The Washington herald., 1922-09-17

weather.
Division s.-Mansfield. Ohio. 20
Van Vert Ohio. III miles.
In dry weather follow Lincoln
Way. Mansfield to CrestIine: detour
crestline via Gallon to Bucyrus. in
wet weather detour from Mansfield
via Shelby to Crestline. thence via
Gallon to Bucyrus. somewhat longer,
but In excellent condition; Bucyrus
to Osceola. seven miles, excellent:
osceola to Upper Sandusky. ten
miles, old macadam, poor condition;
Upper Sandusky to Van West. fifty
six miles. mostly rough o,d ma
cadam. In bad weather inquire Bu-
cyrus as to best route to Delphos.
Division Ivan West, Ohio. to
South Bend. Ind. 1l6 miles.
Van Vert. Ohio to Fort Wayne,
Ind. thirty-five miles, excellent:
Fort Wayne to Ligonier. thirty
eight miles, mostly fair to good
gravel: Ligonier to South Bend,
torty-three miles, excellent.
Division S.-South Bend, Ind, to
Chicago Heights, H., eighty-three
miles.
| South Bend to New Carlisle. four
teen miles, excellent paving; New
| Carlisle to LaPorte. thirteen miles
rough old prick and macadam; La
Porte to Valparaiso, twenty three
miles, marked by State via Hobar,
Va paraiso and Dyer, thirty-one
and Gary. north of Lincoln High
way. Ideal section of Lincoln
Way under construction, Dyer east:
Dyer to Chicago Heights. seven and
half miles. concrete.
Division 9.-Chicago Heights, Ill.
| to Clinton, Ia, 166 miles
Chicago Heights to New Lenox,
eighteen miles: fourteen miles con.
crete. four miles poor dirt and ma
cadam: Lenox to Joliet. five miles
concrete and macadam: Joliet TO
Aurora, twenty-four miles. old ma
cadam and four miles roncrete; Au-
rora to Clinton. l19 miles, all con-
crete paved.
tNote.-In dry weather the Lin
| com Way across Iowa is now in
practically perfect condition entire
ly across the State. During or after
a rain II Cor any other dirt road in
the State) is very slow and slippery
| Don't attempt to drive dirt sections
during rain. They dry quickIy.l
Division 10.-Clinton, Iowa. to
Marshalltown. Iowa. l64 miles.
clinton to Dewitt. twenty miles
good concrete paving: Dewitt to
Iowden, thirty miles, detour fair to
good dirt road. bad when wet: Lin
coin Way under construction: new
paving going in: 1owden to Cedar
Rapids, forty-six miles. good to ex-
cellent graded dirt; Cedar Rapids 20
Marsha lltown. seventy-fve miles.
excellent when dry: bad when wei;
several short concrete stretches.
Division II. - Marshalltown to
| Dennison. Iowa, 40 miles.
One hundred miles Of well drained
and graded gravel: nine miles of
paving: rest of road graded dirt:
fine condition when dry; slow when
wet.
Excellent Condition.
| Division 12.-Dennison. Iowa. 20
Council Bluffs, Iowa. seventy-t&ree
miles.
Graded dirt road in excellent con
dition when dry: slow when wet;
several stretches good gravel
tNote.--In dry weather the Lin
coin Highway is now in boulevard
condition entirely across Nebra ska
with the exception of but eleven
miles between Cozad and Gothen-
| NN-han Id irt
tions are slow and slippery. but dry
quickly
Division l3.-Omaha. Nebr.. 70
| Kearney, Nebr., 204 miles.
Omaha to Valley. twenty miles
paved; detour as marked: Valley to
Fremont, seventeen miles, fair dirt
and gravel; Fremont to Kearney,
! 1873 miles. excellent: one good six
mile detour marked between Rich
land and Columbus.
Division 14.-kearney, Nebr.. tC
sidney. Nebr.. 226 miles.
Entire section reported good
Eearney to Overton. twenty-si>
niles. good gravel: detour south
,etween Kearney and Ely Greek as
Hlarked. fifteen miles; Overtou tC
'ozad. thirty-one miles, good
ravel and sand clay; Cozad to
'iothenburg. eleven miles slow
gough-rutted dirt: Gothenburg to
North Platte. thirty-six miles. de.
.Our south of river while repairs
IRE in progress. Detour reported In
GOOD condition: North Platte to Sid
ney. 1915 miles. excellent.
Division 15.-Sidney, Nebr., tC
cheyenne. Wyo.. 1O4 miles.
Excellent gravel road all the way
Division 16,-Cheyenne. Wyo.. tc
Rock Springs Wyo. 291 miles.
Cheyenne to Bosler, sixty-nint
miles, perfect: Bosler to Medicine
Eow. forty-onc miles, new grade
under construction; use old trail
fair to poor: Medicine Bow to Wal.
colt. forty miles. generally poor
new work under way west of
Hanna. detour: Walcott to Rock
Springs. 1873 miles. perfect.
Division 17.-Rock Springs wyo.
TO Echo, Utah, 100 miles.
Rock Springs to Green River
fifteen miles. excellent: generally
good to Lyman. sixty-two miles
LYMAN to Evanston, forty-ont
miles. fair to good: Evanston to
Echo, Utah, good.
Fair in Utah.
Division 1S.-Echo, Utah. to Colo
! Hill. Utah, 1874 miles.
! Echo to Salt Lake City, fifty
miles, excellent; Salt Lake City tc
! Tooele to Bush's Ranch, nineteer