Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-04
BUILDS THROUGH
DEATH VALLEY
"Borax7 Smith. His Road, and
What II Win Mean to The
Country Of the West.
COMPETE FOR CHILE NITRE,
Route WElI Eoll3w ola Abandoned
Utah stage Isoad~~-llnw tlie
Work Started


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terry. The Quilting Of this ncw road AZ
least tpaktg pessthle the development
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stureAonsH OF Deah N|licS' l'H' '"P
Wv lonH be,in the theme vi extra vaSAn
mara tipn Writers and the goal Of PRE-,
.iy,f',,finrs ana 6arlng prHSpurtors,
Tpig r.arl Which 81 alroady opeu t1r
Irallyr No suV.r CITY commences at
Iwdlov n ,nv miles east OF Dangett.
on VA main limo OF the SANTA ia apil-
road and extends fue north, crossing
the sait Leke t9Gte az kinsR' ava c S-
Mas lnown so Inuch romance aud Lra-
digiun mast SudN lake. tAunyc alqn,. the
Old abandoned Utah stage road where
tht record or eaiIy American history
il written In legend aud snrg
over yhesa great winding irallg came
Fremont and Blake. " pioneer days
AFTER skirtlng Alcng thIs lonely path,
rs though bent upon Intrusion the
road Suddenly Turns acrogs the margin
of SILVER lake lnto The sian marc lonely
realm nf KIngston valley, thence on~
ward and inward through tFlf winding
trail toNynrf C'oyurc Holes ard Tennest's
Wen where me narne of Death valley
derived its name and where the early
Bennett aNpglltion perlshe8 and Yeit
onward IL gocH along ms nicturesuue
ATn1aepsA valley. sublime IN ram and
sprinu GYt an Old. M shinnra NethodIst
Nell in summer thence like tne zl.sai1g
Yrau of mountain xhesp III wpnds Ils
way to rsnIdheld ana fortune No rail.
road ever built I'M the WESTERN cn,lhtry
hag n t1nrp unique pIctaireEc,lse M. ro
mantle course than This npd which fDr
wears has been the n rlthItlon ana drnan,
nf r. NJ. srntth nc notod mlIIIons,ire
who reyolutlnnlznd tho bnrYS Inrli,airv
ana whose rame has b.con,r n ylnrnntlr
with the aO,,nule team bcrny MASON.
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SMITH AND DEATH VALLEY
me natnt pl death valley Will al
Smith~-he knew III as a strug rllng
miner when he carried plck ana shovel
over it's scayggling peaks In search VI
precious metal. he Knew Ii I'm the spring
when avery mountain tratl WAS sweet
WIKI the perfume of lowrrs ne knew
II IN the heat of summer when the flYr-
mace pt hen was focused upon ID, No
SAW the great white borAx fields. sltu~
wted lj0 tnlea from railroad trunaporta-
tion, Others also had seen thpytl mar
passed them Nv. over the yvhitU efy@.
YalR Smith naused and Wondered he
knew nothing ~ chemistry. but snrnr-
where he had read pf tina nature of
borHx ana Investigated, lIs learned
that hprAx WAX worth 80 cents Der
pound but ROW 10 TRANSPORT The Crude
product ever 100 miles or barren Lands,
over and around dangerous mountain
trails, In many places where the foot
of white man had never 1rod--was the
tremendous barrier thar prevented sue
cess. But Smith was one of those grand
courageous men of decision and rectl-
1ude. who knew nor the meaning OF
defeat. and out of his strong nacina
live genius resulted the horax Industry
with It's long regIrnontal 2O-mule team
borax wagons. that SWING through the
lonely mountain canyons OF Death Val.
ley.
,,,1,-,.. 1870
cover Of night with Increasing wealth
came the Increasing desire on the pari
VI pltltt 70 oualu u ralitpac through the