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Show TAKING BIKE TOUR ACROSS CONTINENT Regardless of reports to the con trary there are worse roads n the country than the Utah h ghwayB, ac cording to John Burns or Ivew York who is mal ng the tr p across the con t nent on a bicycle Mr Burns and two companions left New York May 3 and expected to reach San Franc sco m s de of s xty days H s comfian ons dropped out after 800 miles had been covered but Mr Burns pushed ahead for more than n nety days and now feels that he w 11 be fortunate to reach San Franc sco by September 1 The roads through the central and middle western states are in bad condi t on Mr Burns says on account of heavy rains but the road through west ern Wyom ng and eastern Utah seem 1 ke real h ghways He has followed the L ncoln h ghway all the way and will follow it from here by way of the southern ro te He expects to leave here Monday morn ng |