| Show Governor Dern cIares Utah S Inspiring e 0 S Scenic G W. W Wonders d S Can C an t t r. r Be Matched Anywhere in World on National Park a Yosemite Done in Oil Is Awesome With Its Towers and Chasms S 'S Bryce Proves a Delicate Entrancing Fair Fairland Fairy Fair land For Sheer Taking Breath-Taking Beauty of S Scenery None Can Compare to This States State's J S Marvelous M Out-of-Doors Out Some of L Lesser LesserS S C C. yon and nd Mountains Form an American Ameri Amen can Switzerland This Region Will Become 1 the Gr Great at Playgrounds of America ChiefS Chief S Executive Predicts S S By Gov Governor mor George H. H Dern S Utah's scenic wonders cannot be matched anywhere in the world S SS S'S v S Once one has visited Utah's natural glories many many- of the scenes in n for foreign ign lands lands' are ate apt to seem flat fIat stale state and unprofitable unprofitable unprofitable un un- un- un profitable in comparison S A Utah citizen a native of Virginia who le learned to know and love the majesty of the trans Rocky mountain country coined the ph phrase a e See Europe if You Will but See America First We preach this doctrine of See America First because because because be be- cause we know that western America is i unexcelled for beautiful beautiful beau beau- sC cr nery n arv S 5 I said to a Los Angeles audience three years ears ago I 1 suppo suppose e it is JU e carrying coals to Newcastle to tot t k to a Californian about scenery lY ut 1 it is my painful duty to Inform you that it if you haven't seen Zion National park Bryco Bryce canyon Cedar Breaks and the north rim of of the Grand canyon you aint seen noth- noth in n yet And that is the plain unvarnished truth These things thinks are arc marvelous UTAH BEAUTIES LINGER IN M MEMORY EMORY FOREVER There us used d to be an old saying See Naples and die The Bay of Naples aples les was wis reputed to be the most S beautiful sight In the wor world d and when the traveler had se seen n it there was nothing left for him to see and io 16 might as aswell well quit this vale pf tears A more up date saying would be See Utah and live for or orIts its beauties will linger in the tho memory mem mem mem- arY ory as long lang as life lite lasts and one wants ants to live as long as s po possible and keep on an enjo ing the memory Do Da you remember Wordsworth's poem oem about the tho daffodils I r i wandered lonely as' as as a a cloud J That t floats on an n high oer o'er vale and nd 1 t hills bills S When all at once ance once 1 I saw a crowd 5 A host of golden daffodils Beside side th the lake beneath th tho trees Fluttering and dancing in the tha breeze S Continuous as the stars that that- that shine shine And twinkle on the tho milky way vay They stretched In never-ending never lino line Along tho margin of af a aday day Ten thousand saw I at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dance S 5 The wa waves es beside them danced but they Outdid tho the sparkling waves inglee inS inglee in S S glee A poet c could uld not but be gay In such a a. Jocund company I 1 gazed gazed and and gazed gazed but I little mUe littleS S thought hought What wealth the show to me had brought S For oft art when on my co couch uch ch I i lie He HeIn I In vacant or in fl pensive mood They flash upon upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of ot solitude And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils If a a. field fied of ot pretty flowers can S I Thrilled by Scenery S S pa S I GOVERNOR GEORGE H. H DERN F delight the tho inward eye and fill flU tho the heart with pleasure for years after atter they have havo passed from sight how bow much more more will the Inspiring awe chasms chasms' and towers o at Zion the dreamy reamy delicacy of Bryce tho the syl sylvan sylvan syl- syl l- l van bea beauty of af the the- Kaibab forest and the sublime grandeur of the Grand canyon linger in the memory memary and add to the Joy of living for years to come ZION IS YOSEMITE DONE IN OIL Zion National park parle is Yosemite done in oil oU I wish I could convey to you ou the sense of hush a ad id d awe and mystery that comes over ono ano as as he looks s up at the Great White Throne or 01 gazes from the Temple of over aver toward Angels Angel's Landing With its gloomy gorgo gorge enclosed enclosed enclosed en en- en- en closed by sheer sheet red and white cliffs cUffs f feet t high on eltheo side it is s sno no wonder the Indians regarded it as a spirit land to be entered only with fear and veneration Come Come- Cometo to Bryce canyon that en entrancing entrancing en- en fairyland with its spires towers vers and minarets of the most mast exquisite hues so delicately carved by nature that stone tone resembles lace ace Statues monuments cathe catlie cathedrals the drais-the the ey eye can pick them out everywhere every Nowhere in all the wide world can you find anything 1 like it Jt It is unique and its sensuous sensuous' sen sen- s beauty lingers long in the memory ous as a masterpiece of the Gi Giver er of all aU good and perfect gifts sifts Cedar Breaks is a stupendous brilliant natural am amphitheatre miles across which ages of or erosion have cut out ut of f tho the gaudy sandstones sandstones sandstones sand sand- stones at the top of a pine pino and aspen c covered vered plateau feet above sea level