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Show IGraiing IGraiingSe Grazing Se ServiceInspects , / c 'Inspects Inspects ' ProposedBook Proposed ProposedBook Book Cliff Road RoadIn In an effort to find the mostfeasible Qiost Qiostf conInecth1g f ible route for a highway con connecting con-I con I - necting necth1g 'YtthUS Vernal and US W 0 < withUS 'Ytth Ytth ' US SO 50 , 1b Thompson pson and Moab over overthe overthe the Book Cliff Ollff mountains a ten- ten tenday ten-day ten day - day horseback trek covering a dls- dls - dlstance dis distance tance of 120 miles around the rim rimof rimof of the Book Cliff CUff mountain mesa mesalocated mesalocated located in m southern Ulntah tTlntah and andnorthern andnorthern northern Grand counties . , Is re- re reported re reported - ported by G W 'Bud Bud ' Bud ' Mathis Mathisdistrict Mathlsdistrict district graz1.erOn . grazier graz1.er graz1er grazierOn On the extraordinary trip along alongthe alongthe the top of a little Uttle known moun moun- mountain mountain - tain range of the Ulntah utntab Basm BasmDistrict BasinDistrict District Graricr Orazler Mathls Math1a was ac- ac - accompanied ac accompanied companied by Regional RegJOnaJ QrazIng QrazIngEngineer GrazingEtaglneer Engineer 0 E . 'E E ' . 0ann1 , . Oannl , Re1r1onal Re1r1onalEngineer RegionalEngineer Engineer Inspector Earl Earl It R . Alcott Alcottof , , of the regional office off1ce at Salt Lake LakeCity LakeCity City , Leon S . S . Stanley , camp en- en engineer en engineer - gineer of the OCC camp P 0 31 31of 31of of Vernal Gilbert OUbert Wilde WUde , guJde guJdefrom guidefrom from Hill Creek and Harvey Brown Brownalso Brownalso also Kill mn ' creek ct'eek cteek , packer for tbe tbeContinued theContinued ( Continued on Page rive Plve ) t Grazing Gra.zing . Service ServlCO Inspects InspectsProposed InspectsProposed : Proposed Routes RoutesOver RoutesOver ' Over Book Cliff Oliff Mts . < ( Continued rrom from page one onegroup onegroupStarting ) group groupstarting Starting at Vernal the party m0- m0 mo- mo - m0tored motored mo motored - tored to Ouray and then over the theP theP theP P R Springs grazing road to Buck Buckcanyon buckcanyon Buck.canyon Buckcanyon . canyon where they turned off to tothe tothe tothe the Squire ranch Here Guide Gulde GuideWUde GuldeWilde GuideWilde WUde Wilde and Packer Brown were wereready wereready wereready ready with saddle horses and pack packoutfit packoutfit packoutfit outfit for the tripThe tripThe trip tripThe The survey sureey was made from trom the thetop thetop thetop top of ot the flat mountain in order orderto orderto orderto to pick out the best route for a ahighway ahighway ahighway highway to the land lying on an anaverage anaverage anaverage average of 1600 1500 feet teet below They Theyestimated Theyestimated Theyestimated estimated the cost C08t of ot a roubq routs rou routsover . over overthe overthe overthe the various passes suitable for a ahighway ahighway ahighway highway connecting the two coun coun- counties coun- coun counties counties - - ties tiesAt At the much talked of pass above aboveThompson aboveThompson aboveThompson Thompson at the southern end of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Book difts Cliffs the survey shows showsan showsan showsan an altitude of 9000 feet but the thedrop thedrop thedrop drop of several thousand feet in inthe inthe inthe the deep canyons for the next few fewmUes fewmiles fewmiles mUes miles to Thompson canyon and andthen andthen , then 12 miles mlle & down the canyon canyonwould canyonwould , would be quite costly estimated estimatedat estimatedat : at over $225 225 $ 000 making it prohib proh1b- proh1b prohib- prohibitive proh1bI proh1bIUve prohibitive - - I itive IUve as far as sa the grazing service serviceIs serviceis ' is concerned concernedGoing Going northeast passing pass1ng West WestWater WestWater WestWater Water canyon ! ' ! Hay ay ay canyon and andMiddle andMiddle andMiddle Middle canyon the trek ended at atthe atthe atthe the Squire summer camp at the theUlntahGrand theUfntahGrand theUlntah-Grand theUlntah Grand Ulntah-Grand Ulntah Grand Ufntah-Grand Ufntah - county lineAt lineAt line lineAt At Middle canyon 7800 feet pass passthe passthe passthe the estimated esthnated cost down the canyon can- can canyon can canyon - yon Is about (50 50 $50 150 $ ( 000 This ThJa Thls Is near nearto nearto nearto to the P R . . . Springs Bpr1ngs where the 60 80 60mUes 80miles 60miles mUes miles of grazing road Is 18 alreadJ- alreadJ already alreadJcompleted alreadycompleted already.completed alreadycompleted - . completed The pass at Hay can- can canyon canyon can canyon - yon is 7300 feet but the cost hereis here hereis 1 is & estimated e.imated eimated & . at over OVf'r OVfr ' $75000 75000 $75000The (75 75 175 ( $ 000The 000 000The The survey shows the Middle Middlecanyon Middlecanyon Middlecanyon canyon road to be the most feasi feast feasible feastWe feasible ble We route and the cost within wtthln the theGrazing theGrazing theGrazing Grazing Service Bentoe budget for roads roadsstated roadsstated ' stated Mr Mathls Mathis And espec1al especial especially especially : ly so as this th1 & route woul would woulduse would use the theP theP , P R Spring grazing road con- con constructed constructed con constructed - : structed two years agoShould ago agoShould ' Should the engineers agoI decide on onthis onthis I ' this route the distance to Thompson Thomp Thomp- Thompson Thompson - - : son on US 50 highway and Moab Moabwould Moabwould , . would be Increased as sa after the theroad l \ ' road through Middle Mldale Midale canyon reaches reaches reach 'es es ' es US 50 It tt would be necessary to tot tottravel totravel , travel west to reach Thompson Thompsonand Thompsonand Thompsonand and then thtn south to Moab |