Show Zion Beckons to 5 f 1 11 1 1 1 l. l r fi- fi 01 j I 5 J j. j i n. n 1 Park ark Open Olen Without Ceremony When hen you OU get Jet of off a train at the little railroad station of or Lund In southern Utah and look out across a desert o of sab sagebrush hrush and sand jand toward a distant range of or blue mountains moui It Is hard to realize that out there lies one of oC the most spectacular regions re regions re- re gions glons ever er set aside for tor the thc pleasure of ot mankind And yet jet ct a fC 9 da days s 's a ago o across those hills Zion national park opened Its gates There has been a lot of or pomp and ceremony r Iemon In the thc opening of or man many edifices edifices edifices edi edi- and man many other playgrounds of or orthe the people There have o been speech speech- makings and christenings s and ceremonials ceremonials ceremonials cere cere- of nil all sorts on man many such occasions But on tho the day on on which i Zion on canyon canyon- canyon was ready for visitors I It was nil all as different as the place Itself is from anything else cle There I was vas no ceremony an and none was ne needed I At the park boundary there i is a plain woo wooden cn sate gate which swings g across the road load To one side of or It Ms the brawling brawling- river and above ahoe I tho the multicolored towers and spires of or orthe the wonderland rise for hundreds of or feet Earl Early in the morning of or that Ila day daya a party part of oC girls trooped up tho the canyon canyon canyon can can- yon road They reached the thc gate gale ale and climbed upon It to rest No o tight 13 skirts hindered them thorn as nf the they clambered clambered clambered clam clam- for fOl they Ule were in knickerbockers knickerbock ers era of ot m most s1 practical outing cut and they wore stout little nailed hob-nailed boots that tho they licked kicked d against the boards as the they gazed at the spectacle about them Behind them came a straggler a n. ayoung ayoung I young oun girl whoso golden olden curls whipped whipped whipped whip whip- ped around her head In lu tho the ml breeze brez She reached her companions smiled up at them fumbled a a. moment with the latch and then swinging the lIlt gate open OIn girls find and all walked through leaving It wide behind her I In Opened Zion n National park was op open n and the tho first visitors of oC the tho day etar had ar ar- ar rived rJ To ro try to properly describe the now nett park Is a n waste of or words 1 It t cannot be done Even Een nature In preparing the thea a way from the tho railroad to lo the tho gates of or Aon canyon canon nan has had to work UP up to the first ma magnificent view b by degrees It H Is a a. moot question as to tho the greater grater rc thrill whether whether one ont would get It by going there blindfolded a and rill seeing Zion lon first fint in one tremendous eyeful or whether It Is gotten as the traveler traveler trav trav- I eler cler ordinarily gets gels eUI It by degrees In Inan inan an nn infinity of C kaleidoscopic plc scenes each greater reater th than n the last From Lund the stage 0 takes you OU out I across a typical stretch of or desert which Ir gradually turns luins Into a i higher dotted clotted with clumps of oC grassy count country I cedar as th the road rises risen across low lon hills hUb At the crest of or the tho cagy a y climb tho the cliffs R across a green hreen valley come into view yiew and through h I units this n valley II e the stage rolls Into C Cedar dar City where n a slop sUrp l is 11 made for tor lunch From Front Cedar City the Ito Arrowhead all trail I Is followed for or several miles I until Echo farm Is reached where It turns off or toward tho the gl great at Hurricane e fault through a country countr o of green ranches and hills of black lava la Then another rise Is la topped and the beautiful beau beau- t green re n of C tho the Dixie country countr with fth ille Ja Ia Verkin Verin and Hurricane lies fes spread out with the tho first rare color of or th the theAon Zion Aon canyon canon region rising I tar far behind ft It From this point on the trip Is a 1 l series of or stupendous panoramas each one more colorful and m marvelous r lous than the last There Is a n now w one one at nt ach turn of or the road load until that last swing around a C corner when the full view up the thc gorge gorJe of or tho the national park is h. seen prom From om there It is but a short run to the camp where V. W. V W W. Wylle Wylie Jle the famous national park man meets the stage stae to greet the newcomers The transportation from Crom Lund to Zion Aon National Na- Na lIonal park fark Is in char charge o of or C C. G. G Parr Parry the stage tage leaving lea the tho r railroad point shortly a after 1030 1000 a a. a am a.m. m m. over tho the run which which has been described d ds as s A fitting fitting fit fit- ting prologue and a necessary preparation preparation prepa prepa- ration for the greatest spectacle of oC creation tIon On entering Zion canyon the thc Court of the Patriarchs Is seen guarded by Immense colorful rock triplets the Three Patriarchs themselves ems tJ Farther Farther Far Far- ther up is Is Is' El EI Gobernador a a. single Ingo white rock rising J feet from Crom the canyon floor and said to be greater en even than the time famous Camous El Capitan of or orI I the e Yosemite |