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Show I DISTINGUISHED "" PARIY AL BREAKS. First Automobile Excursion to Scenic Wonder a. Great Suc- cess. Now Open to Tourists. That Ccdnr Breaks are now easily ncccssablo to tho automobile tourist was clearly demonstrated last Tucs- day when twenty-four automobiles of various makes, including 'one of the big Yellowstone cars, carrying a total to-tal of more than one hundred fifty people, successfully completed tho j, round trip from Cedar City in a lit tle more than four hours running i time. Tho trip was arranged by tho citizens citi-zens of Cedar who acted as hosts to one of the most distinguished groups of visitors tho city has ever had tho pleasure of entertaining, including ! Stephen T. Mather, Director of Na- tional Parks, Emerson Hough, of Chicago, Chi-cago, who is a well known author; ' Edwin Heller, tho field naturalist who nccompanied the famous Rooso-velt Rooso-velt African expedition and tho Yale-Peruvian Yale-Peruvian expedition of 1915; Honorable Hon-orable H. E. Crocket, secretary of State; T. C. Peck and D. S. Spencer of tho Union Pacific system; F. A. Wadlcigh and J. E. Beam, of tho Denver and Rio Grande Railroad; Apostle George Albert Smith of the L. D. S. Church, and W. W. Wylie, I whoso "Wylie Way" is familiar to all I automobile tourists. Some of tho t- party arrived Monday from Salt Lake via Lund, and that afternoon were h " ' taken up on Cedar Mountain for a -. ' view of the wonderful territory sur- '""- rounding this city, the trip being fe ; " xnado with cars. Tho remainder of tho party, including Mr. Hough and Mr. Heller, whoh as been traveling j.. for ten days through the -wonderlands of SouthTerri Utah as' tho -guets of Mr. Mather, in his Yellowstone Park car, arrived in Cedar Monday evening from Zion National park. .Tho party which left Cedar City at eight o'clock Tuesday morning included, in-cluded, besides the visitors named, Charles J. Smith of the National Park Service, J. E. Brown and J. A. Hopper of tho Yellowstone Park Service, Mrs. W. W. Wylie of Zion Park, visitors irom Kane and Washington Counties, Coun-ties, and many local people. The -weather was ideal and tho air ao clear that the magnificent scenes along the way appeared to their best I , , . advantage, except that tho aspens ,, ;., had shed their leaves, the meadow '; t ... . grasses were brown and there were j- ''. few wild flowers to add their touches ' ;' : , of color. As stated by many of tho ''""''' visitors, it was not the best time of tho year to see the Breaks and sur-k sur-k '-' rounding country, but tho trip was ; wonderful to everybody who made it, regardless of the season. , ''" I - By 10:80 o'clock the cars were park- ly&'i-. $"" cd on the rim of tho Breaks. One look j"' .jj. into tho brilliant amphitheatre that ;''"" spread out below them apparently - ( was enough to excito tho deep interest j. of every traveler and for awhilo one j s could hear many feeble attempts to describo tho scene and to express tho satisfaction born of its grandeur. j Then, their curiosity aroused, tho vis- ' itors began to spread out about tho ! rim to view tho scene from different angles and to gain a fuller appreciation apprecia-tion of its vastness. Field glasses wore brought into play and ono could ! , bear distinctly tho clicking of many I camera lenses. Finally,- after nearly ! two hours of, this sight-seeing, tho big yellow car, containing twelve passengers, pas-sengers, was run up to the very rim and thero photographed. Lunch was the next order of tho day, so tho entiro party retired toa nook surrounded by stately pino and . spruco and thero partook freely of the fried chicken, fresh milk, sandwiches, sand-wiches, jellies, cakes, etc., that had been provided by the ladies of Cedar City. Tho length of time Bpent at tho table by tho visitors and their very evident liking for all thot was served them, was a real tribute to tho ladies a tributo later supplimentcd by sin-cero sin-cero expressions of appreciation. V. Aftor luncn President II. W. Lunt "jwjfc presided at a little song-and-speaking fest at which some of the standard "Mormon" hymns were sung and brief remarks made by Mr. Mather, Apostle Smith, Secretary Crockett and Mr. Spencer. This feature of the day's program