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Show liiia N Christmas Qnujs 2)Iu' Governor Simon Bamberger Greets People of Utah v.. STATE Or UTAH xrcutitic (Office SAtT.lAKC CITV v fSaXt Lafcs City, Utah 'Deoenh 0,. 1919k fll .. this oppoyl an happy to avail myself of Utah the of to the to people convey rtunity sincere extend to and greetings ofthe season, and prosperity congratulations upon the peace reflected so strongly fcy the Industrial con- tentnent which prevails throughout the stats. At the sane time I would, take advantage of this occasion to extend a hearty invitation tq those .without. our. borders, tooln ub in the development of the. state, and. share, our,. happiness.' and prosperity; In tlnessuch-as- 1 tfioa'e, 'wfterTworldcon-- i the dltlons are undergoing a readjustment, we enjoy indicates industrial contentment which and proseven more than the prevalence of peace hroad-mind- 1 - the adopperity among our people.. It reflects element tion of policies by every toK a endeavor of our population in patriotic our problems; arrive at a practical solution to of, Just reward. effort honest .Its thereby insuring ed lit wbuldl 1 1 beccf no' m s 't o attempt" to A'-- sum- marise or augment the many excellent discussionp appearing elsewhere in this issue of the various twelve during the past phases of Utahs prosperity confi-'deam and themselves I months. They speak for concerning the they will bear out my opinion 'significance of. .industrial, contentment. nt the sincere 'hope that peace and. prosperity nay continue to attend you in the pur suit of happiness, .throughout the coming year,' I an Cordially yours. Extending ito m same m ooo center of acenlc America," Is now Jmprovemspts recently completed have made It on month state. easy to reach. It la a much frequented recreation park Barely UTAH,President Wilson in ths Bummer months and affords a delightthe spot proclamasigned tion which mada a national park of tho ful vacation for a day or a month. It is well into famous Zion rttnyon formerly known as "Little the warm weather before the last of the enow dls-The photo is by F. P. Zion or Mukuntuweap canyon. Already tho i p pears from Its walla project It mooted of adding Bryces and Cedar 'Champ. . canyons to this park, or else of cresting another (enter of Scenic America. national park 1q tha atate. For the present, how"Center of Hcnic America. The title la the ever, it la probable that efforts wilt be concenInvention of Stephen T. Mather, director of natrated on developing Zion Natlonal park. tional parks of the United States government. Or, if not his Invention, It has st least his hearty enOn the opposite page are to be seen photographs of some of these scenic wonders. At the dorsement If the average American were asked to name top of tha page la a close-u- p view by Shipler of what la, perhaps, the striking massive sculpture the four natural beauty spots of the United . of nature National park, at Its beet. - The State whose names are best known to him, he co.t rat.cn la riotous, and taken with tho gigantic would probably mention the Yellowstone, the proportions of the landscape makes a scene of imGrand Cftryon of the Colorado, the Garden of pressiveness never to be forgotten. Harry 'shlp-le- r, the Gods in Colorado, and the Yosemlte. Each who manipulated the camera when thie shot has been extensively advertised, and each haa won was mads, describes the approach to the vantthe enthusiastic plaudits of thousands of visitors. age point where the camera was set up as filled Take your map of the United States, draw a line with perils but he says he was amply front the Gdrden of the Gods to the Yoeemite, repaid when he eawvwhaf-1labor had gained him. and one from the Yellowstone to the Grand CanAnother of Shlplers southern Utah pictures is in yon. They will Intersect In Utah. ;tha oval directly below'. It shows a character-Isti- c They will Intersect In a state w hich for variscene in Bryces canyon. Here the queer ety and richness of Its scenic attractions Is not shapes wrought by erosion give only a faint idea excelled by any other. Utah lays a sort of claim of the weird scene with which nature rewards t the Yellowstone, for the reason that the moi,t the traveler Into her wonderland. popular entrance to the park Is that at YellowAt the left of the Bryces canyon scene in a stone, Mont, from which railroad and automobile road alike lead to Utah. Yet while the Yelglimpsj of Provo Canyon, one of the faorite recreation places. of the state. Lacking the wild and lowstone has Its geysers, those who have been to both places sny there nothing' In the mugh , forbidding features of the southern scenic parks, ndri.red colorngs of the Yellowstone that can not it nevertheless Is an Inviting retreat for the fisherman, the family seeking pleasure and rest and be surpassed Just a little at Bryces canyon In Utah. So, too, Utah laya a special claim to the the nature-love- r looking for nature in bor qu.eier v Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The best view moods. of nature la said to be that of that master-wonde- r j. At the right of .the oval is a snow scene snap-ICm Bright Angel point,, which can fri o' tainod by Warren Stoutnour of the Btite l.tilltks hardly be reached save through Utah. But for commission at tho head of Little Cottonwood canof the tourist. It Is claimed that 2ion enjoyment yon. Thla little canyon is a favorite haunt pt the opportunities not to be found In presents canyon initiated, but