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Show MOTOR TRUCK IS MISLED BY SIGNS Misled by tho so-called transcontinental transconti-nental signs erected by the energetic memberK of tho Salt Lake Commercial Commer-cial club, the famous Alco truck, carrying car-rying a threo-lon load of soap from Philadelphia to San Francisco, went SO miles out of Uh proscribed route yesterday and did not arrive in Ogden until ft o'clock last evening. It was not the intention of those in charge of the big car to visit Salt Lako and their routo had been carefully care-fully laid out to take the more direct trail through Ogden and west bv Drlgham City and the uorthern routo They were misled, however, by tho signs "cast of Echo canyon, and bad proceeded too far' before discovering their mistako to avoid the long roundabout round-about trip through Salt Lako. Thoy were also delayed at Bountiful Bounti-ful by a brokon connecting rod. This Is the first nttempt to make a delivery of merchandise by automobile automo-bile across the American continent and while each bar of soap In tho big load will hao accumulated considerable con-siderable value when expenses have beon reckoned, the object lesson 13 none the loss effectlvo for the counr try at largo and much Iptorest Is attached at-tached to tho enterprise. oo |