Imperial Valley press., 1922-05-20


from Los Angeles to Sacramento, both
offer splendid boulevard conditions.
Boulevard conditions prevail from Sac
ramento north to Redding, then excel
lent dirt road over the Siskiyou noun
tains via Dunsmuir and Nreka to the
southern Oregon state line, then excel
lent highway to Portland.
Inland Route North-Offers splendid
conditions at present despite the fact
that considerable maintenance and
patch work is going on in several
stretches along the route. At q point
10 miles south of Bakersfield, portion
of the highway is open on one side only,
and motorists are allowed to go through
in either direction at intervals of 10
minutes. The route by way of MojaVe
to Bakersfield now offers boulevard
conditions as it is no longer necessary
to detour over rough road between Ian
caster and Moiave, the concrete high
way having been finished and opened
recently. This gives motorists contin-
uous pavement from Los Angeles to
Moiave by way of Mint Canyon, Palm
dale and Lancaster, then excellent I'M
proved gravelled highway into Bakers
field, the last IA miles over pavement
From Bakersfield to Fresno, motorists
can use either the route via Upton and
Tulare or turn east at Delano and go
via Porterville and Nisalia to Goshen
Junction and Fresno. Both routes are
paved. The balance of the highway
from Fresno into Sacramento or San
Francisco is also paved.
Coast Route North-MotOrisss have q
choice of three paved reads to Ventura,
i. e., the state highway by way of Cal
abasas, or by way of Santa Pass or via
Saugus, Fillmore and Santa Paula. From
Ventura and Santa Barbara to San
Francisco, pavement is now complete
with the exception of detour just east
at Gaviota Pass over good dirt road.
II Owens River Valley-Motorists con
templating fishing or hunting trips
north of Bishop this season will be
highly pleased to learn of the opening
of the paved highway between Ian
easter and Mojave. Conditions are
splendid from Moiave north through th5
Owens river valley and will remain sc
until late in the season when the roads
show evidences of heavy travel.
Santa Ynez River-North of Santa
Barbara, best reached by way of Ga
viota Pass and Buellton. The waters IL
this stream are high and of considerable
width Many small fish can be seei
as well as large number of steel head
1t will not be possible to fish in The
Santa Ynex river as the San Marcos
Rancho has been closed to the public.
Big Rock Creek-Follow the Sal
Fernando boulevard to Saugus, thel
through Mint Canyon to the small sta
ton of Harold near Palmdale, then RICH
to Little Rock creek or Big Rock creek
In both snow water from the slopes o
Mount Badly fall into these swif
streams Waters are high at presen
and fishing will be good at the Soutl
Forks or Holcomb creek tributaries.
San Dimas Creek-Reached by wa
of the Foothill boulevard and Sal
Dimas Canyon. Road passable up t
good fishing SITES
San Antonio Creek-Reached by wa!
of Foothill boulevard and uplands. Th
fishing near Ice house canyon in thi
creek should be good as the waters arr
clear and high.
National Old Trails-Recent reports
indicate that the road is still disagree
ably rough for 90 miles west of Ludlow
and that the bulk of the travel be
tween Ludlow and Amboy is favorins
road instead of the one via Klondike
For detailed conditions from Needles
east, refer to our last bulletin.
Midland Trail, Lincoln Highway-I
is not advisable to attempt this route
at present owing to the deplorable con
ditions across the Great American des
ert between Ely and Salt, Lake City
Conditions are generally good betwee1
Los Angeles and Ely via the Owen:
river valley, thence either over West
gard Pass to Goldfield or Tonopah ol
via Bishop and Montgomery Pass tC
Tonopah. Inquiry at Tonopah will de
termine whether it is best to use tht
Hot Creek route or the Blue Eagle roa(
by way of Nyala into Ely. The Lin
coin highway is open from Salt Lake
City east across Wyoming to Omaha
Chicago and points further east.
Arrowhead Trail-Offers no import
ant changes since the issuance of tht
last bulletin. Travel is heavy over this
route and will increase with the open
ing of the season at Zion Park, Bryce Z
Canyon and the territory on the Nortl
Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Beaumont to Banning-Paved, ther
alternate stretches of oiled macadan
and dirt road via Palm Springs to In
dian Wells then pavement down along
the Salton Sea to point approximate
ly eight miles north of Westmorelan6
then rough dirt road through West
moreland to Brawley, then good dirt
road to Ell Centre.
Z San Diego to Ell Centro-With the
Fflimination of the control hours on the
Mountain Springs grade necessitated
by construction work, this route is now
clear and splendid the entire distance
from San Diego to El Centre. All the
construction work ON the Mountain
Springs grade will be finished, it is an
ticipated, by May 20.
Los Angeles to Reno-The Nevada
Highway Association advises us that