Show Kaibab Forest Another i i National Wonderland b g of So Southern thern Utah Utah b by y Railroad Extension Will Give State and Nation Access to Marvels I I of National Park a With the tho announcement that the tho Denier Den Den- D Denv n. n ier v or r de Rio Grande railroad ha has hAI under s see se consideration the tha construction of or oran an extension of It Its Sanpete county count branch from ale Into the tite national forest ai as quickly a as the government accepts accepts ac ac- bids for tor the standing timber r In that tha forest attention Is directed one once more In Inan Inan Inan an emphatic manner to one of the worlds world's orld greatest storehouses storehouses' of ot varied wealth ly- ly In In Utah and In the back yard of or Salt Lake City While the Kaibab forest is ii somewhat remote from Salt Lake the construction of such liuch a 8 railroad line Une would make that that rich territory easily eully accessible to this elt city and this city would be the UtI natural natum f supply center for tor the area area- opened by the railroad Some of ot the most magnificent scenic attractions In to the world are found In the southeastern part put of ot Utah and tho the northeastern northeastern north north- eastern part ot of Arizona and this lI section If tr pierced by the te steel 1 rails would become be- be become be come compo within a a. few years year ears as all rr treat preat at and as se popular tar a national playground as Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- tone stone National park This tourist travel ravel which would come from all parts of tho the world would nn find Una Salt Lake Like Its Ita natural outfitting point Its natural point of ot deviation from the main line Although this section of ot the W West was as explored nut first nearly nearl seventy five years ago it H. has haa been exploited but little an anthne and there are comparatively few who have o even a dint dim realization of tt it Its wonders wonder There Is IK to be found nearly nearl ah ah alt million acres of ot the finest lt forest In America on the rim of or the Grand canyon canon It Is Ir In Its virgin state elate There Thera are tens of thousands of head of cattle and sheep w which today are Uti driven en on the hoof nearly 00 Oo miles to the n nearest ant railroad point The efforts of the United States tee tor forest service are largely large r responsible for what hat knowledge d e Is fa available A of this wonderful area ru through Its exploitation efforts to towell well hell the timber that Is to standing on Kaibab forest is an Indian name namo moaning meaning Mountain Lying Down and comes from the great grut plat plateau u or mesa mea 20 0 o b by 40 0 D miles mUes in tn eI slie e. e risen rising from frons SOW OM to r feet et above the ae aea level level le and about 2500 soo feet above Aboe the surrounding flat fiat and country This great at mesa mea is like a a. vast ut public park and is Ie cov covered with a magnificent growth groth of pine spruce and fir whose ranches brunches at the then n very marge of ot the tho Grand canyon canon and whose cones drop Into the magnificent depths of that great gorge forge e. e The Theo Colorado river In the most picturesque esque part of the Grand Gran canyon anyon turns from a. a southerly trend to a 8 northwesterly northwest northwest- t. t orly erly course e a at t the te south end of the Kaibab Kal Kai bab plateau or Buckskin mountain as asIt asIt asit it 1 ill is called locally and hence tho the prospect prospect pros pros- from nearly any viewpoint on the Kaibab J rim within this great reat curve cuneo Includes in includes In- In a vast ut expanse of the can canyon on T The e Kaibab rim rim is ts HOO 1 feet tt higher than tho the south rim m which renders the former a much much more commanding viewpoint moreover practically aI all an th the important figures and formations in the canyon canOn the scalloped and terraced promontories am and ridges the colored temples pagodas goda towers a and d to so forth forth are are north of the channel and thus nearest the north northcrest northcrest crest or rim making the north side side the tho Utah uta side superior side superior from a a. scenic stand stand- 0 point pott To reach the Kaibab from the north at lit present necessitates a camping jour jour- icy ey of a week each way ay from Crom Salt Lake Lak City or tine five or six III days das each way b by automobile automobile through sparsely utU settled nettled d and little HUlo frequented regions region much of ot the way and through h Ia lands totally unused e 3 by mankind a a few forest official big game hunters hunter and cattlemen for about seventy five miles mUes Therefore the thousands of at tourists who have ha long longed for tor a better acquaintance with the Grand canyon conon are waiting earnestly for the extension extension ex ex- tension of the railroad through the Kaibab Kai Kat- bab forest fortt and to tho the canyon rim from the north as sa proposed b by the national forest orest service in connection with the salo ulo of the Kaibab timber |