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Show VERNAL WANTS EASTERN AUTO PARTY TO PAY VISIT, Vernal, July 11 C. B. Cook representing rep-resenting the Vernal Commercial club and th'.- various organizations of the! Uintah basin, left for Denver Wednesday Wed-nesday morning, where he will Join 1 State Senator L B, Walbrldge of J Meeker. Colo., and a party of influential influ-ential business men from Steamboat ' Springs, Colo., to go before the Indianapolis In-dianapolis auto manufacturers now I motoring to the Pacific coast. Immediately Imme-diately upon their arrival at Denver, and when the Indianapolis pathfind ers are ready to start west, to guide) them to the beauty spots of western Colorado When the autoing host! reaches he Colorado-l'tah line every ' effort will be made by Mr Cook and 1 the western Colorado men to bring the Indianapolis tourists through Vernal, Ver-nal, or at least Induce a strong dele-' gallon of the nathtinders to leave the!" maiu body at the Colorado-l'tah state line rind cover the distance to Salt! Lake over the I intah basin auto route via Vernal, and away from the 115! miles of desert waste which will be' encountered by the main lod over the Midland Trail Mr. Cook, Senator Walbridse and the Steamboat Springs delegation will i propose a race between the two parties par-ties from the Colorado line to Salt, Iak Among other arguments, thev will guarantee that the party going via Vernal can defeat the Midland trailers into Salt Lake bv 15 hour 1 They will tell the tourists that the distance by the Midland Trail, via Sallna canyon, is 292 miles, via Vernal Ver-nal and the Uintah baaln 203 miles that on th Fintah basin route there-are there-are no sand deserts, but fertile valleys val-leys and frequent streams of g..od water, wa-ter, that the Midland trail crosses 116 miles of bleak and waste, where wa ter will cost more than gasoline and gasoline stations are far between and no garac until near Salt Laek. whereas where-as over the Uintah baain route gasoline gaso-line can be had at Jensen. Vernal Fort Duchesne, Roosevelt, Mvton Duchesne Du-chesne City; colton and Provo. with frequent well eo,ulp,d garages at the command of the tourists The tourists will be met at "K" ranch on the Colorado-Utah line by a large delegation of Vernal cars r rangemantS are now being made bv Secretary William M Anderson of the Vernal Commercial club for the entertainment en-tertainment of the visitors |