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Show SCENIC SCEMI FEA FEATURES FEATURESOF TURfS TURfSOf OF RIVER ROUTE ROUTEThat ROUTETHRill ROUTETHRILL THRill VISITORS 1 , I IThat That the Colorado Coorado ] river liver highway highwayplesents highwaypiesents highwaypiesents plesents piesents scenic scemc attlactions attiactions a tti actions equalled equalledby equalledby equalledby by eviIdenced fe few " , sections of the west is 15 evi-I evi I evi- evi evidenced evi-denced evi denced - - ) denced by the following followmg article pub- pub pubhshed published pub published - lished hshed by Southern Utah News and andVIews andViews andViews VIews the official JpUbl1ca ( publication tion of theAssociated the . iAssociated Associated Civic Clubs cf ef Southern SouthernUtah SouthernUtah SouthernUtah Utah in m its May edItionSome editionSome edition editionSome Some 50 members of the Asso- Asso AssoI Assoclated Associated Asso-dated Asso dated - I , , clated ciated Civic Clubs of Southern SouthernUtah SouthernUtah SouthernUtah Utah many of them accompanied accompaniedby , b by ' their wives had the privilege of ofviewing ofviewing ofviewing viewing a little htUe known but highlyscenic highly highlyscemc highlyscenic scemc scenic corner of Utah en on Api Aplil Apail 11 26 26when 26when 26when when they returned to their homes homesin homesin homesin in Utah from the Grand JunctionI Junction I - - - - way of River Highway High\\ay High ay \ Few people pecple , , per- per perhaps perhaps per perhaps - haps realize reahze that it is possible to totravel totravel totravel travel by auto through throngh the ColOlado Coloiado ColOladoRIver ColoiadoRiver ColoiadoRiver RIver Canyon for a distance of 35 35miles 35miles 35miles miles vet 3et et such is the case and the theC1 theChic theCivic C1\ C1 C1ic Chic \ ic Club people who ' made 'l1ade l1ade the thetrip thetrip thetrip trip trip111 \ ' will \\111 111 not soon foi fOl foiget get the mar- mar marvelous marvelous mar-velous mar velous - velous scenery-and scenery and scenery - and the thnlls- thnlls thrills- thrills thnllsthey thrillsthey thrills thrillsthey - they encounterd on the Mcab Moab de- de detour detour de detour - - I deI tour tourAccepting tourAcceptmg Accepting Acceptmg the invitation of the theMoab . . , Moab Lions Club the delegates to tothe tothe tothe the Grand Junction meeting meetmg left leftHighway leftHighway leftHighway Highway No 50 at Cisco and de- de detoured detoured de-toured de toured - - toured in m a south southw southwesterly , . estcrl estcrlp esterly p direction directionto . to Moab M03b The Coloiado ColOlado Rivel Rlvel Rivei was wasreached \ wasreached \ as . reached at Dewey suspension suspensionbridge suspensionbridge bridge 10 miles south of CISCO CiscoFrom CiscoFrom I IFrom I From Dew Dcwey De\.ey De.ey De .ey ey \ . ey to Moab , , a distance of of35 : I 35 miles the highway follows along alongthe alongthe I I . the river The road hugs the south southI southsido southsido I sido of the Colorado River Can Canyon Canyonwhich on , I Ihlch \\hlch hlch which \ \ is over a thousand leet feet deepI deepAt deepAt deep deepAt I At Castle CasUe Valley , . . about a.bout 10 mIles mIlesbelo milesbelow milesbelow . belo\\ belo below beloDewey \ \ Dewey , the river canyon canyonwidens canyonwidens widens out . and a.nd ftfld discloses a wonder wonder- wonderfut wonderful wonderful - 1 ful fut panorama panoram'l panoraml panoranvi ' of spires , , pmnacles pinnacles pmnacles'lnd pinnaclesind 'lnd lnd 'md md ' ' castles with the lofty Jofty La SaIl SaIlMountains13000 Sal SalMountains I IMountafns13 Mountains-13000 Mountains 13000 Mountafns-13 Mountafns 13 hlghformIIing - - 13 000 feet hlgh-form-II hlgh form II high-form- high form highforming high - form forming - I ing a picturesque background backgroundCasUe backgroundCastle backgroundCastle CasUe Castle Valley is a combination ccmbination