Show f Premier er P Perform rf 0 rm's f- f ff n nr f n f. f Miracles in Conveying g Boa Road Finding Finding r ii j P Party arty F From rom S Salt a I t L Lake a. a k to tb El Fly y N Nev e I S S S. S editors of Salt alt Lake make trip to Ely Nev via via the Overland trail and return on Lincoln highway to comp compare compare e road conditions for t the e information of tra transcontinental tourists The Premier Premi r shown in the it tl started from Salt Lake ake to Ely last Sunday morning and arrived at th the latt latter r point shortly after midnight of day covering miles of desert and mountain roads in I 18 8 hours Coming back over the Lincoln highway y the motoring party encountered several cloudbursts cloudbursts and was given one of the great greatest st d demonstrations of endurance and re reliability ever made by a motorcar Picture No 1 I shows the car nose down in a soft caused by a aSp the Premier S flashing through at waterlogged road at 30 O o. o miles an h hour ur No 4 shows the car on Sp sudden cloudburst that broke in in front of it it No 2 i is is a desert scene in in Neva Nevada just this side of pass No 3 3 shows e S the 5 Merest l st of Lookout pass S J S 4 SS S 'S Sr S S r 55 M w 44 S 'S S 4 5 1 S v. v W ii m 7 S 5 By Bo Garvey So many Inquiries having been dl- dl to the automobile editors of Salt SaltS S Lake newspapers during the past month mont by tourists desiring g to know the best bestS S from from Salt 1 Lake to Ely Nev on onS S the transcontinental roads to to- California the newspaper men determined to or organize organize organize or- or a expedition to learn road conditions at first hand So LaBronte of the Tribune Marlon Marion Marlon Nelson of the Deseret News and nd the writer arranged with Manager A. A V. V Olson of the Utah-Idaho Utah Motor company for the use of a Premier car to make the trip The party piloted by Sales Manager A. A J. J Campbell of the Utah-Idaho Utah company company com corn pany any started from Salt Lake last Sunday morning at ten minutes to 6 via the Overland Over Over- land trail or Pikes Pike's peak ocean to n Icel highway through Ogden Brigham City Tremonton Snowville Park valley and Lucin Utah and thence through Tecoma Montello Cobre Currie Currle and Cherry Creek in Nevada to destination at Ely With the exception of seven or eight miles of ro h roads over dry washes between Snowville and Utah the Overland trail is In fine condition and an average of thirty miles an hour can be be maintained over most of t the coun coun- try The entire trip of miles tool took less than eighteen hours hours' of actual run- run time the party ar arriving arriving ar- ar riving at Ely shortly after atter midnight the same game day the start was made Coming o back ac to Salt t r Lake e by way of eab ab S th the Lincoln OI highway li was an entirely S different story TAKE r KE OVERLAND TRAIL S The result of our trip Is that each one of the newspaper men unqualifiedly unqualifiedly unqualifiedly un un- un- un qualifiedly advises motorists traveling from Salt Lake to Sin San Francisco via ply Ely to avoid the Lincoln highway and to take the Overland trail tran route heretofore though this Is miles milese S longer than ht the m Lincoln igE rs highway route routeS between e the e same points The distance between Ely and Salt Lake over tle Lincoln highway and through Lookout pass Is approximately miles mUes From Ely to II Nev there Is a beautiful natural boulevard of thirteen miles and beyond and beyond McGill through Shell- Shell bourne pass and on Tippett ranch a mile eight stretch the road Is fair In most places and very good g In others Even on this part of the trip however the motorist Is constantly menaced by sudden cloudbursts that are likely at any minute to form washouts that are absolutely Impassable S Just after atter we had climbed out of Shell- Shell bourne pass the fringe of one Ine ne of these waterspouts caught us and before we could put P tip lIp the curtains passengers and everything In the car were drenched We had to stop atop a a. considerable time here waiting for the road ahead to drain sufficiently suf suf- so we could continue From Tippetts Tippett's ranch on to Ibapah we found It hard to average seven or eight miles mlle an hour With chains we were barely able to creep through the mud and gumbo A short distance out of Tippetts Tippett's Tippetts Tippett's Tip Tip- pett's we overtook an Overland car stranded In a mud puddle It had broken a a. ge gear gear- r. r trying to get through h. The cr was occupied by iy y several women and children who were extremely glad to ac accept accept accept ac- ac our to take them on to the nearest ranch which fortunately for them happened to be only three mires farther tarther along I IBAPAH 3 PAH A Right nIght in the town of Ibapah Ibapah Is one of S the through 0 worst 5 this h U after t sW we on nh had the d stopped road We in fh the theS got S village long enough to repair three extra the tires difficult lIff and Ul tubes going that from had hd the ge blown Utah Nevada N out aJ In Inthe inthe Une to Ibapah Another hundred yards beyond Ibapah I Is another almost Impassable road lake several hundred fe feet t In length It too took eve every ounce of power In the thoroughbred Premier to get u us through this From here hera Oft on to Callao the