Show aion PUR HOTI TO 01 beai henry T atkin chairman of coun ty commissioners commissioner henry W gabler and the news editor went to zion canyon sunday to meet a party of distinguished vis igors wco who had arrived there to make immediate arrangements for the erection of the zion park hotel the laying out of hotel grounds ground ci erection of a bridge avros avro s the river bac the party consisted of S C lancaster chief engineer of parks union pacific system W S basinger Basl nger pas sanger traffic manager of union pacific system with headquarters at omaha geo E goodwin chief engineer of the national parks service W B wellman chief architect union pacific system D R hull architect national parks service A S halsted general soll citer U P system gunnar Wid forss artist national parks service henry W lunt state road commissioner randall L jones lecturer tor for U P system and the parry bros gronway and chauncey of cedar city the commissioners and the editor were guests of the party sunday and monday A meeting was held around a huge camp fire sunday night the total population of springdale appeared to be present and several from rockville and other places altogether there was in excess of people present bishop thornton hepworth ot of springdale conducted the meeting and opened it by all present singing 0 ye mountains high prayer was offered up by elder I 1 H langston all joined in singing come come ye saints senator lunt mr lancaster walo who made a wholesome and encouraging talk partly as follows ism I 1 am thankful to god to be here amid this marvelous marve loua scenery and among you good people we have come here to do things and we want you to cooperate with us we intend to erect a large and beautiful hotel on the spot where here ve me are now standing it will be two stories high and three hundred feet long in the center will be an octagonal tower in which will be a set of bells and the first tune this set of bells will chime will will be the beautiful song that you sang first tonight from this tower will extend five live wings each feet long longi the hotel will be built of native stone quarried in this canyon and taken out so as is not to mar the beauty of the canyon native lumber from the zion ledges will be used everything including labor that can be had here will be used the union pacific system wants the people here to have the benefit of this work we want your cooperation in every way nay possible we will give you a square deal in everything and we want square dealing in return when the hotel ia is finished we shall want your chac chickens ens turkeys fruit etc probably all you can raise we do not want to send outside for these things advised the people to make their homes as attractive as possible along the route especially by having neat fences well trimmed trees neat gardens etc sir mr lancaster also advised the people to treat the travelers with kindness and courtesy the hotel must bs be finished this year this hotel will be the means of bringing in from two to three million dollars into this county within two or three years but we must have good roads mr lancaster finished his talk by saying I 1 thank god to be here tonight and take part in this wonderful meeting mr goodwin spoke of the allurement of the park which made him biant aaa to come here he was always pleased to come here and distressed to have to leave this wonderful place the beauties of southern utah are marvellous marcellous marv ellous and are comparable nowhere else on earth opportunity is now here we have the inspiration to noble deeds in these sublime our we must remember that the dollar that Is brought in is the most valuable dollar and we must work to bring in these dollars nothing will help la in this more than good roads we aust must have real good roads to brine brins ta in the people who have the I 1 boney who do not aind bow how ch t the they 1004 they 00 get tt p q L L IL worth of their money we want your loyal support and cooperation in ev grything ery thing mr basinger said this great work was prophesied years ago 1 it 1 is I 1 I 1 n now 0 W coining coming to pass and all is wi well a i 1 i it t Is 3 the seventh time that I 1 have attended meetings at this charming and won darful spot the hotel will be finish ed this year and it is then up to me to institute the greatest advertising campaign covering europe and this country that has ever been conducted by a railroad company good roads are now the most important things and these we must have to succeed we want you all to help in this the speaker concluded by paying a very warm tribute to former governor william spry tor for the great work he did for zion canyon and the roads in this county mr wellman told of what his de apartment part ment intended doing he made a beautiful talk and was heartily applauded as were all the speakers the dixie martial band played a selection and were so heartily ap that they responded with another the band consists of john dennet who la is in the year of his age but who can still play the snare