Evening star., 1922-11-19

ed dirt sections are slow and slippery,
but dry quickly.
Division Is. Omaha. Neb.. to Kear-
ney. Neb.. 204 miles-Omaha to Valley.
Valley to Fremont. II miles. fair dirt
and gravel: Fremont to Kearney. 1873
miles. excellent; good six-mile detour
marked between Richland and Column
bus and good five-mile detour marked
just east Of Wood river.
Division IA. Kearney, Neb.. to Sid
ney. Neb.. 226 mi!es-Kearney to Over
ton. 26 miles: good gravel; detour south
between Kearney and Elm creek. as
marked, Is miles: Overton to Cozad.
81 miles. good gravel and sand clay;
Cozad to Gothenburg. IL miles. slow.
rough-rutted dirt; Gothenburg to
North Platte. 35 miles, fair to good
graded dirt and gravel; North Platte
to Sidney. 1915 miles. excellent.
Division 10. Sidney. Neb.. to chey-
gravel road all the way.
Cheyenne on October 80. The route
across Wyoming is likely to be closed
from time to time during the winter
by drifts.
Division is. Cheyenne. Wyo.. to Rock
Springs. Wyo.. 291 miles-Cheyenne
to Bosler, 50 miles. perfect: Bos'er to
Medicine Bow, Al miles. new grade un-
der construction; use old trail along
side fair to poor; Medicine Bow to
Walcott. 40 miles. generally poor. new
work under way west Of Hanna. detour
south as marked; Walcott to Rock
Springs. 1873 miles, perfect.
Division II, Rock Springs. Wyo.. to
Echo. Utah. $50 nsiles-Rock Springs
generally good to Lyman. SO miles:
Lyman to Evanston. Al miles, fair to
good; Evanston to Echo. Utah, fair to
good gravel.
Division IS. Echo. Utah. to Gold
Hill, Utah. 1874 miles-Echo to Salt
Lake City, SO miles, excellent: Salt
Lake City to Tooele. 40 miles. excel
lent: Tooele to Bush's Ranch, Is miles
excellent: Fisher Pass. between Bush'S
Ranch and Orr's Ranch. II miles, fair;
Goodyear cutoff, IS miles. across des-
ert. rough and slow to Black Point:
gravel trail: wet weather means slow
going west of Orr's. Inquire Of ]. H.
Waters. L. H. state consul. Newhouse
Hotel. Salt Lake City, as to condition
of desert road before going west.
Division 10. Gold Hill. Utah. to Eu-
reka. New. 1874 miles-Gold Hill to
state line. rough: state line to Ely,
good, fast trail: Shellburne Pass.
good: Ely to Eureka. 7s miles. fair
with several rough stretches on flats.
Division 20. Eureka. New. to Fallon
New. 1Ss miles-Flats east and west
of Austin badly rutted. balance fairly
good. From 12 miles east of Austin
into Austin excellent new road; New
pass in fair shape. New grade open
across Frenchmans Flat. Fallon Sink
grade newly graveled.
Note-All passes over the Sierra
Nevada mountains north of Tehachapi
will be closed by snow within two
weeks unless exceptional weather pre-
walls. Oakland and San Francisco can
then be reached from Carson City or
Reno only by way of Bakersfield.
Division 21, Fallon, New. to Placer
vile. Calf. via Reno and Carson City,
1873 mtles-The Lincoln highway
branch from Fallon direct to Carson
City via Lahontan dam is in but fair
condition. Fallon to Reno. 81 miles.
fair to good: new construction under
way Leetesville to Hazen, smile de-
tour: Hazen to Fernley. 1.3 miles.
rough: Reno to Carson City. 80 miles,
new concrete now open all the way
Kings canyon fair: road over Summit
via Meyers still open on November S,
but likely to close any day.
Division %. Placerville. Calf, to
Oakland and San Francisco, Calf, 1856
miles-All paved.
Division %: Reno. New. to Sacra-
mento. Calf. 145 miles-Reno to
Verdi. II miles. good gravel Dog val
ley grade from Verdi to Truckee. %
miles, worn graded gravel somewhat
rough: Truckee to Donner. miles,
good graded gravel; Donner to Sum-
NIT. As miles, steep and rough; Sum-
nit to Colfax. 56.8 miles. new graded
dirt and gravel winding and slow; de-
tour Colfax to Auburn. 1s miles. good
dirt new paving going in): Auburn
via Truckee still open on November
s. but likely to close any day