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Show FIRST d THROUGH PARK ARRIVES HERE Enters From East Side and Leaves at Yellowstone. Yellow-stone. GOING WEST TO COAST j J. W. Canada of Memphis Prefers South of Lake Route. The first automobile to reach Rait Lake after a trip through the Yellowstone Yellow-stone National park arrived yesterday. J. W. Cauada of Memphis, Tenn., waa in charge of the ear. Mr. Canada is on his way to the coast by the Lincoln Lin-coln highway and it is his third trip to Salt Lake on hU third transcontinental transcon-tinental trip. Mr. Canada left the Lincoln highway at Cheyenne, Wyo.,-and traveled northwest, north-west, entering the park at the east entraucu. He arrived there on Judy 3i and was up bright and earl? on the morning of August 1. At the drop of the flag, giving the signal to go, Mr. Canada and a car from Massachusetts started in the lead of the motorists from the east. Although Mr. Canada had been through the park in a stage, he thoroughly enjoyed the trip in an automobile. Speaking of the trip he eaid: The roads are good for travel and many care are now goihg the rounds. I found the regulations made the time schedule a little too slow, but it ia possible to make the round of the park in three days. The schedule is arranged so the cars cannot in any way conflict with the stage travel.. That is, , there will not be any automobiles and stages on the road at the same time. However, those seeing the park in their own rigg ("sagebrush ("sage-brush tourists, as they are called) can use the roads at any time ana we frequently passed these horse-drawn horse-drawn vehicles on the road. I believe however, it will be but a short time until the restriction! are not quite so bad for the motorist. mo-torist. I had hard trouble to keep within the time limits to escape a fine and frequently had to stop and wait outside the checking stations to keep within the schedule. Mr. Canada is an ardent western tourist and has now covered nearly all of the western automobile routes. He likes the travel and. unlike many eastern tourists, does not find the western roads hard to travel. Mr. Canada had the usual experience in passing through Ogden on his way to Salt Lake. He eaid: "When I arrived in Ogden yesterday yester-day on my way to Salt Lake from the park a man stepped from some- (Continued on Following Page.) FIRST CAR THROUGH PARK ARRIVES HERE (Continued From Preceding Page) who p an! asked me where I was go ng 1 told bin to Salt Lai e anl theu to San lrancsco lie informed n e it was impossible to go south Of the lake to Ban 1 an Cisco and that I had better tun around and go north of the lake I then i ohtely inf orn ed him I had gone south of the lal e u year ago on my way to the coast and found the desert the best road between Memphis and the coast and that tho only reason T d d not go 100 m le an hour woe because it ras not inmy car I also inforn ed h m that Mr Itishel of Halt I ake la g vc me the nformation al out tl o so th of the la e route ajd tl at I had found Mr R sbel s road nf or at on more nea ly orroct th m any I had rece ved anywhere Mr Canada will leave for San I ran sco th s morn ng and will go south of the lake stopp ug long eno gh to say hello to his friend J J Thomas at I sb Spr ngs |