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Show i , Dr. C. M. Benedict and Party Visit Grand Canyon; Report Roads in Good Condition for Tribune Tour C. -i- A . . - t ia(l H ti Local Physician Completes Trip to Nature's Greatest Wonderland. From Rait Lake to the Grand canyon of tho Colorado in Arizona, including sftveral side trips and back home again in twelve davs. is the record just made by Dr. C. M. Benedict of this city and party. The trip was made m a small roadster and the doctor was accompanied I by D. J. Vatts and Charles Cowan, j With the exception of a side trip to I Price, Castiedale and that section c;f the ! country and back to Thistle before starting start-ing south, tho trip "just completed is practically over the same route selected for The Tribune tour, which starts from ; Salt. Lake on August 6. Road con-j con-j ditions. ns a rule, were found favorable i and the doctor declares the coming tour will not find anv difficulty too hard to overcome. He quotes ' ' I nele ' ' L. D. I Woolev of Kanab and issues but one i word ot warning to members of tho 1 party, and that is to not overload the cars. Gasoline, oil and hard grease can be found in nlentv alone the route, and j it is not necessary to carry a supply at any point along the route. Plenty of accommodations will also be found along the route, according to the doctor. He said: It was the trip of my life and well worth the time and trouble. I saw a sunset and a sunrise from v '-tx' ati -V ' -' -j 44' uSt , 3- e 4 Bright Angel's point and would not attempt to describe it. The Kai-bab Kai-bab forest is wonderful and a splendid splen-did marked highway now extends its entire length. I would recommend recom-mend tho trip to anyono who wants to see the country, for there is certainly cer-tainly plenty to 'see. Dr. Benedict returned home without any trouble whatever. He found good roads, bad roads and indifferent roads, but none that were not passable, II o says he will be glad to talk with anyone any-one who contemplates m Biting the trip and give whatever advice he can. No. 1 Old fort at Pipe Springs, Ariz.; Indian Joseph Pikyavit, old residenter, shown in foreground. This fort was built in the early days by the Mormons as' a protection from the Indians. . No. 2 De Mott's park, in the Kaibab forest, where the going over the native gTass is better than a built roadway. No. 3 Uncle Jim Owen's cabin at Bright Angel's point. Uncle Jim Owen at the wheel. Undo JJm Owen is the man whom the government hires to kill mountain lions, and probably has more than 1000 scalps to his record. No. 4 A specimen of state-built highway high-way on the way to the Grand Canyon. No. 5 In the heart of the Kaibab forest, forest service tower m the background, back-ground, used to locate forest fires. No. 6 A group of Moccasin Indians, always ready to welcome the white man and his automobile. Dr. Benedict ad- ; dressed these Indians m the usual manner man-ner m which a white man first speaks to an Indian and was surprised, to receive re-ceive his answer in the most correct English. No.. 7 The bunch at Provo, homeward bound, "longing for home and mother." |