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Show iPiira m PROVES IIS VALUE Utility of Highway Demonstrated Demon-strated by Official Now Stopping in City. "The Arrowhead trail has clearly dem-" onstrated its value to Utah," said F. V.Owen V.-Owen last night, who is in Salt Lake in the Interest of the association promoting the road. "Not until this route was opened was travel in or out of the state east, west, north or south, possible during the winter months. Autoists have used the Arrowhead Arrow-head trail almost continuously since October Oc-tober last, when' our first touring party from Redlands. California, demonstrated that there was a road open down Me whole length of the state and imo California Cali-fornia bv wav of southern Nevada. " s high as twenty-five machines in a single dav have parsed St. George, and during Anril there were ll's by actual count that passed -St. Thomas. The count for May has not yet been received. At this point a record will be kept, as it is not affected by local travel, and practically practi-cally every machine co-n-ed wili be a through car. "The recent performances m tee matter mat-ter of speed have shown clearly the condition con-dition of the road and its value as a connect ins: link with :hc outside world. The re-oid-smashing trip from Los An-seles An-seles and reti'rn, made by the military run starting May 2. estabdshing a record rec-ord of seventy-rive hours tor the 1.14 miles, under cad W'-ati'er i-ondltions, wili interest travelers as we.i as the war department, de-partment, for whose benefit the information informa-tion -ain-jd was desired. Frank Bot-;erill Bot-;erill "more recently lias set up a new-record new-record fur the run to ?t. Oeorure. making the 3"1.! miles in tm and one-half hours running time. "These speed runs do nt indicate what an ordinary drhcr can xpct to n;nke, nut they do demonstrate tl ronrlition of the road. from Los Ange's to LiS Vgas. Nevada, Dr. AV. M. Wadk-ig'n of the latter r'ace. made the run last January, Janu-ary, a distance of Z'.-2 m!':, in sixteen and one-hail hnurs driving time. He save it is a thr-nay trip from Los Anseles to ait Iike. Joeph If-nker. Cieorge Wise an 1 Tt. Novc-; of Provo are among tiie LtLii: peo: le wiio have recently made the nip. and they are enthusiastic en-thusiastic a bo ut it. "Tiie Arrowhead trail has a threefold va'.ue to the state. It not only op'-r.s up a n avenue f-.r Ca liforn ia r.s To come and see us, which waj? tae incentive tiiat initiatf-d tiie route, but iJ puts Ttah nn ;:-e touring map nationally. Thai if its t'irst value. Tkn it has already dff.nr.n-ttrated dff.nr.n-ttrated its com:i.er--iai pu.-sibilit;es m at- trailing --npital for development of sec-lions sec-lions OF'ene'l up t-j traf:"i-"; .;. Tiif-n it has slio'.vn how easy it wou.J -- to move troor. ea.t or wf-st. i "But ti.ere is even a grater value, and that is it lias shown l":.-h T-eope I l-e real necessity and t lie & value of go'-d r-.-ad-. Ii will ' a ,t -iu- atii.r.al fa ft or in df-ruonsTratiMg v'sit bat-, alrea Jy ben wpII l.'-avr.f- i : y i i fori' a and many eastern sta tes that i h.- I r-t investment that a county or a stiie 'an n.:ike is to invest in improved ! . gi rv:, y i. ("onfrc-te uutomo'dle ro;;ds ave 'j.-.r.g. ijuiit in California now b-'-ause 1' i.as i--n -onf'ius:ve;v proved that rbfv iiN-r-a.-.- tiie value of ti.- area of l.uud t.'. .- s-i-.tt nnue than their .-jst. and iha; ';(-.-a. 't ua i Iv i i(-a p v than n :rt ro:i :('-. r w .-11 as proving of in-:hiiina:ie .d-.' i ness interests. In other words, they payj Mr. Owen w ill be in Salt Ti.ke soi1 days yet, as he has been invited to fu tlier acquaint our business men with tH possibilities of attracting touring trafii into the state. Ifc has just returned fro: an extensive trip to easiern cities, wheii the subject was inquired into earefulli and much valuable data collected. Whill here he will be a guest of the Commer cial club. j |