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Show UTAH HAS NATIONAL PARK. iion Canyon to be Made Playground for People of Nation. Salt Lake City. Utah has its first national park. Stephen T. Mather, director of the national park service, Monday night formally welcomed Zion National park into the galaxy of the great scenic playgrounds of the country, coun-try, at a banquet at the Commercial club, when he announced that President Presi-dent Wilson had signed the bill creating creat-ing it. The celebration in honor of the designation des-ignation of Zion National park began, with descriptions of its wonders and interest to the world. Before it was concluded the first steps toward a program pro-gram had been taken. Mr. Mather pointed out the opportunities which the park will offer for sending the xiame of Utah's attractions throughout the world, and the Commercial club members assembled evinced a determination deter-mination to seize the opportunity. |