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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 10 MPUL 11, 1925. Zion Opening Climaxes Romantic Development of Americans Most Beautiful Park tha colored and weirdly eroded archltectnrea of Bryce canyon, which, together with Cedu- Breaks and Zion National park, forma the triplet attractions of the southern UUh wonderland, which will open on May 15th. With the travel facilities whioh will group It with other notable .recreation centers of the country. No. 2 was taken on the road through the famous Kaibab forest, between Zion National park and the north rim of the Grand canyon. No. 8 Miss Harriet Bunting of Cedar City, is posed with her horse atop the highest point of Cedar Breaks, where the rim of the glgantio chromatic bowl overlooks four states. No. 4 shows two pretty hikers, Misses Dora Montague and Nell Greer of Salt Lake City, framed by a background striped like a Roman sash in the multicolored walls of Zion canyon. 6 One of the grotesque pillars of Brroe canyon outlined . against a high Utah.sky, so blue it appears black. , flame) - - lj. " yf Senator Smoot to Release Golden Lock; Zion, Bryce and Cedar Ready Real Start- iff ing Point in State Tour-is- t History, Many Saj. i tional playgrounds. Tt it' receive the Initial visitors, forming with Ita clustered aleeplng cottages tha semblance sf a ruatlc village at the foot of ona of tha gorgeous cliffs that rise In color alter color for countless hundreds of feet. Modern convenlenoea will ba at the travelere' surroundcommand In the age-ol- d ings and modern roads and trails lead out from the lodge oenter to take them through the Indeacrtbahla spaces of the ralnbowed gorge whose walla Sell tha story of a million years of prehistorta time. At Cedar City, the gateway to tha triplet attractions of the Utah wonderland, which Include Zlon national canyon and the Cedar park, Bryce breaks, la tha atartlng point of tha motor transportation system which links them. Here la tha end of the Vnlon Pacific national park line over whtoh the thousands will roll to tha tart of their trip In the comfort of their Pullmana. A modern depot and the beat of other traffic facilltlea. together with the new El Eecalant hotel, are ready for them at Cedar City, and at Bryce oanyon are similar convenlenoee to those In Zlon, ready for an opening data slightly later. -- (kes-- - hS rX'i' If'.--il- 'C'jlMftTL. l 3 CITY TO ZION, tha celebration of May IS, which, will commence at Cedar City and nd tn Zlon canyon. Governor Darn of Utah will signal the opening of these new travel facilltlea with, which the wonderland will Join tha notable group of parka whoae accessibility makes them great national A whole new park system will spring Into being over a region which even brief ten years ago was little more than a romantlo myth to tha outalda moriid. Zion canyon had been first disco v red by tha hardy Mormon pioneer who were sent by Brlgham Toung to settle the Dixie country or southern T'tah In tha early '0a, A they penetrated up the valley of tha Virgin river they gaaed with awe on the portals of the flaming abyss the Indiana called Mukuntuweap, and almost In Its mouth they established their farthest settlement of Spring-dal- . I Jfl i 'Zmm0Wr r .S y vy''MS - T:r.- "IS - "x , x - A ' vmh zm. ".-- , " :.. .,. ,, si 4 ,arv, " e. Before them had been the Indians, and before the Indians had been those prehistoric people of the cliffs whose- - disappearance, always a mye-- . terr, perhaps Inspired the redskins' down handed from ' superstition mouth to mouth and generation to generation that tha Mukuntuweap waa the place of the dead, of spirits nd terrible gods, a place to be voided at all cost. Even the war trail of the dreaded Navajo circled tt la, a wide detour across the plateaua. Th great chasm, thus found a place of safety during Indian ralda, soon renamed Itself among tha pioneers. It became "Little Zlon." the place , of refuse, after Zlon. now Salt Lake Cltf. the refuge of the Mormon faith to Hie north. POWELL J EXPEDITION. The Powell expedition of 1870. Major John W. Powell's famous trip down the firnnd canvon the year before, made the first official exploration of the Mukuntuweap. but lta report and that of Captain Put-toa later explorer, which burst the bounds of customary scientific language in Its description of the place, lay buried In governmental files. And so the shimmering walls of the Chromatic gnrge stood for years behind a veil of obscurity, Just as thev had stood when Columbus found J V . k tp MMeei ' w- - If.