The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-28
TOUR COUNTRY
IN AUTOMOBILE
President johnson of CONNER
cial Club Tells About In
teresting Journey.
GATHER INFORMATION ON
SUBJECT OF GOOD ROADS
Comes Home Convinced That
Business Conditions Are
Rapidly Improving.

"Do not ask me TO talk OF business
and the like because | did not let busi-
ness interfere with my vacation SAID
Joy II. Johnson. president OF the Com
mercal club Tuesday night. Mr.. and
Mrs. johnson returned from six weeks
motoring trip that carried them as far
las Portland. Me. They were In company
with MI. and Mrs. s. d. Evans and their
two daughters and left Salt Lake six
weeks ago. Our trip was In the way OF
n vacation We left with the intention.
however. nf making careful and eS-
haustivc study of the good roads queS-
lion. Mr. Evans is chairman OF the good
roads committee of the Commercial club
and I want you TO let him give a de-
tailed report OF that matter upon MS re. re-
Evans party at New York. They will
motor home.
Leaving Omaha. we Travelled through
the state of Iowa. across northern III
nois 10 Chicago. From Chicago We
went 10 Indianapolis and thence east by
way of Cleveland taking the national
road east from the Indiana capital. The
greatest sight. ! believe. of my life. and
By far the greatest on our trip, was ours
into Indianapolis. We arrived there the
day o. the big five hundred mile auto
mobile race. From Chicago TO Indianap-
sands of automobiles. II was estimated
that OH the day VIC were there Indian
apols entertained $4,000 visitors and
that there were $4,000 visiting automo-
biies in the city. We drove fifteen miles
from TIE heart cf the city To get our
dinner that day. Every road Into In
annapolis was alive with machines. Be
tween mere and Richmond We had to
stop for puncture and while we We're
repairing II we counted nearly 900 ma
chimes bound for the races. These cars
of Indiana. The road from Indianapolis
10 Richmond is the best stretch we trav-
clcd over OIL our entire trip. ! was
amazed to sec how city could enter
Hotel accommodations simply were i'm
possible. Hundreds of people slept at
least one night in their machines. We
did not attempt to stop over.
Good Roads in East.
elm New York state we found good
roads everywhere The people there take
great pride In their roads and keep them
up in frst-csss condition. Mr.. Evans
obtained considerable data relative 10 the
construction and maintenance OF the
of this data. From New York we trav
eled through the New England states.
We did not go as far in that direction as
we had intended as we were two weeks
ahead of the season and encountered
rainy weather. However, the roads are
built for rainy weather and there was
not day We could not travel up TO 200
miles IL necessary, The east certainly
movement.
I'm the New England states and in
New York there seems to be n general
tendency on the part OF young farmers
to come west. seeking cheap land and
wider opportunities for farming projects.
They are good farmers. too. the class we
need in this country To help build ii up.
While here is. Of course. great activity
throughout the east, ] still can say that
we here in the west arc working harder
and faster for growth and development.
We are making our work felt, too. By
drawing from the extreme eastern states.
Business Conditions Better.
General business conditions are on the
mend believe Crops In every state we
visited are going TO be heavy. Plenty
Of rain coming in the nick OF time has
saved the corn crop. drouth early In
the season threatened the cereal crops,
out The rains Of this month have been
general, and only In isolated communi-
ties did we see any evidence of a Short
age of crops.
LAS far east as Ohio we were made
to answer scores Of Inquiries about lands
In Utah and other inquiries. showing that
the people in that section OF the country
know of our great possibilities and are
eager to know more.
TO see the country at leisure, l am
stronger than ever OF the opinion that
we here in the intermountain country
and Utah especially are happily SIT
uated and that our eastern countrymen
have none the best OF us. In fact, they
viii eventually join us by the thou
Sands''