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Show 7 jam TflE L lUl G0RgE0US m . ., h , i - - t h ? ls , .-. ....f .;... .v . .A . . . .1.r r...r The Towers of the Virgin. PRESIDENT WILSON has enlarged en-larged the wonderful Mukuntu-weap Mukuntu-weap National ,monument, In Utah, and changed its name. It Is now known as the Zion National monument, which is Immeasurably better bet-ter from every point of view. The old name, besides being hard to pronounce and remember, was obscure In origin and was never used except officially. The new name Is that In popular use. Besides, it crystallizes the romantic history of Its amazingly beautiful valley ; the surrounding country coun-try was settled by Mormons many years ago, and this difficult canyon was chosen as a refuge in the event of Indian attack, and called "Little" Zion to differentiate if from "Big" Zion, which was Salt Lake City. Since then it has universally been called Zion canyon. The enlargement of the Zion National Nation-al monument follows naturally upon Its recent thorough exploration and the discovery of outlying areas of altogether alto-gether extraordinary scientific Interest and scenic grandeur. That Its fantasy tic cliffs, its sensational coloring, and its romantic conformation will bring It national popularity rs a resort is manifest mani-fest destiny. It has been called, for good reasons, "the little Grand Canyon" and "the desert Yosemlte," but It Is no miniature of either; Its individuality Is marked. Remarkable Variety of Color. The original monument was created by proclamation In 1909, but, being well outside the highways of ordinary travel, it was not thoroughly explored until within the last two years. Official Offi-cial investigation and action promptly followed. "Among the numerous geologic features fea-tures of interest," wrote Secretary gypsum and beds of limestone in which were entombed the shells and bones of sea animals." Mighty Cleft in Mountains. The principal canyon, which is more than 15 miles long and varies from 50 feet wide in the Narrows to 2,500 feet wide in other portions. Is a mighty cleft, as If the mountain had been violently riven asunder. The walls are inconceivably carved Into domes, half domes, colonnades, and temples forms which appealed strongly to the religious Imagination of the early Mormons, Mor-mons, who gave them names which appeal ap-peal strongly to the Imagination of today's to-day's tourist. The tortuous outlying canyons and monumental rock formations added by the new proclamation make an area as remarkable In its particular way as the Grand Canyon. There are several neighboring natural bridges of magnificence. f- v - A ! v i ' vvv 1 - AX..- M.: ..-.. i. i Looking Down Zion Canyon. Lane to the President, "two deserve more than passing notice. The Vermilion Ver-milion Cliff, so called because of its brilliant color, famous, since the (lays of Major Powell's exploration, as one of the most remarkable in the world, tin escarpment more than 100 miles long and so precipitous that It can b scaled In few places, passes through tills monument. It consists of red sandstone 1,000 to 2,000 feet thick and overlaid by 1,000 feet of glistening white sand. These two form single cliffs nearly 3,000 feet high. These remarkable re-markable walls hear evidence that the sand gathered in a desert in ages long past that here was a great prehistoric American Sahara. "The second feature of unusual interest in-terest lies Immediately above the sand, for the desert was destroyed by the Incursion In-cursion of sea water, which covered the drifting sand and burled it beneuth |