Show A THOUSAND MILES milea OF SCENERY IN JUST HALF A WEEK i dy by harrison arrison II it merrill Merrl ll bryce canyon grand and zion via i tile alio mt carmel camel tunnel in thres days and a halt from salt lake city and bovo povo ah that at achievement sounds bounds improbable it if not impossible yet it can bo done in fact it has been done and do dono no nicely by a summer cummer school party from brigham young university I 1 but what grand grandeur what glory what axy celestral celest celestial lal lighting effects for so eo short A time I 1 it was waa at p nion a friday F that we set out from brigham young university in a fast bus driven by watty watkins well known toot foot ball and basketball star of the university of utah any one who has haa ROM watkins streak up the me field fol by a forwark pass pasa will know iliac lie he knows how hov to go there were twenty two in the party including the driver and owing to hla his genial attitude ho he soon be backmo camo actually one of us by 4 30 wo we apro in where the alio needs of th the 0 buri buo were attended to before wo we Is sailed a llod up salt creek towards wh ere wo we had to stop tor for accoutrements tor for some of our party froni from moroni we wont went to to ephream where wo we had to stop again for bedding for reed christenson I 1 who was a member of tho the group through and sevier we sailed regaling ourselves with starlen of early indian depredations as we passed through the territory which was one once terrorized by chiefs sail band d pitch walker and black hawk tho the moon was high overhead Marys Mary valo sVala canyon where the road skirts tho the cliffs and splits the pro mon tories one glance a at the woman playing the organ on one at tile the yellow paint that has been spilled by tile the millions of pounds over some ot of the ridges of the canyon and we were through pausing at marysvale Marys vale for a sandwich for the company and gasoline tor for eth bus it was now late but no one thought of stopping north of bryco bryce whilo while tile tho car was being greased and watered d tho group went into tile the hotel whore a piano with popular songs drew forth tha nightingales we did not so so much as pause at panguitch though tile the lights of tile town were enticing up red canyon we flitted flirted and at 11 drew up at ruby inn where we stayed for the night out under his great yellow pina trees miss laura hickman hilckman and her party of three UnI vasity alty ot of utah s students who wore were accompanying the Ys ers ors took rooms in the hotel though it wag late wo we had made I 1 our first objective on scheduled time we were ready to seq bryce at sunrise such good sports as that group of students proved to bo be headed by alvah fizgerald president of the ilie Y summer school student body I 1 have rarely seen though they must have been tired all were ready to roll out when I 1 gave the signal at a in while yet the stars we were re brilliant in the west and only a faint glow lie raided tho the king of 0 day over the pink cliffs fa far uway away on escalanti Ese Esc alanto mountain they had slept soundly for when vion I 1 naked asked them it if they had heard the coyote serenade a little earlier earl leri every one of them had bad missed as fine a sage brush chorus a aa s I 1 have ever listened to I 1 with the tha cobwebs of sleep still in our eyes we plied piled into the bus and oft off for bryce to see the glory of glories sunrise among the minarets mina and towers from observation point we behold beheld the sunlight creep over the vast brokon broken plains to tile tha east fingering the rosy cliffs as it came wo we saw it gild tho the towers of tile the cathedral and the pinnacles of the pearly gates we saw it paint the minarets mina and towers a rosy roly pink and behold beheld its reflection where there should have been shadow turning tho the clay images into transparencies of transcend rent hue thirty minutes on the point and we returned to rubys rabys tor for breakfast fires wem soon built and tile the savory odor of bacon and eggs urged the hungry sightseers to the lable table over which fitzgerald presided with a professional fess lonal ional air that marked him as an excellent table waiter lost to the world vernon moore of payson proved to bo be an excellent provider from ills his lunch box were unearthed delicacies that only a woman or one who spends some time in an effort to please women should over ever have on a trip such as the one wo we wore were making breakfast over wo we returned to bryco bryce to see tho the colors in full bloom it was like ilka another canyon dainty minarets mina and towers that earlier merely smiled with taint hues ot of color now laughed out loud lit in fact