| Show mn N I rH o iF AMERICA 11 SLOGAN 1 OF States State's s 's First National Park Welcomed at Big Club Banquet wo U Uan the Center of ot Scenic Amer Amer- faa ica Such Is I. 1 the slogan that sprang into being at a great banquet at the Salt hike Lmke Commercial club Monday night hn of ot Utah's Utah business men and anI women men gathered to welcome Utah's national park into the sisterhood o 0 oj the nations nation's scenic wonderlands lI It Ite e came in the midst of ot an enthusiastic I reception tendered to Stephen T. T i Mather director of ot national parks who c via as the honored guest Kuest and the principal prin prin- I cl cipal al speaker at the gathering lUtah Otah tah can well adopt the slogan according act ac- ac I t cording to Howard H. H Hays Bays general r F Hager of ot the Yellowstone Park I Camping company who was one ono of or I r He said that th the great 6 V e nic Ic fie section of ot western America beat be- be I at Denver on the east flast and ends at fie on the west with Gla- Gla National park on the tho north and d Canyon National park on the theto to and tb-and and Salt Lake Is the center of ot G TJ Of tAt It With the completion of ot the I good roads program now under W Y in to the West est Eastern tourists will slip filP or drive drive- their cars to Salt Lake IDd i 1 and Dd start from here In any direction j y th ihly y will find a wonderland not the i 1 leat of ot which will be Zion National p pc k rk k and Bryce's canyon canon soon to be an a I n national nal monument and before long a nit national tonal park I R RETURNS TURNS FROM TRIP I Stephen stephen Mather had Just returned f ti from m n a trip through southern Utah Hes He s accompanied by Lafayette liano Han Han- 0 o representing the Commercial cr tb b Herbert W W. Gleason lecturer and publicist of ot Boston Doston W. W W W. Wylie di director dl- dl re rector tor of the the camp at Zion National pork park and Howard Hays i. When he said that Zion canyon Is a scenic marvel fit fully y up to the standard of ot national narks Wk ks he voiced the official approval ot oG t the country's greatest authority 1 r Mather told of ot the plans that v h hUe been laid for tor national park pub- pub 11 tty Hetty b which will now take In Zion Ift 1 said that Utah must awaken to her herI I own tourist drawing possibilities but buth buthi h hl hi said that a great task lies ahead in I p properly perly preparing for tor their reception J I visitors are not gl given gln n proper ac accommodation aco ac- ac o they will go away knockers knock knock- era ers and do a a. vast amount of ot harm aC 1 He lie lieu u un-ed un red that the Commercial club head J the work of ot building proper hotels and a In southern Utah He Ile spoke of ot otI I t the beauties of ot the tho north rim of ot the I f U Grand and canyon canon and said Mid that its adver- adver I tl ement must come from Utah SCHRAMM PRESIDES In In accordance with Mr Mathers Mather's suggestion sugg sug- sug g the naming of or a committee was s to President Lester D. D Freed of ot the club which is in confer confer- ot p with Mr Mather and Mr Wylle Wylie as t Oit y as to the first steps stops to be taken 1 In carrying out a program F. F PC C C. Schramm presided at the banquet banquet ban ban- quat first Introducing William E E. E ban I Colby Colby Colby Col Col- by of ot San Francisco former president of ot the Sierra club of ot California lie Ho said that hat his state had found her national na- na national na nn- parks a a. wonderful asset and that Utah should not neglect her Mather was the n next speaker and was waa followed by Mr Hays Mir Mr Ir Gleason then took the floor in a a. glowing description of or both Zion and Bryce's canyons saying that their Indescribable in indescribable indescribable In- In describable coloring gave cave them a a. majesty majesty maj maJ- esty elty and glory nowhere else equaled lIe He concluded his lecture with lantern pictures of ot many parks including afew afew a afew few views from southern Utah taken on a previous trip |
