Show IDAHOAN DECLARES SOUTH OF LAKE MUCH BETTER Dr States Says Lin Lincoln oln Better Than the Overland Trail j Special to The Telegram RENO Nev Nov Oct 23 W. W. W H. H G. G Buck local consul for tor Reno for tor the Lincoln Highway association is in receipt receipt re reo of an interesting letter from Dr Dr G. G M. M States of Preston Idaho which was written by Dr States upon his arrival home after atter a trip over the Lincoln l highway w y from Reno as far tar as Salt Lake Dr States had driven from from- Salt Lake to Reno over the Overland trail around the north endot end of ot the Great Salt west through Kelton Helton Montello Cobre Elko and Winnemucca and returned home by motor car over the the- south of the lake route which is the Lincoln highway As there has been some controversy as to the relative merit of these two routes from Salt Lake I Ito to Reno Local Consul Buck requested request request request-I ed Or States to advise him upon his hrs I return home as to his lila opinion of the two two routes which which- of course he had hadan hadan an excellent opportunity to compare Dr States' States letter follows Mr W. W H. H G. G Buck secretary Reno Commercial club Reno consul Lincola Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln cola highway My dear sir sir- sirI I am very grateful to you indeed for your very excellent advice regarding the road from your splendid little cit city to Salt LakeI Lake I found that there thee is is' no compari comparison son between the two roads the Overland Over land trail and the Lincoln highway having driven to R Reno no over the north I of ot the lake route and anti by your advice returned to Salt Lake over the Lincoln Lincoln Lin Lin- coln coin highway We were were greatly surprised surprised sur and pleased with tl tile the e con condition condition condi condi- cU tion of the latter road roa I Ido do not behove believe be be- lieve hove that we had more than twenty or thirty miles of what you could really call bad roads on the Li Lincoln 1 oln highway in comparison with I beHove believe be be- lieve Hove about miles of bad road on the north of ot the lake route The highway from Ely to Salt Lake is as asa asa asa a whole better than the section from Reno to Ely You can can cin get some idea of ot the road conditions on on the Lincoln highway when I state that we made the trip from Ely to Salt Lake in two days a fI distance of miles Very truly yours G. G M M. STATES |