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Show OVERLAND ROUTE DECIDED -UPON FOR MIDLAND TRAIL Stealing a march on the gathering of Midland trail enthusiasts at Grand Junction, Junc-tion, the Lincoln highway association from its presumed headquarters, anil an-il .unees that the Overland midland trail route, through Wyominr, is to be the official route of the Lincoln highway, though we have failod to discover word of an absolute decisis on the matter. This report was current before the actual work at the Grand Junction ro-eting of MidJanc trail delegates began, be-gan, and the meet ng, thtrefore, was turned over to a boost for the Midland trail as it is and by itself, each delegate voicing sentiments in favor of keeping up the good work with the Midland trail, feeling suie that the same scenic arguments that work to crowd the Rio Grandej-aiiro d with tourist travel will work to the same end with the auto tourist travel, with the added advim-t advim-t ges of the most feasible apprflacn to the Grand canyon of the Colorado from t ie ITtah side working in favor of the . Grand Jjnction route trail. Pres. Dickson of the heal commercial ciub, represented Emery coaiity at the meeting of the delegates, and returned with glowing words of tribute to the loyal boosters of u own state and also to those of Sister Colorado. Especially does he speak well lor the s traightforward traightfor-ward dealings of W. H. EllL-on, state president of the Utah Midland trail association. as-sociation. This gentleman stated that Cas-tledale would absolutely be on the Midland trail, though he did not give further particulars, admitting that the Wstgaard route would be followed as "far as practicable.,' On Mr. Ellison's a rival in Salt Lake the following statements state-ments were made to a Salt Lake paper: ; "While the Wyoming route has been ' select d by the Lincoln association, as I the route for hard surfacing," said Mr. E lison in the Salt Lake interview, the proposal of the Lincoln association calls for an impossible expenditure. If the highway is built over the Overland route it will cost thetate of Wyom ng 10,-000 10,-000 to 512,000 for every mile. The same thing would have " been demanded of Utah if the Midland trail had bet n selected, and would have been just as impossible. , "Notwithstanding this selection, the ' Midland trail will be improved and the j major portion of the transcontine.ital j automobile traffic will pass over this ! route. Denver plans the construction of a road from Julesburg to Denverand from Denver to Tie Siding to bring the transcontinental tourists through Den- j ver. The greater number of them will be sent through to Salt Lake, over the MiJland trail. "Even with the Overland trail se-, lected Ogden may have to fight to get I on the highway, should it be built. The i route selected will enter Salt Lake through Parlevs canvon. As yet it has ' not been decided whether the route t from here will be by the north or the j s.uth end of the lake. How ever, the indications are that the southern route will be selected. "As a matter of fact it was not the conditions of the Midland trail in Utah that brought about the selection of the Overland as much as it was the high grades in Colorado. |