The Glenwood post., 1914-08-15

1t il, or at least should be, . source
Of pride to every citizen Of Glenwood
Springs and Garfield county to know
that We appeal to such splendid advan
tage to the auto tourists who drive
through this county in their cars. We
have them from various sections Of
this state and occasiooally from other
states, and almost invariably their ver-
dict it that our rssAs ere much better
than they had expected to hnd in the
mountainous country. Recently the
pathfnding car of the Ocean. to- Ocean
highway passed through Glenwodd and
Garfield county and the following ex-
eellent article, written by H. g. Rogers
and printed in the Colorado Springs
Gazette, should prove especially pleas
ing to those of our people who have
given so much thought and time and
money to the question Of good roads.
This article was written from Salt
LAke, but on the return trip Mr.. Rog-
ers and the other members Of the
party were ewes mere snthusiaatie thaa
- i6issAsa ~ ~ following lette,.
"when the pisaeer Ger Of the Pixies
Peak Ocean-to Ocean highway reached
Salt Lake City promptly on time, last
Saturday afternoon, the latest trans
continental route across the two states
was assured. The route is practical
and intensely interesting.
"The members of the pioneer party
were met with real enthusiasm, the
people coming out to meet them, and
everyone seemed to fully understand
the mission of the ear. Leaving Colo
RADIO Springs the party found rock
in Ute Pass and did not reach Hart
eel in South Park until o. clock in
the afternoon. Most of the people in
the park live in the northern end of It
but there were assembled 10 cars and
they delayed their fish dinner until the
greed to have dinner for the entire
sociability run party this month.
"No finer views are anywhere on
earth than in the park, and the pion-
GERS enjoyed the run into Buene Vista,
where the night was spent. The next
day they shot over Tennessee pass and
Battle mountain and ended the night
at Eagle. A stop WIS made at Lead
vile, Joe Clark and other good roads
boosters coming out to meet them. On
the sociability run Leadville is to be a
night control, and the Leadville folks
will be able to handle the party In
good shape The ride over Mosquito
pass and Battle mountain is thrilling,
In very short time, perhaps a year,
the grades are to be cut down here
and good road established. The day
the party was in the region Senator +.
V. Ehrhart, state highway commission
er, came in and was going over the
pass with Charley Mayer, county com
missioner of Eagle county, to look over
the situation.
eagle people are greatly interested.
A meeting was held Tuesday night at
the first National bank with Louis
Schwarz, E. E. Glen and other promi-
nent citizens present. Hon, J. H. Fess-
Ter happened to be in town and also
attended. The Eagle citizens have
agreed to entertain the sociability run
crowd with trout dinner, and the
control has been so arranged. They
are an enthusiastic, generous lot and
the stay there will be enjoyable.
The Eagle river runs into the Grand
90 miles below town, and the ride into
Glenwood is one of the great trips IN
Colorado. ! have been through Grand
river canon above Glenwood Springs
so times at least, but cannot say that
ever really saw it to appreciate it
until l took this automobile ride. Mr..
Merrick took moving pictures at the
Shoshone power plant of the Central
company, where the waters leap across
the canon, and it should be hne Aln.
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