th road traverses S Innumerable deep washes that are dangerous dangerous dan dan- dan As the to any kind of a car crow crow flies the distance between these places Is not more than twenty miles lIes but It seemed like a hundred before we time after after- got to the latter point some midnight We left Ibapah just at dark We found however after spending thee the the- rest of the the night at Callao that all the bad roads w we had bad gone through up ip to this time were boulevards compared to the two twenty stretch across the rim of or orthe the Great Great Salt lake desert to Fish Springs This piece piete pf misnamed I named roadway road road- wa way Is one continuous zigzag lake or of of mud and gumbo which oe offers s so little traction that the rear wheels of the car were more often than not spinning Inside inside In Inside In- In side the chains without going forward Heavy rains of the night before made this part of the Journey a nightmare We Ve were a bruised bedraggled and mud spattered party when we finally hove Insight insight In Insight sight of Fish Springs Springs' near noon The road this side of Fish Springs Is very good for fifty or sixty miles and across part of this we were able abl to make mak sixty miles an an hour Chains are not needed on on- this stretch In dry weather and It had hadnot hadnot hadnot not rained on this part for several days so we thanked heaven for this piece of luck Meeting several automobile parties who had come ov over r the Lincoln highway either by Grantsville or over pass we were advised that any other route from there on would be preferable Acting on this advice we decided to togo togo togo go by way of Lookout pass and we found the highway h this pass pads In fine tIne condition From here on it Is no part of our In Intention Intention In- In to blame the Lincoln highway for tor this road as the guidebook points out Is optional with the tourist But It was from fron Baileys Bailey's ranch at atthe atthe atthe the foot of Lookout pass pass' up through the sagebrush lowlands to St. St Johns that we had the most eventful part of our voyage voyage voyage voy voy- age and one that will test the ability of any kind of gasoline driven vehicle yet manufactured thoroughly S ANOTHER CLOUDBURST To begin with we were overtaken by another cloudburst a mile beyond Baileys We had d stopped e at Baileys Bailey's a a few mutes min m- minutes o dt utes s to p put on chains h again Approaching Approach o ing a a. dry wash we suddenly observed a awall awall awall wall of water burst out In front froot of us Believing we could get through this be before before before be- be fore It could wash out the roadway we crowded on the power and went for tor It Iton Iton iton on the run Hitting the gully a few seconds too late we burled buried the front end nd of the machine In a a. soft mud bank that had been instantaneously scooped out by the torrent and there we stuck with the hood almost burled buried and the body of the machine resting on the higher bank We borrow borrowed d shovels and anda a horse from a nearby farm which by bythe bythe bythe the way Is Downed by Jack Brazier a pioneer pioneer pio plo neer cattleman of that district and after three hours of back breaking work up to our waists In water we were able to push the car out of the hole on our I own power using the horse to pull the front wheels up In the air It was here that fi t a Campbell a demonstrated a his oT Ingenuity n In Inan an emergency n The roaring stream having thoroughly soaked the Ignition coils colls It was necessary after we had pointed the front wheels up In the theair theair theair air by the aid of the horse to dry the colls with o our or r spare handkerchiefs Campbell then took a a. waterproof side curtain lifted the hood cover and wrapped the curtain around the coils colls The writer then had the pleasant experience experience experience ex ex- ex- ex of lying along the running board and holding this curtain tightly around the coils while the fan deluged the Back Backof of hIs head with mud and water during the space of a minute or two It took the powerful Premier to grind its Us way up lover over the washout on to dryer ground At Braziers Brazier's we had to drain the crankcase crankcase crankcase crank- crank I case which had been filled led with water We borrowed some machine oil fromI from I Brazier refilled ed and started on our way I though we were told by several farmers farmer I who had seen the road above that It e w iL U. 6 ts SS f 5 1 5 I 5 5 5 54 5 e IS a 4 6 b w 5 z S 5 o 5 S 5 S S T. T 5 S 4 45 5 t S' S S 5 S 'S 1 rn t 5 r 5 sOS sO S S k 5 y 4 5 55 r a t t 5 5 r 5 4 5 I S I r L i i 3 I I I I S I I PREMIER Continued from page paJe 8 8 would be impossible to get more than a amile a amile mile mUe farther that night It began to look as If this prediction would come true for a short distance on we came to the first big road lake We Ve plunged Into this and half way th through ough the water drowned out the spark With the muddy mess several inches over our running boards we had to use the side curtain again and hold the extemporaneous extemporaneous protection from the water around the coils while the car made car made its way Inch by inch in the night through to the opposite side WE USE NECKTIE After negotiating this piece of