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Show HIGH DESERT GARDENS sent a letter to the NPS Director, concerned with preserving Delicate Arch "for millions yet unborn.” Incredibly, he suggested "that a clear, erosion-resistant material could be sprayed on. The Acting Regional Director, Harthon Bill replied to the letter and advised the concerned citizen of the March 1954 study. "This office," Mr. Bill advised, “is not currently aware of the immediate status of the work at stabilizing Delicate Arch. We can, however, assure you that this is an active project and every effort is being made to slow down natural processes of weathering with the objective of lengthening the life of this natural feature to the greatest possible extent." Finally, on April 27, 1956, Mr. Cutla received another letter from the Park Service Regional office. “During a recent visit to this office,” the letter stated, "Superintendent Wilson stated that several of the chemicals had proven unsatisfactory, because exposure’ to the weather had caused them to turn white, or scale off, or both." Wilson also felt that 7) ea © > it would require "several more years of experimentation” before the process could be implemented on the arch. = = 7. =o) Sa i ad ey | [Ne only kind of No one loved Delicate Arch more than Bates, ; : af but the idea of sealing silicone on itao with an BUSH we like es VOTE PP With that, the idea finally collapsed. sh ¢ of Power’. Skinny y onon y your bills.” ‘ee IsGROW the kind here!we ver appealed to his common sense. os = 2 6 NOV j 2u1 2971 S. Hwy 191 (next to the Branding Iron) ag oa Bates Wilson, it appeared, simply outlasted the Regional bureaucrats. No one loved Delicate Arch more than Bates, but the idea of sealing silicone on it with an orchard sprayer never appealed to his common sense. He continued &6 BUSHES : to worry about Delicate Arch, but not from the standpoint of its collapse. In a monthly report filed not long after the Cutler letter, Bates wrote: "the increasing desire of fools to carve their names in public places has reached the highest level possible in Arches at Delicate Arch.” Thirty five years later, the wind and the rain continue to sculpt the arch, picking away _ 259.4531 TREES DO YOU HAVE A PULSE? HAVE A-COMMENT FOR THE ZEPHYR? FEEL LIKE RANTING? : DO YOU : : PRO OR CON...WE'LL PRINT at it grain by grain, and idiots with big egos and no brains still come to the arch to scratch cczephyr@frontiernet.net eae Continuity. moabzephyr@yahoo.com H&H PROPERTY SERVICES 23 SOUTH : Ys < ee { N wy @ The i * u The fight for \ = PRINTING fp moe. a Nb \ PLAGE} WE | ‘é O r ae Area's Canoe Specialists New for 2003 Raft Trips . TO SUPPORT ~_ | Red River Canoe Co. : CANOES redrivercanoe.com 800.753.8216 435.259.7722 @ = canoe company pany l.c. ; Also offering COMPUTER SERVICE Repairs Upgrades Maintenance Software... PROUD "It's time to put a crackpot in the White House." Stationary Invitations Carbonless Forms Flyers Magnetic Signs Rack Cards Invoices Computer Forms = ARE STILES FOR PRESIDENT!!! = _ ie i. 435.259.5119 FULL LINE OF CARETAKER.SERVICES INDEPENDENT HOME INSPECTION SERVICES Truth & Justice a! 1 100 WEST MOAB, UT 84532 JOHN HARTLEY & (Adal “aa a he's ZORRO. EM i DSM) ah Ye TNinKsS NH a. TN A ae ae \ IT.. Guided Trips * Paddling Instruction Daily & Multi-day Trips .. 1871 North Highway 191 Moab UT 84532 "I've saved the Zephyr publisher's sorry computer illiterate ass Red River Adventures RAFTS many a time." of * Bush likes to pect redriveradventures.com 877.259.4046 435.259.4046. PAGE13 AS IDATES F CAND CANOERS..his canoe over wale || “Kerry tries 10 Pans at BOTH directio GAME tite. a : |