Drive sixty miles Um through ugh the in incomparable incomparable incomparable in- in comparable Kaibab Kalba forest the arg- arg argest est eat tract of virgin m in hi tire the United States seeing herds of af deer as you yau pass along One evening I 1 saw a herd o of many of af them Untamed untamed un un- tamed but lut unafraid within a hun bun dred yards yai-ds of me Proceed to Angel point Point Paint Sublime or Cape Royal on the north rim of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and if the majesty of af that spectacle does I not impress you you yau a are aie e hard- hard boiled Inde d d. d YELLOWSTONE REACHED OUT OF SALT LAKE These scenic wonders are in ih the southern part of our state Indeed the Kaibab forest and the Grand canyon are aloe in Arizona but they are parts of the Utah scenic program and are reached from Utah Salt SaIt S Lake City is known as the Center of Scenic Amerl America a and regards Yellowstone park in Wyoming as part o of its territory The park parle Is s most easily reached from Utah Leave Salt SaIt Lake City or Ogden by train In n the evening and you are at the park entrance the next morn morn- ing Those who are traveling by aut automobile will find an excellent highway leading from Utah cities to Yellow Yellowstone tone through a charming countryside A large volume of Yellowstone park travel therefore comes by way vay of Utah in order to include Utah points of interest in fn its Itinerary I have spoken only of ot a few places which are so outstanding that the national government hasset has hasset hasset set them aside as as' as national parks and nd n national monuments These are the show places in which every American holds a sharo of owner owner- ship Inspect your property and you will be proud of it Your pride of ownership will make you a better better bet bet- ter more patriotic American in the best est sense of that much abused vord vord patriotic I In Utah we ve can sh show w you some other things that you will not forget for for- get For example at the extreme north end of the state is Bear lake whoso whose sapphire blue Is is' is not surpassed surpassed sur sur- passed by y the tho lakes Jakes of af Switzerland WASATCH RANGE SOURCE OF DELIGHT The Wasatch mountains run down the middle of tho the state from north to south and are a never ending source of af delight Their lofty crests pierce the clouds and winters winter's vs sno snows rest like royal rayal ermine on n the skyline skyline sky sky- line in the summer time As these snows melt they form rivers that tumble down deep canyons to the fertile valleys below where the water water water wa wa- wa- wa ter Is used for irrigation The canyons canyons canyons can can- of the Wasatch are noted 1 for lor their rugged beauty Logan canyon IS Js exceptionally fine merging into prosperous beautiful Cache valley famous Lanious as a dairying section at the attractive city of Logan where tho the Utah Agricultural ral college is situ situ- S Ogden canyon familiar to and loved by western travelers is reached in Urn ten minutes by automobile automo bile bUe from Ogden second only to Salt Lake City In population but second to none in business vitality enterprise civic spirit and w western hospitality Ogden Is s an important railroad center and is noted for far its flour mills canning plants lat stock stockyards j yards sugar factories and other S fila t S large Industries which play pIny an nn 1 Important Im ha- part In the tho economic of the state The thirty mile drive e from I Ogden south to Salt Lake City is through a continuous us garden In Inthe the marvelous soil and climate of 01 S which a thousand fruit and vegetable vegetable vege vege- table crops of the finest quality are grown by Irrigation This Is one S of a series of similar valleys lying west of the tho Wasatch and these valleys with their green alfalfa and grain fields their orchards and gardens their picturesque rows of ol tall taIl shapely Lombardy poplar trees which form a distinctive character character- of the tho landscape are ar no less Jess pleasing than are the mOUntains moun mOUn- tame and the canyons COOLING CANYONS s PROVE ALLURING When the weather gets hot in Salt Lako Lake City we say Ho for the theS cooling canyons Half a dozen of S them are within easy reach two or three of ot them especially alluring with their lofty rugged cliffs cUffs their S dashing mountain streams their 5 f friendly trees and their profusion of ot wild flowers Summer homes ho hotels hotels ho- ho and picnic grounds abound and andare andare andare are retched reached by excellent highways These canyons contain streams which drain into one of af the best I known of American natural won won- ders Great Salt lake This body of water not only furnishes us the most delightful marine views that could be te imagined especially when one on chances to see one ane of ot the bril bril- llant sunsets for which it Is famous but It furnishes a new experience in m bathing Many people come comeback back year after year Just for the sensation sensation sensa sensa- tion of bobbing around on top of the water like a cork Tho The water contains 22 per cent salt or seven times limes as much as sea water Evaporate Evaporate orate four quarts of It and you have havea a quart of ot salt saIto The presence of ol this salt is what makes