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Show giibit. g!jf Automobile and Truck Section Sunday, May 23 . 1920 ZION NATIONAL PARK OPENS TO. GIRLS :OF I TOE most spectacular sutonic-bll- a trip in tbs world with the University of Utah girls, going to Zion national park. 1 Rolling through the national park gate. Left to right, Muses Dun yon, Mildred Oerrard, Melba Ann Wldteoe, Nell Creer. Catherine Levering, Dora Montague end CUaun-ce- y U. parry, manager of transport tstion for tne nstional psrk. 2 The arrival st Camp Wylie. W. W. Wylie, famoua nations! perk man. meets the motor cars and is seen greeting Mrs. A. V. Peterson. 9 The lunch or, rather, dinner at Echo farm on the return trip brings this pleased expression, posed for by Miss , Mildred Oerrard. 4 Loading the stage at Cedar City after lunch on the trip in. Left to light, at bustling baggage, Mildred Oerrard, Ann Wtdtsoe, Dora Montague, Melba Dunyon. The little meld with the big load is Nall Creer. b Here is one of the views the windshield of the car frames after passing through the national park gates. Two of the Three Patriarch are shown In the background. Those In tbs foreground not patriarchs are Chauncey O. Parry and Mias Catharine Levering. g Where the traveler gets the first Immense eyeful of Zion canyon. At the aide of the etage is Mia Dora - - Montague. ' .7 Hospitality la the tradition of the Dixie country through which the Zion park road winds, and at Toquer-vlilwhere a short rest stop is made, Mias Lila Higbee brings out a pitcher of sparkling spring water. ON 01 FIRST IP From Lund Station, on Salt Lake lloute, Interests All the Way. Journey ' ,A, ;y,i S ) . o1. I L-.- '- ' J'--r :r5 7 V 'i k" ''. s tV'Vl .aViiy Camp Wylie Offers Autoist Good Garage Facilities, ,2'f ,t i , 1 - - V ' V- - v- - if,.j and Fifie Accommodation "ill It Is fitting that the moat remarkable automobile trip In the country should be that made In taking travefere from fhe railroad station at Lund, Utah, to the Zion newly opened Utah wonderland, national park, itself one of the most re- in likable examples of spectacular scenery ever gathered together by Nature. It ta remarkable for the fact that no human alage manager or human psychologist could have arranged the scenes along the road with such delicate skill, green starting with a desert sagebrush, yellow sand and blue buttes und graduating as they do, color by Color, K.enu by scene, each greater than the last. In preparation for the final stupendous sliht met In. entering the great gorge. !J K-f- ri I? V a. - . b .? iV! 4- "Y 1 UI-- ..j T0W J, v- V A No, V -- ViSaTt 1 r,-- $, f. I . .j-- mi .v . 1 L V-; 1 4 vrWasei ' w , r Id s ' ,,, t' 'P , M s i Si In fact, one traveler who expressed a wish to be taken blindfolded to that first great view of Zion canyon, received a heated argument from all who heard It. The speotai le would be too much for proper appreciation without Its wonder- - iT Ai'f le v r ,fJ i v f g, Preparation. A rn. J pajw,ef View Demands -- W Jf ' : . a , , i j i 7 ' t - 7 A rJJ ' f' 'i ,r r , : ' E W V?v ft 4 L Lm tc sU: I ' 12 'ss: .Vi T I' -' .- ;l , - V ;, ilfi-- TAk A W j :f ; ' ty . , i :AVfe'''K 'S'l' A1 .;V.r t I if ; "r Ak V i 'tv At-r- M in x X.' C -- 1 Klyvy t, 4 s - w j iu v 4 t 1 w. aLSrv vVA iW r i' i 4 d 4f i 913 rpr v M V ,LkfW- Lt :Tj. - 1 rs'5V 7.,'. a , v . & , 7 fj ; i fA Wf, r $ 1 u' j' i t , "N h '- 7 a '' N A V 4 V $ ' r4 'S , ' ' J! j - ' ( x, f ai ful prorogue In the trip which bulldi It up and prepares one, step by step for the final grandeur, of the place. With this single dissert, everyone who has gone to Zion declares the preparatory ride one of the great features of the entire trip The road from the railway 'at Lund and the route taken by tourists coming from Salt Lake in their own cars. Join at Cedar Citv, but to the traveler from ,lhe east espetiaily, the short stretch of desert between Lund tjpical American and Cedar la most interesting. It Is not to bwome at all monotonous long enough and the road with the exception of a mile or so near Lund-l- s good. Regular stages, meeting all trains, carrv the travelers to Oedar where a stop for lunch Is made and where the Parry