Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-05-28
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throughout the entire season that the
weather conditions will allow the safe
use of cars, and there is a concerted
movement among the organizations
which have in hand the construction
and maintenance OF cross-continental
auto routes to take care OF the gen
orally anticipated large auto traffic
across the United States during the
not months.
The principal auto traffic OF the
United States going west is carried
over the central western routes (the
Pixies Peak route, the Midland trail
and the Lincoln highway.)
These great trans-continental high
ways converge at Salt Lake City and
Ogden, Utah, and continue as the Lin
coin highway TO the coast. From
Salt Lake City and Ogden the Salt
Lake ellowstone highway runs in a
generally northerly direction through
Utah and Idaho, and carries the COM
bincd traffic of these routes 10 the
Yellowstone National park Auto
travel entering the park from the
northern routes is picked up at yell
lowstone entrance and carried TO Po-
catello, Idaho, the junction OF the
Idaho-Pacific route to the northwest,
and on TO the branching off point on
the Lincoln highway TO be routed east
or west, as the case may be.
Along il and its auxiliary high
ways, leading into every section OF
northern Utah and southern and cen
trail Idaho may be had some of the
finest fishing, hunting and scenic sec
tons OF the great northwest, second
only TO, and in great many instances
rivalling the interest features Of the
great Yellowstone park.
Upwards Of 100000 have been
spent TO place the highway from the
Great Salt Lake TO Yellowstone in
perfect condition for auto travel An
organization designated as the Utah
! Idaho-Yellowstonc Highway assoca-
ton, composed Of prominent citizens
of the two states, work in conjunction
with the constituted legal authorities
in the seventeen counties along the
route TO patrol and maintain the high
way to accommodate the heavy traffic
over il.
Along the highway from Great Salt
Lake TO Yellowstone, through Utah
and Idaho is so much TO see that II
all cannot be taken in on a single
trip. From Salt Lake City, through
Ogden, past Ogden and Weber Can
yons, the long white road leads TO
Brigham City through intensively cul-
fiyated farm and orchard land, which
hugs the base OF the snow-capped
Wasatch range and gently declines
TO the great lake shimmering TO the
west--then over the tinkling mountain
streams and great, green stretches OF
the sunkissed Cache and Malad val
leys, that climb clear into the foot
hills OF the adjoining mountain range,
a beautiful landscape OF city and viii
lage and fertile farm land, crisis
crossed with the never-ending irriga-
fion streams--or by way Of the great,
deep Bear lake and the fertile fields
Of Bear Lake valley, until the pictur-
esque drive through Portneuf can
yon, along the placid reaches OF
the river and by water fall and beaver
dam, farmhouse and dairy ranch, be-
tween the tall mountains and high,
abrupt lava phalanxes brings you into
busy, busting, growing Pocatello and
its great Oregon Short Line railroad
establishment, the hub OF the Harri-
man system.
In succession you cross the Fort
Hall Indian reservation, riding along
the old Captain Bonneville trail, and
PASS through the prosperous cities of
the great upper Snake River valley,
the granary of Idaho. Off TO the
( right the Tetons rear themselves
above the clouds and away to the west
the Sawtooths form purple back
ground for the setting of the beauti-
full picture OF the valley OF the wind
ing and tortuous Snake.
Before you realize you find yourself
climbing into the foot hills and civil
lization slipping away. The highway
drops down into Warm river, climbs
up on the divide, and you look down
in the yawning canyons OF the Snake
river and Warm river, two white
strips OF foaming waters. dashing to-
ward the Columbia. Far below the
valley stretches and spreads before
you like a muticolored fan. Ahead
and a half mile to the left are the
two great falls OF the upper Snake.
The highway is now traversng the
Targhee National forest, and soon
energies into the Island park country,
the home OF Mrs. Hartman, on the
Morgan Guggenheim Hartman es-
tates. Judge A. S. Trude OF Chicago,
and others, who maintain large club
houses, summer places and temporary
camps.
Across Island park the highway
leads through dense woods, inter-
spersed with open parks and mead
ows You cross stream after stream,
clear and sandy bottomcd, full OF
seurrying trout. You pass Big Springs,
where the huge springs gush from
the monntainside 70 form the head
waters OF the Henfy's Fork OF the
Snake river. cross the Snake river az
Flat Rock Ut some inviting camp spot
has MOI yet caught your fancy, de-
houch intN Henfy's Lake flat, at the
base oi GRIND old saulcllc mountain.
skirt Heurys lake, ascend the pass
over the Montana idaho divide and
drop down into Yellowstone, the
western entrance % the park,
IA almost any five mile stretch
alsng the route a fishing rod can be
brought into play with coed result
Abound the neat bend may b. secured
thasc good. lfesh eaas and tee cold
mtlk And butter ifam she nrighhafing
farmhouse. and ~ along the way are
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