Show A banter wagering we v e know is not the most con way to bring ann a fact to the attention ot of the public yet arf its very nature it is an evidence of judgment and 4 confidence all the overland ov erland mail routes with n ith the exception of the salt lake have come in in tor for a full share Bhare of newspaper praise and govern nent ment greasing and for the purpose of testing the question as to the speediest ediest route to california we are aie authorized to offer a wager of tew ten thou thousand sanA dollars has five fite of bf the most responsible gentlemen of this dis Terri territory demton tor that the I 1 trip from st louis to io Sani Francisco tar ban be madey made by way of salt LW lake in quicker time tim s tefan tk an byl any other route upon the Ponti continent nent nay farther that san francisco can call be reached in in quicker time lime from any point on the mississippi rn river er than any other ra route this lets in in the trial to fo come off next summer this it will be and le if the seems Is a sweepstake arrangement friends jends of any overland Cherl aad trial to the pacific desire to hai bai e a race all they haie hai e to do 1 Is s to address a note lo fo us and we assure them the preliminaries will soon be arranged |