Show SAFER FOOTING GIVEN TOURISTS superintendent E T of 0 the zion national park believes that his guests the tourists of tho the nation should havo have yomo place to stand on while gazing at the walls of 0 his own pet chasm the walls ile ho thinks will always be there ile he la Is not so sure about the footing for the tourist possibly by overgrazing of the areas at the head of the three creeks Ora erville creek and other tributaries tributa ries the park area has haa become subject to rather sudden floods flash floods so ao characteristic of so much of that area this year con congress goss has appropriated some to the parks service to bo be used in confining the to its channel dikes will be built at places the chanel walls protected at others rock dams may be erected at favorable spots to permit the deposit of rocks and other mat material erInI carried down by the torrents at places the river course will be straightened on the silt carried down the canyon by former floods vegetation in that warm climate protected as it Is by towering peaks makes rapid growth on the other land hand the loose oros erosion 10 n soil simply melts away from succeeding floods as settlers down the virgin river have too often learned to their cost hence the steps stems being taken by the new government to protect the investment it has already made in zion and to devI elop the natural resource of the region its scenery I 1 the changes will be made just as all improvement work Is done by the parks service with as little change in the natural scenery as Is possible tribune |