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Show NEW SCENERY IN ZIQN PARK GIVES THRILLS Cedar City, August 25. The party of fifteen men which left here last Wednesday returned to Cedar City early Saturday after a thrilling two days trip in the chasm of upper Zion Canyon. Going to Dry valley by auto passing pass-ing Cedar Breaks to the north and Navajo Lake to the south, the cars were halted at the brink of the north fork of Zion canyon a half mile from North Fork cave. The party was met here by a wagon from Smith's sheep herd which hauled the supplies to within a short distance of the entrance en-trance to the gorge at Old Ned's ranch, 15 miles down the canyon where camp was made for the first night. Taking to their packs the next morning the men entered the gulch between red sandstone ledges but a few feet high. Here the stream quickened and soon became the muddy branch of the virgin. From the first the company was forced to cross and recross the stream as it ran from side to side of the narrowing canyon, the walls of which soon closed in until the stream often filled the whole bottom forcing travel down thestream bed. It was not long before the walls of the gorge began mounting hundreds of feet upward. Overhanging Walls The zigzag course of the canyon leads in a southerly direction, bearing bear-ing slightly to the west. Never could one see more than a few hundred hun-dred feet ahead and often overhanging overhang-ing walls completely obscured the sky. Above the junction with the Crystal fork, the chasm throughout is but a score of feet wide, seldom more, often less, with wall mounting to a height variously from 1000 to 2000 feet. From Crystal Fork there flows a clear stream of water about equal in size to the stream in North Fork. From this point down, the canyon widens slightly and the walls continue contin-ue to mount upward. Side canyons coming in proved to be one of the features of the gorge. These canyons usually ended in blind walls where at times in the year high waterfalls are common. Orderville gulch and Oak valley gorge are the largest of these, extending far back into the mountains, the later of which has never been explored. Into In-to this the party went only a short distance. Route Comparatively Easy The first notable discovery of the trip was the comparative ease with which the course can at present be traveled. Excepting for log jams which might easily be disposed of the journey could be made on horseback. The party camped the second night at the entrance to Oak valley gorge, traveling the remainder of the dist-. anc? the next day leaving the narrows nar-rows of the canyon at 5 p. m., Friday. The distance from the upper entrance entr-ance of the gorge to the meeting of the foot trail at the narrows is perhaps per-haps 20 miles. Those making the trip declare that upper Zion canyon holds thrills for the tourist not yet dreamed of by the most enthusiastic narrator of southern south-ern Utah wonders. It is a country filled with a never-ending wealth of science marvels. The party returned headed by Arthur Fife, captain; W. W. Flani-gan, Flani-gan, guide; J. H. Maughau, reporter; A. J. Morris, camp director; Dr. F. H. Petty, Wilford Fife, 'irvin T. Nelson, Nel-son, Cleo Dox, Virgene Simkins, M. J. Urie, Fred Braithwaite, S. W. Leigh and Lamas Graff members. Tentative plans have been made for a similar trip again next year. APPOINTMENTS FOR RELIGION CLASS SUNDAY, AUG. 80 Enterprise Karl N. Snow and Arthur Paxman. Central William Lund. Veyo Murray Bracken. Gunlock Henry Graf. Santa Clara Vivian J. Frei and Willard O. Nisson. St. George Joseph K. Nicholes. Washington Vernon Worthen and Tillie Winsor. Leeds Harold Snow and Edward McMullin. Toquerville Arthur K. Hafen and Emily Harmon. La Verkin Martin McAllister and Mishie Seegmiller. Hurricane Jed Fawcett and Edward Gubler. Virgin Alma Isom and Rhoda Prince. Rockville Frank Barber. Springdale Claud Hirschi and Hilda Hall. |