White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-05-13

The Lincoln Highway is reported
TO be In excellent condition between
here and Salt Lake except for damage
done by a heavy rain on the Good
year cutoff about ten days ago. Tour
lists met Oh the road for a few days
after that time said they had come
around Fish springs and thus lost
forty miles in distance. Those met
and talked to on the road by a rep
resentatiye of the White Pine News
said they had not come by way of
Gold Hill, merely coming up Over
land canyon TO Deep Greek summit
and down to Ibapah and Tippett.
That condition lasted but two or
three days, when tourists again came
across the cutoff. This was reported
Thursday by ii. l.. Anderson, who
met several OF them. They told him
that the trouble was through a ear
getting out of the tracks and becom-
ing mired. Cars can get through
safely by staying In the road. he vas
told.
At such times tourists could save
part of that distance by coming
down Snake valley by way of Trout
Creek and Pleasant valley. thence
down TO Tippett. which is the old
pony express trail, II having for a
distance OF about sixty miles di
verged from the overland wagon and
stage road. leaving it four miles
south of Fish springs and entering
1t again at Tippett.
The Pleasant valley road on tho
east side OF the range was washed
out in several places when the big
snow went eff this spring and the
settlers are demanding that the
county make these repairs. From
the sehoolhouse. which is n mile
from the Utah-Neyada line. to Cedar
summit, which Is the top of the d.
vide between Snake and Spring val
Ieys, Fred Henroid informed the
White Pine News representative
last Monday. can be placed In excel
lent repair as TO these washouts for
$3.50. either by the county sending
out its W men or contracting the
work TO local men. II Is one Of the
best natural canyon roads in the
county and any ordinary make of
car in good condition makes Ii to
the top, except for a few little hills
and sharp turns, In high gear
Down the west side the drop is
much lower. but it also is a good
natural road with the additional ad-
vantage Of having been graded in
places some years ago. Going east
any ordinary three-speed ear a
make Il easily to within 200 feet OF
the top In intermediate gear and the
more powerful ears go over Cedar
summit without going into low. In
fact. averaging the two grades, the
difference between Cedar and Deep
Creek SUBMITS is practically imper-
eeptible.
Roth roads have their rough
nIaces. The highway is rough, and
has been for years, on the Utah side
In the vicinity of Deep Creek The
Fish springs road, many miles over
the Utah side, is also rough. II is
rougher than the highway at Deep
Crock and for a much greater dis
lance, at is has never been graded.
but for automobiles that have TO
go around by Fish springs. as In
emergencies like last week, the
pleasant valley road saves the sec
ond rough places and several miles
In distance.
Tbe highway for a couple OF miles
on both sides of Schellbourne summit
has been exceedingly rough since the
snow went off. There are nuemerous
gullies and many rocks are exposed
n is understood that Mr.. Anderson
will make those repairs and this IN
sures satisfactory work. He repair
ed the highway in the vicinity OF ms
ranch. al the east foot OF the pass,
and The road there is fine. He VIII
s,art on the summit work as soon as
he finishes the work on the county