The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-07
IN SALT LAKE CITY.
Auto Tourists Find Things Well Done
There.

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highway, near the top OF mountain
pass June "a, 1879 But we have turned
and started back to Duchesne, 20 miles
That is, we are starting back to retrace
the 20 miles and see il we cannot find a
| better pass or a better road through
some other pass. We are back down
about mile from where we turned
around and Barton has gone back TO see
what is the trouble with Dix, why he
hasn't come along. Several autos tried
to make this pass (which is called the
Cotton pass) yesterday and came back
the 20 miles to Duchesne City, which II
calls itself. Population, about 300. The
business men of the place advised us to
come this way because it was laid out
and built by the state of Utah as part
OF the ocean to ocean highway. But the
pass is practically impossible for autos.
Since ] commenced to write this, the
auto stage has. come along to meet an
other auto from the other side of the
mountain, to continue with the mail,
and they turn and 90 back to Duchesne.
We left o. X. ranch, which borders on
the state line of Utah, at 1880 yesterday
and Travelled l22 miles and camped about
half way up this mountain last night.
There are lots of Indians in this part OF
Utah. Lots of them own autos and feel
as big driving round as white men. Some
of them are awfully painted and look
ferocious: but they say here that they
are peaceable and harmless.
The country we passed through yes
terday would be practically desert il it
was not for irrigation. The mountain
streams are made to flood the valleys
mostly Mormon work Everything the
Mormons do here they do thoroughly.
Their churches and schoolhouses are
made of either brick or stone and are
nice buildings think if they had been
in charge of this road over this pass it
would have been in shape for travel.
7 p. m.-Dix broke spring to his
auto, which caused the delay. We
patched it up and went back to Du-
chesne. Loaded up with gasoline at 50
cents per gallon. Thirty-seven and one
half cents is the most ] have paid, but
Dix had to buy few gallons at 40 cents.
Then we were over $50 miles from rail
road.
Y
camping in Liberty park and seeing the
city, or expect to to-day. When ! wrote
last, we were retracing our trip TO the
passelss pass. Our second effort to get
out of the place by another pass was
quite success, but we passed through a
40-mile desert II being cool day, we
lad pleasant trip and the scenery was
great In the middle of the desert we
came across what seemed to be the re-
mains OF an ancient city. The founda-
tions. streets, sidewalks paved and
street walls seemed TO have been built by
man in remote ages. Beyond there were
what seemed to be the remains of farm
buildings. with walls beside OF the high
way. making us think of the abandoned
farms in Vermont, which they resembled.
We camped last night at place called
Rockland, which consisted OF store "a
log hutl. containing few groceries. No
other building for miles each way, and
at an elevation OF more than 10000 feet.
We had TO get up at $3.50 and start our
engines TO keep our radiators from freez-
ing.
Yesterday and day before we passed
through as big a sheep country as there
il in the United States Probably saw
10000 or more sheep. There were gen
orally two shepherds and three dogs with
each flock. They have covered wagons,
tents. camping and cooking outfits with
them and move nearly every day to a
new site. They generally have about |
3 900 sheep in a flock and the shepherds
stay with them night and day, TO keep
the wolves away. We got within 10
rods of a wolf one day. If we had had
A rife we should have tried to fill him
full of lead. Our experience with the
revolver did not warrant our wasting |
anv lead on him. although the cattle
men offer bounty Of 500 on all killed
and the sheep men another. Plenty of
horses on the ranges. A good many bur
ros are used for mountain travel and
the average price for the burro, they say,
& So. wish we had a few OF them in
Vermont.
salt Lake Is nice. cool city, with
running water in the CUTTERS Of nearly
,very street in the city. In the 10 miles
ge dropped nearly 1000 feet. down
,anyon most Of the way. Instead Of 60.
ng south through perley's canyon 70
Provo. we went north 10 Park City.
where nearly 1000 men are employed at
ne mining 81 silver. lead and some gold,
m coming out Of the same ore. We
,ame 10 the Lincoln highway az PARK
-,tv and found a good road from there
% salt lake. although we followed the
-nion Pacific down a pretty deep can
ron and found . pretty steep grade.
saw the railroad track go through
louple Of tunnels. double on itself and
10 down the valley with three tracks Of
he same road side by side, one above
he other. not over 20 rods apart. THIS
: the way the railroad lessons the aw-
ul grade that would have been necessary
ltherwise.
The others Of our party are looking
lver the Mormon temple while ! am writ.