| Show ryce canyon now A national park E turned over to mr leather mather by congressman pon B coltan es heber J grant apostle anthony W ivins and other D dignitaries take part in t the h e dedication last sunday evening A J i au 4 I 1 1 na A 4 beautiful scene in the bryce national nat tonal park 25 miles BIlles from panguitch Pun gultch an you call to memory just about it t years ago when tho the sheep and 10 lo men man used to call a big gulch all Is s of namoa names because they could drive their stock across it when people of 0 this se section ebion looked upon same canyon with a holy horror laving to go around it and then 1 old rough road up through red yon through the gravel and sand the people of this section would out ut and build a a road every time it led ed so the trip coull could bo be made in B hat place bryce bayca canyon Is now bably the most widely advertised 1 il I in the whole united states and bably nation wide and was last iday aday dedicated as a national park t ithe large crowd of road ofala and dignitaries from all over country that assembled out oat there r dedicating the now new lodge at and id canyon 1 IS i those people wore in this district ar er the dedication at grand canyon I 1 I 1 word being received that all the for making the area a lonal shrine brine were completed the clr tr was v at attend tend to at once and m now on that beauty spot will be and will receive more nov na atol a 1 advertising its as one of the big its is in the national park circuit I 1 I 1 travel will be directed there from iry ry available source in invitation was extended to all I stake presidents tho the bishops ot of I 1 different wards and the news per ier to be in attendance at the dodl lon lion and a big banquet that took ice ce at bayce national park sunday ining AT BRYCE CANYON bryce canyon was presented to the lion as a national park by tle tha state utah sunday ey evening ening september when congressman oon B 13 colton mally imalle presented bryce canyon nanal park to the united states gov ament and it was formally accept by stephen T mather director of tonal dional parks service as the awen th national and perhaps the last lional park to be created as the tha rk service knows known of no other place itch la Is likely to be made a national rk the services were hold held in the lodge der tho the direction of atephen T mather who told briefly of the rk service and how they were ob ined the secre secretory secretary kary 0 t the tha park vice gave P a detailed outI outline lite the creation of parks parka and under lat aliat conditions they were obtained king ling what an up uphill lill fahl it was to fh chelp elp front from congress to make inake these nd erful playgrounds tor for the public ting ring that they had bad at last succeed rin ln getting a nice appropriation tor for B three utah parks az viz on im national park graull and bryco bryce yoni that the cooperation the union pacific railroad the fed oral road commission and the road commission of the state of utah some seven millions of dollars had been expended d in n the development of these three parks ile he said further that the government had made its expenditures for the purpose of making these play grounds which would make its people healthy and strong by coming in contact with the great outdoors superintendent carl R gray of the union pacific system said that what the railroad intended to do in the future was to make more accommodations and have greater comforts to offer those who came to the parks congressman cotton colton in presenting the gift of the state to the nation told of the advantages of these great playgrounds to the people and commended the people of the state on being so rich in the beauties of nature that the state of utah through its gift had brought the world to its ita feet and that groat leader president brigham young was right when ho he said this is the place president heber J grant by request of the visiting guests from 0 ther other states gave a very forceful talk on oil what the mormons cormons believe he took tor for his text the articles of faith and spoke tor for twenty minutes president anthony W ivins the concluding speaker spoke on the meaning and value of the american flag and what it should mean to everyone who seeks a refuge beneath its sacred and protecting folds at 1030 he closed his address and offered the dedicatory prayer which made a profound fm impression upon his hearers bearers there were some three hundred special guests and perhaps a hundred moro more who attended the dedicatory services september 16 was president ivana seventy fourth birthday anniversary general manager lesser was apprised of the fact and wired from grand canyon yonto to bryce to have a birthday cako cake made two chefs go got on the job immediately and it was served at his bis table luring during dinner the tha official papers were delivered to the dire director lor of oc all national parks stephen T mather by congressman i don B colton and upon their acceptance and return the business of calr ing arce canyon a Na national lonal park will be completed and the people of this section can lk leik for a mighty big celebre celebration tion next spring nt at the opening of the park when everything will have bave been completed and tho the regular routine 0 a national park begun began and all ail ol 01 garfield county will bo be there and in all the tha same dignitaries and a lot more the following taken from the 04 0 alt 4 it lake tribune gives elves us a good idea of the celebration held at bright angel point in honor oti he built by the didion pacific pac alc tlc and bedl on page eight |
