Show TOURISTS ABANDON TRIPS AND SHIP sHir MACHINES Northern Utah Route Branded Brand Brand- ed as Unfit for Motor Travel That the north of tho the lake automobile automobile automo bile route from O Ogden den to the coast is virtually imp impassable e and that Jt tourists who Tho have ha attempted to cover cover COTer that route have ha been forced foreM to turn back backor or forward for their cars car b by train is stated in an interesting article published published pub pub- fished in tho the Ely Ety Mining Record of I Friday which bich reached this city today This article says that hat the contention contention contention conten conten- tion of motorists ts and road offic officials Als of Utah that that tho the road south of the Great Salt lake is the one ODO mo most t feasible for transcontinental automobile l travel was WM borne out ont b by the recent experiences export export- of ot two motor tourists who sho ho attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted to reach 8 Salt Sett t Lake Lako City ih from Arnitz Ore Orol over 0 the northern route Mr r. r and anti Mrs In F. F Howard lIoard Hillman of Arn Arnitz tz started recently on tho trip to Salt Lake They were Vera inconvenienced incon many litany u m. times on account of poor road conditions and at Cobre were finally forced to abandon the trip trip by automobile They Tb-ey were era convinced the they said fWd that they would ha have hamet met with better conditions in in Utah although al though they did not wish to continue o owing ins to the tile condition of ot their automo bile They shipped their machine machino machine to 8 Salt tt Lake Cit City renewing their motor trip rip from the tho Mormon Mormon capital capita returning return return- i tug ing to Arn Arnitz tz via O Ogden den Twin Tin Falls an ana Boise Ida They found foun tho the roads from Cobro to Arnitz in bad condition The Tho roads through Boxelder count county however howe aro in good oo condition owing to work done in tho the summer ummer by the tho state hi highway aen department nt Tho following excerpts con concerning comparative 6 merits of oi tb the tho routes nort north and south of Salt SIlt Lake Lake- are taken from froma a letter written by br C. C Hart Merrian of California to tho the A. A A A. A A. A touring bu bureau bureau bu- bu reau and should be carefully consid considered erod ered by all transcontinental travelers Without wearying you vou with details it may be said cid that the north road in in western Utah and throughout hout Nevada to near Dear Reno is a terrible road It has hasgood hasgood good stretches stretch of ot course but in tho main is utterly utterly unfit for automobile navigation Furthermore tho the distances along this route published by the O Og Ogden Og- Og den Auto club are materially short hort of the be d distances ono has to travel This was proved pro in two ways By Dy may may own speedometer and by tho the statements of local ocal residents along tho way a In ono one case the distance between points was as asmore more than ten miles greater than the thc distance C given cn in tho the Jot log During our trip acro across s Utah an and Xe a Nevada a we Wc were in ia rain rail or sa saw rain every ory day duy without exception but the thc storms were Tero not so O violent as they th- were Tre Trea a year ago Tho southern route route the tho ono selected sc- sc C. C for tho Lincoln highway highway highway-ap- ap- ap pears jeara to mo me to be he b by far tho better of the he two when dry rr but both are sub subject to summer storms and both hoth are terrible when wet ct When dry the northern route is is far worse than the thc southern Long stretches stretcher in Humboldt valley particularly between Winnemucca Winne- Winne mecca muce and tho Fin Sink of oC the Hiu Humboldt have lavo 0 been Leen so deeply worn in the tho wheel hoc ruts rut that tho the high centers damage o the tho pans iana of even the tho highest cars earr car They abound in in the tho worst kind of chuckholes chuck chuck- holes joles and aro arc deeply buried i in white I dust |