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Show MAXWELL DEALER SEE!)I1SP1TY H W Brown a member of the IVank Boueche companj d str butors of the Maxwell returned th a week from a trip through Utah and Idaho where agencies were established. Speaking of the trip he said Wo were impressed w th the prosperity that is awaiting the far mer Cache valley is showing great er 8 gns of acti ltj than e er before and ran hers as well as the mer chants and bankers are optim st c despite the depress on wo rn calam ty howlers are t yinn- to force upon the country n lew of the Euro pean war situation We annot help but comment upon the good roads n northern Utah and in this particular it is easy even for the casual tourist to realize where a community s pro grese ng for invariably where a oountry is forging ahead you will rind good roads We made the trip from Preston to Montpelier immediately imme-diately after a heavy ra n Of the many obstacles encountered prob ably th most amusing as well as the most dangerous was just north of the new construction camp of the Utah P6wer . Light company about sixteen m les out of Preston where we were so unfortunate as to b1 de off the trail Our car was wedged between two boulders and in s eh a pos tion that t was lm poss ble to rega n the trail and our only salvation was to proceed straight do vn the mountain s de tor about 250 jards There we found an old abandoned road and by removing boulders from time to t me for about two miles we ware successful n regaining the ma n road Bear Lake valley is thickly lotted w th stacks of gram which at the pre a ling pr ce will throw a wave of unprecedented prosper lty nto that vie nity Proceed ng farther north we were favorably impressed with the ae ti ty of Poeatello Cross ng the Blackfoot Indian reservation the general ond t ons between Black foot and Idaho Falls impressed us that the country has progressed more rapidly and is built w th greater stab lity than were other localities The sugar beet factories are in full operation and one meets many four horse teams loaded in j going and return ng empty Every condit on indicated activity in fact, the Eexburg St. Anthony part of ? i the country seemed the mecca of the dry fanner In every field we fe observed that t was bemtr pre fe pared for the harvester or that the gfc labors there had been finished JT An amusing incident occurred between Preston and camp 'No 3 of the Utah Power & Light where for several miles we were delayed t on account of getting in back of p one of the company s caravans an outfit" wh ch earned a large arma ture probably forty feet n diameter diame-ter which was being hauled by twelve horses while in the rear t four horses acted as a brake on the f down grade "We were particularly impressed with the courtesv offered us bv this outfit the men express ng regret at be ng unable to offer us a pass ng before |