Is, perhaps, less known than any extensive its more neighbor. of the other pleasure spots near Salt Lake City. In days when oniy railroad and horse transAt the lower left is a scene in the portation- might be used by hint who would gain Ogden canyon, known throughout the west and intimate first-han- d knowledge Vf the wonders of to couuttsa tourists who have traveled thla way.' Utahs myriad of attractive, a of few nature, only as one of the most alluring of the many pleasure were easily accessible, - But the automobile spots spot s found tn the Wasatch range. and good roads campaigns have changed all that. -- Tn the center of the lower panel Is seen one Utah Is new ready to take advantage of what Mr. of the bottomless mirror lakes of Big Cottonwood Mather who ought to know If anyone doe canyon, within easy access from Salt Lake City by terms her greatest advertising asset; her wonautomobile over' a fine road. The photo Is by derful scenic attractions. George Bain. bury. Hundreds of tourists now visit Zion canyon The remaining picture is one taken In the where four or five years since only a few daring northern part of, the slate Logan canyon. This, adventurers were able to penetrate. Zion Na-! tional ptrii.B Is to be expected, will be v.'i'tel y too, is an alluring mountain, retreat Highway Ji -- 4 1 -- 1 -- ' , far-fam- i - i : vGovemor..' GOVERNOR SIMON BAMBERGER n all thousands whtrt now hundreds go. The park is reached from Salt Lake City by railroad to Lund, and then by automobile atage to Hurricane and the canyon. Even more popular la the trip by automobile, the road for the greater part of the boulevard. distance being already a graveled When'tlie project now under way of paving the line to St. Arrowhead Trail from the Utah-Idah- o George la completed, the park will be a ride of only an hour or two from the hard surfaced high- way. Other Nearby Attractions. Few .tourists Riake the trip by automobile who do not taa.advantage of the propinquity to other natural wonilori. Zion park Is close to the line, and there Is a good forest road leading south through the Katbab to Bright Angel point, and the Grand canyon of the Colorado. Returning, the tourist may go north by way of Ka-na- b and Pangultch. where he will be only about an hour from Bryces canyon. In area this Is only a pygmy, compared with the Grand canyon. But eroalon by the mountain stream and wind has worked out a fantasy In form and coloring that Is unexcelled In beauty or in Its stirring appeal to the' Imagination. - not far from Pangultch. from which Bryce's canyon is reached, pfltsents similar beauties of the varied effects of erosion. Cedar and Bryce'a m. y yet be made into a new n.iticmil iurk, or be added to the recently created Zion National park. If the traveler la willing to stir farther afield, ard off th. beaten paths, southern Utah, In leed, offers many scenic attractions that are as yet unheard of. Indeed, from the nature of the country' it may safely be said that there are many where the eye of civilized, man has not yet penetrated. This Is parUcufarlytrne of the Immense region lying to the west of the Colorado river s region where nature seems to have been In her most freakish mood, f.nd to have presented barriers to mans curiosity, as If here, st least, she would Keep something secret and hidden In her storehouse of marvels. The country Is wonderfully ut up, frequently with canvuns i nly a few feet wide and hundreds of feet deep; region of barren, highly colored tableland and deep, shady niches Ht the bottom of which may be nothing one minute and the next a raging torrent, or may lie valleys of tropical beauty and luxuriance of vegetation, where It would aeem that man's every want might be supplied, could he only gain Utah-Arlxo- al ns Cedar-canyon.-als- access. (onderbtiHis Xesr at Hand. But In Utah one need not go far afield to find the bizarre, the unusual and the wonderful in nature. Mountain playgrounds and summer home sites exist everywhere, within but a few miles, nay, usually a few hundred yarda of tha states centers of population. Such centers depand either on mining or on Irrigation for their maintenance. Tho mining camps are among the mountalna The agricultural towns are in the valleys, close to th mouths of the canyons whence flow the waters which convert the surrounding area from a parched desert into a beautiful garden. Salt Lake City owes its location to the presence of City creek, and a part of the canyon is within the city limits, the state capltol standing on one bank. Parley's, Emigration and Big and Little Cottonwood are within easy distance of the city, and afford cool sylvan nooks, as sites for residences of men who carry on their dally business affairs within the walls of office buildings in the heart of the city.. These canyons are being made Increasingly accessible to automobiles by a network of roads where one may enjoy Natures most alluring solitudes within an hour's ride from, and some thousands of feet above, the city. The canyons just named are being connected bv a mountain boulevard which will be pushed through to American Fork canyon, rich in wild grandeur as It Is in metalliferous ores. At the mouth of American Fork canyon Is the city of the same name In the center of a thriving agricul-tjrlegion. Similarly Ogden has its beautiful Ogden canyon, through which an electric railroac threads its way, now fighting for right of passage with the Ogden river and the canyon boulevard, v "between walls Of shadowy granite, In a