The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-06

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L few DAYS ago that large
amount of the prosperity of Cal
ifornia was due to the visiting automo-
bilists, who spent time and money view
ing the wonders of the Golden state.
Members of the ocean-to-ocean party of
automohilist tourists declared that
5000 automobilists will make the trans
continental trip during the Panama ex-
position in San Francisco. They also
said that thousands would make the
trip before that time and that it was up
TO the good people of Utah to see that
a large percentage of these autolsts
stop in this state for few days on
their overland trip. This would give
Utah some OF the prosperity spoken
Of by Secretary Came.
This state has nearly 5000 automo.
biles at the present time, Scarcely 10
per cent Of the owners know or the
wonders TO be seen or the pleasure and
recreation that is at hand. Many go
to Europe or the Pacific coast for an
automobile tour because no one has
ever demonstrated that better times
and grander views can be found at
home. large number of them remain
on the paved streets of Salt Lake
when more real endowment could be
found in few days cutting, where
they could see and learn Of some Of the
things that should make Utah the
greatest of all western states.
II is to make, or 80 neip make these
things possible that The Tribune
planned the present pathfinder tour;
and when its work is completed it will
furnish reliable information which Is
sure to increase auto touring and to
make the car of the resident and tour
ist common sight in all parts of the
state.
The first trip of the pathfinder was
made the past week over the roads
leading in and out Of the eastern part
of the state For the past two years
the Commercial club, Automobile club
aud citizens have been besieged with
letters from the east asking for route
from the east into Salt Lake and Og
den. These are now at hand and pub
lished for the first time on this page.
They can be relied upon as, being ac-
eurate, and a total stranger to touring
need not hesitate to take the map and
logs and start ont for. any place given
on these routes.
Leaving Salt Lake last Wednesday
with an E NJ F. .t30' fitted with
Diamond tires, and with j. w. Dufin
at the wheel, the writer logged the map
up Parley's canyon to Echo and found
not only the roads, but the residents
along the route favorable to the prof.
ect.
At Coalville number of it's promi.
nent citizens were on hand to welcome
the pathhnding party. They want the
city people to travel out their way and
chicken shooting grounds in the state
in Chalk Creek valley, scarcely an
hours drive from Coalville. While
they were telling of all the good fish.
ing and shooting grounds around Coal
vile, Moroni Heinar of Salt Lake and
a party of FIVE drove in from Chalk
creek in car from two days hunt.
ing expedition. Heiner said his party
got the limit each day, which meant
ninety-six chickens, within a few hours
drive Of Salt Lake City.
Coalville and Wanship also boast
some of the best fishing in the state
and the Commercial club of the former
town SAYS it wants as many Salt Lake
and Ogden people as possible to drive
up there in their automobiles and take
advantage of these conditions.
The pathfinder found lot of recent
ly improved roads in upper Summit
county. County Commissioners II. w.
Hale and w. d. Lewis said this work
Dad recently peen done and would DC
continued until Summit county roads
were even better than they are now,
which will be going some.
Among the prominent Coalville peo-
lle 10 greet the pathfinder were: City
Treasurer c.. r. Jones; W, J. Peterson,
editor CoalviIle Times; County Attor-
ney j. E. Johnson; J. A. Jensen, man
ager Studebaker Bros; George w.
Young, secretary, and W. NJ. Boyden,
George Beard and Frank Pingree, di-
rectors of Commercial club, and City