drum very well 0 D and F D gifford and hyrum justitz mr hull told of what would be done regarding the landscape hers here said he was here with supt bupt mather of the national park service and emerson hough and told of how the scenery impressed him at that time the things the park service had had in mind tor for some time tor for this park nil III now be done spoke of the work done by randall L jones in lecturing and showing his wonderful slides of zion park scenery told of the impression of this scenery on mr Wid forss the artist who when he first saw it this morning exclaimed wonderful a Ille lifetime tIme is too short mr halsted speaking of the ery cry of 0 yosemite and other places said none had impressed him as had zion cannon canyon zion appeared just as god made it I 1 am glad to be here good roads are an absolute necessity to bring in the great number of people who will want to see this wonderful place mr jones eald said he had been dredie dreaming for a long time of this thing coming to pass he ile paid high tribute to former governor spry and mr basinger for their great efforts la in bringing this about said the grading was now being done for the lund cedar railway which would be finished the coming tall fall referring to the requests of mr basinger and mr lancaster tor for coop cooperation said utah had been built up on it the people would give back dollar for dollar and were anxious to have this work done mr the artist was wits so overcome with emotion at the won darful scenery that he could hardly express himself added to which he is a native of sweden having been in this country three years only ha he said he had been painting the yosemite park for the past two years and on being asked to come here said he could only stay a couple of weeks now said bald he I 1 am going to stay all summer and many other summers it is wonderful wonder fUll I 1 am de lighted he further remarked that the two most wonderful days in hta his life was the day in which his first picture was accepted by the salon of art at farls paris and this day the scenery here said bald mr Wid forss surpasses sui passes any I 1 have ever seen it Is so wonderful that I 1 cant express it mr lancaster said that handall randall L jones would be his right band hand man in putting this over he Is trustworthy good and capable the parry boys also were willing to cooperate I 1 senator lunt made a few closing words in which he promised as a member of the state road commission to do all possible in cooperation with the county commissioners for road work bishop hepworth made a few clos ing remarks in which he thanked the visitors for the good things promised the assembly sang our mountain home so dear 0 before dispersing senator lunt paid high tribute to governor spry douglas white and jos JOB 11 manderfield and datt dan 9 spencer for their good nork itt in behalf ot of zion canyon hurrahs were given tor for GOT gov spry bp 0 D gifford saoko ot of Us ur del len leabough bough tue pho at 0 ww PoW pious ollic par pr ty aad and the greatt interest he bad tapo VIP WW rip en in this canyon the doxology was then sung after which bp dp 0 D gifford pronounced a benediction locate budge site monday morning a party of eight left camp to locate a bridge site ac ae loss the virgin river the party consisted of engineer goodwin mr bassinger senator lunt commis atkin and gubler J L wood house oscar demill and the editor the forenoon nas mas spent in looking up and down the river between june tion of the and branches of the virgin river nd grifton rockville being finall finally decided as the best place to put in the 40 bridge which Is to connect zion park with the grand canyon road ID v lunch was had at rockville at john dennet 8 place mrs dennet serving a very fine meal after disposing of this horses were mounted and a trip made across the river on the road to the big plain it Is seven miles from rockville to tho the big p ain across this road which la is a good one for wagons but a little too steep stoop in places for autos A cursory examination was also made of gifford s canyon and gratton wash to see if road could be made through either of these with mini lal mum grade also to the east cast of pres pro ent road to see if pass existed where road could be made no decision on site of road was made it Is probable that present road will be utilized by reducing grades where possible made no decision on site of road vas made it Is probable that present road will be utilized by reducing grades where possible I 1 I 1 the big plain presents a beautiful picture with its thousands of acres of grain which Is showing up nice and green on this trip the sawmill men were seen and arrangements made fer for in creasing the capacity of the sawmill and turning out lumber as early as possible five engineers arrived at the camp monday afternoon to map the floor of the canyon every one of the party Is enthus anthus tas las tic and there is no POS possible BIbIO reason to doubt that their object will be carried out in the time stated |