Show bri bright 0 C 15 ht pros prospects P acts for the auto highway wellington WHISPERS tho the pathfinders path finders cars passed thru wellington sunday night tuesday tie schools went thru a form of election wilson winning by a big majority v A good of tho the people turned out to vote there was a danco election night there aro are to bo be two plas s given in the tile near future ono one given by the tile sunday school and ono one by tho the piano committee tho the parts have been cast east and practice commenced thero there havo have been a number of rallies held during tho the past week however they are am now a thing of tho tile past and people aro are going around saying 1 I told you so I 1 know it all tho tile time or else 1 I wonder how it can bo teacher can aliens hold office in tho the united states pupil yes they ther can bo be rio grande section bosses george nelms has received news of the tile death of his mother in law mrs matilda anderson tn derson which occurred on a ranch near altonah alzonah last sunday mrs nelma nelms was with her mother when the end came having gone to her about three weeks ago death was due to a general breaking down of the tile system on account of advanced age three grown children survive mra anderson district court conveyor con venor tomorrow at which time the caan of gwilym jones and R W snyder charged with embezzlement and E B johnstone charged with murder will bo be set for hearing dr G 11 winslow arrived saturday night from my myton ton to attend dr patients while dr fisk is away on his sad mission of burying his father developments during the pst past t week havo have convinced tho tile editor of tile news that tho tile coast to cor cort st au lu highway high wily being boosted by tho the auto owners of tho the united states will pass through price six months ago everything pointed to tho the samo same conclusion but a little later certain influences began I 1 to inject themselves into tho tile 4 question of tho the route through utah and it looked as though tho the people of this state were so badly divided that the highway would pass cither either to tho the north or the south of this state tho the news believes that those who have been working jor king for the meeker vernal route havo have been shown the error of their ways and have laid down in favor of tho the better botter shorter and more route via grand junction green river price helper castle gate and provo on to salt lake this route finally has received the sanction of governor spry who was believed boll ovod to havo have been in favor of the vernal route up to a few days ago monday i A W horsley of this city received tho the following telegram from salt lako lake and the same was put in poster shapo shape as tv campaign document by the local republic republicans ana salt lake city utah nova A W V horsley Hor price utah 7 tu NJ the c cozens of pf Eari eastern tern gutib we have always been and aro are now most heartily in favor of a transcontinental highway from grand junction through utah via green river price and price river canyon and will use every effort to that end 6 william spry governor david cateon state treas jesso jesse D jewkes auditor As soon as these poseurs made their appearance on the streets mayor oison olson telephoned governor spry asking him if tho the citizens of the uinta basin should on the ove eve of election ask him to support their all route would ho he make them the samo same answer he lie made the people of eastern castern utah to this the governor replied that if it cost him every vote in tho the uinta basin ho he would keep his promise to work for the price i liver river route thia this correspondence was read at a progressive rally held at the city hall monday night and v vohen hen it was known that the governor treasurer and auditor had finally made black and white promises to support t the h e price river route tho three hundred people in the audience cheema right lustily at this same meeting were ere eighteen grand junction boosters foche for the midland trail rout route this being the same routs the people of price have been demanding and which the governor has now endorsed these boosters were hero here as escorts to A L of new york pathfinder for the american automobile association mr has previously logged three routes from ocean ocea n to ocean for the association and the present route is tho the last to be logged there is the northwestern 44 route through montana the trail to sunset route through the south and arizona the overland I 1 route which follows tho the U P from omaha to salt lake then there is the midland trail route pa pacing ebing through st louis kansas city continued on ange ten 0 A aljy to 14 bright prospects for t atie e auto highway hig h 61 7 continued from page one denver grand junction and via S price to salt lake tho the midland trail association lias has been organ r t izod at grand junction to boost this route and already half a dozen i branches of the association have been formed in utah ono one at price monday night anybody with tho welfare of eastern utah at heart is invited to join thio thle association dues per y year ca r f i tho the grand junction boo boosters steta ar rived in price sunday evening under lir escort of mayor olson alderman whitmore Whit moro and a number of other if f public spirited citizens in automobiles olson whitmore Whit moro and several others met the party at green river saturday evening and frank leonard ily Frans deu garl gunderson Gun dorson and others joined them at woodside sunday tho the band mot met tho the pathfinders in tills this city thuy they i were taken to tho the savoy for supper B and a very enthusiastic meeting was LH held ha sunday evening where the boosters told of their plan its great importance and showed how easily it could bo be done tho the manufacturers of automobiles and automobile supplies have formed 1 an association and have agreed to assess themselves one third of one JS ver per cent cen on their ner gross oss receipts for a period of three y years c ars and donate tho the proceeds estimated to amount to t 1 toward tho the building of this im tritus ns antal highway it is tho the intention to have this road paved or macadamized from ocean to ocean and it is now estimated that i the contribution of tho the manufacturers will bo be from 25 to 60 50 per cent of the amount required the remainder must bo be raised by the vai vadious lous states counties and bitici through which tho the road passes the people of colorado voted tuesday on aft air amendment carrying an appropriation of ton ten million dollars for road work but the midland trail boosters say this will not be expended on tho the highway unless the grand junction price river route is selected from this it will be seen that it is this route or none so far as utah is concerned as without the support of colorado utah will get got no benefit from the high highway Nay V the pathfinders finders were interviewed by tho the news and all of them united in saying they were surprised ad at the case with which a load can bo bi con strutted ted from grand junction to price tho the worst piece of road is between mack black and cisco and it took twenty men 33 hours to render the road oad passable between these two points two members of tho party had to turn back from cisco and they made the return trip to grand junction in four and a half hours after the temporary road had been r con on sit meted tho the grand junction pi ice river route is miles shorter than any of the others talked of and can bo be finished more cheaply A great portion of the distance from grand junction to price an old railroad grade can easily bo be repaired and und paved for the auto road another advantage of this route over the meeker mecker vernal route is the hotel accommodations at green river price and provo is against very poor ao a and those mighty far apart on the vernal route it is imperative that the highway run close to a railroad where telegraph and train service can be had if wanted in case of the breakdown of a machine or tho the serious illness 0 of a tourist a railroad NN would be a mighty good thing to have handy and above all the other advantages the midland trail offers are its i scenic e features which are vastly superior to those offered by any other route and which will bo be a big feature with transcontinental tourists the main party of boosters left price tuesday morning for salt lake accompanied by fred L wood june whitmore and several other price in members embers of the association on their car wai a banner reading price to salt luke city or bust mr left yesterday evening accompanied by doc doe gutheil heil as guide and chauffeur the grand junction party was headed by mayor T M todd lincoln antics antles secretary of the grand junction chamber of commerce W P ela a banker and other influential citizens of the junction 0 M kittredge Kit jr secretary of the denver chamber of commerce was also a member of the party NN which numbered 22 pe persons rs ons t travel r vel ling in six cars the coming of these boost boosters ers has put new lite lie into the price good geel a roads boosters and they are going to make inake an active campaign to get ev deiy man and woman in the corn com into the midland trail trall organization |