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Show Opening Pine Valley Park is A Big Success Governor Dern, President Ivins and Other Distinguished Visitors are Delighted with Marvellous Views Over Eleven hundred Peoyle Attend the Opening Activities Splendid Program Given Never before had Pine Valley witnessed wit-nessed so much activity and such a great crowd of people as it did on the 4th and 5th insts. The people began gathering on the 2nd and kept it up through the 3rd and 4th, a few arriving so late as the morning of the 5th, the day of the big celebration. celebra-tion. The change from the lower altitude, below 3000 feet to the higher high-er Pine Valley town at 6500 feet was remarkable and the people wanted to get into the cool, fresh mountain air amid the beautiful scenery as soon as ' possible. - Eleven hundred and seventy peo- I pie gathered there from outside points and these added to the population popul-ation of Pine Valley made up a good sized crowd for the little town. Governor Dern, President Ivins and other distinguished visitors were made comfortable in the homes of residents, the others made camps on the sides of the streets, in many places a regular thick carpet of natural na-tural clover, when they soon had fires going, many of them cooking trout caught in the main stream that flows through the village. On approaching the town the first thing out of the ordinary to attract attention was a large flag flying oh the summit of the .road- about one and one-half miles from- the town. On arriving in ' town flags - were everywhere, a large one on a high staff being in front of the house to be occupied by Governor Dern. .! SuDday evening the band under I leadership of Prof. E. J. Bleak gave a splendid concert which was greatly great-ly enjoyed. Monday the distinguished visitors and several others made a trip over the mountain trails. Meanwnue those left behind had a real good time. They enjoyed themselves taking tak-ing hikes to the nearby canyons, gathering beautiful flowers and enjoying en-joying the wonderful scenery, etc. Others went fishing. In the afternoon after-noon there were games and sports of different kinds, the children having a great time contesting for nuts', candy, etc' Governor Dern, and son Jim and several others went upon the mountain, moun-tain, a ride of about six miles, being piloted by Ranger S. A. Macfarlane, and spent the night on top so as to get the late evening and early morn-B morn-B ing views. The rest of the party s that rode over the trail started soon after 7 o'clock Monday morning and caught up with the Governor and his party later. The caravan was guided guid-ed by Rangers Macfarlane and Baldwin Bald-win but did not keep well together, which was unfortunate because many missed taking the side trail to the highest point of the mountain where the best view is to be had. Wore than half the total number mis-0 mis-0 , sed this view, among them some dis- - ' tinguished visitors from Salt Lake 0 1 and other places, which is to be re gretted. One hundred seventeen rid-: rid-: ei's took in the long ride, which, by ' the way, is too much for one not used i to riding. The distance up Forsythe canyon following direct trails to I , Whipple canyon and return to Pine ! Valley is 20 miles, but with the side i trips to points .of lookout vantage j taken the distance covered on this trip was estimated by Ranger Macfarlane Mac-farlane at 25 miles. One lookout point where view north and east is I best was not visited as time was 0 ' limited. The route followed the trail up 0 Forsythe canyon through groves of line, fir, quaking aspen, mahogany, birch, and other trees; patches of i beautiful ferns, the ground in many ' , places being covered with a beauti-I beauti-I ful carpet of mountain clover, while I flowers of various kinds, columbines. lupins, bluebells, and a host of oth- ers the names of which we are not ! familiar with. Varying the scenery j at several points along this trail is I the granate rock torn into fantastic shapes in the crevises of which trees are growing. Usually near the head of this trail snowbanks are to be found. One snowbank only was seen and that further over. While this is all of surpassing beauty it was not the main object of this trip. The real object was the superb and wonderful panorama spread out to view from several points on top of the mountain. From one point or another on the mountain three states, Arizona, Nevada Nev-ada and Utah, and ten counties, Mohave Mo-have and Coconino in Arizona, Lincoln Lin-coln and Clark in Nevada, Washington, Washing-ton, Kane, Iron, Beaver, Millard and Juab in Utah. As the caravan moved mov-ed along after reaching the top, Dameron Valley, Snows canyon and the towns of Veyo, Gunlock and Central Cen-tral are first seen; farther east are seen more of Dixie's towns, Santa Clara and Ivins to the west, St. George with its beautiful temple and the college "D" on the black ridge west of the city, Bloomington, Santa Clara, and Washington fields forming form-ing pleasing patches of green in the desert waste; the junction of the Santa Clara river with the Virgin river just south of St. George and their winding canyons gives beauty to the view, sometimes a narrow patch of green in the desert waste, at other times the broad green fields spread out, giving promise of the luscious fruits and vegetables of Dixie. Washington comes -next and turning to the east Hurricane is the most conspicious as it nestles at the foot of the great Hurricane Fault, said to be the greatest fault in the earth's surface in America; La Ver- nnd TnniiQPtfillo ntcn 1 1 c at thp. foot of this great fault, and Harris-burg, Harris-burg, Leedsandthe remnentsof what was once Silver Reef nestle at the foot of the mountain upon which we stand. Still farther to the east the Virgin river comes from the walls of Zion, with the towns of Virgin, Grafton, Graf-ton, Rockville and Springdale shimmering shim-mering in the mellow light. The West Temple of Zion canyon is seen in full majesty and other details of Zion canyon are seen, also the Kolob county. This mountain scenery is awe inspiring. in-spiring. One looks and sees the country broken up into piles of rock of fantastic shapes and almost every conceivable color, reds, whites and yellows predominating. In some places, as at Purgatory, masses of Cliff have been thrown sidewise and upended. Volcanic cones are seen at many places, and near these are broken fields of lava and vplcauic cinders. It is only by standing upon this great extinct volcano. Pine Valley mountain, and looking out in every direction that one can gain a real live impression of the vast amount of destruction wrought by it in ages gone and the terrific earthquakes which broke the earth's crust and threw St. George valley down many hundreds of feet. One