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Show I ZION-GRAND CANYON HIGHWAY CONVENTION ; i, . TT'HE purpose of the Zion Pnrk-Grand Canyon m'j X. Highway Convention to be held at Hurricane p tomorrow is the linking of two of nature's ;,( wonderlands. It ought to encourage the promoters M of this splendid project to realize that not only the l states of Utah and Arizona, but also the nation it- m ' self is back of them. There is on foot a great move M to link all the parks by a National Park-toPark High- H way. M On the 25th of August the National Park-to m Park Highways Association will send out from Uen- M ' ver an expedition for the purpose of laying out this H greatest of all scenic routes. Such men as John Bar- M j ton Payne, Secretary of the Interior, Stephen T. H ? Mather, Director of National Parks, Knd A. L. West- M y gard, field representative of the American Automo- B jj bile Association are among the backers of this fl I movement. H It is good to realize that our local affairs arc H in the hands of men who see and will meet this na- H ' lional need of a park-to-park road. The delegates H in tomorrow's convention will do their work the bet- H ' ter for knowing it is for a whole nation they are H .' planning and building. The solid citizens will back H ' their delegates more willingly if they can be made to H realize that the eyes of the nation are on them, that B they are adding the most important link alo the m National Park-to-Park Highway. H All Arrowhead Trail boosters will be glad to sec mm the Grand Canyon made accessible to their territory. All boosters for the Grand Canyon Highway will be equally pleased to find the way opened for them to Zion Canyon. The short but truly marvelous scenic loop, holding in its circle Bryce's canyon, the Grand canyon and Zion Park is destined to become one of America's greatest attractions. For those who do not care for the national aspect of the move there is the cheering thought of the clinking dollars that will roll along this highway into their open pockets. Every dollar you spend on this road, Mr. Farmer or Mr. Businessman, will come back to you in the ready sale of your products. The strain of road building will last only a few weeks or months, but the stream of dollars tapped thereby will flow for the rest of your natural lives. The man who hesitates when called upon to help open this channel to the national river of tourist cash, is kicking good money out of his path. This is the appeal the project pro-ject makes to the money-grubbing instinct in each of us. But there is some compelling reason for this highway for every sort of human mind. It remains only for the highway boosters to get the facts before the people of the towns involved. (Kz |