roadway Wheelman Campbell again displayed his We saw t that we would O have an Ingenuity fe almost t J unbroken r succession Jc lo of lf these these- lakes to traverse and it looked like too big a Job for one man to hm hang onto a Il running board and take trio mud splashing from the fan So Campbell took off oft a perfectly good necktie and tied the side curtain around the coils This scheme worked well and the Premier became a motorboat from there out In the darkness it was impossible to tell on entering a submerged stretch to see far enough ahead to tell how far each piece of waterlogged road roadway iY went All we could do was to plunge in and trust to luck v vA A few miles from St st. Johns we started through a seething lake formed by waters rushing under a railroad culvert at a terrific terrific terrific ter ter- ter- ter rate Striking the middle of this current the nose of the Premier pushed a wave of water before it that stood up two feet above the head lamps the Impetus Impetus Im Impetus Im- Im petus of the car however keeping the water from drowning the engine till we shallower water For an n In Instant ip- ip had gained stant In net the clutch of that roaring n t torrent tor tor- t trent rent It seemed that the car was swimmIng swimming swimming swim swim- ming and all hands prepared to dive overboard After fter getting out of this hole safely we unanimously decided that the age of miracles Is not past THE SADDEST STORY Now c cOrnea cOmes mes the saddest part of the tory With the state lights of St St. Johns Sparkling a mile ahead of us irs and dry ground all the rest relt of the way to Salt Lake in prospect we came to the last mud puddle A Japanese handcar gang who had followed our progress through I the waste of mud and water bordering the railway for several miles gave us a cheer as we made the last plunge The water in this cul cuI de sac proved to be quite shallow till we came within feet teet of the end when with a sudden dip the headlights almost disappeared The battery flooded with water stopped working and we were at t the end of our journey as far tar as the Premier was concerned con con- The car having proved so true however we all took off our coats and prepared to give the gallant machine one more chance In the mud up to our waists we struggled for hours and Inch by inch and foot by foot pushed It out once more more on comparatively dry ary ground BATTERY DEAD The battery had been c completely killed though and our efforts proved futile We Ve impressed two Mexican night watchmen watchmen watchmen watch watch- men at a railroad culvert and pushed the 1 a quarter of a a. mile hoping that the engine would start Itself but it was no use and we at at last abandoned the car for the time being and trudged wearily on to the railroad station statton of St St. StJohn John arriving there in the small hours of the morning Th The station statton agent kindly opened the waiting waltin room and permitted per per- us to light a which we I dried out our Early after aCter sunrise we sent ent a telegram to Salt Lake for tor a new battery and andi i coils colls The relief car driver sent out by bythe i I I the Utah Idaho Motor Moter company lost his I way to provide a titling fiLLIng climax and we waited all day for or him before being forced to the conclusion that we would get no aid from that source While waiting Campbell hailed a passIng passIng pass pass- Ing truck and we started down the road to tow the Premier home It was here that LaBronte and Sand Nelson deserted Campbell and 1 I I. I busily engaged attaching train stop althe at al atthe atthe a tow-rope tow saw a delayed the station When we got up that far again train and newspaper men had disappeared In the direction of ot Salt Lake The truck towed us to Tooele we telephoned In for another relief car and this even eventually arriving arr we proceeded arriving In Salt Lake a little after breakfast time We Ve started out to get Information as to toS S road conditions ns' ns and the foregoing account ac ac- ac- ac r I count tells what we found The writer i again wishes to advise tourists going from Salt Lake to Ely or vice versa to avoid the Lincoln l Highway y lIe He believes It wIll be a long IOn long time If ever when r I the recent Lincoln highway can be put Into such condition that it will assure travelers immunity from washout and cloudbursts cloudburst no matter how much money may be spent in this thiS- direction The route recommended is Salt Lake to Ogden to to Brigham City to Tremonton Tremon- Tremon ton to Snowville to Park valley to toL l' L i cm to Montello tp to Cobre to Currie Currle to Cherry Creek and Sly Ely This way is Is as we said iid before lOO miles s further around but the roads are good except for tor a few mile mile- of wa washes h s be between Park Par valley vaHey and Lucin These make malte tho the going rough but can be easily negotiated b by bf any make of automobile if the driver will take hi Ms hiS' time One of the finest natural roads in inthe inthe the Vest West Is that leading down from ron Cobre Nev Nov to Cherry Creek All An along this route o of the old Overland trail are stations where gas and oil can can be obtained at moderate cost and water S is plen plentiful 11 tul Before finishing this story the writer wishes to state state- th that |