Show Expedition Praises Scenic Primitive Area Upon Return Arches by ih hundreds Ind Indian an ruins by the scores topped with some of f the most sensational scenIc scenic seen ic country to be found in the Rocky Mountain west was the way the weary sojourners into the wilds of San Juan county during the past week expressed the trip The National Geographic magadine maga zinc Ine dine party came out of the Needles I country the labyrinth of canyons that wind through the country like a basket of snakes sometimes separated by walls so thin it is hard to see how they stand the trend of time To a man they described described described de de- de- de scribed the weeks week's trip one of the most successful ever staged Inthis in inthis inthis this area The party spent a week in the area on pack and returned to civilization civilization civilization on Monday On Tuesday the party was flown over the area they had just left by Harland Bement Bement Bement Be- Be ment chief of the state aeronautical cal col commission Countless new wonders were seen from the air that had not been seen from the ground largely because because be be- cause the vastness of the area made it Impossible to cover the en en- tire territory that came cante under under the cope of the party from the clouds It was primitive country that almost almost al al- ale most defies descriptive terms and left the party lost for a name that would fit it Heading the National Geographic Geographic Geographic Geo Geo- graphic party was W W. Robert Moore chief of the foreign editorIal editorial editorial edi edi- staff of the magazine He will do an article in the publication publication publication tion at a later date on the wonders that were found Moore was very impressed with the area and the party expressed the joint opinion that the area should be made into a primitive I area instead of being boosted fo for National Park or Monument rat- rat Ings Under the primitive primitive area law the grazing rights in the area would be unchanged and yet the area could be preserved for r recreation recreation re purposes The leaders of the expedition pointed out that while the trip had teen been advertised as being into the Needles country very little of the time was spent in this fantastic rock city The party plunged into the maze ot of canyons southeast of the Need Need- les The cliffs so thin between canyons canyons canyons can can- was the tte reason for many of the arches the party discovered Most of them were small and as expressed by Burnett A. A Hendryx of Panguitch manager of Cameron Cameron Cameron Cam Cam- eron Motel and Tours sponsors co-sponsors with Bement In the expedition the arches were like fishing g many many of them hem too small to keep But Dut mere were about 60 large arches found during the land tour and others were sighted during the aerial survey They were so numerous the official count was lost track of I The party found dozens of Indian In dian dlan ruins In the area mostly small in size but there was one pueblo uncovered that contained 30 rooms it was reported Accompanying Moore on the I trip rip were Karl Kunkel noted sa la sa saon laIon Ion on photographer of New York City Kay Webb of the New York City ity Camera Club lub Mr and Mrs John fohn M. M Koerner of Glendale Ariz Ails and Dr Cyril Foutz of Phoenix The official guide of the party was Bates Dates Wilson of Moab super of the Arches National Monument and Natural Bridges National Monument The exact date for the publics Ion of Moores Moore's article in the Na Na- lonal Geographic was not known but ut will probably appear in a fall faU Issue The world wide distribution of the publication will provide southeastern Utah with wonderful tourist attracting publicity The party reached Monticello Monday night and after the aerial trip rip over the country they had Just left in Bement's Dement's plane Tuesday Tues TUBS day ay the party came to Moab and Md continued on to Dead Horse Point where they camped for the night to o view the wonders of this spot pot at sunset |