Show Dreams of Highway Natural Bridges Custodian Visions New Connecting Road L Zeke Ze Johnson eJohnson who has been watchIng watch Ing over the natural bridges near Blanding in San Juan county for 2 23 years cars will never be appeased until his long cherished dream is realized construction of a highway from th the bridges to connect with the highway at Hanksville in Wayne county Zeke boils bolls with enthusiasm when he visions this mile 80 stretch of ol road which will vill divert thousands of tourists tour tour- isis from Mesa Verde national par park through Utah into Zion park and Bryce canyon These tourists whom t Mr Ir Johnson talks about are now going going go go- ing south to Gallup N. N M. M and swingIng swingIng swingIng swing swing- Ing over to Flagstaff Ariz Man Many ManyIn In fact the majority he says are missIng miss Ing scenic southern Utah New to Tourist The liThe vicinity of ot the natural bridges where primitive Hopi Indians roamed he declared is is new to the tourist but will be one of the most popular playgrounds In America There are numerous ruins of cliff diU dwellings in the vicinity of the bridges perched in the canyon walls in almost inaccessible places But that isn't all aU we have down there avers Zeke The monument that is what it is called consists ol ot acres It includes two large caves which are located some little distance from the bridge region There are three large bridges and four small ones Explains Origin OrJin Explaining how these bridges Mr Johnson pointed out that they are the result of stream erosion 10 an elevated region Doubtless he said thousands of similar ones have bce been formed farmed and destroyed in past ages and many more will be made and ind later destroyed in ages to come Bet Bat Zeke i is not the only one who can an see the value of building a road through the region which will nake scenic San Juan and Wayne counties available to the motorist He announced an d that George Gcorge H H. Dern secretary secre secre- tar tary ary of war and former Utah gover gover- S S Zeke Johnson nor lor is Js one of his staunch supporters He has taken the war var secretary through the region Named Custodian You cant can't realize how beautiful that hat country countr is until you traverse it H opines pines the veteran custodian I have every c er summer sum for 23 years Fourteen years ago I was officially appointed custodian through U. U S. S Senator William H. H King Mr Johnson is a native of StGeorge St. St George He was born April 10 la 1869 He le has a family He winters in Salt Lake ake but the minute spring officially arrives Mr 1 and Mrs Johnson are en route route oute to his natural bridges for the summer ummer Z Zeke ke i Issues ues an invitation to Salt Lakers Bakers to come down some sometime time and andee see ee what your state has to offer |