The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19
TIMELY ADVICE
FOR AUTOISTS
Report of Frank Esshom to Au.
tom0biie Club Contains Val
liable information.
TELLS OF ROADS FROM
ZION TO YELLOWSTONE
Parts of Roads Are Almost I'M
passabIe, While Others
Are Good.


Automobile club of Utah on the condi-
tons of roads and highways in northern
Utah and southern Idaho, between Salt
lake City and Yellowstone park, con-
tains some valuable information for
turoists who contemplate making the
trip TO the park by auto. Mr.. Esshom
has recently returned from going over
the road. and his report contains much
good advice as to how the trip should
be made. The report follows:
Having Just returned from a trip 10
Yellowstone park and Teton basin; 60
foot. Idaho Fails, Rexburs. st. Anthony
Ashton and Warm River, returning via
Biarkfoot, Pingree. Aberdeen. American
Falls. Rockland. Malad City. and Ogden
10 salt Lake CITY. requiring three weeks
time and travelling about 400 miles, and
having encountered some road conditlons.
which were almost fmpassable ana 10 tnis
day and age would seem impossible.
thought that those who might be going
TO the park in automobiles during tho
summer might be saved some distressing
experiences, IL they were cognisant OF
The Malad pass, between Malad City
and Do@ncy. Is In a rocky condition. but
passable with cars. This road one cannot
expect to be much improved for some
years to come, as no ono lives in the
country who cares anything about IL
From Downey 10 Pocatcllo. the roads arc
tair. with the following exceptions: Ewo
miles of the new road being put in be-
tween Onyx and lnkon. where the rail
road has taken tho wagon road and has
built a new road out Of large broken
rock and the road is almost impossible.
The last four miles. before reaching Po-
eatello, Is fair road to get over In day
light. but the dust and ruts. on account
o; heavy wagon traffic. in many places
are axle deep. Make this run In daylight
II possible and by keeping on the out
Ide much OF this dust can pc avoided.
Excellent Road.
From Pocatcllo TO Blackfoot is a most
excellent road, with necessary irrigation
ditch culvorts. with the exception of the
four and seven-cighths miles os sand al
Hall. This sand is almost impossible.
With an automobile. and has caused more
real grief than all the bad roads In Idaho.
The Blackfoot Indians, who are quar-
tered at Fort Hall reservation (Rossfork).
havc learned that only about one out OF
zen automobiles get over this sand with
,ariat. for which assistance they charge
you rronl two to ten dollars, according
to how good a bargain you can drive.
Mr.. Trist Of Pocatello has discovered a
good many dollars end all automobillsts
vii! prn!7t we'll by his experience II they
VIII follow II. and in almost all cases
they VIII he able TO cross this eescrt
II.
pony and the lariat Mr.. Trist's plan IS
this: When you reach the sand. dsin-
date your tires fully two-thirds and In
crossing. keep one side of the machine In
the wheel track and the other side in tho
sagchrush. Many parties starting across
co not Ike TO disiniate their tires be-
cause OF The labor Of pumping them uE
after getting across. but il is the only
safe plan for crossing this sand and viii
save more than two hours time TO the
man who is crossing II his first time. II
II Is followed.
From Blackfoot to Idaho Falls and on
TO Eexburs arc most ideal roads. This
condition is not so much tho result of the
labor Of man as the lSndness OF nature
however. man has provided some assist
snce IN the way OF bridges across irrlga-
tion bitches,
At Lorenzo, on the south fork Of the
Snake the wagon bridge is washed out
hui the county is maintaining A ferry.
which can he used by hunting up the
ferry master. who lives in sheep camp
nearby ] specialize this. as great many
automobiles have come to the river AT
night and not knowing about the ferry
nave crossed the river on the railroad
nrldse. IN many cases serious accidents
we're YER, very narrowly, sverted the automo-
eiles meeting freight trains.
Carelessness Noticeable.
\ 1t is splendid road between Rexburg
and st. Anthony. A great deal OF care
lessness is noticea BILE in that the irriga-
tors haye no hesftancy In turning the wa
Ter IN the road and flooding Il for long
distances and at considerable depth
There is a law in Idaho against this Sort
Of depreciation, which carries with It a
twenty-five dollar iine. and II the auto
mohiltsts Psssing. through Idaho would
enforce this law for six months by flling
complaint and affidavit against these
road despoilers this recklcssncss OF flow
Ing water Into the roads would soon be
stopped and a more beautiful automoblc
trip. cannot he imagined than between
Salt Lake and Yellowstone park, with the
exceptions noted and hereafter men
toned,
The road is natural one from st An
thony 10 Yellowatone park, following the
Snake river and the ascents are easy In
few places there arc projections OF lava
rock that must be treated carefully and
the trip from st. Anthony north should
be made In daylight OH account of the
rock In the first place and the beautiful
scenery second
To go into the Teton basin you leave
the main road running north and south
- ReXburg. II Is from forty to seventy
miles TO the extrepas eastern rim of the
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