of ofBryce ofBryce I Bryce " ' ind "nd nd 'mnd mnd Zion Canyons with its itsvivd , vlvd vivd coloring colonng its immense cliffs chITs and andrpeculhr andpecull'mr andipeculiir rpeculhr pecull'mr pecullmr ' forms of erosion The La LaSal LaSal LaSal Sal Mountiins Mount'lins Mountlins Mount'mins Mountmins ' ' only 10 miles dis- dis distance distance dis distance - - tance . , and the Colorado River Rher Rimer sklIt- sklIt skirt- skirt sklIting skirtlug skirt skirting - ing lug one , ) side Ide give Castle Valley ascttmg asetting a setting scttmg not to be founduywhere found \uywhere uywhere 'mnywhcre mnywhcre 'mnywhcreelse ' \ inywhcrcelse uywhereelse else in the WestThe WestThe West WestTlie Tlie The nvcr nver river canJoon canvon canon ) tul tnp tup ) from CasUe Castle CasUeValle CastleValley CastleValley Valle Valley ' to Moab is a moving pIcture pIctureof pictureof of scenic beauty The nver n\er n er nmer \ poursdovm poursdown pours idowTi dovm down the canvon canyon cn n on in a series ofcatiracts of ofcahracts ofcat'mracts ! cahracts cat'mracts catmracts cahractshich ' wliich \\hich hich w \ hich make this section sectionof sectionof sectionof of the stream tream entirely unnavigable unnavigableIncidcnt'mlly unnavlgableIncidentilly I [ Incidcnt'll1y Incidcntll1y Incidcnt'mlly Incidcntmlly ' , the thc river offers rarefun rarefun rare rarefun \fun fun \ ' fun for sportsmen as channel cat- cat catfish catfish cat-fish cat fish - fish abound In its waters Many Manyparties Manyparties Manyparties rareI I parties of fishermen fishennen , , mostly from fromColorado fromColorado fromColorado Colorado were seen along the rh rimer rimercanyon rivercanyon er erI ercanyon I canyon enjoying a S'lnday Slnday Sunday ' fishingContinued fishing 1 ' < ( Continued on last page ) ) SCENIC FEATURES FATURES FATURESContinued [ ( < . Ocntmued ec.nUnued ecnUnued Continued . from first page ) excursion .excursion , . excursionMost .excursionMost Most of the Civic Clubs visitors visitorsleft visitorsleft visitorseft left ( Grand Junction Juncticn about noon noonand noonand noonand and arra arrtc armed ed at Moab around 4 4o'clock 4o'clock 4oclock o'clock oclock ' The Moab tions LIons Club was washost , washost \ as 110st host to the visitors Yisltors at an mformal informal mformalcWcken informalchicken informalchicken cWcken chicken dinner dmncr served In the Utah UtahCafe UtaliCafe Cafe Preston G Peterscn Petersen and W WD . , D Hammond members of ot the state stateroad stateroad stat statroad < road commission commJssicn . , , \ who ho had hold attended attendedthe attendedthe attendedthe the Grand Junction meeting , . were werealso \ werealso ere erealso also guests at the dfnncr dfnner dinner They left leftMoab leftMoab leftMoab Moab Sundiv Sundv Sunday ' ! evening by way of ofMonbceUo ofMonticello ofMonticello MonbceUo Monticello Bluff and the Monu Menu- Menu Monu- Menumental Monumental Monumental - mental Vallev VaUev Valley for Phoenix , ArizThe Anz Ariz AnzThe The Moab Lions Club has asked askedthe askedthe askedthe the Assocntcd ASSOCI'1ted ASSOCI1ted Associated ' Cnic Cl\ic Cl ic Civic \ Clubs to aid in insecuring Insecuring securing a more morc liberal expenditure expenditureof expenditureot ot of funds on the Colorado Rivel Rivet RivelH1ghaj RivetHighway RivciHighway H1gh\\aj- H1gh aj Highway H1ghajfrom \ - from Cisco to Moab , which whichIs \ whichis hlCh hlChII II is a secondaiy secondalY secondary state highway The Thetrip Thetrip Thetrip trip down the liveras liver river \ was \\as as made toacquaint to toI toacquaint toacquaint I acquaint membeis membels ntembeis of the association ai > soclaticnwith ciatitn ciatitnwith with the possibilities of the route routeII routefrom routefrom II ! from a tourist standpoint Un- Un Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Un Undoubtedly - doubtedly the high\\ high highway highay \ ay offers oilers one one'f