Show HIGHWAY SHOULD L LEAD F AD TO interesting SCENERY IN JOHNSON VALLEY from kano C county stant standard lard scenic JOhn johnson sOll canyon should bo be included lit in bryco canyon loop sanco si tile tho scenery of southern utah including that of kano county has haa be boon 0 11 attracting acting tile tho attention of tour tourists Is ts a number of citizens in kanab who aro are interested in fil seeing the be beauties and the historic spots of tile tho entire county brought to notice have decided ti that at tile tho tourist should havo have tile tho duill ty of oe seeing johnson canyon and its lil unique lilue historic and scenic won wonders aers thoro there aro arc many attractions thero there worthy of mention although miles away from the main highway vaY a year or two ago government officials visited hieroglyphics about four nilles north ot of johnson and wolo so BO impressed with it that they had it set aside ns as a n national monument this reminder of by gono days tolla tile tho story and struggles glos of oc indians 1 long passed antl and gone gonoli lit characters and pictures engrave en graven in ili rock hieroglyphics alono would be a great attraction to people touring the country but besides this historic spot th there ore a are re others othera which are equally attract tiva to travelers ono place which la Is surrounded with mystery Is tile tho tunnel where men in this vicinity for months at a time in recent years havo dug for tile the spanish treasure tro asuro which Is thought to have been hidden were thero generations ago As tile tho story goes a fow few years ago n spaniard front from mexico cams caina into tills this country to locate the gilld hidden treasure after surveying measuring and figuring for sometime lie ho decided that ho hat had located the place several local men inen who with him becil became lilo interested and bol believing loving tile tho story tho the spaniard told began digging they havo have been dg gln for several stars now at intervals hut but as yet have found no ti treasure basure tho place however la is unique as it bank into tile tho cliff Is in an oval 11 shaped ll a 1 tunnel and dooh looh 0 as though aure it c could 1 d not have been maile made by ua t ture bonco several men believe tile the tro asuro Is still hidden there another place with unique scenery Is rock canyon about 1 miles north of johnsona John where odd nold cliffs and pinnacles aro to bo be found many local people havo have not soon this canyon and know nothing of its odd beauty and wonder on oil coming south from hock canyon the traveler conics comos to tho historic old town of oe johnson Johnsio ii which pioneers settled about 1871 looking along tile the east range of mountains and cliffs onos ones attention la Is attracted to the natural 11 eagles gato cato formed by rocks ilithe in alio cliff those these aro are a few of the scenes anti and hi historic places in tile tho canyon yon which in itself la Is beautiful as well as interesting johnson canyon was tile tho pioneer route into this country and many covered wagons with tho the early sot set alers of tilts vicinity as well as art arl zuna plodded their way along tills route it liaa has been recognized for years as the natural place to bill build I 1 d a 11 highway into tills this s southern country i ono of our citizens tile the interest of johnson canyon and its mysterious interesting scenery would hold for tourists I 1 has haa proposed that the bryco bryce C canyon anyon loop when built come south down tills canyon it if the object of the loop Is to furnish a scenic route why not div alvo 0 theril them a chance to soo see as much of oc our best scenery and as many of our interesting historic places as possible this proposed loop route would proceed from bryco canyon to fo monument point thence through either tenney or mill atilt creek canyons to Scoot scrotum tim paw the alio historic indian wat watering cring hole front from there it would MIX mil west neld south down johnson canyon connecting with 80 89 at al kanab it if tills this loop route were built tourists could then visit bryce c como south by way of johnson canyon canyo n on their way back to kanab they could proceed to zion anti and long valloy valley going north again on highway 89 99 by a route that would havo have now ge scenery all along tho the way ry by tills this route a distance of from 20 to 30 miles would bo be cut tourists between brycel and the grand canyon and a perfect nna interesting loop 1001 would be formed I 1 besides shor shortening the distance between tho the two in major ajor scenic attractions bryco bryce anti grand canyon tile the people of nano kano county would oll eliminate about a year from county road expenses this saving in taxes alone should make the people of na ka nab and other parts or of tho the county recognize the fact that it tile the state road read commission could bo be boilo to seo see that this proposed route would bp bo tile most economical bonifi cial attractive and interesting route lit they ey would bo be saved a goodly sum in conn colin 1 ty road expenses each year |