| Show UT III TO K BI 11 T washington june une I 3 stephen I 1 mather blather director of rational parks park 4 crampton tos and representative L C Cramp crampton 11 of michigan chairman of the cittee on appropriations that handle appropriations for the interior de apartment part ment will make an extended tour through the park region of s southern utah in about a month they will meet at salt lake june 29 and from there go to lund their route car nea ries them to cedar city through zion park south across the arizona line to pipe springs on the route to the north nm rim of 0 the grand canyon they will then turn north through kanab visit bryce canyon thence to rich field and east to Hanks hanksville ville where they will travel by pack train to the natural bridges bluff and thence in to colorado to see the mesa verde Nati national park they plan on spending about two weeks in utah representative crampton is utilizing the summer familiarizing himself with the west est and mr mather blather took advantage of his opportunity to show mr cramp ton what utah has to offer in the wal of scenic attractions the visit Is calculated to encourage greater lib in congress toward zion park and the north rim highway and in ci dentally may encourage the move to have bryce canyon made a nation al park mr mather blather seang the possibility of having congress create the bryce canyon national park Is hopeful the state of utah will not make an out right sale ot of its lands on the rim of bryce canyon to the union pacific but instead lease those lands BE ac lands are leased in national parks should bryce canyon become u a na dional park the government later would hay to do as it has done in other cases eliminate all private holdings on recommendation of the secre tary of the interior president hard ing has established by proclamation the pipe springs national monument containing forty acres the bonu ment merit was created primarily for or the benefit of motorists traveling between zion national park and the north rim of the grand canyon as it conta con inea the only pure water along the road between hurricane utah and fre donia ariz a distance of sixty two miles pipe ripe springs Is I 1 famous in utah and arizona history it was first settled in 1863 1803 by dr james M whitmore who owned the place and was later killed by indians president brig ham liam duhg of the mormon church purchased the claims of the whit more estate in 1870 and made it ranch headquarters tor for the rancher in charge of a herd of cattle belong ing to the church in the spring of 1870 there vias ft as erected a stone build ing knon as windsor castle I 1 as a refuge from the indians with port holes in its alls it was also a station of the deseret telegraph corn com pany the first in arizona at present there are ano old stone buildings and it Is planned to hale the old fort restored as it was former ly with a wall connecting the two buildings pipe springs Is within the kaibab indian reservation and Is involved in certain private claims it is the in tendon of public spirited citizens la in utah to recompense the present claimants for improvements made in order that the department of the in herfor may take oer the actea ad ministration of the monument assurance was given by the state board of examiners tuesday that the board will find some means of lend ing financial assistance to it R E cald caid well state engineer in the event that he is unable to complete the ad judica tion of utah water rights on the vir gah river with funds now available mr and abd alto sli H it R atan and mr and arid mrs airs W T atkin arrived here last saturday from provo where 11 R has been principal of the provo high school and IV T has been at tending the n Y U H R atkin in tends leaving next week to attend school in california we regret that behave had to to hold over banta santa clara la varkin and hurricane correspondence ariti abst issue it cozal tso too to tg stay firtl im |
