Show E EOPLE EOPLE 0 P L E EAN AND AN DiH D- D iH I N G 5 t By Dr FRED BAGBY v ho Saw Em First Did Did Cas Ca Rite Kite see ree e the wonders of 01 L'S LS ri natural tural bridges years before Al Almade r nip p made his discovery of oC these ks of nature and Brought them o of the world Here question that hase some of ot our ted scenery lovers in quite an lid led discussion sea in n. n Zeke Johnson told me the bout about 1 t discovery of the thees es the other day it immediately arise lse rIse from Charles Kelly local rind ind nd delver into early Utah hi hisS his bo bo 00 sends me as exhibit A. A a it written b by Hite Hile the colorful t rancher who built buill a cabin a ranch at the mouth lite it canyon in 83 which would Ie tHat Cas might have seen the theor or or at least one of oC them as f in his po poem m te tells of oC leaving the Mirl In 74 14 and crossing the plains i Snowy range and for seven I T prospecting in Colorado and concludes with the verse K discovered some famous lamous Ii mines nines went way up by the ton d the largest natural bridge on onearth Ir Dearth earth rth the h head ld of at White canyon m l this poem Kelly deducts that taint have discovered the bridges t 81 However Zeke says Cas' Cas doesn't convince him and he heInks Inks that to belongs the theof rot of discover discovery 34 in connection with Hues Hile's wanIs wan wan- Is J in Utah is the story of ot the Lot Navajo mine In Mer Mer- d reported Mitchell reported the it I i a fabulously rich silver mine hue in Monument valle valley They t out ore that was said to have tore ore re tha than half halt pure silver This i called by the Indians td d l was a sacred spot to the When Merrick and Mitchell led ea d on a second expedition to the by byan an early day trap trap- ped I. med ed Spencer they were killed berd yV o of the mine and ad set out outto id d it it A According to Kelly Kite HUe old Chief to agree him the tie mine min for 1500 But Navajo learned earned of ot the bargain u. u ran out of the valley t III have gone into inlo the thein jo JV COUntry in search of this mst mys- mys t r. r since but none have Sl Mr Spencer at Lees Lee's p on 11 of ot the old trapper says he a ot of the thc ore brought Merrick and Mitchell And GOOdman of ot Moab recovered I ies of oC I the prospectors after bt een n b bv by the Indians r Jr f SUP city M schools rave gave a of an optImist to parents Parent of the school the other night was a man a where there II D and the pessimist was wass I It who bo was WiLS s always alway blowing out superIntendent also Illus Illus- 4 the depression VJ T-VJ days days' Ito lack of the future with this story J ed I Preacher q whose congre- congre lived In a land that had sorely pressed d by drouth ld upon the minister to prayer Payer meeting ff to o pray ray for the he Minted time tilDe was as set and at al th the hour the red Th The congregation th the minister car carefully fUlly ked CongregatIon atlon and re- re etha en All Ala Is pro pro- of o lack of 50 0 umbrellas Iii I |