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Show Some Outing! STATE EDITORS VISIT LITTLE . ZION CANYON Last Saturday morning the members mem-bers of the Utah State Press Association Associ-ation and party passed through Mil-ford Mil-ford en route to Little Zion Canyon. The editor of the "News is a member of the Association but had not intended in-tended to make the trip at this time. However, when the party arrived in f.lilford the call was too strong to be successfully resisted so we didn't try. There were seventeen in the party which included President I. E. Diehl and Mrs. Diehl and their son, of Mammoth; Secretary and Mrs. R. T. Porte of Salt Lake City; S. L. Rad-don Rad-don of the Park City Record; Chas. O. Davis of the Delta Chronicle; the original John E. Jones (who with sister Sue ate the green peaches), manager of the Western Newspaper Union of Salt Lake City; D. M. Clark of the Midvale Messenger; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Wilkinson of the Iron County Record of Cedar City; Mr. and Mrs. McConnell of Cedar City; D. A. Webster of Beaver County News, Milford; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Early of Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frederick Carter of New York, representing Munsey'a Magazine and other periodicals, were also with the party at Little Zion. Mr. Early is city passenger agent of the Salt Lake Route and was in personal per-sonal charge of the excursion. Breakfast at Milford Through the courtesy of the Milford Mil-ford Business Men's Association, the Association party took breakfast at Hotel Milford upon arrival here Monday Mon-day morning. They were met at the train by the committee appointed composed of George Jefferson, president; presi-dent; E. H. Street, L. D. Brooks and D. A. Webster and escorted to the Hotel. After, breakfast the party made a hurried visit through the business section of Milford and toofc a few snap shots of places of busi-nosa. busi-nosa. There were many expressions of surprise at the extent of the business busi-ness houses, the diversity of our resources, re-sources, and especially at the excellence excel-lence of our hotels. , Take Stages at Lund Three nine-passenger National machines ma-chines awaited the party at Lund, where the members were received by Manager Parry of the stage line and passengers and baggage carefully prepared for the long ride of one hundred' miles to Little Zion. The route carried the party through the rich orchard district" of Dixie. From the elevations over which the road passes the numerous oases of thrifty though small settlements, some or them more than sixty years old, dotted dot-ted the landscape with the deepest emerald. The road leads over the Hurricane Fault, from the back of "'hich could bo seen signs of new development de-velopment in these old-time settlements. settle-ments. New irrigation projects are being built, pipe lines and reservoirs, new homes and farm buildings. The Hurricane Fault" is perhaps the most extensive and far-famed geological wonder on the continent. Students of geology come from far and near to see this great broken back of Mother Earth. .For that Is just what it is. A section of a mountain moun-tain range has sunk in ages past and the strata formations show exactly what happened just where the backbone was severed and dropped several hundred feet below its former form-er height. It reminds one of the old-time old-time California politicians since Hiram Johnson appeared upon the political horizon of the Golden State. Orchards of Fruit Drooping beneath a most precious but wasting burden of luscious trull were orchards of peaches, pears, apples ap-ples and plums. Vlnyards of grapes of many varieties are reluctantly riropping their fruit for lack of care and an adequate market outlet. While people only 150 miles distant are willing to pay five cents per pound for the fruit, merely because of lack of transportation facilities the fruit is wasting, aud. too. in this time of such strenuous efforts at food conservation. Probably more of the Dixie products have found an outlet ' (Continued on last page) (Continued from page one) I STATE EDITORS VISIT ! LITTLE HON CANYON this year to the markets beyond the confines of the little valleys than ever before, but there are tons of fruit that will fall and rot for lack of a means of moving it to market even this year. The Association party par-ty was given access to these orchards and nearly put themselves in the hospital in an effort to "save" as much as posslbleof the fruit in the brief visit there. From this sunken mountain ridge one can see the old settlements of Hurricane, Toquerville and Virgin. But first of all we come to the Echo ranch of Uncle Peter Anderson. This Echo ranch is a veritable fairyland of comforts, hospitality, ripe fruits and watermelons, and Uncle Peter is the good Prince or prince-of-good-fellows in charge. For nearly a half century Uncle Peter has made a hand-to-hand fight against the obstacles ob-stacles and discouragements of a desperate frontier life far from the most common advantages, and he has won the fight. Echo ranch is a most fertile and productive little kingdom and big enough to make its owner independent and satisfied. Entering Little Zion It was nearing eventide