Show I 1 I 1 THE LONGEST WAY ROUND SNAG IN WAY OF PROGRESS I 1 the longest way round Is the sweetest way home for lovers but is poor philosophy fo for r ehte citizen z en who wishes to get somewhere this week our county sheriff was I 1 called to t a point 75 or 80 miles west of blanding to investigate iw th e drowning in in the colorado river rivee near red canyon ot of a well known blanding man did the sheriff and his corny paTi ions start wea west on his s missi oi i not at all he came north thru thru 1 monticello proceeded on northward thru moab to green river and th thence en L e headed southwall sout southward hwal I 1 to hanks hank ville and tile the henry mo mountain tain area and from there on tolt to me river the latter part took the party thru thra about fifty miles of crude roadway mostly in the bottom of a wash the trip cannot be made in less than tx two 0 days each way there is a road westward i a i ra from the town of blanding toward tile the colorado river which chii h reaches reat hes to 11 within 35 or 40 miles hiles 1 of the river A good cod natural gradient down white canyon leads from the natural bridges to the river where a road could easily be built A large lage juanity ot of material i for placer mining operations has ha been hauled from the west side of ole jc river within the last 18 months supplies and equipment are still living being constantly hauled from the west this traffic and business should come from san sall juan county counte and it seems to us that it is about aline tiniest ak rond road is built to tile the river from this direction |