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Show Dastardly Attempt Made To "Kill" Utah Scenery . j The American Automobile association at its recent meeting in Salt Lake City declared war on all sections of the country that was not affiliated with their organization, and particularly all routes leading to Southern California. This war on roads includes all routes southeast, southwest and south . of Salt Lake City. The scenic attractions of Southern Utah, Mt. Timpanogos, Provo can-' can-' yon, Utah Lake, Bryce canyon, Fishlake, Zion National park. Cedar Breaks and north rim of Grand canyon are to be left out in the cold as far as their routing are concerned. Southern Utah and Southern California will not dig up to their organization and so are put on the A. A. A. official blacklist. Their avowed intention is to route all coast travel to Central California and the northwest. Under the caption of "New Highway Routing Due A. A. A. Conference Here To Map Tourist Routes Through Northwest," their news bureau at Washington. D. C, sent out the following item recently: "Travel into the Pacific Northwest has shown a marked increase during the summer months. The country contains the scenic rnarvels of the west. The national association is w working closely with the Pacific Coast clubs to develop business into Northern North-ern California (Wendover Route) and the northwest during the summer and the road and information service these wonderful clubs have established appeal to our members and to the millions routed by our clubs." It appears that Utah is to be advertised as a way station en-route en-route to Northern California and the Pacific Northwest by the A. A. A. All a tourist needs in Utah, it seems, is a hot dog and a gallon gal-lon of gas to get him out of the blacklisted state. Its scenic attractions, attrac-tions, the greatest in the world, are to be blacklisted by some officious offi-cious personage who doesn't know whether Bryce canyon is a new summer drink, a, brand of hair tonic or one of nature's masterpieces. The Auto Club of Southern California was referred to at the recent convention in this fashion: "While it is by no' means the action of the members of the western clubs, Mr. Smith stated that .the Auto Club of Southern California is on the blacklist of the A. A. A. Its members cannot expect to receive any information from A. A. A- clubs. In support of this statement, he explained that the efforts to gain the co-operation of the southern club had met with failure and that it had become very evident that the organization organiza-tion desired to continue its existence without the affiliation or assistance as-sistance of the A. A. A. He claimed that the California club controlled con-trolled by a clique and in conclusion said that the 800' clubs of the A. A. A. had avowed their intentions of routing tourist traffic elsewhere." else-where." This means that all routing by A. A. A. clubs is to divert all travel away from Southern California and Southern Utah. The Utah State Automobile association is the local branch of the A. A. J A. operating under a leased charter from the A. A. A. that is pri vately owned. The charges made during the summer by the press of Southern Utah that the routings of that organization were unfair to the southern highways is now confirmed by their own officials ., and 'official statements. , The Auto Club of Southern California is the largest organization organiza-tion of its kind in the world. It was through the efforts that the highways of Southern Utah were properly marked. This marking was opposed when the A. A. A. last December made a fruitless effort to get the southern club to' join their organization. The Auto Club of Southern California has 120,000 members. At the regular regu-lar fee of fifty cents per member which the A. A. A. charges for affiliated club membership the Auto Club of Southern California would net the A. A. A. about $60,000.00. So they refused to join the A. A. .A For that the club is blacklisted and Southern Utah with it. Provo Herald, Oct. 3, 1926 Can you beat it? To think that a bunch of eastern automobile automo-bile men, classed with the American Automobile association as ",'boosters," coming here to tell Utahns that they are going to crush arid obliterate Southern Utah's gigantic garden of scenery the only real attractive spot in the western part of the United States; that they are going to make Utah just a passing point and that the Wendover highway, bill's pet, is to be the outlet for western travel. Perish the thought, because it makes one "titter" to hear them spiel the impossibility. ; The patriots of Southern Utah will not stand by and listen fo the shoutings of the few maybe it is millions that Utah's wonderful wonder-ful scenery is to be sunken into the depths of oblivion forgotten and passed up. Utahns are too patriotic; the hundreds of thousands thou-sands of tourists are broad minded enough to not allow such ani issue is-sue to come like the A. A. A. would have it. If Salt Lake and the Utah State Automobile association has anything to do in this matter- and can it be? then a line of de-markation de-markation should be drawn between Utah and Salt Lake counties and the southern portion be annexed to Arizona. Far better this than to submit to the dictates of the A. A. A. officials, who tell Utahns that they must affiliate and "come across" or be blacklisted. black-listed. But can the personage responsible for the declaration, whether he be an easterner or an advocate for the Wendover route, Caxfo an influence that will detract from Utah's' scenery? Wcjrrd travelers, those who have visited the Alpines, saw the greatest and best in all parts of Europe, revelled in the beauties of Colorado, visited the Great Yellowstone National park, the Yosemite, scaled . the lofty peaks of the northwest and have ridden on the great i lakes, declare Utah's scenic wonderland superior, more attractive and grander than any. Southern Utah calls the bluff. Its citizens do not have to I "come across" and follow the dictates of the A. A. A. officials. We have the scenery and thre are enough to back it up at least suf-l suf-l ficiently so that it has been, is now, and will always be one of the : ! greatest and most attractive spots on God's great universe. |
