Show AUTO BEATS TRAIN TO I I I SALDURO CELEBRATION Just beyond the great Salt Lake west of our county is located Sal Sal- Salduro Salduro Sal Sal-duro duro where the big celebration was held Saturday to commemorate th the completion of the Wendover section of the Victory highway highway-a highway a direct line from Salt Lake City to San I Francisco Thomas Sessions of Bountiful who is in charge of the work of the new road is favoring Clipper readers witha with a brief account of the big road building event as follows I Salduro Utah June 14 1925 1923 Davis County Clipper Gentlemen Just a word to let you ou know how the big celebration celebration celebration tion at Salduro came out Satur Saturday ar Tune June Those present had a very vel enjoy enjoy- enjoyable enjoyable able time The train from from Salt Lake and md Tommy Gibbons the greatest or one of the greatest motor men we have haveran haveran haveran ran a race to Salduro the auto suto ing ing the train or oF eight coaches about nine minutes turned around and anI drove back two or three miles and then dashed again and led the train into Salduro We had an arch made of salt across the highway and the Ameri Ameri- American American can Eagle placed on the top of the arch which was the out come of the therace therace therace race Mr 11 Gibbons his wife at his side and two others in the car he drove rove miles in and forty min min- minutes minutes min minutes utes thirty-six thirty miles of or this road was rough where Mr 11 of Ogden is constructing constructing- however this season there will be be a gravel surface road from Salt Lake to the Nevada border a distance of miles We had three governors two eon On con congressmen gressmen and the chie chief engineer of the bureau of roads toads of the United States Mr T M McDonald chief engineer of this state Howard C Means Menns and many distinguished gen gen- gentlemen gentlemen gentlemen Mr Peterson chairman of the state road commission of this state Henry H Blood and Mr 11 Lund of state road commission Mr Zim- Zim Zimmer Zimmer Zim mer superintendent of the Salduro Salt company company- gave a fine free dinner to a n very large largo number of the guests It was n a very instructive gathering gather gather- gathering ing for about two hours thirteen speakers expressed themselves ver the completion of one of the most dif dif- dif dif- projects that has has been completed completed ed in the state It has been th the pro pro- pro blem problem for years ears stated one of the noted speakers Governor Mabey in his speech thanked the good people of California Califor Califor- California California nia for their appropriation of 50 50 for this project and also the that they gave for the Ar- Ar Arrowhead Ar Arrowhead trail leading to Los Loa Lo Angeles lIe said the they did not give it for sym sym- sympathy sym sym- sympathy sympathy pathy but for the progression of oC these closely related states A game of golf was played on the salt beds of this state salt state salt beds that cannot be excelled anywhere Those who missed this celebration missed a n feast E E Smith of Bountiful that great promoter of agriculture was in attendance About people were at this tins great rousing time A gen gen- general general gen general eral good time was had The train headed back for Salt Salt Lake about p m and the dele dele- delegates delegates delegates gates from Nevada and California started westward at 5 p m A general good spirit prevailed As ever THOMAS THO SESSIONS |