the water so buoyant that you cannot sink if It you try Saltair the famous bathing bathing bath- bath ing mg resort with its renowned dance floor is fifteen miles mUes W west st of the S city The Bear river marshes at al the north end of ot the lake are the greatest breeding and feeding grounds for Wild water fowl on the North American continent You Tou dont don't know what duck shooting is until you have been there UTAH HAS ITS OWN PALESTINE The next valley south of Salt SaIt Lake valley alley is Utah valley In which Utah lake is situated It was discovered dis dis' discovered covered by Father Escalante s a Spanish priest m n 1776 This is b a fresh water lake its outlet being the Jordan river which flows Into Geat Great Salt lake Ut hns are fond I of af pointing pointing- out that Utah lake is the Sea of Galilee and Great Salt Lake Lako the Dead Sea the two being connected by the Jordan hence we have a Palestine of af our own I I Coming into Utah valley are two of the finest canyons In the Wasatch Wasatch Was Was- atch range American Fork Pork canyon canyon can can- yon 3 and Provo Prove canyon on either side of one of ot our noblest menu moun s. s The Tho Alpine Scenic h highway goes up spectacular spectacular lar American Fork canyon anyan encircles encircles cles des Jit U. and comes down Provo Prove canyon This region which has been called the Switzer land of America reveals a kaleIdoscope kaleidoscope kaleidoscope scope of af the most enchanting scenery seen seen- ery accessible to man in this or 01 any other ather country Near the top of af Mt Is the most southerly glacier acier on the western hemisphere cave Is an interesting recent discovery The view from froth th the top of f Mt ana ana- I gO gos and the theone one from fram Mt l N Nebo Neho hn 4 45 miles farther south sauth beggar de de- de The summit of ot Pine Pino Val Val- Icy ley mountain not far from ZiOn National park affords another panorama that TV will ill be world Ia maus when It becomes better known No your honor except that It lake on th the way down dawn to Bryce canyon canyan Is one of the tle states state's most popular summer resorts with adequate hotels cabins and campIng camp camp- ing Irig facilities rowboats and motor mator boats and trout fishing de do Southeast of Fish lake is Wayne Wonderland with brilliant rock reck palisades narrow gorges natural bridges and cliff cUff dwellings UINTAH MOUNTAINS BECKON TO SPORTSMEN In the northeastern part of at Utah are the Uintah mountains the highest In the state Half a dozen peaks peal s reach an altitude of feet or far above timber Umber line Since timber line Une Is equivalent equiv alent to the Arctic Circle in climate climate cli cU- mate and vegetation one can call get any climate he wants on the sides of these mighty mountains nun Hun of lovely mountain lakes hide In the pine forests of the and most of them hem are aloe alive with trout hungry for flies fUes Go o and get them The are not nat yet so easily accessible as the Wasatch but in the minds of many who have spent vacations there they are the best of all aU One of af the engrossing spots SlOts in the Uin Uin- tah tali basin Is the dinosaur quarry where several complete dinosaur skeletons have been exhumed In the southeastern p part rt of at the state Is San Juan county with its own awn superb scenic features Church rock Is Is' a prominent land land- mark but the most outstanding objects in this r region gion are its fa famous famous fa- fa amoos a- a moos natural atura bridges The Edwin Caroline and Augusta bridges art are close together and have hav been set aside as a national monument I believe It is conceded that nowhere In the world are there any natural bridges that are arc so 50 large or so 80 graceful The Au Augusta sta Is feet high and has a span of feet These are wonders wonders' of the world Near them are ate some excellent exampleS examples ex ex- ex- ex amples of ancient cliff cUff dw dwellings NATURAL BRIDGES ARE WORLD WONDERS Farther south six miles from the Colorado river Is the Rainbow natural bridge another national monument which Is still larger than the Augusta being feet high with a span of feet This Is an arch rather than a typical bridge but It 1 Is natures nature's masterpiece masterpiece master master- piece in bridges It can only be reached by a long horseback Journey jaurI journey Jour jour- ney or 01 else by boat down the Colerado Colorado Colorado Colo Cole I rado river and not many white people have seen it Being Belag an outdoor enthusiast It isard Is hard tor for me to quit talking about our ur scenery but butI I wm will say a word about Salt Lako Lake City Travelers of 01 discriminating taste and knowledge have hav told mo me mo that Salt Lake City is one of ot the three most beautiful cities In the United States Railroad men tell teU me Salt Lal Lake e City has a greater drawing power for tourists th than n any city Inthe Inthe In Inthe the west This Is not alone aono due to the beauty of its location and surroundings its wide streets Its Hs ts trees and lawns and flowers butto but butto S to its romantic history o. o Early in 1847 Brigham Young and his party of ot Mormon pian pioneers rs started from th the 1 Missouri rl river to cross the plains in search of a new home On July 24 eighty years ago they came out of migration |
