley where Jensen and Vernal are situated This is a greet green paradise of a valley which a ton four-ton White truck nauis hauls tons of honey butter buttor apricots and butter butterfat butterfat butterfat fat to tc Craig The rho produce is sent from Craig to Denver uy by rail This This ton four-ton tru truck k operates operates at a profit between Vernal and Craig a distance e of miles which speaks volumes for the conditions conditions' o of the Uw Victory highway y between those points Near Jensen Is the the I DIno Dinosaur aur National National Na Na- monument where the fossilized fossilized fossil fossil- skeletons of ot prehistoric monsters monsters monsters mon mon- mon mon- are aro being excavated by Earl Douglas o. o of the Carnegie arI gre muse museum m. m From Vernal to Roosevelt Rooseve thirty thirty- three miles the road is good with some ro road d l being eing built oy Dy the feeler feder federal al Roosevelt R os velt to My Myton ton good My Myton ton t to Fruitland oy ny way way ay df of Duchesne Du Duchesne Du- Du chesne about fifty miles bad road the worst between Denver and Salt Lake City GUy Fruitland t to Park City uy oy way of Strawberry reservoir a big lako lake which Is preserved as a game refuge by the U U. U S S. S gover government ment an and which and 1 whIch is lo located In a forest reserve reserve The road Is mostly good gooc ana that mat part which was built bunt by the government forest service Is very good goad More l work on this str stretch is Beyond Strawberry and down Dan Dan- flue fine ca canyon yon road built by the gov gov- Heber to Park City Crry a about out nine nine- nineteen nine teen teeD miles ten of or which is ls bad ad be because because because cause of heavy hauling from a mine Park City to Salt Lake Lako City good Near Whiterocks year the tho Ute Indians ho hold d the religious tribal Bear dance and Sun dance one of the most Important Indian ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies cere cere- monies of ot the United states nates North of Duchesne are many mountain lakes At Heber are the tIle Hot Pots a most unique limestone spring formation formation for for- mation Park City Is one of ot tho the most typical mining camps In tho the west In what Is known as the Uintah basin Is one of ot the greatest undeveloped undeveloped undeveloped unde unde- inland empires In America where this year millions of pounds of alfalfa seed will be grown n and sent to all parts of tho the world |