they fairly shouted with color and bril biancy the navaho trail beckoned and soon the party was strung out among the deep streets of the silent c city 7 at 1030 10 30 the party bale goodbye to bryce and rolled on to kanab at the J junction u nc afon where ebore the long valley high way la Is intersected by the mt lit carmel road we were forced to halt we were told that the governors were coming in the hot s sun un i we paused while fourteen big buses bearing chirr excellencies whisked by tearing up a cloud of desert dust as they did so at kanab we paused for lunch and once more intercepted the governors who had also stopped for thedr mid day repast As we left town a patrolman stopp ed us telling us that we must keep out of the parade of governors upon be ing assured by our football driver that no governor could overtake us ila ho nl al loredus low edus us to proceed probably it was this frequent contact with the eavor pors nors that gave miss hickman an idea As we whirled along at forty five miles an ail hour toward buckskin mountain she led in a patriotic program in which all participated wo we were to the closing star spangled banner when we reached tho first cedars of the buckskin and looked back to see little puffs of dust which marked thu tho approach of the governors while we were watering the bus boa qt at jacobs lake tile the first of the string of governors overtook us but whilo thay were drinking root beer we pulled on ahead and managed to keep out of sight until wo reached VT park where we paused to visit a moment with the tha rusts before going on to tc bright angol angi the sun by the time we reached tho the camp on the rim was gett ilig low jp hastily i N throw our luggage into the cabins which had been ireae reserved arved for us and we rushed on to see the sun still set over the grand canyon we hastened to bright angel point only to see the last glow of the sun sul on the distant walls of the worlds greatest most stunning spectacle but we were on schedule bryce k k for sunrise grand canyon for sunset k what indian runner what cowboy what pioneer of twenty five years ago could have believed it I 1 after the shadows had filled the vast gorge we returned to camp had a community supper slipper in ono one of the cabins and then ajl ail of us ua using two wash basins and two looking glasses prepared ourselves for the governors ball at the now new grand canyon lodge whan wo we returned to our beds some of them in the open under tile the massive yellow pines we found a moon more than halt half full tangled in the upper branches and stars such as can ony only bo be found in clear atmosphere twinkling down nt at us from a sky serene and blue after a community breakfast once more we sought the lodge as many of us had not been at bright angel since it was completed A short visit only was necessary to convince us that tho the men who made the lodge are blood uw re 10 uw 10 it if not sons of him who made mad 0 the canyon hugo huge logs beautifully stripped s t r I 1 ppe d of 0 f bark had been used in the interior I 1 arjo and logs and rock in building budding the walls of the lodge A sun porch almast hangs bangs out over tho the awful chasm below and great glass windows frame pictures such as no artist yet has ever painted that sun porch where in this world can there bo be such another great plato glass windows frame views of 0 bright angel and the awful canyon below belov towers and tom temples ples rise aga against dinst a background of 0 color such as only the painted desert and the canyon walls valla of and can fur anish it iloe salt seem real at all but ethereal vast infinite in fact cape royal was waa also on our itinerary shortly after 9 a m we left bright angel and sped through the tha forest over the shoulders of buckskin fot twenty five alvo miles during the last ten or twelve miles of tile the journey we caught fleeting breathtaking breath taking glint glimpses apses through the trees of a country s so 0 full of color hat bat it seemed like scraps of 0 paintings from a modernists art gallery or endless yards of jazzy cremons cre tons after miles of hills and vales we wound up a point and exclaimed with well known utah fervor this must be this Is the place we were at cape royal not a person of our party had ever visited the capo cape b before 0 fore we clamber cd out of the tha bus and like partridges disappeared among the cedars in search of the best views we had already had our first glimpse of tile the river through a natural window that framed nilles miles of color Is cape royal more wonderful than bright angel who can say one at cape royal c can in see tile the river and the painted desert and the canyon it Is different but Is it better I 1 dont know nobody does it