may look upon smiling Pine Valley today and hardly bring himself to realize that the place he is looking upon was once a seething, molten mass being belched belch-ed forth by interior force upon the the face of the country hereabouts. It is the aftermath of these terrible outbreaks that we view today and admire because of the fantastic shapes and beautiful coloring. It is all wonderful, and expressions of wonder and amazement were common com-mon among the visitors who will tell of these wonders when they get back home. The views reach out to the Kiabal) mountain southeast, to Mount Trumbull, Trum-bull, and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado river, south to the Fara-shaunt Fara-shaunt mountains rising out of the Colorado river, and southwest over the tops of the Beaverdam moun- tains to the ranges that rise beyond Las Vegas. To the west the Bull Valley mountains attract our gaze, but far beyond them are the blue summits of distant ranges in Nevada. In the view from the top of the mountain is the volcanic cones that lie immediately below us. We looked look-ed down into the craters of these young volcanos, one looking as though the lava had only just ceased to flow from it, just above beautiful Snows canyon, of which the Governor Gover-nor gave a very high opinion of its beauty. Lunch was eaten in a beautiful park where the ground was carpeted with clover, and bluebells, the sides of the park being shafts of granite interspersed with fir and pine trees, the whole forming a beautiful picture. pic-ture. . The party had all returned to Pine Valley by about five o'clock, soon after which a barbecued beef was served out to the hungry and tired ones. The barbecued beef was splendidly splendid-ly done. It was cooked in a special ly prepared rock-walled pit and was the best cooked we have ever tasted. The fine animal for the barbecue was given by Erastus Gardner of Pine Valley, while the cooks were M. W. Andrus, John, H. Cottam, Erastus Gardner and Howard Miller. It was made up into sandwiches and served by the Snow girls of Pine Valley. The Program Following the barbecue, the Fourth of July program was given on a specially constructed stand on the east side of the meeting house, which was nicely decorated with national na-tional flags and bunting. Autos formed a large semi-circle in front and people on foot sat in front or on the sides of them. The whole formed form-ed a very inspiring scene. Supt. W. . O. Bentley presided. 'High on the Mountain Top" was sung by the audience accompanied by the Dixie band. Invocation was by Elder John G. McQuarrie. Selection by band. "America the Land for me." Governor George H. Dern said he felt as if he had already done a good day's work; when all knocked out there is nothing like a long horseback horse-back ride. Spoke of his ride through beautiful Snows canyon some time ago. Pine Valley mountain was another an-other of Utah's great resources. Today was another birthday of our nation. I want to talk of both but can't do justice to them both, so will ask Pres. Ivins to talk upon In-dependance In-dependance day and what it means. Gov. Dern then told of Utah's great wealth in minerals, flock and herds, manufactures, industries and natural resources. During the last few years another great resource had been added ad-ded scenery. American tourists are now flooding Europe : tourists will trot all around the world to see some wonderful piece of scenery. Some states have commercialized their scenery. Colorado especially and Colorado has made millions of dollars out of it; its much vaunted Garden of the Gods can't hold a can-die can-die to southern Utah scenery. California Cal-ifornia is largely built up of tourist travel. Utah was just beginning to tell America of its wealth of scenery, particularly of southern Utah scenery. scen-ery. Southern Utah's scenery is unsurpassed un-surpassed in the whole world. Several Sev-eral good friends had told him of beautiful Pine Valley mountain and the glorious views to be had from it. I have seen it and I am frank to say , it fulfills all predictions made for it; the entire trip was a delight, and the views far beyond anything I expected expect-ed to see; it is one of the great attractions at-tractions of the state of Utah and we must give the' pleasure of these wonderful views to others. It had been suggested that a state park be made of it but it is in a forest reserve re-serve and we can't do that. But we need not feel disappointed as it is in a good position as it is. Governor Dern said he . thought Pine Valley had great possibilities as a dude ranch. We glow with pride that God has so generously lavished his bounties upon it. We must not forget for-get that today is the 150th anniversary anniver-sary of our Nation's birth. I am proud to be an American, proud of our country. We should all show our appreciation of it and devotion to its principles. Hearty applause greeted greet-ed the Governor's talk. The Dixie band gave a patriotic selection. President Anthony W. Ivins, said: Governor Dern said he felt as if he had done a day's work; I feel as if I had done two days' work. Glad I can go over this beautiful country without feeling more fatigue than I do. Pres. Ivins paid high tribute to the pioneers of Pine Valley, "whose sons and daughters you now see before be-fore you. Governor." I felt it my duty to be here as our Governor would be here. Our Governor is entitled en-titled to our respect, help and support. sup-port. Paid high tribute to Governor Dern's father, ( who he knew ), saying, say-ing, if the son is like him he will be entitled to great credit. Pres. Ivins then launched out into a patriotic talk in commemoration of the day, making a splendid speech that was heartily applauded. Pres. Edw. H. Snow said this was a great day for the United States and a great day for Pine Valley. This is the first time in the history of Pine Valley that a governor of the state had visited it. ' Spoke further of the great interest in the state shown by Governor Dern. Just 100 years ago today Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, passed away. John Adams another signer of the Declaration passed away 011 the same day. They will live in memory as two of the great founders of our nation. God grand that w-e may live true and loyal lives at all times. The Star Spangled Banner was sung by the audience accompanied by the band. Vice Pres. Edward M. Ashton of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Paid he was glad he came to this beaMtiful spot. Paid high tribute to the wonderful scenery. Also paid high tribute to the old settlers. Said that in bringing Pine Valley mountain to the front, the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce would be pleased to help if possible; the C. of C. is advertising the resources of the |