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Show Lehman Cave is Highly Praised by Visiting Engineers i i Ogden,. May 22 The Lehman cave near Baker, Nev., which Governor James G. Scrugham of Nevada, has praised highly as one of the natural wonder places of the country, are equal to any commendation they 1 have received, according to R. H. j Ruthlege, district forester of the in- terniountain districe of the forest ! service, who has returned from . trip to the caves. j Mr. Rutledge and J. P. Martin, d; trict eugineer of the forest service, ' who accompanied him, were so a vorably impressed with the value o. j the caves as scenic attractions thai, i they decided to build; a road from the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Oceau hig:. ; way to the caves, a distance of six i miles in order to make the caves i I more accessible to tourists. Governor Scrugham was host tu Mr. Ruthlege, Mr. Martin and C, H. ; Sweetster, district engineer of tne j United States bureau of public roads! ; from San Francisco, who met to con-j 1 fer regarding the caves and the pos-1 ibility of bundling a road to them.! The Nevada governor's reception was j fine, Mr. Rutledge reported. j "There is no doubt in my mina j but that these caves will be a great' 'asset to the natural wonders of the1 west," said Mr. Rutledge. "We weivj j certainly impressed with the forma- ; t ions there and. believe it is well 'worth the construction of new high-' ; way to the caves." I The caves are about ninety mile from Milford. Utah and about tn isame distance from Delta, hence are I easily available to Utah residenls. I The road from Milford to the cave,, is comparatively good, Mr. Rutledge; I said. The road to be improved is tiia j from the Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Or;in j road which runs through Baker. 1 ! ' a |