may be greater today but tomorrow it may not inside of us is the interpreter and lie he changes with the wind afew A few great eyefuls eye fuls a few photo graphs a little flitting from point to point and we were oft off once more this time to tho the towers of zion it was after I 1 when we reached V T park there we had a sandwich lunch furnished by rastus rast US i when wo we were ready once more to sail bail eyan evan madsen a former and his wife formerly rao rae rust gathered their walteress Os ea around them and gave us ua some V T park songs to speed us on our way we had offered a peanut for the person who first saw a kaibab white tailed squirrel As we neared jacobs lake on our return journey a cry went up that hundreds of deer failed to draw from our party some one had spied a white tailed squirrel the bus slowed down and practically every member of the party saw what one must go to the kaibab to see bee at kanab we paused tor for gas gaa and water vater and then struck out for zion tile the sun sul was ketting getting low and we were eager to see the tunnel bedfor dark the roads were good however and we were able to travel rapidly singing as went li tile the tunnel country and tho the tunnels themselves are fit companions of the southern wonders here again man lias proved ills his relationship to the creator of the earth through that in accessible but wonderfully beautiful canyon lie he has bored his way merely that his eyes might feast upon a u coun co un u try that must be reminiscent 0 of the holy city viewed by john the sun was gliding gilding the towers of zion as we entered tho the portals tile the bus whisked us ua up to the temple of SIna wava bedore wo we would allow aitto pause there we behold beheld the great white throne in all its no splendor with no tile tho moon hanging just off one corner of it it was a sight to be remembered always then somewhat subdued and chast oiled ened by the presence of the great spirit of ploll wo we returned return d to the camp ground wo we were on schedule nino nine 0 ol 01 clock at bright angel 11 at capo cape royal after 1 at a t V T park and sunset at zion on time were nearly all 0 of tile the group went down d wn next to the lodge for tho the dance but the morning early all were out hiking tile the trails of zion by 9 we were ready to leave this lake time salt city was the goal we rolled out of the wonderful wondern won derf ul country enjoying the glories of tile tho to ap zion as we went at andersons ranch WO we stopped whilo while some of pad had our party espella especially tile the girls who never seen mccu eves aceb H v els mccu aceb costume fig leaves examined lined them hem t critically wondered WOud ered if tile tho and modern girl has became cam as anderson scantily dressed here mr invited the apricot group to the orchard where luscious was hanging in bushels fruit we began tile trip on friday F but was not it until we city that our misfortune approached cedar we overtook us ua burned out a bearing A few hours in the metropolis south of tile the however holove r and another bus was loady for us its WO we left cedar a ni after an all 11 hour bour reached delay and provo iuva at 7 nm iuva nm at 7 a in but what a trip our minds like what eyefuls eye fuls reservoirs had stored away a thousand miles of make beautiful scenery to and enliven cli livell the 1 I of remainder our lives we had made the had wo not gigantic loop and started smarted on ell night might have friday we made it on schedule it As was we were about ten tell hours lato the trip can bo be made in throe days and a half those who made up tile the t tills his trip were alvah fitzgerald party or on I 1 ident of tile the Y S summer u ulmer sch school n res body and labed stud ija t mussen mildred rasa s and toile lone Ca carlst beth kenny melba caliston riston dastrup catheri grow ethel lund all catherine of 0 tile the bridaham young university lau laura ra Hick margery burrell mrs mra lucas nian and sharp all of 0 the university nil mi 3 ot of atah reed christenson Chrls tenson vernon I 1 harry Nf melvln elvill Mcl mcdoneld moore 1 ot of the brigham young university nela mrs merrill our daughter ruby watty besides and myself The des eret news probate and guardianship notices anotle consult county clerk or tile the respect tive signers for further information NOTICE TO CREDIT CREDITORS OFis estate of alvin varney griffin DO de ceased creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigner undersigned under signed at esca lante utah on or before tho ilia ath day of october A D 1930 NETHELLA grippin GRIFFIN administratrix of tho the E estate state or of ju al vin via varney griffin deceased first publication august 8 1930 last publication august 29 1930 |