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Show 9 ANOTHER MPT 10 OPEN AUTO 11 II Colorado Boosters on Way to J Junction Router fj Td :in effort to establish a automobile auto-mobile route between Salt Lake and Denver a party of pathfinders left Denver lust; Monday and arc daily expected ex-pected in Salt Lake. The oar ropre- H$l sents the Denver Chamber of Commerce Kg f which is active in the work of openiug Bf X up a route to Salt Lake. The partv Hffl ' consists o .1. B. Dods, representing the Automobile Blue Book company of Ii j America; Nathin Lazarnick, official I I i' photographer: Walter fthcincek.'mcehn-1 I I. nician, and J. Harris, representing- the j I f White Automobile "company, I i Tt is the party's intention to come I h to Salt Lake via Grand Junction and I follow the route laid out by the "Mid- I s land pathfinder two years ago. This I h ronte is part of the Lincoln highway I jf and is the one advocated by Colorado I t boosters as the beat route across the 1 1 contiucnt, I The route follows the main lino of i the D. & Tt. G. railway and has beeu jjf under discussion more or less for three jj ft. vcars. As yet an automobile has never is successfully motored through it on its I own power, if; Last sprine a delegation of Colorado I boosters came to Salt. Lake -for the p purpose of creatine iuterest. in this s(. route. Several meetings were held, but. 1 1 the route never cot past the resolution j : stage. The towns of Price and Green f "River have tried to get some work done t on this road for the past two years, if but as yet have been unable to aceom- plish much. This route would be wol- J coined by all tourists wishine to visit j Colorado points on their trip across the conntrj' and would bring many SJa more cars to Salt. Lake. with tho st3to gamo warden ne referee. The referee, howevor, must cithor Hub-mit Hub-mit to being blindfolded or moro out of the state while the contest is on. VERNAL TO FT. DUCHESNE ROUTE J BY W. D. RISHEL. &to There arc two diatiuet routes between Ft. Duchesne and Vernal, and Tribuno 10. M. P. Pathfinder covered both, and a log is given of each'route both ways. Tho northern route or old government road, as it is locally W known, is the best for an automobilo, although it is a couple of miles loucer this route travols over highor ground, has more hills and is rocky in places' i,,f but misses the nulea of sand found on the lower or more direct route TKp re0 upper route goes via Tnft. while thelower route goes via Moffat Unles . tbo lower route is considerably improved, the northern route, via Taft ic W recommended. ' b,iijws V A a Vernal to Fort Duchesne Log-. Via Taft. (31 miles.) Stewart Speedometer. 00.0 VERNAL: Gas, oil, gara-gc, hotel and gcnerjil stores; go straight cast on lain street, pass Studebaker Stude-baker 's at .1; .5 main cross streets; lumber mill on northwest corner, turn right hero; 1. main cross roads, turn left, poles on both sides of road now; il.9 main cross roads, keep straight ahead; 4. cross canal; 5.2 forks, keop to left; G. top of gap, forks here keep to right; 0.0 over rocky ledgo; 11.8 down steep dug-way, dug-way, follow main road to 1.7.2 TATT: General store and post-olHeo; post-olHeo; somotimcs gasoline, (.Note: There is a short cut from Taft to Duchesne on the cast side of tho Uinta river. While the pathfinder did not cover this route, it is claimed by some to bo better than the route on the west side of the river. It would bo well to investigate this road at Taft); go straight ahead t.liTongh Taft past store and at 18.1 cross creek, forks immediately, keep to left; 1S.2 forks, keep to right; keep straight ahead now. crossing small creeks at 20.7; 2l.ti .tart through sand here, crossing creek at short intervals to 22.3; here cross main channel of Uintah river; 22.5 forks, keep to right; 22.1 under tolophono line and main cross roads, keep straight ahead: 2:-i.i! main forks, loavo main road here, goiiisr to left; 2.'j.4. cross roads, keep to left;; 21.2 cross creek; li.1.4 pick up telephone poles, follow maiu road to 31.00 FT. DUQUESNE: Gas, hotel, blacksmith shop and general stores. Fort Duchesne to Vernal Log". (31 Miles.) 