transportation system of the national park picks them up Girls Are Pioneers. The expedition of University of Utah girls who celebrated the opening of the with a trip through new park to both traveled and untraveled parts of It. lias the first to make the run. leaving Lund shortly after 10 o clock In the. morning. As the road rose over the hills and tho desert changed into the high sheep-graslcountry to the west of Cedar, a stop was made to watch the woolles sheared Just past the clipping being the road topped the rise and the (imp inh ranching country bordering the Arrowhead trail came into view, with the Vermilion cliffs in the background , After lunch the Arrowhead trail Is followed for some distance, being left a half mile north of the famous Echo faim, which is the lunch stop on the return trip After the run through a region of green ranches, black lava hills and winding canyons along the line of tho great Hurricane fault, another rise is topped and the first really great panorama of an infinite series Is seen, with the won rs Matter sooeertns ns -- he antnmehtle sesee so sews, but under the plawpiiSliahee peaerS by eoe(reaa la elaaetfleO rrcrel aa the Sealer heeaoaa eotleea part ef tie paper, rarry a da la another la m anas art IScaa aeticae pal a 4 derfully green little valley surrounding Toquerville below" and the first multicolored spires of the Zion region far in the distance. Scenery la Dazzling. From that point on. the trip is a kaleidoscopic changing of panoramic views. become more The colors momentarily vivid, the mountain formations become weird and each turii Of the road brings a new sten and a new impression. A short stop is made at Toquerville, both for a rest and also to give one the opportunity of admiring the wonderful little settlement with Us eld houses submerged in greenery and surrounded by its rich fields. At Rockdale and Spring-dalsimilar beautiful little places are passed, and in these places, aa In the entire Dixie country, courtesy and hos- pitality, to the travelers are traditional. Leaving Springdale, the first lew of Zion canyon itself is seen High to the right are the Towers of the irgin, and j far up the gorge can be glimpsed the big, j red Gibraltar of Angel s Landing with the Great White Throne serosa from It. J 8. With High bn the left Is the "West Temple, I FlENLET, Ner May which was first seen from near Rockdale, of sixty three automoshut from an opposite side. j biles owned in this city of only e, 1 Nevada Town Claims Novel Auto Record I Camp Wylie at Entrance. wooden gate passed through, and ten the car draws up under where W. W. Wylie, A plain is opened and minutes later a sign, "Camp Wylie himself greets the Inarrivals. ' You are Zion national park. On tho first trip in, the exploring expedition of university maids arrived at Camp W ylle at ( 10 In the afternoon, being a little lata because of many stops made to photograph interesting places On a regular run with fewer delava, the Psrrys tagea arrive earlier, and the tourist with his own car can set his own schedule. For the accommodation of the latter, garage faoiMties have been incomplete stalled --at Camp V, yile. where gas tires and other supplies can be procured asd repairs made If necessary The roads, with tho exception of a short stretch on the stage run between Lund and Cedar and a short bit up the Arrowhead trail between Cedar and Salt Lake, sre all In j i i sixty families, Fernley claims the record for any city in America. Only eleven families 'are without automobiles. Nine cars are owned by parties without families. Fernley Is a farming town in the center of an agricultural empire. k condition as will as nearly boulevard-lik- e b found short of pavement The high cost of living has not hit the Dixie country, or at least that part of it which gives the traveler umhea and dinners en route to Zion canyon Lunch i nt Cedar Citv is aeveniv five it is an excellent and well served msl t turn or On the return trip a he callvd dinner for It rint, is a re- - I .should ' ular midday meal is found I st the famous Anderson rajich, now oH -- - V Questions and -Answers " a transWe understand that there is mission made that gives a