Show shito 61 EMINENT PEOPLE A party went to hurricane from st george last saturday to meet with stephen T mather director ot of na tioila parks and his guests the party consisted of A L woodhouse joss snow gordon whitehead and the news editor mr mathers party consisted of himself frank A wadleigh elgh the head of the passenger and transport department of the denver rio grande ry ity of denver emerson hough the out ot of door life editor edito of the saturday evening post who bad had been studying the north rim of the grand canyon edmond heller a new york naturalist who accompanied theodora theodore roosevelt on his african trip george L beam official photographer passenger department D it G hy RY 0 J smith chief ranger of the alabab national forest and others they had been out ten days in one of the big yellowstone park cars and came to hurricane from the grand canyon via antelope after a good dinner at the reeve hotel a meeting was held on the lawn in front of the hotel which was well attended by an enthusiastic bunch of hurricane boosters boasters bo hon hen S wilson imlay was chairman of the meeting after a lew few preliminary remarks in which he welcomed the visitors he hel introduced mr mather mr mather spoke of the rough road between hurricane and the alabab forest saying the wear and tear and discomfort and the loss of time in traveling over such roads were almost entirely prohibitory to travel he ile complimented the people on what they had accomplished but told them they would have to do still more if they wished to remain on the map ho he called attention to the travel to the grand canyon being routed another way because ol 01 the rough h road saying the people of hurricane never would have this travel unless the road was improved he wag was anxious that a loop be made of the travel so that the tourist could take in zion canyon bryce canyon and the cedar breaks either going to the grand canyon via hurricane or returning that way he had been talking with mr air heaton of pipe spring to see it the old tort fort at that place could be axed fixed up as it was originally with alth gates in place etc and fixed up as a comfortable stopping place mr air heaton was willing that this be done and mr slather mather proposed that a national monument be made ot of it he advised the people to forget all about state and county lines to go ahead and do the work that would mean so much for them in the way of big tourist travel it the people will expend between and on this road I 1 will give lay my personal check for or to help said mr air mather mr air mather was heartily applauded he lett left his check for the purpose staled stated before leaving hurricane emerson hough endorsed the remarks in arks of mr mather he said the greatest aids to civilization today are good roads and good schools both are essentially necessary it we are to progress he was very greatly interested te in this western country and was now engaged in writing a story tor for his journal the saturday evening post founded on the journey of the pioneers to utah he made ft a strong and earnest appeal to the people to get got to work on the grand canyon ra road ad without unnecessary delay mr hough was warmly applauded mr wadleigh said this was his first visit to this pa part rt of scenic wonderland and he was deeply y impressed with the wonderful wonder lul beauty of 0 it all he ile predicted an immense tourist travel to those wonderful scenic points and said his railroad I 1 would work with the union pacific to bring this travel he said there had been some talk about railroad extensions toward these points but advised the people not to place too much reliance on this as he lie did not believe there would eoon soon be any rail road extension auto travel will bring the main part of the tourists travel to you and to get set this travel you must have good roads it means a great deal to 70 you people mi and sou on jora ta ba jt V aut set to work and improve the road ra that passengers may travel over it la in comfort or they will not go over it at all strong applause greeted mr Wad leighs remarks hon hen jos S snow said he heartily endorsed the remarks of the previous speakers gave a brief account of the entry of his father erastus snow to utah and the pioneering spirit ol 01 him and others we are still pioneering the spirit Is not dead and we will to build and improve roads al mr r snow made a strong appeal tor for the road work and said he was heartily in favor of the sentiment expressed by mr mather that we know no state or county lines in the matter while we wait tor for others to do their share we will lose the business and once it Is gone ifould it would be exceedingly hard to recover people traveling this road now I 1 knock and it will not stand much more knocking before we lose loso this travel entirely the speaker was heartily applauded mr air smith told of what was being done in the grand canyon national park he ile told of the new suspension bridge across the river at bright angel across which he had come from el to boiar ar by this bridge it Is 30 14 miles from rim to rim of the canyon A new road Is being made from bright angel point to cape royal here where the most magnificent view of the canyon may be obtained mr air petty told of what hat had already been done in the improvement of J roads by the local people with somo some outside help what we ae have dono done before we can do again said mr petty he felt sure the people ot of hurricane would be willing to under 4 take this with some other help and that the people of hurricane wera were n willing was evident by the applause at the conclusion of mr mrs pettys remarks it V was as Dro proposed posed that a committee be appointed at once to meet at an early date to further the proposition it was as finally agreed that 3 members each from the commercial clubs of hurricane hurricanes st george kanab cedar 4 city and parowan carowan Pa rowan and three citizens from fredonia Fre donla form the committee 18 in irk all I 1 mr petty was appointed chairman an of this committee mr air imlay called for a vote ot of thanks to mr air mather and his guests which were vere heartily ghen ghon after the meeting closed mr petty and others fixed tha the date for the first MID meeting sting tuesday nov 0 t hunt hurls we |