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Show L ' SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AUTO CLUB MARKING THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY : ''' - Photo shows Douglass C. Rhodes, in charge of the work of erecting road signs between Salt Lake and Omaha, standing by the engine of his Hupp car; Robert F. Gunn, map and route expert, is shown standing at the rear. The Southern California club insignia may be seen traced on the fore door of the auto. I . , ! . these markers in place it will be a matter of clear sailing for motorist; who annually hit the western trail and who wish to cliug closely to the Lincoln Lin-coln highway. Messrs. Rhodes and Gunn arrived in Salt Lako the first of last week and on last Tuesday started the fulfilment of their important road-marking mission. Motor tourists to the west have in years goDe by wended their way towards to-wards the eternal hills with no other assistance to guide them than the auto blue book or local logs gotten out by motor enthusiasts in isolated sectious. They have missed the road markers that are so plentifully supplied sup-plied along the transcontinental routes traversing the eastern states. But all this has passed, for this season, through the fine generosity of the Southern Automobile club of California, ono of America's greatest highways and probably the most used transcontinental transcontinen-tal route, will be marked for almost its entire distance through the sage brush plains now dotted with fertile irrigated acres and thriving little cities cit-ies along the foot hills and over the mountain passes, from Omaha on the east and to Ely, Nev., on the west. The work is now being done by the two young men shown herewith; driving driv-ing a Hupp touring car, heavily la-dened la-dened with provender, camping paraphernalia para-phernalia and road sign equipment. Iron posts of sufficient height to make the marker an easily observed object ob-ject from a distance, are being 'used on which to 7uount an enameled sign with white lettering. Such markers are being placed at important intersecting roads and at converging points. With |