00.0 FT. DUCHESNE: Gas. hotel, blacksmith shop and general stores: go west with agency store on loft, turn to right at corner of fence going go-ing north, koep right band road and at 3.4 forks, keep to right; 5.6 forks, keep to loft, lcavo telephone poles here; 6.S cross lircok; 7.6 cross Toads, keen to riirht: 7.S strike main road here: S.-l cross roads, keep straight ahead under telophouc polos; 8.6 cross creek; S.7 cross main channel of Uinta river for tho next mile going is bad through sand, crossing creek several times; !M cross creek; 10.3 cross creek; 12.9 fork comes in from left just "before crossing creek. 13.8 TAFT: Gas. general store and postolhce: keep straight ahead, bearing bear-ing to left and on np dug way; lo forks, keep to right; 10. start up steep and winding dugway; 24.1 Tooky ledge; 2G.2 forks, keop to loft; 27. cross canal; 28.1 main cross roads, keep straight ahead: 30. main cross roads, turn right here, leaving telephone tele-phone poles; 30.5 main cross roads, lumber mill on right, turn to left. here on to main street of Vernal JiO.'J Studebakers' on loft. ' ; will 31.00 VERNAL: Gas, oil, hotel and U!T general stores and garago. -J Vernal to Jensen Log. F. J (15.2 Miles.) gS 00.0 VERNAL: Gas. oil, hotel, gar-lff ae and general stores; go south 4 Lo with Uiutali bank ou left paster' two-story brick school at .2; 1.3 n main cross road, frame building on Bi riglit hand corner as you turn, turn.Ja'n left here; 2. cross roads, keopJffafr straight ahead: o. main cross roads, "p3!0, log cabin on left, turn right here; 3.6 Naples' brick school building; fl' 3.7 Naples fs store: 3.0 cross roadsWC-keep roadsWC-keep straight ahead; 1.0 cross roads,'! keep straight ahead; ti.4 main cross&titin roads, telephone po!c cros here,.. and turn loft (Sotc: Road straightr'fcfte, ahead goos to Watson and Dragon) ;'ujn 1 0.8 forks, keep to left; 11.1 eros jtrc Ashley rivor; 13.7 cross roads, kccvggiggs straight ahead; 33.0 pass school audvjjj at church: 14-7 cross roads, kcenjr, straight ahead. Hrf 15.2 JENSEN: Coneral store (Note:! Eli? Bridge inst ahead crosses Grecnf.J. 1 river and is main road to Colorado )li Kan. i moth Jensen to Vernal Log. q (15.2 Miles.) ilU 00.0 JENSEN: Co straight ahead! sum west: .5 cross roads, keep straight! ahead; 1.3 church and school out, right: 1.5 cross roads, keep straight liar ahead; 4.1 cross .-Vshlev river; o.fitle forks, keep to left (Note: Fork toT right is old road to Vernal, aud -is non as -rood for automobiles as new road iq'r'j loft"); S.S main cross Toads, turrf.Q; right hore (Note: Road from Wat ulfL son and Dragon comes in at tbii! ? , point): 10.3 cross roads, kccfw straight, ahead; 11.3 cross roads v " keop stTaicht ahead; 11.5 pasH?,.wl Naples s store: 12.2 main crosj JJ" Toad, loer cabin on right hand cornet n-Q turu left here-. 13.2 cross roads, kG1; -. straight ahead; 13.7 main cross roau 'tmm frame buildinsr on left hand cornei turn rieht. here.: 15. pass two-stor; . brick school. i . . 1 .iN 15.2 VERNAL: Cas. on, hotel, zni W age and geueral stores. JjT) (Note: Map of these routes wa '' djFx printed in Tribune Sunday. October C) f |