oneif I -'f 'f f , - ' f the most scenic celllC cemc , , side flips tlips dips to be beJ beround beound ound round J ? anywhere In the West The Theroad Theroad ' ' road at the time present time is n'1rrow n1rrow narrow ) nirrowand ' I Iand and crooked1th crooked \ with \\1th 1th \ numerous steep steeppitches steeppitches I Ipitches pitches which compel cpmpel mpcl a drnei dr1el drier dr1\ dr1 \ el to'look to ' 'look look ' look close tc k his knitting knittmg ' if hewishes he hewishes hewishes wishes to a\oid a oid aold atoid a\ a \ old a bath in 111 the Colo Colo- Colorado Colorado Colorado - rado River The Moab Lions aie ate al e requesting requestingthat requestingthat requestinthat that a moderate sum be expended expendedby expendeby by the stat state each yeai yeal year on perman- perman permanent permanent permanent - ent improvements en cn the road and andit andit anIt it was the opinion opmlOn of the Civic Cinc Clubsdelegates Clubs Clubsdelegatee Clubsdelegate delegatee delegates ; that this icquest 1equest request is ms en- en entirely entirely en entirely - tirely reasonable and should be begranted begranted bgranted bgrantedAfter ( granted grantedAfter After ha\mg ha mg ha\1ng 1ng hating \ \ lunch at Moab Mbab the theCivic theCivic thCivic Civic Clubs party left for their theirhomes theirhomes thehomes ! homes proceeding proceedmg north on 011 Hlgh- Hlgh High- High Highway Hlghway Highway - way No 450 to Crescent JunctIcn Juncticnwhere Juncticiwhere where " , here highway No 50 is intersected intersectedThe intersectedThe The detour to Moab , one onc of the delightful de- de delightful de delightful - lightful featUI featuies features es of the Coloradotrip Colorado Coloradotnp Coloradotnp tnp trip , . delayed the 1 leturn eturn return of the party partyabout partyabout about three hours heurs , but it " was "as as the theunanimous theunanimous theunanimous unanimous opinion of all that the thetime thetime thetime time \ was as \ well sell ell spentSoutheastern spentSoutheastern spent spentSoutheastern Southeastern Utah's Utahs ' scenic at- at attractions at attractions - tractions are a as yet but little known knownbut but gradually gradual1y the motoimg moto1Jng motoring public publicis IS awakening a\\akening a akening \ to the fact that In Inthat inthat inthat that corner of Utah is to be found foundsome foundsome foundsome some of the most remarkable remark.c1ble remarkc1ble . natur natur- natural natural natural foundI - I alol1ders al ftonders \\ol1ders ol1ders wonders \ in theorld the \ world \\orld orld \ Alches Aiches Na- Na NatlOna1 National Na National - tional tlOna1 Monument located but 10 10miles 10miles 10miles miles north of Moab , is said to con- con contam contain con contain - tain tam the most mcst unique umque examples of ofwmd ofwind ofwind wmd wind erosion to be found any\\ any anyhere anywhere anywhereon \ \ here hereon on the continent Se\ Se Set Se\eral Se eral Seeral \ eral VIe\\ VIe views VIes \ s tak-I tak I takIen tak- tak taken tak taken - en In the Arches Monument pub- pub pubI pub-I pub I pubiIshed pubIunshed pub published - I lished iIshed unshed in m the May edition dlhon cf the theNational theNational I Nahonal National Geographic magazme magazine magazmehac magazinehate magazineha\e magazineha e ha\c ha c hate \ aheady al1eady already aloused aioused natlOn-\\"lde natlOn "lde lde nation-wide nation wide natlOn"ldemtel nationwidemtetest nation-wideintel nation wideintel - \ " magazmeI I mtel mtetest est in m 1n the area Many of thearches the theatches thearches atches arches ormdos or "windows windows \\mdo\\s mdo s " \ \ , " as the they ' atecalled ale ate alecaHed aiecalled caHed called locally locallv , can be seen from fromHlghay fromHighway fromHighway aleI I Hlgh\\ay Hlgh ay Highway \ No 450 a few milesest miles westof \\est est west \ westof I of Moab . 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