Show ZION NATIONAL PARK On June 1917 there will willbe be he open opened d to the public the latest member of Uncle Sams Sam's family of at gr great at national play grounds play grounds ZIon i National Park in Washington County County Coun Coun- ty the extreme southwest corner of at Utah In conne connection with with the S Salt lt Lake Route a line of ot powered high-powered auto- auto biles has been established between between between be be- tween Lund Utah and Zion Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon a distance of at miles over the new state road which Is now in Ideal condition all the way to Springdale at the southern border of or the park Within the park expert expert expert ex ex- ex- ex pert government engineers are completing completing completing com com- a system of ot roads making the principal scenic points easily ac- ac Mr W. W W. W Wylie Wylle whose name is familiar to most western travelers as the founder of the excellent excellent excellent ex ex- camps in Yellowstone NatIonal NatIonal National Nat Nat- ional Park has erected similar ac- ac in Zion Park where the dame service and popular prices will prevail Guides saddle saddle sad sad- saddle dle horses or automobiles may be had for special trips off the main highways Two days spent In the park will afford the vis visitor tor some conception of its its compelling beauty 1 L I I i I i j aim WW weeKS ISS win WIll nOt eXhaust me tile at- at at at- tractions Zion canyon has received little publicity comparatively few Cew per- per ions have visited it and altho artices artic- artic es of ot highest eulogy have appeared from rom time to time in the magazines it Is hardly known at all to the general general gen gen- general eral public In III the first published monograph of the U. U S. S Geological Survey Capt Dutton has written a description of the region that has not been surpassed and the following following follow tollow- ing brief account has been heen taken from his pages The uThe culminating splendor of ot the Canyon is visible where the Zion Creek flows Into the tho Virgen River and nd is manifested in the tho two great Temples eB o of the Virgen These however are but the central and dominating features in a mighty throng of ot eroded masses wrought Inthe in inthe inthe the same exalted style and colored with the same pigments The canyon canyon canyon can can- yon wall feet teet high breaks In Into Into into In- In to g great geat eat pediments embellished with rich carving and suggesting in its mazy and bewilderIng bewilder bewilder- ing effect the Gothic architecture ture of ot Milan Ulan Cathedral expanded to a colossal scale Soaring a thousand d feet teet above the tho Virgen river and surrounded by bya a vast pile Of white towers Is the glorious summit of at the Eastern templo temple temple tem tem- plo a n dome like mass which jointly jointly joint joint- ly with its western brother brothel commands commands commands com com- mands the entire landscape It Is almost pure white with streaks of ot carmine descending i is s B vertical walls Its crest Is truncated and a flat fiat entablature ot of deep red crowns the highest point While the shape of the sublime mass Is definite and strongly origInal original original inal it may hardly be to any familiar famUlar object The western I temple Is similar in bulk bulle contour coloring and majesty A host of lesser towers all white above and andrich andrIch andrich rich red below form the Immediate retinue of at these grand monarchs Not the least charm of the towers and temples lies In the magic effect effect ef et- of the su sun the early morning rays produce a transformation which fades until the vast masses seem to drowse and shrink In the mid-day mid brilliance to re-a re awaken re-awaken Inthe inthe in the tho after on with new In addition to the towers and temples temples temples tem tem- ples of ot Zion Canyon mention should be made of Canyon Canon extending extending extending ex ex- tending eastward and of the mighty Terraced scarp of at the Vermillion Cliffs stretching a aVa away Va to the Colorado Colorado Colorado Color Color- ado river The setting for these scenes is 18 a hospitable subtropical land where cotton tobacco and grapes thrive Zion Canyon In point of at size maybe maybe may maybe be compared to the Yosemite but inthe inthe in inthe the nobility and beauty of ot Its sculptured sculptured sculptured walls it far far surpasses that sunken valley Reduced fares to Lund and to Zion Canyon will be placed In effect effect ef ef- feet b by the Salt Lake Route from Juno June to September |