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Show AUTO ROAD NORTH OF LAKB President Joy H. Johnson and Carl R. Williams, director of publicity of the Salt Lake Commercial club, returned re-turned home yesterday after an un successful effort to secure co-operation from tho Ogden officials to secure a cross-continental automobile route for both Ogden and Salt Lake The Ogden officials favor tho route through Ogden and north of the lake, which leaves Salt Lake to be visited on n side trip. R S Hoag of Ely, who Is preparing this section of the transcontinental trans-continental route favors the road through Ogden to Salt Lake and south through Milford, via Ely to tho coast. Ogden officials opposed the plan, Mr. Hoag loft yesterday on a trip to Ely over the route north of tho lake In ordor to got Information for the American Am-erican Autqmobile association rolativo to Salt Lake. Incidentally Mr Hoag took occasion to complain of the road from Salt Lake to Ogden He said the stretch of road in Davis county was one of the worst he had ever encountered. Warden War-den Arthur Pratt said yesterday that the Davis county officials had finally final-ly agreed to assist the stato In repairing re-pairing this stretch of road and that a convict camp for Improving tho road would soon be established in that county nn |