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Show UNIQUE BRIDGES FDR MIDUNDEHS OIIAMI .IL'NtTIDN, COI.O., .MHN AlilVIC TO COXIUTIONH. llcvliv I'rrfiiicil That .Make Husy Croulug or WnliT Hwollen Wnbc ThroiiRli (iniiid und Hmcry Ctiiin-tics Ctiiin-tics In Itnxtcrn Ifiuli Cliainlx-r or Coinnicriv Kniloix-H Yolimtccr Aid. An Ingenious loose endMiutomoblln bridge to be used on the sandy Imuks of several washes In OrnnJ and Winery ouunlles east or tlreen lllver anil ThomMHin on the Midland trail has been devlMil by M. C. Ilamsey, II. I. 1'lalt nnd H. K. Wlntcrburn or Grand Junction, Colo., und the device has been officially adopted by the chamber cham-ber of commerce of the Colorado city. Hevornl of the bridges were construct ed thero last week and were put In placo by volunteer lalior last Hundsy. The creeks and washes on the desert des-ert do not require regular bridges lis they uro dry pructlcnlly ull thu time. However, tho banks are uulte sandy In sumo places for twenty feet or ho and the approaches to the washes unless un-less kept In constant repair glva more or less troubta to motorhts. Tho new bank brldgu Is unchorcd safely to the ground level several yards rrom tho stream by a "dead man," but tho lower end Is so arranged that It can bo washed loose by u strong current. U a freshet sweeps down tho wash und lifts the end of the bridge out It merely takea It to the bank where It can bo easily i-urrlcd buck by ono man to Its placu ut the buttom or the wash. The tires or the car travel In troughs, giving easy traction for even tow powered maohlncs. Those who have seen the model unite In tho belter that It will prove the solution of nil tho sand bank troubles on tho Midland trail. Two Hud Accidents. The deep nrroyo which the Midland trull crosses about ten miles oust of tlreen Hlvcr was tho scene of two palnrul accidents the other day when a party consisting or Mr. nnd Mrs. II. C. Clark und ohlldren. Mr. und Mrs. !'. (1. Woods nnd ihllilrwn. Mrs. M. 1. I'nwlerand Hlumley fln-en. driver, all of Moali, were motoring to Creen Itlver. As the car struck the bottom or the nrroyo tho occupants wero thrown against the top or the car, and Mrs. fowler nnd Mrs. Woods wero severely cut across their races. Mrs. Kovvler, who wus especially badly cut. went on to Halt Ijvke City to havn tho Injury attended to. Hevcral stitches were required to sw up the cut |