Show EDITOR AND WIFE MAKE COLORADO TRIP take two hun hundred dred mile circle through country west of the range kanee in sister state for years it has been a wish of the editor of the record t to 0 get a sight ight of the country in western colorado between the dolores and colorado rivers and monday last the opportunity port unity arose accompanied by the better two thirds of the ho household his son donald and dick coleman a start was mad made e from monticello at 7 0 clock in the morning the route taken being over the famous slick rock nock hill which the people of that port part of colorado are now making a strenuous effort to be placed on the 7 per cent federal aid highway em ein the he roads from monticello to colorado and through dolores county in the neighbor hing state were all that could be asked for of improved dirt roads but as soon as the san figuei county line was reached it was like entering into an oban aimed nid country the ruts made before the late rains not even having been dragged over then the descent of the slick rock hock hill was a task the road had been recently used as a stock driveway for sheep and no maintenance work had been done to counteract the damage ahe the animals did hy by rolling loose rocks into it this condition continued out the other side oi of the dolores river until the gallfy y was reached where fairly well kept roads were again traversed tri versed on across disappoint 11 rough forough gyp aim and gift valleys the roads were also found good in facino fact no other real eai bad roads raids were again encountered th thenia bilk was made to io naturita Na turita a distance distad U 0 97 97 miles in just our n ot ti A bai bad time considering the slow travel down into and butof f the dolores ricci canyon canyons can diner dinner was partaken partaker par taken at naturita Na turita when the riburn return was os begun by way of 13 bedrock drock and paradox stops nl at intervals being marle made to meet the people and learn of their attitude toward better belter connection to the west graveled and aad graded roads were the rule until paradox was passed on the road home the road up the mountain paradox being in fairly condition although very ste steep ep and nd li arrow it being a mot beautiful fil alin b out of the valley over into li sal creeds creels a and d on up that stream rm to state line where graded road wai wag encountered the part pait of colorado visited is a empire within itself rich in n farm mining possibilities the country being especially well watered f from r om good sized streams flowing from the west range into the dolores river but as yet it has only a one way outlet for its products pio ducts that way ay being hack back into the state which does not allow joy for reciprocal or through traffic from other states it looks as though the slate f Col colondo ovido 16 te re miss in not having before now seen to it that the country has one ot of more outlets to the west tandi rip the fact that the engine engineering erinA problems lens are aie somewhat diff difficult on account of af the dolores river ano paradox valley tims THUS but they are arc by no means insurmountable and when overcome by good roads would not only give gic that action of tile the state a winter outlet to the west and south but would open up to the traveling public new and beautiful beautia il routes of travel all the year par round the road load from paradox to la SRI sal a distance of twenty five miles it is as a tich rich in varied attractions as can ve be found anywhere and would give a with oads it either end while the stick slick rock hill would mike i a conne connection action brood between two of rich lich rural lesions which are arc now practically from filin each other besides div riv ing a business outlet from grand Turc tion to the south in her awn state which would stimulate griness hr hu siness iness mightily utah can do nothing to lo hilp help in the matter mattei except lend its moral force to lo the improvements as all of the bud bad 1 bretches retches are aie within tie the limits n df i colorado but withal the improve imp rov wal lot f these roads would help the adjoining rort portions ions 1 of both states to i degree hard to compute |