Show I state e Legislators Visit Scenic Spots in State for likely Parks Three members of the Utah state legislature flew over a good portion of the state last Sunday including in the tr trip p parts of Grand c county in preparation for forthe forthe forthe the coming proposal to create a I state park puk system in the state Making the trip were C. C Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor br Burton state senator from Salt Lake City Charles E. E Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- terson last session s speaker of the house of representatives and Orval Hafen state senator from Washington county Sen Burton is chairman of the Legislative council Rep Peter Peter- I son is vice chairman and Sen Hafen is head of the councils council's park committee Sen Hafen I stated later It wont won't cost much money In fact it will really bring money into the state from tourists and sports sports- men He said land for parks could be obtained from the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government on a term long-term I lease lase ase I figure that we could trade some of our land There'd be somo some expenses like setting up the commission providing for park rangers and building roads but its it's more an investment than any anything thin else he went on to state The proposed state park system has been promoted to a great extent extent extent ex ex- ex- ex tent by the Sons of Utah Pioneers an organization which has visIted visited visited vis vis- vis- vis a good deal of the state to inspect possible entries to the system The Grand county Chamb Chamber Cham- Cham b bur ber of Commerce and other simIlar similar sim sim- ilar civic groups throughout the state tate have also gone on record as being in favor of the proposal and a good Rood de deal 1 of support is promised when the question is brought before the 1957 session of the state legislature The serial aerial tour began at Salt Lake City in an aircraft flown by Harlan W. W Bement director of the Utah Aeronautics commission com corn mission Mr Bement and Sen Hurton Burton left Salt Lake airport about 6 G am a.m. Sunday Y in the state plane stopped at Provo and picked picked pick pick- ed pd up Rep Peterson then flew to St St. George in the southwest corner comer of ot the state where Sen Hafen joined the group Throughout the remainder of the day the party flew fiew over Zion national park Zion national monument mon mon- monument Cottonwood canyon the Glen GleA canyon damsite the Colorado Colorado Colo Coin rado river up past the Henry mountains to Hanksville over the theLand theLand theLand Land of Standing Rocks northwest northwest northwest north north- west to Monticello and through Castle Valley and the Fisher Towers Towers Towers Tow Tow- ers area of Grand county A good deal of attention was on the rugged canyon country that will be inundated by and adjacent to the lake formed oy ay the Glen canyon dam darn now under under under un un- un- un der construction on the Colorado river just south of ot the Utah state statelIne stateline stateline line In Arizona Grand Grano county's representative in the legislature Rep George GeorgeJ J J. J Burck stated this week that he Is In favor of the creation of such a system if it could be found round to be financially possible Rep Burck stated that while In Salt LakE City this week-end week he planned t to talk to various officials officials daIs and also to the Sons of Utah Pioneers on feasibility of the plan Ian |