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Show SlESIil B. P. B. Party Four Days Covering 26 Miles in Idaho R R Mitchell, engineer for the U. :S. bureau of public roads, today relat-I relat-I ed an experience of 20 employes of the I bureau between Knox and Cascade. Idaho, last week four day being re-Iqulred re-Iqulred to Cover 2 mlb.s of road In a blinding snow storm. The men were employed under, the supervision of Mr .Milch' 1 in . omplet-Ing omplet-Ing the concrete abutments on the n w i steel bridge, across the South Fork, near Knox, wero compelled to ahan-dou ahan-dou the work by the heavy snow storm. They started out from the project last Tuesday, and arrived al Cascade, 26 miles away, four days later. The men u.i. abb- to take only their suit. OSes, nglneering Instruments Instru-ments and maps Five le. t ol snow-was snow-was encountered In reaching the Big Creek summit While drifts of from eight to Ki fe..t wire f..und on tlie oth-. oth-. r s de Of tb summit. Attempts to trlng out three automobiles automo-biles failed. A roadster belonging to Mr Mil net wa.s abandoned about two miles over the summit, a Lord beln.; left behind at Hot Springs while the other car, a Ford, was left on.i half mile from the first Ford. Mr. Mitchell said that the men stayed stay-ed in log cabins pvei nights, but they had no beds nor bedding. Nine miles of the highw ly between Knox and Cisi ad. was complete. I last summer leaving six iniM a to be finished finish-ed during the coining year When completed, this road will be one of the finest mountain loads in the country, It is staked Ml Mitchell and six of the 1.0 em-ploves em-ploves have i turm-d to Ogden, where they will be connected with the bureau during the winter months |