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Show PIKE'S PEAK ROUTE IS BEGURED OPENED ! Local and Colorado Men Join Hands on the Project. EXPECT BIG RESULTS All Predict New Highway Will Prove Popular With Tourists. I At. a luni-lieon in the Commercial club yesterday noon the Hike's Pe:ik ocean-to-orciin MKhwuy was officially declared opined for travel by W. F. Jensen, presl- dent of the club, and Charles L. McKes-Kon, McKes-Kon, mayor of Colorado Springs. The ceremony of declaring the road opened followed ; luncheon that was lilven by Mr. Jensen to the members of the party who irade the recent reliability unci sociability run I'rom Colorado Sprint's r to this city over the TMUe's Peak ocuan-1o-o-e:in highway. Besides the automo- bile party, 1 'avid Mattson, aft Ins (,'ov-j (,'ov-j ftrnor of the stnte. and 10. R. Morgan, -I Ktate road engineer, attended the luneh-, luneh-, eon. ( All of the partv who made the run i from Colorado Springs to tills city wore enihuf IrtPtlc over the new load. The ''.ilo 'aiio boocter.s and those from the points farther east were much im-prerod im-prerod with the hospitality of the Utah Teopie and all expressed a desire to continue con-tinue the friendship that has been so plea.-ant. i Favors Road Taxes, It waft sutrsested by David Mattson, deling pivenior. that a nation-wide movement should le started to provide for the construction of roads throughout the country by 'the federal government. Matron believed that the money to do this v.Oik with should be obtained by taxation nnd not by prlvato subscription, as ban been t tie method heretofore. W. F. Jensen acted as toast muster at t)ie luncheon and offered a toast to the guests of the party and those who had participated in the run. W. C. Stark, secretary of the Commercial club, who conceived the idea of the Pike's Peak ooc-n n-to-ocean highway, gave an interesting inter-esting talk on the history of the road I and the circumstances that led to Its construction. Mr. Stark said that the ; completion of the PUce's Peak road has j done more toward cementing Colorado j nnd Ctah together than any other thing , that has ever been attempted. i Visitors Appreciative. j Mayor McKesson was particularly en- thusbiytle over Utah and the Salt Lake people. In response to a toast Mr. McKesson Mc-Kesson said that he had never seen such a bea uliful country as the Uinta basin, and he thought one of the attractive features of the Pike's Peak route was the trip through Uintaland. He said that with the completion of the new route 90 per cent of the transcontinental automo-; automo-; bile travel' from coast to coast will be over the Pike's Peak route. The consensus of opinion among . the speakers at the luncheon was that the Pike's Peak highway is the most prac-1 prac-1 ttcal and feasible, for the reason that i it passes through a thickly populated country. For this reason it is believed j that the upkeep of the road will be less, t because it will be divided among a great-I great-I er number of small communities, who, t for their own benefit, will keep the road in a good condition. U was also brought out that the aver-: aver-: age tourist is traveling for pleasure and 1 in most instances will choose the road j that will take him through the most towns and cities. Ideal for Tourists. Jefferson R. Edwards, who has made the ocean-to-ocean trip from Chicago to ! this city as the representative of the automobile Blue Book, talked on the highway from the viewpoint of a man who is familiar with tourists and their Jikes and aims. Mr. Edwards said that he thought the road as outlined was the .best automobile road In this country and that he believed It would become a very popular road for the tourist. The numerous towns along the road, he said, offer an advantage that few of the roads through tills western country ' can boast. These towns permit of night 1 stops at tho discretion of the autoist and -supplies can be obtained at frequent in-1 in-1 ttrvals. j Transcontinental travel next year ac- ; cording to Mr. Edwards, will break all former records. The war in Europe wilj seriously Interfere with European tours and many of the eastern people who ; would have gone to Europe will come ' J,'.!"1, 11 nd when tIie wonders of the Jikes Peak highway are known a large , percentage of the traveling public will , choose thus route In preference to all others, he raid. The cups that were offered by the dlf-I dlf-I ferent towns through which the run A?. e-re "Girded last niaht by r, i' M.oKSFnn' J- n. Clarke of Colo-" Colo-" ';r"'L'su':;f awarded the LenTvjlle t c K ,H,Ilni Cushion okla.. I The (,,.nwood cup; Dr. y H 3jePman ()f .vey City. X. J.. the Meeker cupl Dr T. O. Keyes of Salt Eake Citv. the Vrra cup; t larence Hopl ins of Saginaw. Mich. mV 'tVn :up; The Presentations were nuuI ;it xh0 Comn-eicial club last night. ' |