- -- r., -- nfnmii ' i!r7 , s jtmtJtmr JmtZHS aaa-j- . Bryce. ggrmm-jmmr- OH STAN CB. WITHIN WALKING And all of this Is hut a night and day from Denver, overnight from Salt Lake City or Loe Angeles, dose In, with the facilities of modern travel, for a wonderland .that but abort years ago was on a frontier known to the outside world only by the tales of ehanoe traveler. And as Governor Dent signals th tart on May 16 and the first of th year" travelers roil off toward Zlon, th celebration of the opening will pay trlbut to the pioneer who discovered It. to those later pioneer of th people who "go to plsce and see thing," who within a brief deoad have opened It up from obscurity to the fame of a wonderful park region, and to officials of a great railroad who staked their faith In a new national playground against th million and th years It took to make It come true. St ;.-y- a ?l rf r ' ' - :VV: ! ' rtm 7 --- (, 7;. f ", j J - ,,V. , MYSTERIOUS MOUNTAIN. A. Vast . amphitheater guarded by triplet peaJu. In which a city could he aet down and lost; a mysterious mountain of shining silver rieine atom netrcltnr blood-re- d cliffs whose rail approached within but a few feet of aaoh other; a glgantio solitary e wk of aoarlet and a.(liver of whose proportion sheer walla roee for thousands of feet Into a blue black airy; a pyramid of brilliant salmon, whoa top could be reached by nothing abort of a winged ngel; gigantic majesty painted In eol.a- - such as tha world had never Seen, scenes that Wt the beholder such were a few of th epehles; more than things that were little hinted at-Now and than cattle and sheep ken brought in other tales of a weird v; ( " Annual Banquet Given by Monti High Alumni .y.j ' . tllbral-lar-llk- -- Special on scientific recanyon to the mfrthesst, cut into one of thcra ahapes ad Wiflted in colors Jhat ports of forty and fifty year before. made one dlabelirve the eye. "irid Then it waa rediscovered by a pioMan Hryce" hart told them, and neer of the traveling public, Uougla Bryca'e canyon It became, a campfire White, a railroad official of Loa tale only, for few even In tha Immewho had heard th storias of diate country had viewed tt Where a in southr Utah and Oedar fnoantain oft Ihe Kolob plateau determined to follow them to their broke off into a monstroua bowl that sourca. It took Mm tare day a by looked aa tturugh a rainbow had fllwer. wagon and saddle buret there,' other eheepbervlere looked to malcewhlvtop the trip that now takes and added to their stock of tain, three hours, but when h entered which were dlT.iifed In the' later tha portal of Zlon h found the telling. Little waa known of what yarns not only true, hut, underrating was named Cedar Hreaks ,eve In th splendor of wha he aaw. Cedar City, close below th mountain. He- - left,, only to bring back GovThat waa but a brief ten years ago. ernor Spry of I'taJi and other railroad 1815 th thr In point of tha won- officials, and they, too, aaw hi vision derland through which thousand will of a plae that, would some day benow travel In modern comfort were come another great national park. but tale to- - th outside world tale And from that beginning, but a few nd an official acknowledgment of year ago. grew th rapid develop bas-e- acenlc-marv- ment etlmaiei by,he opening that marks their vision aa prophetic Krom that tuna many famous name have become connected - with the opening of th new park, There UtabVwfa Benatny: Bee Smoot Introduced th bill making the Mukuntuweap first larger M Zlon monument, and later aa Zlon national park. President Wilson became interested in eiltnlnr the- - bills. W. W. Wylla of Tellowstone park J fam waa pioneer In estahlinhing I the first pmp there. W. 8. Basipger.l D. and other high ofti 8.pncer th In Ion Pacifle System ajpcaaalble rcreatlotCttreaa, The "Viait eialaf numberless trip and eiilora-tlon- s nd enihuelastlo approval of' Preel-ilemad .x th and Mrm Warren through th Harding direct result of Interacting thablg mada It deettny aU th mora cerrailroad In developing th facilltlea tain. All of rhem believed that her waa that bad to be there before the woo derland