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Show t . . -V5 Asserts Utah Will Become Mecca for Tourists JACKSON HOLE ? ROUTE IS HE FOR MOTORISTS Tribune-Overland Car Has Mapped and Logged the Road From Logan On. Hunting, Fishing, Camping Add Their Advantages to the Beauty of Scenery. (By W. D. RISHEL.) Ever since tlie beauties of (lie Jackson Jack-son Ho' country, in nort hwoyt crn Wyoming, just souili of (lie Yellowstone National park, have been bruu.u'lil to public notice, motorists have been interested in-terested in a short and feasible automobile auto-mobile route into that sect ion. The Jackson HoV and tributary country abounds in irood fishing, huntiu:, and has, above all, splendid camping facilities. facili-ties. Kacli year the mot orisi s (i Iter through the dii'Tcrent passes until a strong demand has been created for ! a reliable Automobile road into the j Hole from Salt Lake and Utah points. , It vas for the purpose of opening i a logical route from Salt Lake to Jack-1 Jack-1 son Hole ' thai Tho -'lMme Overland Pathfinder recently made tho trip. A careful survey was made of all possible pos-sible routes, and the one was selected which would give (lie best possible means of entrance for the average motorist , t a kin ix into consideration scenic, camping, lishing and hunting advantages. ad-vantages. Start From Logan. The roule. as laid out by Tho Tribune Trib-une Overland car, starts at Lu.nan and goes tli rough J ogan canyon to Uea r lake, tlienco to Montpclier, Idaho. Front this point into Star valley thure nre two routes. The one through Montpclier Mont-pclier canyon into tieneva valley and on to the Wyoming stale highway through Smoot to A ft on is IN' bet t er for automobiles, and is the one logged and mapped by The Tribune Overland car. From Af ton on the nort h the rout e travels through Star valley through tho narrows of Salt river into i ra nd vnl ley, crossing t he soul h fork of t he Snake on the Wyoming-Idaho state line, and on the north through the small village of Irwin into Swan valley. At this point a road from lilaho Falls connects with the Jnc lismi II ole road . Leaving Swan valley the roule goes up Pine Creek canyon and over ihu Pino ('rek pass through a heavily I im-bcred im-bcred count ry, with plenty of fish in g, chicken shooting and camping grounds, finally leading the motorist into tho beautiful Teton basin, with its splendid view of the famous Teton peaks. Landing Land-ing at the town of Victor an optional road for the Jackson Hole pusses through Origgs, Tetonia, .cvdale, Teton and the main Salt Lake Yellowstone Yellow-stone trail at Sugar City, Idaho. Dugway Is Safe. Prom Victor the final plunge into The Jackson 1 1 ole is made over the T,-t o n pass at an altitude of Sf.iM) Lrl. A splendid dugway, with goo.) graded, heavy, but. regu lar, takes I he motorist into Wilson, n small town in 1 1n Jackson Jack-son Hole. The bridge between WilKon and Jackson was partially destroyed by floods two years ago. and a ferry is now ir -d 1 o c ross the son l h for It of the Snake to reach Jackson. A wel l-defi neil road knils north through the Hob to Moran, on Ju'-k.vj,' lake, and on to 1 he sou t h en ! ra nee of Yellowstone park. A complete circle of the. Tel o t) pea ks is made on this trip, and 1 hey are seen from all sides, but the best, view is had from the J aekson 1 1 ole side, v, he i, the glaciers covering the summit of the peaks can be easily (list inguished. May Extend Park Limits. Tli ere is a plan now bet "re congres.-t to extend 1 hi', soul her n bonnda ry n f Yellowstone park to lake in the Teton p'a k s and Jack srni la lie, which v un Id lnelud.'' the norlh'-rn pari, of JnckMoi Hole. Thil v.ould add considerable natural beauly to the park its-df and won Id grea I ty augment the n a ! imial ga me preser c. I ! rim ppi n g and !"L'gi n g 1 h i u rou I o another highway has b.-en n.b'.-d fr-oe Sail 1alc- into t he pari; whieh v ill prr'e popular witli I'iali mot 'U i who de-ire to make a romnl trip 1o Ihe low-.tone. 'Ihe Jacksfiii Ilo' roii'e is a bou ! ei fj h t hours Ion g'-r 1 ha n t L Sail. Lake Yf llo,s'one highway, althfugli th" miha!'e is about 1 lu: tninc, The Tri ho n e Overland car, en i pped with I'orlaue tires anl tiding Yi'-o uiri-c uiri-c a a ! ,h, on 1 ids trio ma ole strip ma " from Montp'-lier to AHon, Al'ion to Victor, Victor to J aek son a ioI .1 a - k son to the, Yellowstone fi.'t r 1: , cover) n the en i i re distjiiK-e from M"ii1 p'dier to tin- park, which a r" to b" f on nd in this issue of The Tribune. Tliev should be elip-d and saved far future use by y motor ist s in t e rest ed in tins trip. |