Show would eliminate i grand huncl Jun cllon on sweeping changes to 10 he be made in routing auto aut 0 highway denver benver papers boosting for vintah uintah basin it would be criminal to send ft a motoi eat cai nei mei that road from mack to provo alone said C 1 L of denver deliver in speaking of the alleged midland trail I 1 doubt whether a machine has haa been built which could make it under its own power neither can a highway be con sti noted which will stand up tip long enough to be of use sweeping sweep I 1 changes in the routing of the midland trail bill be the probable elimination of grand junction and the deceit Thell idiana tourists who recently made that till had such trouble that they will not want to tackle it again soon the will nv el ei foigel their bitter experiences during those awful alful days the reader will recall the newspaper accounts of the hardships encountered the trip fiola grand junction to price and the lains began at the same time and the roads wined tinned to the stickiest kind of gumbo several of the cais slid over into tile the ditches cind and had to be hauled out often they would go up in to the hubs and block and tackle had to be used read what a salt lake coi respondent correspondent wrote about a part of that trip hele heie it is when the tourists reached mack on the colorado line the rain ceased and the real start into the desert began lt it was the first j real taste of hard going and the ali faist st time the drivers found that they could not make speed an ali 8 nille mile an hour ariage phoned fast and the tei effic heat of the sand calls ed the cals cais to heat sand stretched ati sti etched about the baity toi foi miles aud and the only growth aas as sae a e and mes quite foi 43 miles the party saw aw no tiace of human habitation and was forced to look on oil unsightly sti etches of the geay expanse of the desert tile the great part of the road lay ancl abandoned railroad aade and the going was ex exceedingly lough the sand and alkali dust was five or 1 1 x inches deep and vas mas thion in the faces of the tom ests hy by their own cars c is a strong effort effii t now being made for both the uintah basin auto highway and the ON cherland erland trail there is no reason inay hy the basin should not be selected ns it anvill be at least 80 miles shorter aiom denver to salt lake than the route through wyoming and it aill i be far better when the vernal and meek ei commercial club delegates oneie in denver last month they sowed bowed uintah basin auto highway sped seed which have begun to sprout and now there Is 1 more talk in that city of this route than any the denver papers have leave be aun un to publish lengthy articles on the feasibility of it in bi last sundays post Is a 2 9 article headed colorado must find new route for lincoln memorial highway lin impossible possible roads in utah condemn midland trail in colorado as link in ocean to ocean way the writer of the article says the coloia do comme iclal bodies misrepresented the road via giand junction every road giom denver now non discussed includes the uintah basin below to IB ie pi produced deduced a of the post III article ait icle there have been routes suggested which would eliminate the impossible road in utah taken by the indiana baity pal ty these are the routes which must be one over oer and investigated before posit positive live assertions can be made as to which Is tile the best road and which one can call be built with the least expenditure to conform with the specifications for the lincoln memorial highway the so called vernal loute has been prominently mention ed since the indiana tour left the state this might be i cached in any one of several ways through colorado one possible route branches branc liep oft off tile the midland trail at rifle and daises through ah meeker angola rangely langely and bonanza to vernal still another route should be gone over and reported upon branches off the i oute aute taken by the indiana automobile aers association at dremml ing and goes through topon copon as 1 steamboat springs craig and runs into the uintah basin other routes might be deIo developed ped by taking a part of one and combining it with a part of another that an excellent and feasible route can be found Is certain according accod Acco cling iding to C 1 L newcomb jr who accompanied the indiana motorists to salt lake and the chamber of commerce and the midland trail association on oll the trip governor Go vernoi aply ind the highway commission of utah are not in favor ot tile route as it ft now stands I 1 but are in favor and recommend the vernal route which passes through the uintah basin down strawberry berry valley and into provo prove they have made the statement that they bould not spend any of the states money on the doimer loute but stand ready to lend all assistance possible on the latter |