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Show City Creek Canyon, the People's Pleasure '-" Spot, Has Wonderful Opportunities T W. t. SXOAH. Some day the people of Salt Lake city will rise tip and hurl anathemas, at the men who permitted the unsightly (travel pits for the firt mile or more a the otherwise beautiful City Creek canyon. ( Some day there will be built on each side of this canyon for at least a mile and a half a boulevard, aad from the east side an over the north bench. When it is completed it will ha aa advertisement ad-vertisement for this eitv such aa few other ritiea in the wqrld ran boast. From it in panorama can be mmm city, the valley, the lake and tba mountains. moun-tains. Soma day there will be a beautiful park at tha mouth' of this canyon. It will cover about three acres and will be a pride to the city, for it will be an open invitation to a ranvon of which it, would be hard to find the equal so near aay city in the United States.- homs day the poor of Salt Lake City will demand that this canyon be nmde their rest spot, a place where a man may go at any time with hie family and get away from the beat of the city during the summer months without paying tribute to aay railroad company or any corporation, other than that which they pay ia taxes to Salt Lake City. ' Home day this raavon will be recog nixed for what it is and should be, "the poor nm'i paradise." For there is no other such beautiful canyon ia all the United States, that is so close to a large city, and so easy access as is City Creek canyon. . The mouth of the canyon is within a half mile of the business center of the city. Property of People. City Creek canyon is the property of the people of Salt Lake city. It belongs be-longs to the people of thia city aad they are entitled to it and every beauty that it haa or can contain. There has been no tragedy ia this canyon such as haa bean in Emigration, Echo and other canyons of this state. it is rather a canyon ox romance and business. If the many pretty little sylvan gladea ia thia canyon could talk they would' tell of many a love making scene sear the rippling waters that flow down tha ranvon. City Creek canyon ia still a romantic spot. If yon doubt it. go up there some Sunday, or any other day with your wife or you girl. If both of you love nature you will forget all the troubles of life aad for at least a little while. jKW-aiU-lc--lik tha bird, that sing to you from every tree; you will be nappy. But city Creek canyon ia more than a romantic, spot. It is a business stream. For nearly sixty-four years it haa been one of the chief water supplies sup-plies of Salt Lake City. It was at the mouth of thia canyon that the pioneers camped July 24.. 1M7, and from thia creek that the first artificial irrigation in America commenced. Of all the streams in tha United States thia little canyon stream is due the credit, "old faithful." Year ia and year out for over sixty-four veara it haa delivered its annual flow of water to this eitv, water so pure that it baa few equals ia the world. In the early history of Salt Lake City many hundred loada of timber were brought from the mountain sides of this, canyon-that helped to build mora than one log house ia tha early days of thia city, as well aa to supplv fuel to many a cold home. Splendid Roads. For years tha can von has been under un-der the control of the eitv. The firat mile or mora of it is an insult to nature. na-ture. It haa been denuded by gravel pits. In .justice to the present city administration ad-ministration it should be said that the contracts for these pits were let maav years ago and that within the last few months tha eitv council hsa refused tn renew aav eontraeta for these pita. - That the. city received soma little revenue from the renting of these pits there is no question; that tbev were ever permitted in tha eanvon will some day stand as aa everlasting disgrace to the mea who permitted them, there is little or no question. Despite the eyesores for the first mile or so in the eanvon there hava beea wonderful improvements made during the last few years. Thia was evident in a trip up tha caavoa a few davs ago br a representative of THE TELE GRAM as the guest of Lead aad Water Commissioner Frank Matthewa. Tha road, are ia excellent condition for nt least nine mi lea. There is little or ao dust, no automobiles are allowed and ao doga are permitted ia the canyon. can-yon. At every apot where a rest place eaa be fixed everything possible hsa beea done to make it aa neat aad attractive as possible with convenience such as ia needed.' Mr. Matthewa explained that while every possible latitude would be allowed al-lowed to tha visitors there must be ho pollution of the stream and no camp firea left by the visitors. This rule will be rigidly enforced during the summer sum-mer months. A force of deputies will patrol the stream every day during the summer months and will in.i.i ik.t these rules be observed. Oo Up On of the rorka. - Maay of the visitora to the eaayoa this summer will not stop for the camping camp-ing grounds of tha first few miles, but will prefer to go oa up to -the " forks " or further. At this point they have their choice of getting into the wilds. Tha left hand fork offers soma wild scenery within a mile, aad the lover of nature will do well -to spend a day ia this vicinity. To those who hava more than a day to spend take the right fork or the main eanvon. The road is not the beet but it will pay for the trouble. Get ap towards the head of the eaavoa. where the snow oa the south side of the eaavoa eaa-voa remains the year long, and if vou feel that vou seed some real exercise go over the divide into Hardserabble. get some hunting and a little fishing and thea go down to Morgan City aad take a train bark ta Bait Lake Citv or if von doe 't like sack a long climb, lust "hit" over the mountains and drop down to Bountiful through a pretty pret-ty little eanvoa. If yon feel real strenuous, take a long trip ap Cltv Creek, take vour food sack and year blankets and make the trip over to tha head of Emigration raavon. You will find more real seen ery ia oae or two dars than caa be found within tha aame limits of aay city ia tha United States aa sack a trip. |