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Show - NATURAL WONDERS 1 UTAH AVAILABLE Most Splendid Sights in America Should Practically Practical-ly Maintain State GOOD ROUTE POSSIBLE Government Engineer Sug gests That Great Source of Revenue Is Neglected That the wealth of I tah 9 natural resources should be made an insurau e of a proper development an preaer a ton of the state s scema beauties wh oh afford the possibilities of a -wonderland Is the conviction of E C Larue eng Beer in the water resources branch of the United Mates geological surej Mr LaKue is just back fro n spend ing several weeks in California He was Impressed with the piogres that is be itfg made there in deve oping the n eans ot d splavwj? the attract e f at res ot the state In things ot natural gran deur savs Mr Lahue Utah s one of the most la ore i spots in the Uu te 1 States The wealth of Californ a con tributes to the bu lding of hue roads deigned to gi e a cess to the points of scenic worth L tah has not th vopu 1 lation but it has the unde eloped i " wealth ilr LaKue po nts out and 1 e further holds that t s the It of those who have fh shap ng ot the state s destiny to make pro s on for seeming some of that wealth to the end of a proper development of X tah a . esthetic treasure Gives iews in Detail Speaking of the que tion Mr LaR e aid What is be ng done n Cal forn a becao e of the wealth of her m 1 lions of people could be nsure 1 to Utah bv fixing once and for all the state s r ght to a reasonable share in aciruements from natural resour ces as thet are developed In other words, as these natural resources are" developed the state bIiouKI grow rich so that the burden of taxes would be practicallv ehn nateds This wealth could then be directed in part to the building oi V roads that would not onlv afford arteries of traffic for md strv but that would con titute means of ac cess to the state s spots of s r past ng natural grandeur For m stance in Californ a a road has been built along the ridge of a mountam Tange and the route s called the E m of the World To be snre it is mpress e but it would be secondary to such a fea ture in the Wasatch range Full of YV onderS L Then when one stops to think how inaccessible the wonders of the 'Green Grand and Colorado rivers jft are to the average ah ? tizen t S seems pitiful Yet it -would be pos W Sible ta bring them w th n easv g reach For mstanee some one w U some dav see the pra't eability of a tourist route to Utah s natural bridges and the Grand Canvon of the Colorado through the Colorado ixcer basin with ts nsurpassed grandeur of natural and awesome scenery One could for instance if the conveniences of transporta tion were provided travel bv boat from Greennver Utah down the Green mver to ts i net on w th the E o Grande. From there to H te a d stance of about fortv miles farther down the river the tour nev must be made by automobile or stage. At Hite the traveler could doam take to the river and ride Its swift current down to Lee s Ferry At one point in San Tnan co ntv a tour of digression could be made b stage or automobile to the natural bridges if a road were bu It fortv m le in length Of course means of getting into and out of the canyon would have to be provided at the points of approach and depart re from the r ver Tour Is Practicable From Lee s ferry the lourae to the Grand canyon could We made bj automobile on either s de of the n er Ex ept for the b de ournev to the natural br Iget the pract ca b ht of th s tr p hat been estab 1 shed b a surveying pa of t e reclamation service Ibe t pro ed enjoyable under the ad erse conditions thatn ow obtain. Think what a little development of the ro tft would mean for the man w o Io es to travel n the pla e of na ture s vast handiwork -Not an where in the world s there a jo r ney that affords a more sublime an 1 awesome panorama of stupen lous scenery There are other routes that ould be developed b the bu Id ng f good roads that would afforl seen ery of surpass n 9 ahtv though somewhat different n nature t om that of the Colorado ri er bas n Plan Necessary Mr LaKue did not a ggest "juet how tbe ad antages of insur n?the accesib 1 ty of Utah a wonder spots to the .con ng generat ons was to be made a de velopmVnt concomitatnt w th thp de velopment of the state s weatb re sources He i nt aa d that the natu al wealth was of s ch abundance and a tent pos b 1 t that such nsu ance of tfroper d splay of the attract one of the land ould be accompl she! without b r den ng e ther the state or nd viduals f the proper measures were taken Th s he sa d would requ re gen us n states manship w thout the exer se of wh ch the state mav never real ze its seen c wealth and the common ealth maj never even qme to p ofi bv the nat ural a tual wealtl bv ha ng the bu den of taxes 1 fted to ap extent that woull nsure enjoyment of tie land n wh ch the people of that commonwealth 1 ve and strive |