Show UTAH THE UTAH THEe LODE STAR OF THE MOTOR TOURIST f L r From Salt Lake Automobilists Can Re Reach ch All National Parks Y Yellowstone llo and Zion Lion t I CanY Canyon n Ac Accessible k 1 II J By Frank E. E Becker a There Is no no gainsaying the fact that Utah Utah- the heart of ot the gre great t basin basin basin ba ba- sin the Jeweled vale of ot tho the intermountain inter- inter Intermountain intermountain mountain West est Is' Is Isa a. a land wondrously wondrous- wondrous I ly set apart It Is distinctively characteristic char char- chari i uniquely individual It has hasa hasa a peculiar charm arm and appeal It is isas isas II as alluringly distinguished from the commonplace as a precious precious' US' US light of ot I welcome in a dark and weary gloom I Utah calls from afar and pack back through the ages unto Onto the first first rov rovin roving rov- rov ing in tribes man has answered the I call call We e a would not qu with those erudite savants who argue there ther may maybe maybe maybe be older lands land than this above the ancient seas but out the book ot of Utah's t 1 southern canyons tells teUs a story old i enough for tor any one onto Th The records written there show the amazing annals an annals annals an- an nals of or the eons on In clear account The story of the first life on on 0 the J planet is given Iven from ont the opening chapter chanter Mans Man's comparatively recent stage entrance In the drama ii is told In hold held language He ml mightily hUlY and his works are th there thc rc ns n s clearly rb rut as 1111 a Ii rumen O OIn In f hr winds and Inri suns cuni of fl the 1 n nil 1111 tar tl- tl a or r I seems to i- i havn av been a n well n 1 1 of I f rac to sea SP nut not hp the intermountain r h nr V h v II the s of nf the treat nt nl n-l n sea iTt i I Tt it s p emed to to fn have hov bp bt br p n t a av V v m I of of their mi m f on h tw w n t a t I n Tt it r well we hl hae v h been en I if f m rn ri rl fin fh ii hi of nf the world I MECCA MECA I Down to the present lav the lure lur of ot Utah exists It is different Its I wonders are aro in a It class by bv themselves The early earh Mormons felt f lt It H and sought J JIt I It out as the promised land The traveler of or today looks for forward and eagerly eagerly eager eager- I ly to the moment when he can top the last divide and arid gaze Into the cup I of ot mysteries mysteries' He lie has heard has heard that the tho great basin basin- is a a. a cauldron In which the heavy brine of ot the Great Salt I lake has been boiled down through the centuries Salt lake Americas America's great de dead d s sea sea- sea has an Irresistible appeal It will always be so until I the last white salt salt crystal has been I distilled by hy time r Salt alt Lake City y as the home of th the Mormon church and the Intermountain metropolis by the great salt sea Is js a point that every transcontinental tourist tour tour- I 1st will make even if it he should find it iti i necessary to ego go far tar out of ot his way I There Is a It wealth of history and of ot beauty here From this point the won- won I ders lets of the wh whole le mountain country aro are easily accessible It Is the purpose of ot j I this article to point out only onh briefly I Fome of ot the pr present sent day excursions that I can be he undertaken advantageously I I from this historic place I In addition to being the converging point of ot all the principal transcontinental highways Including the Lincoln I highway the the- the Midland Midland trail the Arrowhead Arrowhead Arrow Arrow- I head trail the Pikes Pike's P Peak ak route and the Evergreen route Salt Lake stands I midway and in ineasy easy reach of or the three greatest of national parks parks the the Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- Yellowstone i stone the Grand canyon and the newest new- new i est eat of all Zion National park of Utah No richer store of ot scenery exists In all I the wide world than can be bo found In any of ot these wonderlands North and south from Salt Lake they can be I reached In a days day's Journey journe lb by automobile auto auto- mobile They are arc the real treasures treasur's of the Intermountain country This comIng coming coming com com- ing summer they will wiIl be the mecca of man many sightseeing thousands STORIES ARE TOLD The story of ot the Yellowstone and that of the Grand can canyon on has been heen een often orten told but Zion National park becomes a new and particular brilliant t. t star in the park firmament The world I has heard little about this mystic land landat landof of df ce once the story be becomes becomes becomes be- be comes known wn it wilf add new glory and luster to the claims of ot Ut Utah h In recent years years ea s 's following an aft aggressive aggressive ag ag- ag- ag campaign for better bettel roads Salt Lake has become the central point for Cor a splendid series of ot little journeys Journeys journe's Jour jour- nes ne's t that a offer offer offer- e every err ever rr variety of of ot scenic contrast and outing pleasures With the expansion o of the road program program these short shori tours are being c constantly l augmented with an ultimate result in invie vie view v that will offer Salt Lake some of th the best mountain highways of ot the West Vest The canyons canyons' of t the Wasatch already ady furnish entrancing drives that are re a a. aboon aboon boon to the she city d dweller eller during the heat of ot the summer These rhese range in possibilities from Irom the instructive trips to the Ule great copper mines of ot BIngham to the fishing delights of ot Bear Dear lake and Fish lake Weber can canyon on Logan canon canyon canyon can can- yon on Parleys Parley's canyon Big Cottonwood canyon and a a. hundred others lend lenda avast a avast vast variety o of scenery Reentry and camping camping- opportunities opportunities- Many Many lan famous hot springs Invite for Cor forte the spring and fall tall even in the winter the Is not II deterred from leaving at t any time for tor forthe forthe the beaches of ot southern California by I means of ot the Arrowhead trail The Alpine Scenic highway to Provo along the crest of ot the Wasatch mountains mountains mountains moun moun- Is a dream to be realized hi in th the ver very near future future No finer drive willbe will wiIl willbe be offered in l the West Vest when this Is completed |