Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-01 | Page 12 | Scatter Road Guide Signs over Desert

I I Scatter Road Guide Signs Over Desert Southern California now contains enameled metal automobile guide signs scattered over an nn area of oC square miles according according- to to tho the annual report of ot tho Automobile club of ot southern southern south south- ern California for last st year ear There Thore were wera new signs placed In fn the tho southern part parlor of tho state in 1919 Of OC the total number of oC gul guide e signs ns erected b by tho the Automobile club arc In the desert of or eastern California California Califor Califor- nia and anti Arizona These show the location location location loca loca- tion of oC water hater holes that are fit It for or drinking purposes Sp Special attention nn has been given to th the c de desert crt sign postIng postIng post- post Ing since transcontinental touring has become so general Tho The I Los os Angole Chamber of ot Commerce was instrumental instrument Instrument- al in obtain obtaining Ins Ins- government nt aid In this work l For or 1 1920 0 tho Automobile club plans plana to resign the National Old Trails transcontinental transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental highway from Crom Kansas City to Los An Angeles eles a a. distance of oC 2000 WOO miles It will also resign post tho the Lincoln Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln highway and the Midland trail from Omaha Nob ob and anti from EI Ely Nev eY south 1 All of oC the new signs erected by tho the club will carry carrr mileage directions so that tho the motorist need have hae no doubt as ns to his his- location Four trucks are operated dally daily all b by the club In erecting new ew signs and replacing old ones