could take It plae with other another Teliowaton. a new Tosemlta, CunnUon Girl to Wed on Coatt This Month al serial te Th Trtbaas. Mr. and Mrs, GUNNISON, May 1 Ktela Larson of thla crty amveunra th1; engagement of their daughter. Glad ye. ldon Winardson. son of Mr, snd to I rglonath The Trlhaas. HANTI. May 10. Th Ahimnl association of th IJantl high chooi held Its annual banquet Friday evening In the high school building. Carlyt Hunk, president of the association, Dr. and J. R. Munk was presided, ' toaatmaster. The rraduates of th high achel ol thl year were honor guests, and were formally admitted aa members of a the association. A ball followed la th Armada dance hall, at which th decorations were Iq green foliage and apple blossoms. ja nt , x a-'" out-aid- e. I 1 4 A waa young. America, when Rome vi hen Adwn and Eve lived. In their garden unsuspecting of another F.den on an undiscovered continent, fen eration succeeded generation in the little Mormon settlements which, with the vicissitudes of hard travel over roads that were little more than trails, were almost Isolated from tha outside world. It waa overlooked by everyone excepting Uncle Sam. When the act waa paased In 1909 to preserve notable American features as national monuments It was the first one set aelde. Largelv on the atrength of tlje Powell and Dutton reports, president Tart mnde It Mukuntuweap national monument But even then the veil was pierced only by vague tales brought out by occaalonaj travelers. Scraps of legend Of the flaming chasm with origin lost In the telling through countless of Indiana, told In turn to tha white to explain their terror of the became retold and drifted place, There ware stories of the m son circled temple with walls art thousands of feet high, where stood the Idol pillars of a prehlatorlo wor-- ; ship whose tops were still epot-- r lighted by the. rising of the full moon 11 In tha nlghta when the trib 0f tha ellffa assembled In the blacknees of tha shrouded gorge to render homage. Ttu-a&- - Tn THt ed e, A big golden key In tha hands of Benator Reed Smoot of 1'tah will open tha padlock, the chain will fall and, with motor "roaring and atrens shriek-Inthe caravan will buret through the seal. Zlnn national park will be open and ready to receive the thousand of all America. A few mllee up the floor of the multicolored abyss a national fcark lodge center will be waiting to . - tu 4 By EYAS POWELL. caravan of powerful On May It new motor biimi will approach a aim pi rustle archway spanning a faultless modern roe.1 In southern Utah. There tha war will be blocked by a floral chain and a huge golden Behind It tha arch Itealf padlock. w til ba aaaled completely ever with a great aheet of paper bearing tha insignia of tha weatern atata, and behind tha aeal will Ma the way through the portals of tha neweat and moat beautiful of America's na- CEDAR aw lam pro-fusl- No 1 shows one of Day to Be cliff rising t arose the flaunta r iwith the Uvar, pink aad fcrlillanoe ster aaieaf oolor4 treaModou alio ent out h4 I the gorge ttsaif. Birata showing miUton of year ef th earth history ex laid bare to th eye te chronatie Where the Toaeanlte hae lta at aa El Capita and gran It aaoun-talstudded with th green of the ntUar ef lk ha the gigastie rlauuT bib, U th "Oreat Whit live ar ef th giir) xitef theerlmson, "Metentada of hlye- -i IpyruaM hi adrfa af htoodT red. tarV trwca Where the Oran4 eaayea la th too. Biea'e trsnssadoma depth seem aoabty aweaooae aa approached along Ita floor frosa the Vportala where It mat HI into the alley eg the VTrgla. There are the Tvree atratreh th guarding their great valley la Virlivid ellffa, the VTowtrt of th gin," the Taiammota West Temple" uprising Ita tremendoue heights aoroaa from aa eppoalt portal who' dem ease a oathadral of red aad atok. Th Tempi of Slnawava, waoee enmson wans eirei a piaoe steeped la the myatlolam aad legends of a forgotten peat when, they aav. T vrehlatorle people oonaidered It a in air or place of woranip. hold atrong la the great sail yon, where trace of the occupancy ef the little people of th cliff till remain, and la a aid gorge, th Purunuweep,, there are dwelling, a which may reveal new yet unexplrn-edtertee of theae Strang folk, who so mysteriously disappeared from th fee of th earth. The Altar of a weird 00a atretchlng, in whit beauty to a flaming