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Show shape that real travel will com-! mence about July 1st. They fig- ure that by then at least ten to fifteen autos will pass thru daily if a little work is done on the ' roads between now and then. j Washington County News. , that line. Mr. Bigelow has fur j a long time been constantly I boosting and working for this I route. W. S. Wood representing '. the Los Angeles times, the Los j Angeles Examiner, and other California papers, accompanied the party and is sending back daily stories of the trip, describing describ-ing its scenic and other points for publication in several of the coast newspapers. The route is being carefully logged, the distance dis-tance from St. George to Los Angeles being shown as 475 to 500 miles according to roads taken. tak-en. The party from Los Vegas consisted con-sisted of E. V. Griffiths, president pres-ident of the Los Vegas Chamber of Commerce, Bishop Ed. I. Cox' of Bunkerville, Senator Levi S. Syphus of St. Thomas and A. W. Clark, Treas. of Clark Co., Nevada. Nev-ada. These men have never let up in their efforts in behalf of the route ever since it was first proposed, Messrs. Griffiths and Cox especially being indefatigable indefati-gable in their efforts. A party consisting of Hon. D. II. Morris, Hon. Thomas Judd, and Warren Cox left in an auto expecting to meet the party somewhere near Santa Clara, but the visitors made such good time that they were almost at the western boundry line of the city when met. A delegation of citizens visited the party at the McQuarrie house Tuesday evening. The delegation consisted of Mayor James McArthur, Geo. F. Whitehead,' White-head,' Dr. F,J. Woodbury, Hon. D. H. Morris, Jos. S. Snow, Warren Cox, B. Jarvis, Jr., and Geo. Webb. The visitors expressed ex-pressed themselves as greatly pleased and surprised with the road, which they, found much better than they expected. They were especially emphatic in praising the scenic properties, Mr. Bigelow saying it was the best scenic road in the country. With the exception of that part of the road between Littlefield, Arizona and St. George it was declared good, and with a little work on the road between here and Littlefield that part could be made as good as the rest of it. The party understoad thatthe road to the Arizona state line had been declared a state road, and expressed a wish that it would be put in good condition the coming fall. When asked for an estimate of the number of cars that would travel this route when roads were in good condition all thru, Mr. Bigelow replied, at least 6000 annually which would be greatly increased as the route became better known. The party expressed themselves them-selves as delighted with the appearance ap-pearance of St. George and the hospitality of the pe6ple. The Los Angeles party left Wednesday morning for the Mukuntuweap canyon, where they intend taking a series of moving pictures, They will then go on to Salt Lake City thru Cedar City, Parowan, Beaver, Fillmore and Central Utah, and after spending sometime there will return to St. George via Richfield and Kanab, taking in the Grand Canyon from the latter lat-ter place. - On return to St. i George they intend spending several days here making side trips and viewing the country hereabouts. Hon. D. H. Morris, the president presi-dent of the St. George Commercial Commer-cial Club, who has been very active ac-tive in behalf of this route, has written letters to commercial clubs and prominent citizens at points thru which the party will pass, acquainting them with the object of the trip. The Las Vegas party left for return Wednesday afternoon. They stated before returning that they had started out to get the route used at once and intended in-tended pushing matters until all was in good shape. They will work in connection with northern north-ern points and try to influence I them to have the road in such All-the-Year Route Logged and Pictured " A big effort is being made to show up lhe advantages of the "All-year-route" to California to tourists. Tuesday a party in two autos reached here, part from Los Angeles, part from Los Ve gas. The party from Los Angeles An-geles came thru in a Packard twin-six auto driven by Lewis Nikrent, a driver, who is famous on the coast. The big car had a large sign, "Vitagraph", painted paint-ed on the back of it denoting that L. K. Dewein, one of the leading camera men of that company com-pany was with it taking both moving and still pictures of the scenic points along the route, the Hearst syndicate being responsible respon-sible for this part of the expense. The party was under direction of Chas. H. Bigelow, of Los Ange-eles, Ange-eles, a recognized authority on highway matters and a man who has had vast e :perienc along |
