Show pikes PEAK trail the overland tour of automobilists from colorado springs arrived here safely over the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway roosevelt royally entertained the guests roosevelt made a holiday of it last saturday in anticipation of the tourists AC S coming across the country from springs bunting and and a bis big str eamer was stretched across the street at t the post ollice office on which was painted in big letters Iv welcome elcome on thursday the business men ol of this city received official notice that the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway crowd which started at colorado springs and ends at salt pike lake city would Fould arrive arTive here at noon saturday 4 ail il remain for two hours y evening george bearde ed F ll Il armston ard and mr and mrs R S collett mr air and mrs sabey mrs C I 1 johnson and a few others whose names we were v ere unable to get went over to vernal to meet the delegation aps ops to lot let them know that roosevelt Roos ovelt would be glad to entertain the distinguished visitors an entertainment committee took charge of matters and tho the ladies bellet society had control of the banquet about 1230 the roosevelt baud band left here in autos tor for the county boundary line and the delegation was net met and given their first welcome to ao 10 the virbe visitors tore were escorted to the amusement hall the ladles of 0 the crowd were taken to the private homes of 0 the various citizens here and the men were given the glad hand of welcome becoming acquainted with our friendly people among them wore were from vernal mr and mrs john N davis heber E J cummings and anah H E harvey county commissioners sheriff 1 I 0 wall dr and mrs hatch turner george I 1 M jorgensen vaslo ind son the tourist crowd oar mr 1 Co colorado lorido springs chamber of 0 commerce mayor clips chas E me bessan IC essen J 11 Edw edwards arcis W 11 bab cote abar i t car 2 salt lake commercial caul W V F jensen prec president ident W C clark secretary car 3 salt lake city dr fred stauffer leaver stauffer harold stauffer iTer and walter feet car 4 colorado J D dark clark kugust aug ue t fritz car 5 salt lake city dr and mrs mra P F 0 keyes francis keyes mrs C A hubbell mrs E C bush car 6 jersey city N J dr IV H 1 deeman beeman if 13 joyce car 7 Sael naw ilaw mien mr and mrs C hopkins Hop hins forrest hopkins car 8 cushing okla mr fr and mrs C F hillman Hlll man miss hillman C E warren ciar car 9 colorado springs mr and airs 0 A macdowell MacDow eU roy ill car 10 carthage Cart hago mo S C P jones mr jr and mrs R A jones H dodson car 11 lenora kansas mr and mrs J D larrick Larr lck the hall was beautifully decorated with flags bunting and pendants pennants pend ants and at atone one end of the large room hung a printed sign Iv WELCOME ELCOME two tables which were decorated with beautiful flowers run the jul full length ot of tile the room and had a seating capacity of were filled and while eating the band rendered sweet strains of murle the menu consisted of fried trout fried spring chicken dressing mashed potatoes corn string beans chicken nut salad balad cheese sliced tomatoes cold ham beets pickles b baked ii ed apples with whipped cream ice cream cake oranges ice tea bread butter butler honey and coffee R S collett was chairman and in I a few well chosen words welcomed the visitors to our city ho he gave a brief history of the uintah dasin elving the irrigated acreal acreage bot 0 today being the largest irrig irrigated gated section in ill the state 1 tho the arst first speaker ho he introduced was V vr F jensen president of the salt lake city commercial club among other things he said that aft alter striking Utah he found the main highways are being kept up in very god cod shape considering tile the newness of 0 the country and that a man over in colorado said that the mormons cormons certainly know how to throw dirt chairman collett next introduced commissioner harvey of heber city who told of the roads of 0 wasatch county he said they were not perfect boulevards but that they woud compare favorably with any roads in the state utah with its vast resources of minerals and farming lands in the near f liture future will be the greatest state in the union and good roads will do more toward accomplishing comp lishing this end than anything else its the most essential thing for a new country which will have a tendency to again make the desert bloom as a rose the auto tourists want more than good roads they want fishing hunting beautiful scenery the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway ahas has the scenery good hunting and trout in abundance in duchesne and wasatch coptic 9 mr air harvey is a very able speaker and held his audience spellbound spell bound mr J R edwards of colorado springs was then introduced he Is interested in the automobile blue I 1 book which lists all roads roada thru tha ill e aoun country try among other thing things s iia he said auto tourists tourists are looking for good roads that have beautiful scenery fishing and hunting and that he was convinced that the pikes peak ocean to ocean highway would be the main road traveled in the future for it had those valuable essentials dr cr it 11 beeman of jersey city wes was the next speaker introduced he praised the pikes peak road and said that he can truthfully say there 15 miles of bad roads between colorado springs and roosevelt and that when he returned to his homo home town he would certainly boost the pikes peak ocean to ocean trail dr F r 0 keyes of salt lake city had gone over the lincoln highway through wyoming and said it was very rough and there were stretches where the facilities and accommodations were very meager and la in the future would advise all auto tourists going across the continent to tale tabe the trail leading through roosevelt mayor chas E mckesson of colorado springs was the last but not the least of the speakers on behalf of the visitors he thanked the ladles ladies tor for tile the bounteous banquet it was a feast fit tor for the gods and that they would always have a warm spot in their heirs tor for the people of roosevelt this automobile trip would have the faculty ot of bringing the two sister states in closer relationship the uintah valley is the garden 04 0 eden in the making and is being mills made very fast I 1 can vouch tor for this road and I 1 can speak a god word tor for this vast inland empire for I 1 think that land in the uintah basin Is the best investment in the united states today the chairman then made a few closing remarks afterwards the guests were introduced to many of our basin people peoli and made to fe feel ol 01 at home about the parties part to 9 got into their cars and headed tor for myton and Duch duchesne estic among the those from here who went with them to to those points were R S collett mr and mrs W A miles mr and mrs john N davis mrs wm vm 11 smart george A pearce and jay birch berchell ell |