Show THIS THAT and the OTHER by MAck Muck Turner Proof of the contention that we made several months ago that Southeast Utah has no more than scratched the surface 0 of what It offers the tourist Is borne out In Inthe Inthe inthe the stories brought back by the members member of the National Geographic Geographic magazine party last week The party headed by W. W Robert Moore chief of the forel foreign editorial editorial editorial edi edi- department went into the maze of canyons that lie He southeast of the fantastic rock formations of the Needles In this area they were amazed for a week at the sensational scenic splendor of the area Coming back to civilization they were flown over the same area they had just spent a week In Inon Inon inon on a pack trip From the air they covered more area than It was possible possible pos pos- possible sible to cover In a week from the ground More ground meant more sensational discoveries of scenic wonders It is an area that is so vast it would take far more time than a amere amere amere mere week to uncover what is there to find To really catalogue the area will take months of pat pat- lent labor and exploration a job that Is not designed for the layman layman layman lay lay- man but for the experienced archeologist archeologist arch- arch and his crew of skilled workers It needs a guiding hand that knows what they are arc looking for About the only group we know of who can fit this job would be bethe bethe bethe the state archeological society at atthe atthe atthe the University of Utah They could do the job in a manner that would preserve this valuable historical discovery for the future Laymen turned loose for souvenir hunting In the are area areil would be more destructive destructive de than the well known bull bullIn bullIn bullin In a china closet But the very remoteness of the area is its best protection for the present No Sunday tourist In the family car would venture very far over the trails that lead to this this' area at the present time There were some valuable articles articles artitles ar ar- titles brought out by the party there recently But Dut they were men who knew the value of them and these have been forwarded to the state museum for protection and for the good of the public as a whole to view and admire Among the rare finds made was wasa a sandal perfectly preserved whose age has been set between and 1000 years old There was a stone axe brought back by bythe bythe bythe the party There were other articles articles articles ar ar- discovered as well as these and sent on to the museum We have never had the opportunity opportunity opportunity of touring a primitive area but we did see just about everything everything everything every every- thing offered In the Silver Sliver City area other than the Gila Wilder Wilder- ness The reason for that was the fact that roads do not exist ii in such places Entry to much o of that area was by ol of Dobbin or b by Shanks Shank's mare There were a loof lot lo lotof lotof of the wilderness area that no not even a jeep could find a trail And Anc the purpose of the wilderness area was to keep it just that way way way- just as it was when the Indian roamed it and the hardy pioneer first crossed It When the National Geographic party gathered around the campfires campfires campfires camp camp- fires at night a favorite topic o ot of conversation was what should be bedone bedone bedone done with those fantastic sights sight all about them It still is a mutual question of which is the best bes course to follow It was just 20 years ago that tha off there was talk of roping some acres and form another national monument As w we understand the area visited b by bythe bythe the National Geographic party recently recently recently rec rec- was included in the va vast area proposed for the Escalante Escalant National Monument At the time of or this proposal the idea was met with a storm o of protest and a number of mass meetings were held to fight figh against such a move Loss of grazIng grazIng grazing graz graz- Ing land to the cattlemen proved the chief complaint The size o othe of the area that would have been lost to o the cattlemen was another angle One thing that the National Geographic party did agree on was that country as rich in scenic beauty and pre historic treasures as that they were in should be preserved in some manner To open it to the flow now of tourist tourists tour tour- by the national monument ratIng rating rating rat rat- ing would mean an Intensive and expensive road building program and whatever acreage was set a aside aside aside a- a side would be taken off the grazing grazing grazing graz graz- ing lands of the area To leave these sights protected for the few souls hardy enough to gain entry to the area yet leave it for the cattlemen and his herd the answer would be a primitive area As either one it would have federal fed eral protection which would bethe bethe be bethe the important thins Most of our Utah talons dons have been In tn Grand county There has been little seen of San Juan county but we are looking forward forward forward for for- ward to seeing a lot of the country to the south of us We have heard some glowing stories of some of the spots to be found there and are looking forward forward for for- ward to visiting some of them The territory over which the Na Na- lonal Geographic party went Is very high on our list of places to tobe tobe tobe be visited there There is quite an imposing list of others to go with it it but all of them places we have heard very favorably mentioned as worth the trip to see Like the tourist we have only scratched the surface of what southeastern Utah has to offer to sightseer and camera bug I Ichabod the office boy says we weare weare weare are still sUII having trouble finding a anew anew anew new name for those kind of gals Gold-digger Gold is a little obsolete now that the tax collector and the government has gotten it aiL all |