| Show Utah Has Weird Wonder i 1 J J d. d k 1 k I 4 2 4 e 4 4 i. i I Indians Revered Canyon 2 p. p k If k fi A a 4 1 1 4 J. J 2 2 pI 1 r Smoot Offers It to U. U S. S By 13 D. D L. L telz Utah has a canyon whose S O settings it would seem tho the goddess o or nature de designed In one OtiC of oC her rarely fantastic moods moods In the thc valleys there is a grotesque touch of or wildness in inthe inthe the thc cliffs weirdly h expressed In variegated varle var var- le legated colors color Is a note of oC sacredness This can canyon canon on has hai tho ho stillness of or the desert in Its sand dunes the Iho call o of the woodland in tn its pines sl signs ns of or prehistoric ages aes In the carvings on Its rocks and recollections of or childhood hood days das In tho solitude of oC Its brooks It ItIs ItIs Itis is a place among man many It Is Little Zion can canyon on Picturesque beyond conception this natural wonder Impresses one as being the tombs lombs of or traditional days dars Every rock is a Ii monument ever every sand dune duno a grave ca C Even the rebounding rebounding- of or tho the human voice from rock to rock gives an empty echo symbolic of or a deserted palace On the lie domes of or tho the spiral rocks to the thc top of or which no human being has ever ascended grow Irow pines through whose branches cornea comes whispering whis poring as ns of ot a restless soul Jt It Is not astonishing that tho the simpleminded simpleminded simpleminded simple- simple minded Indian when ho gazed upon tho the scene for Cor the first lime time muttered Mu kunta And as th lh s milestone milestone milestone mile mile- stone of or marked d the tho path of or ortho tho the Indian race it was ever to the savage say sav n. n age e mind kunta Mu This expression ex ox- a aa as translated b by carl early traders traders trad trad- ers means In your presence we re mourn The Tho savage age e It 11 Is said belIeve believed believed be be- lIeve that the canyon was the tho burial burin I place of or tho spirits that watched over the destiny of or his forefathers It was a place where he watcher watched the first ray of or tho the sun Bun tho the sandstone Into a 1 gorgeous cuter color scheme watched watch watched d it and felt that th the spirits had again begun their slumbers of or tho the day dar White hUe Man llIn Change e It was th tha white emigrant who changed the name of or tho canyon canon and river from rom tho the weep kunta to Little Zion Narratives es sifted from Crom tales of or early life lire in lit Utah t tell ll how ho hotho tho the pioneers would take tako refuge in the thc canyon canon when an attack from roving Indian tribes was Imminent As the name the In Indians Indians In- In gave s-avo the place suited well their imaginative c temper so the namo nano of ot Zion Clon was an equally equal appropriate to ex expression expression ex- ex for lor the feelings of at the pion pioneer eel The stream tream which tumbles through tho the little n irrow uro alle valley Is known to I the world as Iho tho Rio lUo Virgin ln It is generally conceded that the thc white man I did not make mako so good a title for lor the I I river a aa ai did the tle sava savage e Almost every en I II I year ar the river r goes poes oes on a spring carouse and sweeps from Crom the valley everything everything every every- I thin thing that nan nm has constructed At t present there thero is before the United States Senate a resolution which would make Zion canyon a a. national park parle In Instead Instead instead In- In stead of or a national monument as it has been for Cor several te years Tho The resolution resolution reso- reso lution lulion was presented b by Senator Reed nee I Smoot of or this state slate Possibly tho the Senate Senate Sen Zen ate will act upon the resolution resolution just as soon an as It convenes again within tho the next two weeks Pork k iii Ill Build Should the resolution be passed as asIt asIt asit It probably 1 will vilI be the tho canyon camon will bo ho taken from Irom iii Jt jurisdiction of ot the state and placed place under the direct control of or I the tho d department of or the Interior At present the canyon anon I Is controlled b by the Hie States mint land office but under the Jurisdiction of or the tho State of or Utah This office has no funds that might bo be used In making improvements But if Ir the tho canon canyon is to the bureau of or national national national na na- na- na parks park department of Interior mone money will be appropriated for numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous change Highways nas will bo be built and antI maintained In the best of condition condi condi- tion ion Foot paths to places not accessible sible by the tho stage stae or automobile will willbe willi he be hewn in the rock that tho more moro venturesome ven von tourists tourist ma may see the beauty of or the place from tho the top of or rocks rocke never nevor noVer nev noV er or before belore beneath the tho foot Coot of or man man- Information from Washington a indicates indi cates that the government stands ready read to spend thousands of ot dollars for tal the Improvement an and beautifying of or the canyon canon At the same samo time the government government govern govern- ment mont will make sure that none of or the park palk beauties arc tre marred by industrial enterprise Not ot a branch from one ono of or orthe the tho giant pines will be bc removed cd b by soUvenir souvenir sou- sou venir hunters hUnter so o strict will be the thc vigilance vigIlance vig vig- ilance of ot the department of or interior I Like lkc other rational national parks tho the place v will be watched bj by government police Cull fully authorized to protect the tho properly prop prop- ert erly erty even een to lo the tho point of ot using armed force forc Improvements will be Introduced introduced introduced intro Intro- on only I after aCter the government has passed upon them Only such changes for tor tho the comfort comfort com corn as 18 are aro deemed necessary fort of or guests will be permitted permuted within the tho park limits limit it Is said I I Corn Comi Company lInD an to tl Care for Because Senator Smoot Intends to effect an early earl decision in tho the matter maUer the Wylle Wylie W Way 1 company compan has haM decided to ask the thc go government for permission to take tourists through the propose proposed national park Though h the Wylie company comp com corn p pan pany n can make no statement until the thc matter has been finally fInall settled settled set set- tied in the Senate it Is known that It has hat at its comman command thousands of ot dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars which will be placed in a general CUn fund to be bo used for construction work It Is the plan of or the com company pan accor accordIng accordIng accord accord- Ing to semiofficial announcements to provide such a system as I now oper- oper at ats s in the Y Yellowstone park and else else- where Plans for tor a lodging house simIlar similar sim atm ilar liar In man many respects to tho the Old Faithful Faith Falth- ful rul UI Inn have already been made it itIs itIs Is announced The Denver Den Rio Grand Grande Railway i company It Is rumored will build bull a aspur aspur I spur into tho the valley valle to induce Indue more tourists to travel over the company s line hue In the past the Rio Grande Grando has hns catered to the tourist public and it Is reasonable to believe that the management manage manale- ment meat soon will announce a decision to enter r tho the valley Zion canyon can is not so large as tho the national park but tho the wonderful color scheme of or Its rocks and anil cliffs makes it IL one ono of or tho the 1110 most moat t impressive scenic spots In tho the world worl Certainly there 1 is 1 I in the universe I no other known place I where the amphitheatres of ot nature are more distinctive than In the Little Zion From tho the Irre Irregular uh 1 boulder C feet et in height ht to tho colored monument of sandstone standing so erect that water rater dripping from unseen springs nearly nearl 2000 r feet ot a above o e splashes upon the I at It till the base It presents man many aspects that make male It a veritable garden I of or wonders wonders- |
