Show ZION NATIONAL PARK on juno 1917 there will be opened to tho the public the latest and probably the most moat beautia I member of uncle sams family 0 01 coteat reat national play ground ds da zion national park in washington county tho the extreme southwest corner ot of utah in connection with the salt lake route a ino ine of high powered auto mobiles has boon been established between lund utah aud and zion canyon a distance of miles over the now new state road which to la now in ideal condit condition loh all tho the way to Sp ringdale att tho the southern border of tho p park 3 rk with in tile the park export goyer amont ong one inears are arc comple completing ting a system of roads making the principal scenic points easily accessible mr at r W W wylle wylie whose name la Is familiar to most western travelers as tho the founder of tho the excellent campi camps in yellowstone park aps has erected similar ac in zion park where the same high class service and popular prices will prevail guides saddle horses or automobiles may be had f tor for special trips off the main highways two days spent in the park will afford the visitor some conception of its compelling beauty and weeks will not exhaust its attractions zion canyon has received little publicity comparatively few persons have visited it and although artic loa lea of highest eulogy have appeared from time to time in the magazines it Is hardly known to all the general public in the first published monograph of tho the U S geological survey captain dutton has written a tion of the region that has nut not boon been surpassed and tile the following brief account has been taken from his hl pages the culminating splendor of this the canyon Is visible where zion creek lows flows into the virgin river and Is manifested man in tho the two great temples of the virgin those these how ever aver are but the central and dominating features in a mighty throng of eroded masses wrought in the same exalted style and colored with the same pigments the canyon wall feet high breaks into great sediments pediments ments embellished with rich carving and suggesting in its mazy and bewildering effect the gothic architecture of milan cathedral expanded to a colossal scale soaring a thousand feet above the canyons cannons rim and four thou usand eat above tile tho river surrounded b by i 1 vast pilo pile of white towers Is the glorious summit of the E eastern astern a domo like mass which jointly with its western wester brother comp commands mands tho the entire landscape lands capo it Is almost pure white with streaks of armine descending its vertical walls ts is crest Is truncated and it a flat oil en tablature abl ab aturo lature of deep red crowns tho high mt st point a while the shape of this sublime nasa 13 3 delnato nato and strongly origin il A it may hardly be likened to any familiar object the western temple tom ale Is similar in bulk contour con coloring and majesty A host of lesser leeser cowers all white above anti and rich red below form the immediate retinues af i these grand monarchs not the c east charm of the towers and tom tern pies lies in the maglo magio effect of the aun the early morning rays pro luco a transformation which fades the vast masses seem to drowse nd shrink in the midday mid day brilliance 10 0 reawaken awaken re in the afternoon with new magnificence in addition to tho the towers and torn tom aes les of zion canyon mention should oe mado made of canyon ex tending eastward and the mighty er raced scarp of the vermillion cliffs stretching away to td tho the colors colora to lo river the setting for these mcenos Is a hospitable subtropical and where cotton tobacco and grap s thrive 1 zion canyon in point of size may e cona campal parea ed to the yosemite butin ho he nobility slid and beauty of its ared walls it tar surpasses that sunk in valley reduced fares to lund and to zion lanyon will be placed in effect by the jait alt lako lake route from june to jep |