Ford triak four speeds. Please let us know where we ran get It Also who makes special bodies for the Ford. We want a panel txei with W! ioca iron.. Such a unit is made. We are sending o tame oi n akei an d'talis by man. Bod i maker a name by mail also. 1 a Which shows the greatest depreciation when not In use, s truvk or horses and What I wish to find out Is wagons whether It is profitable to have a truck that will be used only t wehe days In The horses are not used the month t the kirertment is so much more W less heart nted to use vehicles much of po w r and speed have lots roust jwhhh I don t get with the horse.. Without knowing all detai's of the condition it eiffais to me mat tt m'glit be more profitable lo rent s t uek eei h munuv. If vou puts hsned one there wmtlit of depreiiaflin be a certain amount whe f )oj use the truck or not. but you I j ! J ov r o.M.:easoadd Jf. sjMwewwiu? e Cnnictlng'EegisIation in Various States Gives I I vevhMfe Motor Car Dealers Able to Help Ufiify Traffic Law A This is also known as Echo farm acv entv -- five cents mftb - a first C" Ilka example of the old expression, mother used to make. Lvctyining served On arrtval is raised right on the ranch st Lund another exiclent meal is fonnd, also mating the usual six bits. This IT is served early enough to catch the train far halt Lake comfortably. W I 'f l.y yA,''. . -- iV. p i i ' V2 ctw ' ;4j - t :a a vf ,x lV, h ;v iU' t '" -r !'. g?HV . ' f af i;- A,-- J 4; -- ,t fv v 2 t AA f 4 f Jf J"c Rise to, Much Genuine Trouble for Auto Tire Is Queerly Named AllOver World the Motorist. ROWTH of motor car dealers throughout the United States, not alone in numbers and In membership, but in potential G OMEBODY ones said a tlr by strength as wel should bring with It a growing sense of what duties these any other name would roll as far, dealers owe to their communities and to but few people know just haw many odd names th inflated circles gc by th nation. They should be in the In the various countries of the world. of the move to better traffic conIn preat Britain and tt possessions, ditions through the United States and except Canada, th 'spalling Is Invathey must be there if they are to retain In Chile and Argenthe very high place they have made for riably tyrs. themselvea in the business life of the retina tires are called neumatlces, s while In Mexico City they arc II public For If traffic condition ore v. and In Cuba gomat In Brazlf, ery ones business, they are particularly where Portuguese Is generally spoken, the business of the automobile dealer and and In manufacturer. th word Is "pneumatics, Franc th word pnsus' Is a The multip'lelty of traffic laws, in the of pneumatlquea." Th Dan. various states would b ludicrous did it Ish word gummlrlng,' meaning not touch so closely upon the traffic. Mrubber ring, Is ueed In Scandinavian otorists going fronj one stale to. another countries. find themselves confronted with an entirety new set of laws What is legal in one state is Illegal in another, what is In one la legal In the next state ha v considerably more depreciation on illegal the borers and st th same time you visited. Of cou-s- e, i.av e to take daily care of them this Is wrong No one w'll ' fore-'ro- an-ta- nt deny It But everyone is waiting for t', next fellow to ail The Chicago Association of Commene hay. formulated a of general regulations, which is wed worth the consideration of our renders upon Perhaps it can be greatly Improved per taps not. At anv rate, tt is a result of some very real study of condition . The dealers of the United Stale were' th men who finally secured the enaii-men- t of the Dyer antitheft law. Isn i tt equally woith while to have a uniform tratfio code? Editorial, Motor Age. iw -- 9851 Auto Licenses Are Issued in Nevada r CRSOV CITY. Nev May y? A grat ,t total of KX51 automdl Te licenses have been issued to Nevadaiis tor the firs three months of la hi by Secretary of State George Brodigan. T7VI tfi r--f the 'oil ar a total of sold to Indtvliul owners A total of in motnnyclf issued during the same period we i Fully protected. The firerr U t rsiefnl eoss, I Hf EMFf iwd Tor )uf rail ftr Wlttt w til -- Ami ii mb Mol |