| Show Pikes Peak Highway Through Utah By W. W D. D Rishel The Pikes Peak highway through Utah was first laid out offic officially ally by A. A L. L of or the A. A A A. A A. A Later it was adopted officially by the Pikes Peak Highway association with witha a Mr 1 Henderson of Colorado Springs as the paid secretary and manager Mr Henderson on Interested the Salt Lake Chamber of or Commerce Commerce Commerce Com Com- merce an and In company with President nt W V F. F Jensen then president of ot the Chamber of ot Commerce and W. W C. C St Stark rk then secretary tary of the Chambe Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- be ber of or Commerce made an official visit it through the Uintah basin and officially designated designate the route as the Pikes Peak highway Funds were collected from residents In the bas basin n nto to mark the highway and memberships memberships memberships memberships' member member- ships ships' were solicited to help finance the th highway association The Pikes Peak highway as then designated is still sUll recognized as the officials Pikes Peak highway on all A. A A. A A A. A maps many other leading organizations organizations organizations or or- and by the author of the theSa Sa Salt t Lake Tribune auto highway maps About two years ago a man named Cl Clarkson representing himself to be bethe bethe bethe the Pikes POres I Peak Highway association came through Utah and demanded ed money from the residents of the Uin UIn- tah tab basin and the sum of ten thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars from re residents of Salt Lake or he would move the Pikes Peak highway He was turned down as a a.- grafter pure and simple Mr Clarkson then solicited funds from the residents living along the tho Midland Midland Mid Mid- land Trail in Utah turning south at Price Utah crossing over into tho Sevier valley through SaUna Salina canyon canyon canyon can can- yon and collected considerable funds from Cram the people under the promise that he ho move the Pikes Peak route to that section of the state He was hailed to appear before they the Public Pub Pub- lic Securities commission to show v cause cause why he should not be prosecuted prosecuted prose prose- for fraud and he left the state Since that time every possible possible possible ble effort has been made In certain quarters to change the Pikes Peak highway through Utah to comply I with the plans of Mr A highway map published by the Deseret News of Salt Lake accepts the designation of Mr Clarkson for forthe forthe forthe the Pikes Peak Route thereby doing what it can to change the Pikes Peak P-eak route away from the Uintah basin where it rightfully belongs because because because be be- cause the people of the basin have already put up their funds to help promote the or original Pikes Pik-es Peak ro route te across the state of Utah |
