Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-05-18

$50 was paid by an Ogden eli dLen for
banners etc, which Is more than was
credited to N other distri' 1t In the
state. Yet you claim there was a
lack Of cooperation at Ogdea.
Ogden road men were Instrumental
ir urging the improvement Of the
highway between Evanston and Oz-
den in the -four counties through
which 1t traverses. The glories Of
the famous Weber canyon were wide
ly advertised IS a link in the Lincoln
Highway.
oeden's policy ias always been to
support the best read for the route
traffic which Is the road through Wyo-
in!ps, down Echo canyon and through
Weber canyon, which was designated
as the Lincoln Highway. On the
other hand. Salt Lake has been urg-
ing the use of the Pixies Peak Ocean
to-ocean Highway, the Midland Trail
and other routes as against the Lin
coin Highway. They have given abb
~solutely no support with the excep-
ton OF attacks on Ogden through
newspapers. They have laughed at
the idea OF ever building a road as
designated over the mud fats on the
south. 'route-the Lincoln Highway.
They have gone before the legislature
and asked for money for the building
OF a competitive route by way Of Wen
dover, connecting in Nevada with the
Overland Trail. realizing that the COM
pletion Of the Lincoln Highway over
the mud fats is impracticable. Salt
Lake garage men and leading citizens
who are familiar with road conditions
advise their friends not to follow the
Lincoln Highway, but the Overland
Trail north of the lake. Yet Ogden
Is charged with not giving support.
Seventy-ive per cent Of all the sup
port given the Lincoln Highway in
the state Of Utah came from Ogden
citizens. But we repeat, Mr.. Parding-
ton, there are non so blind as those
who will not see."
/ believe 1t Is a fact that more miles
Of good road have been built through
the agitation OF Ogden citizens, in the
mountain states. than by the Lincoln
Highway association itself.
1t seems odd that a man like the
yice-president and secretary of the
Lincoln Highway, who confesses that
he has not been in the great west for
fifteen ear and then on the railroad
cars. should set himself up as a road
guide when the greatest American
road authorities, such as the Automo-
bile Blue Book, Motor Age. Motor
Print, Automobile, A. L. westward, J.
G.. Monihan and scores of other promi-
nent touring men who know western
conditions and give an unbiased re-
port, advise the travelling Of the Over
land Trail between Ogden and Reno,
New, as against the mud flats of the
Lincoln Highway. in It's present con-
dillon around the south end of the
Great Salt Lake. It is not local pride
with these men; 1t Is a case Of giving
honest and authentic information to
the American touring public.
/ q not understand how a man
o: your intelligence can pick I'D any
Ordinary map OF our country and see
that vast stretch of country south and
west Of Great Salt Lake labeled
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT" and
then deliberately locate the Lincoln
Highway through it without even in
pecting 1t, and her defend It as a
possible automobile route, and in the
face of the further fact that for 60
years the Overland Trail north Of said
lake has been the only safe road to
travel.
Think Of 1t! Over your route-the
south route-you go through a desert
without a village or even a house over
a long, very long, distance and no
fresh water, and in case of accident
no place Of succor. Take the north
route and you not only have good
roads, but you pass through the gar
den spots Of Utah, with a village or
stopping place, and good water every
few miles. On the south route, there
Is no village between G%rantsville,
Utah, and near Elf, Nevada. On the
north route you pass through North
Ogden, Willard, Brigham City, CORN.
ne. Bear River City, Tremonton, Gar.
land, Snowyille, Kelton and other vii.
lagos and n need never lose sight of
the Central Pacific railway.
1 think, Mr.. PardIngton, I have COM
pletely answered your letter, except
the concluding paragraph in which
you say that you have no idea your
letter viii be published, but that you
do deslIe to have the RECORD MADE
CLEAR. For that reason we publish
your letter in the Daily Standard.
Will you be as generous and publish
this letter. SO that the RECORD MAY
BE MADE CLEARER?
Let me repeat, I extend to you a
most cordial invitation to go over
4 both rOutea. Will vou cnueo