Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-06-06

half dozen automobiles, loaded
with sight-seeing parties, started
from Montpelier for a run around
the lake, the writer being one of
the number. Leaving Montpelier
the trip was made via Paris and
Fish Haven, thence on to Garden
City, Laketown, South Eden, Hot
Springs, Dingle and home. The
distance from Montpelier around is
eighty-one miles, and the writer
made the trip in less than six hours,
which included an hour or more
spent at lunch and taking in the
baths at the Hot Springs.
At this time of the year and all
during the summer the run is one
of the most delightful in the west.
Along the west side of the lake one
is continually passing fields, mead
ows, fine homes surrounded by or
chards, lilac bushes, which at this
time are in full flower, shrubbery
all in leaf, under stately trees, along
the shores of the beautiful lake.
thence around to the east side, over
dugways and under high cliffs Of
overhanging rocks, the road always
winding in and out along the edge
of the valley, presenting an ever
changing vista of beauty aud at
tractive scenery, to the Hot Springs
thence along Mud lakes thru Dingle
and Marlboro back to the city.
But what impressed the writer
as much as anything else, was the
great difference between the road
that that lies north of the Utah
line and that that lies south of the
line. From Montpelier to Fish
Haven the roads are not conducive
to real pleasure so far as motoring
or carriage riding is concerned.
Much new work is being done on
this part of the county highway,
and it is very rough from rocks and
chuck holes, and this applies es-
pecially south of Paris, but Com
missioner Howell is doing an I'M
mense amount of work in that dis
trict and if he will just keep it up
until he gets the surface graveled
with some kind of fine shale, &C
that the road will be level and the
high culverts and chuck holes are
all filed, he will deserve the thanks
of all the people in the county.
The bad condition is especially no.
ticeable when it is compared with
the road south of Fish Haven.
We wish that every person il
Bear Lake who has occasion t.
travel over roads, would take th'
time TO ride over the highway from
Fish Haven south to Laketown,
distance of about fifteen miles. /
there is any more perfect piece o
road in the inter-mountain country
the writer does not know where j
is. For great portion of the wa
il either runs thru lanes of beau
tiful trees, or along the shores c
the lake, with its inviting beae
and crystal waters. The road i
self is built so as to eliminate shol
elbow turns, and where it was NJ
able to run the line straight, larl
graceful curves were substituted,
that the highway looks more like
railway grade than 1t does a wage
road. There are no ruts, ehucks
rocks. The whole piece is just O
long dream Of highway. 1t
carefully graded and drained with
level surface, that is as smooth Al
level as the waters of the Ia
alongside of it are on a still da
It is in fact the only piece of ro
worthy of the name in Bear La
valley and it cost only about 81
600 to build. Think of IS miles
such boulevard for only 5000
1t brings the blush of shame to
Bear Lake cheek, to think that
in this county, shoud for . min
hesitate 70 bond our county q
put all our highways in 3 slmil
condition, when We have such
splendid example of what Iii
money intelligently spent can
compllsh towards making real rOa