gleaming pass; and now passing through soma deep mountair-bordere- d basin, dotted with summer homes, and In i.i!mftier-ilm- e ringing with the music of birds sud of happy children's laughter. Tb' Mountains Everywhere Invite. Logan has kf canyon, the beauties and advantages. the coolness and the restfulness of which attract even Salt Lakers from the wild beauties of the Cottonwoods. And ths Provo canyon, through which the Heber City branch of the Denver & Rio Grande winds a tortuous way, accords wonderful opportunity for a months sojourn or a day's cut.ng amid wild beauties of nature such as are never duplicated, and the equal of which is to be found anywhere. The railroad leads tp the HclUPots, near Heber City, a strange formation where mineralized , waters of varying temperatures bubble forth almost from the tope of the mountains. Tne mountain ranges of the state abound in canyon hsunta, each with Its special attrcUopa which distinguish it from all others so th.lt the eye and the sens never tire of the wide variety ir. 'he natural beauties of the canyons of if elate. Nor can mountain scenery be named as the slate's sole claim to attraction. Perhaps Utah, Indeed, is moet widely known at present, as tne borne of the Great Balt Lake, the strange Dead Sea of America,, situated a few miles west of the ray to which it gave the name (the city was fomerlv "Grest Balt Lake City) and connected Marine views on this lake with It by railroad. take on a strange. Imagination-compellin- g aspect. The lake is noted for its wonderfully gorgeous almost as much as for the unexpected buoyancy of Its waters. In the lakOts Antelope Island, on of the few places where buffalo exist In the wild state. Here, too. are Bird Island and Hat Island, rookeries for water fqyrl where in early summer theyCor,gre-gate- . it would seem, by the millions. There are many other island In the lake, all accessible by boat within half a day from Balt Lake City, Fresh water lakes nestle among these mountains with a picturesquely beautiful setting which sends the Imagination to the Jeweler's art for Utah lake is the largest. fitting comparisons. But there are many .others, among tho most in- - h, tensely developed being Fish lake, nearly t.OOO feet above sea level, and within a day's automobile ride from Salt Lake City, on the road to Byycee canyon. A branch line of railroad also runs to within easy staging distance of this resort, is under the general supervision of the United States Forest service. The hundreds of mountain lakes in are usually well supplied with fish andthea state to any of them is rewarded by a good day's visit sport. Nowhere else in the world, possibly, can be found the level floor of white glistening exsalt, tending far beyond the reach of the eye in any direction, such as Is to be seen to the west of Salt Lake City, along the line of the Western Pacific railroad. Tho bed varies in thickness up to many feet. It is so hard that It was with difficulty that the telegraph poles of the railroad line were inserted in it. Its saline and potash contents are being exploited commercially. It has been utilized as a straightaway course for breaking automobile records, and It Is said, to afford the most Ideal landing place In the world, physically, for airplanes. The Utah mountains abound In etrange caves and in mineral springs. For example there are mineralized waters of health-givin- g claims within the corporatepeculiar limits of Salt Lake t ity. Others exist near the city and at and near Ogden. A cave that has never been explored, but is said to rival in size theentirely Mammoth cave of Kentucky, exists Just across the line, at Baker, not far from the Lincoln highway. Abodes of Ancient Peoples. There, arc several natural bridges through the state. The from 200 to 90 feet high are in San Juanlargest county, and the TJnited States has government been sufficiently with their wonder to designate the areaimpressed including this wonderful trio as a national monument. These are reached by an automobile trip of 150 miles or more from the Rio Grande at Thompsons, through a country rich in its stock raising and possibilities. The road crosses the Midland trait otte of the Important transcontinental automobile routes which traverses Utah. e viewed the ruins of trpanmy the ancient and extinct race, proof of whose advanced civilization is sUll to be Xound among the strange ruins of their former Utah-Neva- da dry-farmi- Cliff-dweller- s, r.csmefl. '5 was not generally known, even to Utahna, year or so ago, that there still exist In of th Kocky Mountain aheep. a wild 8talierdB antntshthat lives only among ths most le mountain peaks. Forest rangers and others, however, have found these In ths UlnU mountains, an easterly spur of the W asatch in th northern part of Ahe state. The Uinta peaks sr higher than those of the parent range, and the mountains are all bhf Inaccessible save to the hardiest mountain climber and lover of outdoor sports. They are perhaps best reached by pack horse from the Uinta Baslik country. Those who have been there say that thb state's best fishing and hunting and some of Its very best ecenio attraction. prove ample reward fir the time and the hardihood spent In exploring their fastnesses. In paseing through the Uinta Barin the tourist will be close to the dinosaur quarries, here fossils and petrified remains of some- of monsters of preblsterlo eges ere to be found the irUa state of preservation not encountered elsewhere until inac-cesstb- - . |