w8 brought to a closo by nil singing America. Not content with what thoy had i seen at tho Breaks, the visitors went again to viow them from still different differ-ent angles, and it was with somo difficulty dif-ficulty that tho party was finally reassembled re-assembled for the return trip to Cedar, Ce-dar, whero a meeting in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle was scheduled for 0 o'clock. "Cedar Breaks iss ono of tho Jewels in tho crown of scenic wonders in Southern Utah," is tho way Mr. Mather Ma-ther referred to them in the course of his remarks at tho meeting; whereas Mr. Hough said the trip to the Breaks had appealed to him as tho climax of his ten-day trip through this region. Mr. Hough also paid eloquent tributo to tho peoplo of this region and their accomplishments and expressed tho hopo that someday some master would record, as it should be recorded, record-ed, tho truo story of this western country. Mr. Mather in explaining his atti-tudo atti-tudo regarding tho proposed inclusion of the Breaks in n national park stated stat-ed that ho was in favor of cobining Zion's canyon and tho Breaks into ono largo park, but he would suggest sug-gest that the state af Utah take over Bryco's and mako of it tho first of a series of State Parks. Ho also stated stat-ed that Senator Smoot stands ready to introduco in Congress a bill that is to bo formuluted upon tho basis of recommendations made by Mr. Mather Ma-ther and others who hnve been investigating inves-tigating tho feasibility of the proposed pro-posed parking plan. Tho plan for State control of Bryco's doubtless will bo officially proposed by Mr. Mather Ma-ther at on early date. Mr. Heller urged that a game preserve pre-serve bo created at tho Breaks so that wild animal lifo might add to tho beauty and attractiveness of tho place. Ho is understood to have favored, also, al-so, official protection of all sources of water at tho Breaks, so that clean, puro water might always bo avail-blo avail-blo to campers, . - , x ORGANIZE ROAD ASSOCIATION. Hold Interesting Meeting. Plan to Build Road From Hurricane Hurri-cane to Pipe Springs. Delegates from the Commercial Clubs of Knnnb, Hurricane and Ccdnr City met in tho Forest Office October 10th for the purpose of discussing a highway from Hurricane, Utah, to Kunnb. Tho following wero present: Cedar City Randall L. Jone3, Dr. Mncfarlnne, S. W. Leigh, J. P. Fuller, R. T. Forbes, R. A. Thorley and Stnn-ley Stnn-ley Parry. , Hurricane David Hirschi, W. D. Sullivan nnd Chns. B. Petty. Knnnb David Rust. After explaining tho purpose of tho meeting David Hirschi was elected president, and C. B. Putty, secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer of tho organization to be known as "Tho Southern Utah-Northern Arizona Rond Association." Tho following wero also elected committeemen: commit-teemen: Snmuel Leigh, Win, M. Mace, C. J. Parry, W. W. Seegmiller, J. C. Ronk, Robert Jackson, E. A. ForrowB, Chns. Hcaton, J. II. Gnllighcr, Morris Wilson, Jr. Albert Anderson, Jos. Snow, G. B. Williams and Wnltcr Rucsch. It was decided that each committeeman commit-teeman should solicit donntions in their respective communities for tho purpose of constructing n rond from Hurricnno to Pipe Springs. At tho end of tho month a report will bo made to tho secretary-treasurer, and nt that timo tho president nnd secro-tary-trcasurer will call another meeting meet-ing to formulate plans for tho construction con-struction of tho road. It is understood that Director Mather Ma-ther of tho National Park Service had informed tho delegates that It was very imperative that this stretch of rond bo put in good shape so that 't6UrJBtKtoxrtaTOYio-iWTlrtrl Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, Zion Canyon and Cedar Breaks. It is also reported that he would bo willing to mako a contribution for this purpose providing tho citizens would start a popular subscription list. Mr. Petty explained that tho M.a havo County surveyor was nt present constructing a bridge in Mohavo County that would bo used by tho proposed rond, He suggested that a comraittco meet with Mr. Hoywood, 'tho county surveyor nnd got him to go over tho matter. This was ngrccd to find Mr. Hirschi, Mr. Petty and Mr. Rust wero appointed on the, committee, |