Imperial Valley press., 1919-05-10

The following road bulletin has
been issued by the Automobile Club
of Southern California:
Midland Trail-Lincoln Highway
The Midland Trail from Los Angeles
to Mohave and north via. the Owen S
River Valley to Big Pine is in ex-
cellent shape. Redrock Canyon, just
north Of Cinco, is reported to be in
better shape than Jawbone Canyon.
Big Pine to Goldfield and Tonopah
via Westguard Pass, good. Free from
snow and easily travelled. Tonopah
to Ely, good. Ely to Salt Lake City
via Lincoln Highway, road entirely
passable and signposted by the Auto
Club of Southern California.
Yosemite National Park.-The Ma
dera Raymond Coarse Gold Route to
Wawona and Yosemite is now entire
ly open and will soon be subject to
heavy travel According TO a report
made by one of the clubs crews which
just covered the road into Yosemite,
the road from MADEIRA to Raymond is
good for the first eight miles, then
rough to Raymond. Raymond to
Coarse Gold, fair. Coarse Gold to
junction of Big Trees road, good
Road into Big Trees better than last
year. Thence fine road into Yosemite
Camp Curry. Reports are that
Merced road is better. Camp Curry
opened up for business on May l.
The closing days of April brought
ideal weather conditions in Yosemite
Valley and saw the beginning of what
will be the greatest season of travel
in the history of Yosemite. The last
snow drift on the Wowona road was
broken through about noon on April
"a and the first car to enter the val
ley for the season of 1919 was
Studebaker Six, piloted by Aurther
C. Pillsbury. His margin was small,
however, as he was followed very
closely by Ben H. Baker, in Ford
runabout. The snow is rapidly dis
appearing from the trails leading to
the rim of Yosemite Valley, Yosemite
Point and the Trail and Snow Greek
on the Tenaya Canyon trail. May Is,
or possibly earlier, will see. Glacier
Point accessible by both the Short
and Long trails over Vernal and Ne
vada falls. The Horseshoe route ran
it's first stage from Merced via Wa
wona and the Mariposa Grove on
April 20, and will inaugurate it's reg
ular daily service over this route May
lst. Big Oak Flat road will probably
be open to travel May Is. Camp Yo-
semitic will be opened about May Is.
Sentinel Hotel has seen carrying al
most capacity load durinp the past
two weeks. New Glacier Point Hotel
will be open about May 10, or as soon
as the trails become passable. The
rules and regulations governing au-
tomobile traffic in the Yosemite are
about the same as last year. The es-
sential features of the rules are: All
machines must carry one extra tire,
and have their brakes in good order.
Entrance fee $500 Observe the
speed and control laws in the boun-
daries of the park. Camping allowed
in the park at designated places.
Big Bear Valley-All resorts are
now open in Big Bear Valley and the
Mill Greek road, and the route via
Victorville both open and in good
shape. Waterman Canyon is open to
Little Bear, but closed between that
point and Big Bear Lake. New City
Creek road will be open June /. Hes
peria cutoff reported open and in
good shape-~not much water in Mo-
have river where crossing is made.
Possible to get within short distance
tof Deep Greek with machine. Mill