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Show THE SXL'T LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MOHMMr, UUTUBEK - MX. .13 t nnnninwimaiiwiMwullu,lfllllll,ltllt imaacauBitn u W8rt rim country In Zion Ntloml Fork: Top (left), overlooking defile In ScuW tnm wonderlend; on the edge of the ctiff end in yet little-knowthe foreground are Lehl Jones and 0. G. Parry of Cedar City and formaRichard A. Thorley, rancher of the Xolob plateau country. Top (right), beehive-lik- e tions of monstrous .sire, separated by deep, narrow chasms. Lower (left), the weird land of the west rim, where warfare between plateau and canyon is raging fiercest. Lower (right), looking toward Little Zion canyon across west rim territory. The huge square rock in the middle foreground is of white, and is surmounted by a red "castle formation, glimpsed among the trees. At bottom. Guardian Angel pass seen from the northeast. The two conical formations e known as tlie Guardian Angola, and a narrow gorge in the plateau from which they rise is toe pass. (Photographs ire by Sandal) L. Jones of Cedar City.) n Los Angeles to Phoenix and return hours "JjSRumrtes 2 by g i nil record run or voi rnuet in pi nourii so minutes, elapsed time, proves conclusively the Sturdiness, Power and Speed of the New Series Rfo Six. The time each way is Records of better than the average one-wa-y ' winning cars in the Lot Angeles to Phoenix road races, and the going trip time was . better than the best mark set in the history ,of the famous Desert Classic pa road official has particularly served to call attention to the wonders of what Is known aa the "west rim," an area of natural wonders resembling nothing that la to be fount elsewhere, and entirely dtstlnet In general mvoresion on the visitor from anything to bo found on the floor of the cam on. A ganoe at anv recent map of that part of Utah will ehow that there is embraced in Zion national park quite a large area of ground, almost rectangular in shape, ten wide, east and west, and thirteen miles long, north and south Land privately owned along the Virgin river at the south end of the park Is represented by a bay in the end of the rectanThis la at the point of etvtrv. at gle. present the only official entrance. From that point north extends a canvon. perk to haps half a mle wide from and up this narrow strip the mav go for a ordinary canyon visitor distance of poesibly etx or seven miles. west rim and even succeeded In taking The ir p su automobile to the west run was rewarded bv views of some wonderful the demonstrate served to but seenerj'. ra vet comparative inaccessibility of the .vast region (till virtually unknown, vet Inclosed w Ithtn the Zion national park and awaiting only a vigorous program of development This month another party of railroad men, headed by V. 8 Basinger, passenger traffic manager of the I nlon Pacific 8vMem, made the trip Into that ares Thev took en automobile to the top of the mountain Ivlng south of tedar Ftty and known locally as Cedar mountain. mi-le- Zion National Park Is Still Difficult of Access Any but Horsemen. While the Union Pacific railroad officials have announced the probably definite decision to build the 'proposed hotel at Zion national park on the floor ot the Mukuntuweap canyon, instead of oi. the rim, the recent discussion on this point has served to call attention to the fact that the wonders of that national playground are as jet scarcely known, even to those moot familiar wi'h the park area. The Investigation made by the rail Find Easy Grade. v rim-pea- v H rim-pea- k, Difficult Trails. In other words, possibly three or four square miles of area of the total of 120 square miles are now accessible to the Cable mountain Is on the east visitor rim of this canyon, and so also Is Observation peak, which Is at present reached bv a difficult trail from the floor of the ran yon. The fork of the Virgin traversing n of the park's beautv this spots is known locally as the Mukuntu-wesThe investigation by the railroad men best-know- carried them to the east rim, which from the plateau side Is comparativelv easy of access from Mount Carmel, in Kane county, possibly twentv miles awav They also made the trUll more difficult but trip to the west rim, an area as little known save to the livestock jet ownets having grazing grounds in that region. Seven years ago Douglas hite. now de. ceased but then publicity agent of the at present only, entrance Salt Lake Route, made a trip into the From Cedar mountain on the north ti Virgin Cltv, of course, saddle horses are about the only means of conveyance possible at present, although a wagon kept reasonably near the party and wag used for carrying supplies It is declared, Valut however, that a passable automobile road, one which would be a "high gear' and with comparatlv elv little it'd, is possible expense all the way down the plateau to the point in