Show I IT- IT r h National v vJ J Parks s Ha Have ve Gre Greatest test Y Yea Yeal eal a 0 of n no 7 Visitors Enjoy oy Zion Regions Region y Beauty 1 21 7 99 4 See Area Better Better- Roads Result in Record T Tourist Trek t. t to t to South Southern District ri By 5 E. E T. T C yen Superintendent Sup Zion Zon and n Bryce Canyon Cayon National P. P Parks k The iThe Tho national parks rk of if f s southern Utah have juit completed their gl greatest est years year ur b both tty from the tho standpoint stand p point tnt nt of the number pf victors or adt and ad t the tho o gr great at m tto per permanentS permanent nelt Irh- Irh nent work Which has been ac 4 During During- tho year a a totaL of or 11 to 18 we o registered at Zion national national na na- na park These came arne me from r m every overy- state eLate from the District of r Columbia Hawaii Alaska C Canal naJ 1 Zo Zone e Philippine lands Islands and nd ven t I two ty foreign reign countries The Tho fIrste first year e er C r L of t operation of ot Bryce Bryco canyon an n nas as a a. national l park brought a J. J total of l visitors on lc Idea a of ot tho rapidly rig po popularity of ot t the o parks In In- Inthis t this is section can lie be obtained by back o travel records records' for toi the tho past t ten ten- years In 1920 tho total of ot visitors to Zion park was s By 1925 tho the number had bad grown to 16 16 and In Inthe the tour four seasons seasons seasons' since since- then thon- has hils moro than doubled Jn In l- l reaching record esta- esta I the past season ceason These figures r reveal veat a a. story of ot E features capable of of attracting attracting attract attract- in ing international attention but long IonS withheld from irom public bUc ym nt becAuse Be Because be- be e. e c cause use bad roads and trails mado them pra practically In and and the tho complete complete- lack of ot adequate accommodations ac nc- for the traveling pubic pub pub- lie Hc ic would have havo discouraged travel cv even it If other conditions had hadl been the tha crude wagon roads of ot of the e pio eer oy over r which all travel w is forced to pass piss until about the tho thelast last six ye years 8 to th the great Zion Zion- Mt Carmel Carm highway called caned The Tue t spectacular feat of or highway engineering ever attempted seems a far lap cry and it fairly r represents I the advance made mado In the tho develop develop- ment n nt O of the the southern parks th the last last few y yrs years rs Tho Ilio state and nd federal governments hav have spent ni rc ro than In developing g ga a J highway system in southern Utah which will wUI adequately serve not JOt only the tho traffic demands pf Pt f Uio o na na- parks but the n needs ds of a a. 1 fast and progressive gr cec- cec tion Uon of the tho state at h lF 1 J this s section pan Ui eare are evidences 8 0 of t. t tho the d definite Pico that the tourist has t taken ke in its 3 business organization fI stations garages hotels hotels- a ts and cabin camps ar are ara arato to be found In numbers tar far In excess ot of what the sparse population would demand The Tho tourist Is now and at affrays ays will willbe be th the most Important factor In the ho pl prosperity of or areas areas ba hayo havo e sell to lo figures are arc available v as t to t f tHo to amounts expended by private by-private prIvat private Individuals l In 10 building up these t tourist facilities outside of of the tho parks However In to the three parkson parks parks' on the thc he southern Utah loop loop- Zion loop ZIon Bryce canyon a and d Grand canyon canon rim tho rim the Union Upton Pacific tr tough ough u its Us subsidiary the tho Utah Barks company compan hag ha exp expended he lather rather amazing total of ot ern physical improvements ala alone alope p. p eana e- e ana in addition now h has s on the tho ground f for serving the tho needs needs' 0 ot the parks parks' visitors equipment worth SOO This represents tures for the last five t e y years rs Duo ti this 18 combined with the the tho improvement ment of ot roads and trails t people I r c can n now now visit vIt these areas with an n case ease and comfort that is b ir contrast to conditions conditions' existed such a a. short time ago There Is every Indication th that f the work which has hu already been aco ac- ac o Is is only the beginning qt the development o ot of what 1 Is dc destined des des- tined tn d Jo to be bo o one e ot of the greatest tourist tour tour- i t centers Center In the United States It n 1 the in Intention of the park parc service cc to keep th tho greater part of ot t te parks In a condition of primitive primi primi- tive tye wilderness iho th traveler u JJ t go goby b by foo foot Ot f J but de- de 1 fact ct and taking Int into co consideration con th the thereat great reat amount t work of-work t work already done there many beauty a pots ote which l 1 a d wll 1 Q open the h lot q IY lii in th tho parks park tOto t as aswell well Every W li licar year car increasing thousands will come not only to revel lit ht the thc most sublime and awl be beautiful scenery t to he bo found anywhere but hut to T r rI I c ct upon and admire the tho great f of ot creation as aa It is so strIkingly 1 told In this region From tl th e of ot the Grand canyon to the summit ur lt of r Break 3 there I exposed ex cx posed ri a cross section the earths earth's crust n nearly feet thick E Eachl Each ch cher l yer er of rock Is la a page paga in the tho story tt t f creation and to tho those thoe e who can can read Tead thereon the r story story- of or past put ages thero ther ther will co cone e. e ethe the f full ll appreciation tion tron of ot wonderful works of Nature Nature- who is God Himself |