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Show ALL UTAH ROADS MAY BE GIVEN A BAD NAME The "Midland Trailers' Rre losing no opportunity to Influence the nun who are at the bead of the party of automobile owners plannlut a 'rip across the continent this summer. Telegrams lime been sent to the headquarters at Indianapolis, inform ing the eastern men that the state of Utah is about to make the Midland route the official highway across Utah and tbai money is to be appropriated to prepare the road for (he travelers Our own publli It bureau must not feel that the future of tbe Overland trail is so secure as to permit thoso in churge to neglect to answer tho misleading statements emanating from Salt Lake The worst thing that could happen to our transcontinental automobile travel would be the enticing entic-ing of a large representative party of automobile men to attempt the trip through Utah o er the Midlaud trail. The travelers might get over the roads, but thereafter they would dls courage others and. as a result, all roads through Utah would be condemned con-demned owing to the inability of those at n distance to discriminate be tween the Midland and Overland routes The road that obtains state recognition of course will be accepted accept-ed b st-ancers as the most promis Ing tor a safe and quick Journey, but being disappointed in that which the state rommendn. the travelers will give all Utah roads a bad name and then the traffic will evade Utah. To convey an idea of the activities of lb "Midland Trailers" the following follow-ing Is reproduced from a Salt Lake paper: Vecordinc to word received by tho Salt Lake council of the Midland Trail association, the parly of prominent eastern automobile manufacturers who are to traverse the continent and Whose report will probably mean the selection of one of three proposed routes, will meet in Indianapolis today to-day to decide upon the route they will follow from Denver to Salt Lake. Already Al-ready these men had decided that they would travel over n route that would include the two cities Tins would eliminate the Sunta Fe route and leave Ihe Overland trail, tollow ing the Union Pacific road, and th.- Midland trail by way of Grand .June tlon, Green River, Price and Provo 10 choose between W hNi ihls news was made known at a meeting of the local council of the Midland Trail association, al the Commercial club yesterday President W. H. Ellison at once wired to Indianapolis. In-dianapolis. adviBing that the state legislature leg-islature here was confidently expected expect-ed to pass a measure Fnda under which the Midland trail course in Qtafa would be made passable nor later lat-er than July 1 ; also that he would Aire confirmation of the legislature's action In the meantime, so confident are the 'Midland Trailers'' of BUCCeBS that they are energetically gathering an unrivaled supply of paintings photographs, photo-graphs, landscapes and slides, depict Ing tbe scenic wonders of eastern and southeastern Utah, which are to be used m a wide publicity and advertls Ing campaign in connec tion with the route These collections are helng gathered from 11 L A Culmc r. the artist; Professor Byron Cummings. famed for his expeditions into south eastern Utah; the state university and other sources The cliff dwellers countr. Monument park ano other similar sections hold the subjects of the majority of the views The Midland trail will not touch within 200 miles of the cliff dwellers country in southeastern Utah and those who take that trail, expecting to see the "wonders" of the prehistoric prehistor-ic people will discover, when too late, that they have been deceived, and the deception will do Utah no good |