Show Prominent Park Service I Officials Visit Scenic Attractions Near Moab National Director Heads Party on Trip to Dead Horse Point and Arches Monument The director of the national park servIce Newton B Drury ac accompanied companied by several ranking of officials of the service and Frederick Law Olmstead the nation nations s most eminent landscape ce architect visit visit- visited visited ed the scenic attractions m in the vi i vicinity i- i of Moab Monday and They spent a day at Dead Hore Hor Point and in Arches NatIOnal monument planning future de development development development and remained in Moab Monday night and Tuesday fore forenoon forenoon forenoon noon meeting local people and familiarizing themselves with thIs area In the par y in in to Director Drury and Mr Olmstead were ere Duncan McDuffIe of Berkeley chairman of California state parks who was as accompanied by Mrs l McDuffie Jesse L Nusbaum of calla re r senior semor Of 01 the park service in m 1 legions Eglons two three and four and founer of Mesa Verde national park Minor R H Tillo son of Santa SantaFe SantaFe Fe of region three Hugh M i Miller of Coolidge Ariz super superintendent of Southwestern tern nation nation- national national al monuments George WOlcott W Vt Olcott I of Santa Fe planner cf region three Edmund B Rogers of Yellowstone no na national national park John S McLaughlin sup of Mesa Verde na I honl park ana ants Jack E Haynes famEd photographer of Yellow Yellowstone stone stene national park The group Ere 55 accompanied on their trio to byH thE nearby scenic Ions by byH byH H G Schmidt custodial of Arches and L L With the exception f of and Mr Haynes who returned to Yellowstone f I om here the party went ent south Tues Tues- Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday day planning to spend Tuesday night at Monument valley The party it Sunday night at Thom sons coming on to Moab early Monday morning The purpose e of th visit was to toI familiarize Director Drury and Mr I Olmstead with the attractions of the C lorado river nver can on areas neIther having been in this dis district district before Mr Olmstead who ho IS recognized an a the foremost land landscape landscape landscape architect in the United States has been requested by Secretary of the Interior Harold L Ickes Iches to undertake a sun survey sursey ey of o the scenic and recreational re resources resources resources sources 01 cc the Colorado river basin HE is now noss making a quick trip over the district accompanied by park servIce personnel and it is hb hm plan latr lat r to agam again visit tl e areas of greatest significance The pre pre- preM pre M M sent t trip rip was cas 1 his is in t to the area Mi Ml McDuffie is chairman of ct the CalIfornia state parks of which Mr Drury ury sel VEd as director and together the established tI tl e out outstanding outstanding standing state parks system of California Mi was l th the architect on that proe t Mr I left the California s system stEm to become n director of the park service Tie The distinguished 1 were ere frankly thrilled ss 1 with ith the scenic at attractions attractions tractions cf ct Arches monument ana the Colorado river riser canyon cannon They stated this ar area a has immense pos pm from a recreational and ands s enc ene nt and undoubtedly their visit will III be the forerunner of much future development Director Drury and Mr tr Olm Olin Olmstead Olmstead stead inspected the work werk now no lii in progress at the headquarters area of Arches monument and spent some time looking over the en entrance entrance entrance trance road on which work is well underway |