| Show Scenic Appellatives oo 00 FRIENDS OF SALT LAKE LAIE CITY AND OTHER CITIES OF NORTHERN UTAH SUGGEST CHANGES IN NAMES FOR OUR SCENIC AT AT- TRACTIONS MOVEMENT l HAS MET WITH NO CHEERFUL ENTHUSIASM f. GOOD PEOPLE PEOPLE PEOPLE PEO PEO- OF THESE PARTS WILL ADHERE TO PRESENT NAMES By Thomas Byrnes I At the Capitol Capito Capitol 1 City among among ot others h. h era there are many sincere friends of of Southern Utah who have been led into into into in in- to discussions and into a de degree degree de- de I de gree of agitation on the subject of I applying new more dignified and more comprehensive names to the I prominent scenic features of this section The movement has met with no cheerful enthusiasm by folks south of the Sevier fault who feel that there is no essential reason for the step which conclusion is augmented by a study of the new names sug sug- in place of Cedar Breaks this Breaks this is a word of Greek derivation derivation de de- with only a slang reference to an immense Amphitheatre and its meaning is not complete without a qualifying verb verb transit transit and assuming assuming as as- suming that the term Breaks was used we should have Breaks the pronunciation is identical identical iden iden- and with iden-I iden I to rhymes That would be a fine combination of i Greek and Irish and nd I Breaks would make a hit as a title I for a movie comedy What 1 l is another selection itis itis it if is from the Spanish and is ment to signify a vast dreamy and sublime I I picture of the ephemeral beyond articulated it is mild mealy mouthy and mushy in complete contradiction contradict contradict- ion or impression of the thing it is intended to describe I IThe I The Salt Lake tribune editorially admits that the word breaks as i applied d to topography is a typical of a rough and broken country coutry adjoining a u plain or valley from which in a acy very cy short distance it has become sep sep- I and that paper recalls the Breaks are not in the cedars but oc oc- occur cur up in the thc conifers I I That is a little dig on Cedar City and is far fetched at that because everybody knows that ninety nine per cent of the readers of cf that paper are arc not sun sure n a r is isa isa i ia a species of pine or rn en observation tower of oC the tte t term rm Cedar Breaks brings forth an sn abrupt spontaneous combination of consonants con con- consonants brief and explicit first im impression Impression Im- Im presson and ejaculation are In strict harmony with the great phenomena itself both the spectacle and its name are insensible of a kick Coal Creek Canyon too is and must be changed to Rio Could not some lome one have suggested the good old name of Black Diamond Canyon T Bryce Canyon is to be Alta Corona also from the Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish meaning High Crown but bat many are only reminded of a make of typing machine Bryce Canyon was named for Bill Bryce who had the nerve to operate a saw mill within its confines and with many hard knocks produced shelter enjoyed by the pioneers in San Pete Valley and made it possible possible possible ble to survive sun the elements at a time when the inhabitants sought an existence existence ex ex- instead of scenery No one yet has had the temerity I to sl suggest a substitute for Zion Park Pari but already one of a group of spires has been listed as El EI Gober- Gober nador nader I While the subject is is' in i hand would it not be opportune to suggest that I the range of reform be extended to include all of the harsh undignified alleged misnomers and seek more appropriate monikers as for instance Salt Salt Lake City is so far away away I from the lake that a stranger cannot can- can tOt rot see the water with th a spy glass i perhaps Brine Hagen would sound more Park City too looks as much like a park as its neighbor city Brigham ine me famous Jackson hole Holu might be changed chanced to the more poetic sons son's Va Cavite ite to fay pay of Walla Walia I Walla Wala O Ogallala Kalamazoo Barn Iara boo or Hut But what ever r notion action ac no- tiO tion th tha s. s salt It appointed I I her ht r official or otherwise may take the tho good od peorl of these them pasta Jan will adhere to the nOI by the old oM timers timer aroa aro d th tho thu sacra memory of whom hom the toe present ent well veil wellI i known names nimes und plates plans are interwoven inter r. woven n |
