Show HALT KIY roil information V investigation of road connections between salt gait lake and ely a and nd between ely oud nod tile tho beelike wonderland or bt southern utah was made over the last weekend week end by governor mabey tind Pret preston ston G peterson Pe torson chairman of tho the state rond road comm commission the utah officials wont vent to ely by way ot of aleaver allford and garrison to blaker nov and returned by way of 0 daker and then almost tire due enst cast to then to oasis and fillmore tho the latter route was known as aa the nakor daker dolta road but inasmuch ns as tile the objective for or tho the evenings trip was a shorter route was taken from hinckley to the delta holdon holden rond road a low few miles cast cant of oasis at ely possible connections with wh salt lake across the iho great salt lake desert were discussed hero there three alternatives that primarily favored hy by the ho ply ely business men was the lincoln lilg hway running to lo and thence across acres tile the southe western arm of the creat snit salt lake desert to johnsons johnson pass lia 38 and city the alternative to this his was a connection with tire the road 11 now ow being built across the great halt lake 1 ake desert along alone the line of f the western pacific to wendover such stich connection from ely could igi hi malle made it was suggested byway by way ivay of bourne pass pasa to ibapah and athance north by way of gold hill niti nirl nit I a route partly in utah anti and partly in nevada to condover Won dover or a ro road ad might bo be built more directly from ely to condover Won Went dover lover crossing a lower summit at white horse florse pass and taking tv shorter route hut but on one entirely in nevada until AV wendover was waa reached the routes above mentioned are about all the through utah nevada line except that followed by the rond croaa that runs through ogden around tile the north end of th tha a groat great salt I 1 nice jake the road from modena to tk Is a not gola generally orally considered as a part of a route and the zion park highway crosses tire the mall arazona instead of the utah novada nevada line crossing the arizona nevada line it a tow few nilles miles fart farther lier on tho ahn r road oad investigation made by the utah officials was its has been I 1 cited partly with the idea in view of seeing what must bo be done to connect tile the utah scenic wonderland with the wonders of lehmans rave cave benr baker governor mab mabey a y and party barty wore of governor J G of nevada last sunday on a trip through that cave which they found to be an object of natural beauty and wonder worth going many nilles miles to see ample accommodation for the tourists were found at tile the cuvo which 1 is on the baker national foret after a late morning start from froin ely the party lind had lunch at the cave and then made the trip underground armed with acetylene lamps under expert guidance stationed hero here for the convenience ot of the touring visitor the utahna with a large party from various parts of nevada were ivere shown through a maze inaze of fantastic shapes rivaling tn in beauty and delicacy of color any pen picture ot 0 fairyland or in monstrosity any goo geo legista legists legis ts tale of prehistoric dinosaurs grottoes and chambers and halls and passages contain stalagmites mites and stalactites resembling almost any thing to be found tn in the dictionary from the he vegetable market to the chamber and from the homely tallow candle wick and all to the bridal attar altar or the ruins of pom poll ellke music Is 18 rendered by iho guide on the hundreds of pipes large and dinall which hang bang fro from in the rock ceilings while at oil other er reproduces an indian dance or a chinese paean of praise with lifelike fido fidelity lIty gorgeous colo effects facts also are shown through translucent onyx the whole effect I 1 Is such os as to make the visitor wish that thai hit hid two or three hours devoted to tile he live etive were as many days tho the camp amp has other attractions tho the mountain climber the fisher man tho the hunter and tile the lover of outdoors in its marly many forms v uld find here something to tickle his ill fancy V whatever his taste might bo from milford mildord to ely about IBS miles hy by the route taken the governors giors automobile made tile lip trip in around six and one halt hours driving time claims are made that the time can he be cut hv by two hours hut bill at that an average of twenty five miles an hour or over long stretches 0 of desert dese rt plateau divided I 1 bv five mountain passes proves that alil tho the going Is fair an average of twenty five means much beter time for much of the way As traffic develops devel over the route and hotter better maintenance Is made possible th speed will ho ba increased for tho me necessity of up lin for a sua sils enot ariot will be ellmin eliminated thi the mali pud of tile ho