red top. carried It Indian legend that hare waa th place whr the Oreat Spirit conducted hi aaerlfleee. Everywhere about I th feeling of a myatlo peat th time might be now or a thousand year ago. It seem a veritable malting pot of age. SRYCt A FAIRY IOWL Bryce, on th ether haad. Is a fairy bowl of wlrdly eroded walls painted la brilliant ahadea which form laby rinth of magio passages, tlfla castles aad anchanUd haila. It la In reality aet a canyon, but an amphitheater a thousand feet deep, carved Into an amaalng filigree of jeweled cdlor. It Is oomparatlv to nothing Cedar Breaks Is a aeries of mighty amphltheatera cut some thousand of feet deep from the topmost layer of the Ketob plateau, with Ita run. at something over 10.00 feet of elevation, overlooking Zlon oanyon Itself, which Ilea stretch ed out to th couth ward like- a eerie of miniature cracks In a vast relief 'map of aounhern Utah, Nevada aad northern Ariaona. Every color of th speetrum la represented tn th Break', counties millions of grotesquely eroded forms, and It, too, has no known counterpart. wonderland that la differIt is ent, and to It thousands are going thla year, and In th year to com. Imply because It la so different. THE DIVtLOPMtNT. And because of th necessity of three principal point linking up th of the southern Utah region, their opening, with facilities to cars for these thousands, required th cooperation of more agenda than have ever for been Interested In th develop lent of a slngls national playground. In It the national parks service, th forest service, county, state and federal governments, together with the Union Pacific System, all took part. Road, modern highway, leading from th gateway at Cedar City through th Dial country to Zlon canyon, and across th plateaus to Cedar Breaks and Bryce, were of first Importance before the rail system could install a motor transportation system to run over them. In building and Improving the highway to Zlon, state and counties took part, togsther wtth th Tl federal government, which financed per cent of mllee of main-lin- e highway under the fedaid eral plan. On one stretch of the road th and county's share of th tat' expense waa borne by individuals la order to hasten th work while waiting for th legislative appropriation that reimbursed them. In finishing th road to Cedar Breaks the whole town of Cedar City turned cut and built him miles of th mountain highway, aad from th Breaks across th plateau toward Bryc th forest service took up th task. Through the brilliant Bed canyon the state and forest service carried on and an finished highway unequaled through to th rim of Brroe. In the meanwhile th national park service waa completing roads and trails that opened up both rim and nd floor of Zlon canyon to traffic, th Union Paclflo waa pushing th construction of a national park rail line from the Junction at Load, Utah, Into Cedar City. At Cedar the Hotel El Beealente waa finished, together with railroad depot and other traffic facilltlea, and at Bryc and Zlon big crew of workmen completed the national park lodge, cottage, water systems and other conveniences necessary for th thousands. During "the present spring svery- thlng waa announoed as ready. The roads were perfect. At Brroe and Zlon stood th beautiful lodge, ready to house th visitors. In Cedar City th El Eaoalant was open, with ac commodations comparable with any thing In th country, and In a big steel and concrete garage stood row upon row of shining new automobll seating eeven passen coach,andeach later In design than any gers, n rst of or used In a national park. Another service was ready with similar bussss to run between Zlon, the north rim of the Grand canyon and com para tlv acnae. though wot In nationalfiark, Hryc canyon, bow a national monument, and Cedar Breka. which has become a, tat park, grouping together to comprise th southern It ah wonderland, do not even resernbl each other, Silon r anything else In th knows Mra,Joseph- - Wlllardann, also of this " Loa Angetee. dty, WHAT IT HAS. Mis Larson will leave Saturday for where Tellowstone - ha Loe Angel. Here she win meet Mr. gyara. aad helr marrura will' canyon and fore ft, Zlon canyon haa Wlllardaon, lta marvelous panorama - of vart take place In Loa Anaales the httur tttlm enrnith nrA IrninlM. mini lite- iImw nl I Mrf hiurh world. . 1 A, |