when th big autos approached the entrance to Little Zion. On the left one of the first sights is Guardian Angel Pass which takes "its name from the white pinnacle on either side which guard the narrow entrance. As the cars roll on over the excellent canyon road built by the Utah convicts last Spring the members of the party became be-came silent with awe and amazement at the wonders which God has wrought. Through the old Mormon settlements of Rockville and Spring-dale Spring-dale housing people some of w-hom have never seen a train of cars and until within the past year or two had never seen an automobile and knew little of the great world outside. There are, too, some people who have been born and raised within a few miles of Little Zion who have never entered the canyon. The native Indians In-dians have looked upon the awful quiet and vastness of the canyon and the lofty perpendicular peaks which form it with a superstitious fear. They refuse to sleep within the canyon, can-yon, it is said. They don't know what they have missed. It is the best place to sleep we have ever tried. The Wylie Way It is particularly fortunate that W. W. Wylie, who has made Yellowstone Yellow-stone Park so comfortable for campers, camp-ers, was induced to open the camp in Little Zion. He has made this wonderland comfortable for travelers. travel-ers. It is the Wylie Way to seek out the grandest spots God has left in the rough and without marring their natural beauty, but by deft and tender ten-der touch and artistic sense to rather rath-er add to the attractiveness as well as to the comfort of the place for travelers, pitch there his unique tent city. It is natural to wonder how such a camp can secure such a variety and quantity of food for the crowds of visitors who come and stay for a few days or a week at a time. Though a hundred miles from the railroad Wylie Camp is not one hundred miles from a bountiful food supply. It borders Dixie Land of Utah.' That is answer enough. Of the Canyon itself we will write but little. It Is no use. Nothing that our pen will indite can do the Canyon Can-yon justice. If Jack Lait, Douglas White, Fred Carter and "Pollyann" hesitate and all but fail we may as well save our pencil. Nation's Greatest Playground Some day when the war shall end, when the tired and. the weary of life's battlefield shall seek for the place of comfort, for rest, for wonder, won-der, for meditation, for peace, if happily they stray Into Little Zion they will find comfort and rest and again he glad. Many attractions are to be added to the camp and canyon. Some day this Mukuntuweap National Monument Monu-ment will become the Nation's greatest great-est playground. Loath to Leave The Editorial Association party came to stay only one day in the canyon, but everyone was loath to leave. The entire day Sunday was spent in excursions through the windings of the valley. The yirgin river flowing through makes progress prog-ress afoot a very wet joufney, for the stream must be frequently crossed and is too wide to Jump. The best mode of travel through the valley val-ley is by horseback. But even horses may not go farther than The Narrows. Nar-rows. The Narrows Is the point about seven miles above the camp where the walls of the canyon pome three thousand feet in height become so chummy that they almost embrace. Odar City's Hospitality j For a country town, not even a i county seat, thirty-five miles off of a railroad. Cedar City presents an example ex-ample of public spirit and enterprise that is moat refreshing. The seat of education and culture in Southern Utah is the most wide-awake little city we have visited in the entire State. At Cedar City is located the well equipped branch of the State Agricultural College. And this year has been established through the enterprise en-terprise of the business men of Cedar Ce-dar and the business sense of the last legislature a thorough State normal nor-mal training course to equip teachers teach-ers for Utah. The short stay in Cedar, Ce-dar, both going and coming, was made most pleasant by the hospitality hospital-ity of tHe Business Men's Club, which organization entertained the editorial editor-ial party and which seemed willing to keep the pen-pushers indefinitely if perimtted to do so in order to show them the scenic beauties and the varied resources of the city and surrounding country. Cedar City is an attractive little city and has many beautiful , features, many of them feminine. The music by members of the college orchestra, the luncheon on the trip to the canyon and another anoth-er on the trip out, the co-operation of Editor Wilknson with the Club, the boosting spirit and toasts of welcome, wel-come, contributed largely to the interest in-terest and pleasure of the Zion trip. It Was Well Worth While The Salt Lake Route, represented by Mr. Early, planned the trip with the efficient secretary of the Association, Associa-tion, Mr. Porte, and this first sightseeing sight-seeing excursion of the Association was well worth the small expense, time and effort. The members discussed dis-cussed many topics of mutual interest inter-est and received a rest from routine and an inspiration that should prove invaluable for their future work of serving and boosting their home communities. ' |