Show grand canyon national park g ON I 1 az M 7 ya mp ta 1 wv il K Y ra 11 at ai N mw m ia 0 v this to la one of a series of articles to appear in tills this newspaper sponsored cd by the salt lake advertising club associated civic clubs of southern and central utah bad and chambers of commerce past part of a program to point out resources so 0 o that lol local people will know utah better by MARION C NELSON the route to the north rim ot of the grand canyon most easily reached through utah is so beset with scenes 0 of indescribable beauty and variety that by the time you reach dright bright angel point you say to your self belt this will have to be good to make me ma eve even n murmur but grand canyon will do more than that you will stand eland speechless too tins tin pressed by the immensity and grandeur r ot of the spectacle to utter a sound there are three geologic subdivisions ot of the region from north to south the high plateau the terraced plateau and the grand canyon platform no country in the world reveals moro fascinating chapters 0 of geologic history it has undergone great transitions alternately sea bottom and mountain top a region broken and titled by tremendous displacements a region scorched and branded by volcanic action but more than all else from the viewpoint of human interest a region profoundly sculptured and given its most distinctive character by tho beauty creating genius of erosion the most picturesque route Is the highway 16 which runs directly south from zion national park it crosses the tha rio virgen at rockville and climbs the tha plateau near the arizona boundary appear the tha magnificent vermilion cliffs which stretch across southern utah tor for great distances they present arresting architectural effects of vast castles and cathedrals colored a rich red which become vivid vermilion in the afternoon sun after crossing short creek into arizona the tha Immense blue arch of the kaibab plateau becomes more prominent upon this stretch ot fascinating descent range many wild horses direct descendants perhaps of i those brought to america by the spaniards on cedar ridge la Is a petrified forest the road follows vermilion cliffs through kaibab indian reservation to pipe spring a celebrated oasis created a national monument in 1923 two historic stone buildings standing there were erected la 1870 in frontier style tor for protection from the indians from beneath one house flows the finest and purest spring in all this frontier domain dally discharging gallons of cool water at fredonia Fre donla the road joins the main lilg highway hway again and the largest virgin forest in the world the kaibab forest has yet to be penetrated the kaibab forest tor for the most part Is as tree free ot of undergrowth as any well kept park yet in area it covers more than acres nature has somehow achieved that cleanness that permits you to look down long aisles ot of yellow pine douglas fir and engelmann Engel malin spruce thousands ot of deer graze passively at the roadside many requiring a warning note from the horn to frighten them off the road far more reticent is 13 the beautiful kalbak white tailed squirrel found only in this forest for he ha flicks from tree to tree defying anyone to approach close enough to photograph him but before you know it you have arrived at bright angel point with its lodges and fine accommodations here you see your first view of the grand canyon of the colorado now in an instant you realize why so little attempt Is made to describe it appreciate how inadequately a photograph pictures it A labyrinth not of one canyon but tiers ot of canyons extends as far as the tha eye can follow color everywhere vivid subtle and forever changing under your very eyes brilliant crimson changes to deep purple as tho the sun sinks words aro are of little avail to describe the canyon across the great plateau the tha colorado river has cut a series of canyons miles long iong a mile in depth and twelve miles in width on the north rim a full thousand feet higher than the south rim the elevation is feet you aro told that the canyon Is not a cleft but Is the result of erosion by water and that a natural calender revealing history centuries old has been laid bare as the colorado river cut its way through the rock you can see rock strata from every era in the geological time scale when you are informed that the tha chasm la Is more than a mile deep you understand a little better how frost can be ba painting the trees on the rim while semitropical semi tropical flowers are blossoming bloss oming at the tha rivers edge eight thousand feet below in recognition of its scenic value this area was made a national park in 1319 1513 and it Is indeed true that although no words can describe it no observer ever forgets the vivid impression he ha received the tha first instant he viewed it MR REAPER do da your pour part to a advertise se viah utah please send this si is article to ta friend fana or of ret 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