t))0 heart of the park Touring Model It would be a beautiful drive, aboundCylinders ing In spots from which wide areas of beautiful country could be viewed, east, Five Passengers west and south, and Ivlng for the most area, with part through a In the dense hugs oaks intermingling groves of quaking asps, or the less thickly studded groups of pines and other conifers e. The railroaders were hv no means the first to make an Investigation of the possibilities of that region this vear They were preceded by one or two iurtles, on somewhat similar missions. p. Nash Loads th o World in Motor Car This placed them on the high Kolob plateau. .whence a wagon road leads on what is Said to be piaclleallv an even grade the fall in fifteen or twenty miles Is onl about 20(0 feet to a pqlnt almost in the center of Zion national park Tilts point, on the rim of the Koloh, overlooks a wonderland of precipitous peaks can-- v one thousands of feet deen and strange formations generally which have been eet aside for park development. From tills point the railroad part v sought and found a trail still continuing southerly, which brought them out on the floor of the Irgln River valley .near Virgin Cttv, and on the main traveled highway into the park by the southern, and Four The car was strict Reduced Price particular aare for the addition of Hartford Shock Absorbers and ly stock win every $935 Brown gedly built chassis and powered by the exception ally powerful Nash perfected valve-in-hea- d motor. Owners everywhere report, them remarkably nomical in operation and notably free from need of mechanical attention. FOURS and SIXES - eco- v . , Reduced Prices Range from $915 to $?190, f. o. b. Factory TAXATION. It Is sa d that In Eng and a high rate of tax Is maintained on motor vehicles. The tax cn a small American car over there Is over $100 rer year. Each car la taxed Trr proportion to Its Initial cost To coun'ersct this high taxation. England Is said to ba building an - GRADY MOTOR COMPANY Distributors. 465 car. 2 Color Stripes on Poles Indicate Direction L. O. NAYLOR COMPANY, Distributors Utah, Idaho, Southern Oregon, Eastern" Nevada and Western Wyoming. 43 to 63 West Fonrth South St., Salt Lake City, Utah. 4ue on the poets or signs Indicates Is running north ard ' 11 Complete Parts Stock of Look for Thi3 Sign at Genuine for- - 11-1- 3 West Fifth South Continental Motors Timken Axles Timken Bearings Bor g & Beck Clutches It means that every bit Tell your dealer or repair man where he can get them. of work done on your Ford here is done expertly and scientifically by skilled men and is guaranteed. Mendenhall Auto Parts Co. 36 South West Temple, Salt Lake City. E sm Ford Specialist PARTS SERVICE Polos ace banded along each route of the Xew Jersey state highway system to correspond to the colors Indicating the direction of the routes: Red show that It lies east and west Yellow tells you that if takes a i d course, northwest and south- - that the road eouh. , Phone Wasatch 1669. es Es EARL DAVIS filEUHALLS - " South Main St. 3 en Vl)MiimnuiiiiiiiisiHsiiusueii4iiifiiiiuaiaiiiiiimimiNiHiiiiHiiiiiiiiuiiwiiuiiiHsiitiHiiiiiiti er $40 Reflectors. and weather conditions were ex ceptionally bad, yet no trouble of any kind was experi enced save a single puncture on a In aSditlon-rt- o the ranchera of the region who acted aa guides, perhaps the Special Display: Now we are exhibiting a Nash Four consignment just received. They are swung smartly low td the road on a rug- e Roa'd Scenic Views Taken. most frequent visitors to the west rtm area the present summer hav e been c. Vj. IMi-rend Randall I Jones of Cedar City. The latte- -, secretarj of the tedar CUV Commero'eJ club, also Is a camera expert, and obtained some startling pictures cf that region, of which a few are Mr Parry Is traffic shown .herewith manager 6t the Zion National Park tom-- p any's transportation sen Ice, and made the tripe In the Interest of tourist road development. One of the Important tasks In park development work undoubtedly lie In the construction of trails from the floor of the park to both the .east end west rims, and the opening up to the visitor of all the wonder, of tliet wonderfully rough country, where nature has set her forces of erosion at work on a gigantic stale Practically the whole park area Is said to be a scries of canyons and crosscanyons each in its way as wonderful as the now partialand as the Mukurtuweap ly developed canvon of In scenes of majertl- grandeur this area Is said to rival the Grand Canvon of the Colorado and even to snrnass It 'In the trangc outlandish, unearthly wildness of Its view It is an area of which the With are as vet practically unknown proper development of trails and roads o reach it. In the park end of htghwavs It will nave the advan.sge of being accessible and bcauttfsl for a much longer reason than almost any other national park area. , Wasatch 1542. Ti |