road for near ir nil 1110 distance crosses a country rif nf bilich the soil Is iq it a natural road material in a tow few places place this material donld have to bp be h ha 1 od nd short distances hut bilt with ho exception ot of widening the rod through of the passes with possible equalizing of grades erodes and elimination of curvatures neither construction nor mainio natice costs would be high tr tc keep in horld in condition that could carry upwards wards or of automobiles a sin re readily nIlly since mime tho the local traffic through that uninhabited country la Is very light it Is a seen cell that hat oven even tit alio cint road with some conle maintenance corry a vant amount of 0 tourist bourl st trofilo flo tho yond road haq bas boon graded ind and bonie have bann III coday heaver aver county it is signed all 1110 way and at present is adequate for nil all tho traffic of fereL ahn gove governor mior abo night at rie fiver breakfast tile following morning ens at adford abere a I 1 road con conference forence was held with local bu busl st tiesa nien men it vas 10 or otter r i when the emart was made from aw ford and como after noon wh when en mm hank nent ahn navade N evada bordor lind passed and the parta come 1 tho the honin homp nt nf I 1 R W a rancher of if antelope valley 1 SPon spanking king of i in ho bosert I 1 mr clays clay place shows u tot touch ch of real homo life afe with comforts that donld ji hardly p I 1 tily bo 13 deemed io ellel po 0 pt pi such a Il ilmando Manco from froin the railroad about avo lillep either w way ly it Is a 0 R in fit which tile alio forbidding monotony of iho Is converted into charni charm and romance dk A pioneer of this valley in 1874 mr air clay allt ills his homo libnic a 4 few years later near whore a spring Toi pours lr its halt half second foot water from aroi tile the hill bill nii all the year round neither in temperature nor in volume this lid he has diverted to of a rich it if thirsty soli soil and has piped pined for domestic tile use across tho the valley rises a ranio of mountains on oil which two timber lines show a i lower lowar nt at ali ciago of tile tho desert and tho higher at he fhe edno of tire the arctic pea peak R A mount I 1 a ii 11 t jefferson a clacer bedecker bedecked pyramid rises prominently in fit range beyond and through a gap in the nearer range are visible tho the goshute koshute mount alna and towering mount Wh wheeler opler fent feet ghighi the top anoa penk in nevada water so abundant and so fresh had led to tile tho stonar mr clays wayside log homo home nestling among tile the willows ills invitation to dinner wai gladly accepted and tie he regaled the he visitors with stories of pioneer ing in days and ot of tho the modern tiny day reproduction iii of those times in tha no film filin dinv inv near there of the covered wagon nil an event long remembered in that section ely was reached in early twilight the last several miles and th the c last mountain pass pais being ov over er the blocho my coarl the next afternoon afternoon after after lehmans cave lind had been viewed the party darty retraced its route to a short distance beyond bayon ad baker and soon found itself on the nailer baker delta road this ind bad been declared by someone to tobo a forty nille mlle sn an pour amir road but it t proved to th lio bo slower silver tho governors rna vera fang pd ra abai twenty into crossing this I io 10 enly two mountain rials ps much of this rout also i naturel read roadbed bed almit ut thore aro arn tebes ot of mud tint arp longer than on tho the cliford nakor daker route in ninny places 1 I I 1 ln tho route croe innumerably hallow bashe in tile hp bod whilo arent 0 tio no perlona efin illy to the thov are ox ot alln amend robider marcum pass on this rond where Is iq located the last water until Is reached oos ions liiv forta miles dav anav 1 a gaab of wonderful penly brenir hauta in the house which possibly may re ian dolve thear ramo from tha r illar rid ei and the top slopes ot of k e tono of mo ie mountains from the an on of t the P innis hinss the 1100 of clinch Is came into view anti and from then on H was pvn down hill and th hf 4 flato of the lower sn n vier I int in i vim for while tho the governor plopped mopped at fil imore for the night tho the trip easily demonstrated that it the extra a mile age aeo at baker in visiting the natural cave had been eliminated a reasonably early start from ely would have placed the c car ar in salt lako lake before nightfall the big problem of elther either route Is the long long stretch of road through a country which has none or very few inhabitants the saving feature of each cacti is tile the probable 0 en i isa 1 s ath which a cheaply const toad rund I 1 be maintained thero there in i condition which would satisfy nil all the likely to 1 i cur ther for years even elon with proper exploitation I 1 0 of its ta h vintages intges 13 is brough rc ro t salt palt take |