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H Bigelow i I Los os Angeles Express lot Rockville Utah close to the thee e 8 of Zion National park a ad Old aid d has been constructed over u dotted w-dotted eastern cliffs by Short Creek to an th Ith the main highway from frome ne e to Kaibab National forest Idler roadster iller roadster party touring s short cut photographed and ed the above sandstone peak f ral l Mountain because it ito ita a so 80 o strongly Rheims re its restoration vies before recorded man time ones within the earths earth's then tie IsUe shell heaved against and nd shattered the h hardening e of the intermountain region r HAPPE HAPPENED ED anyon was born a fissure in oit ost stratas volcanic erupt 11 it t Nixon mountain far to the Hurricane fault form- form f estern afa M 1 borde of a huge basin on n the ti in IU h rim of the thea a anyon yon the stratification slop- slop w d finally disappearing i 1 beneath the towering Th Thus s came into being that V ty of t faults and rolling ng hills s 1 the Great Plains of Monty Moy Mo- Mo nty y Ariz g by switchbacks up the aler al- al er Cr wall of rock to the east ale le city of Hurricane Utah motor hi highway hway that last In a crack crack of of u tely at ining a a su summit mit l i Ich ch the checkerboard fieldsa fields s a Dixie appear 1500 feet ed as though done in oils s s. s Each tiny rectangle con- con ins insignificant dot that reason tells us is a home A t f l larger dots we identify as To the west of the tilled at billows of land black red H rise higher and higher St at l attempt to submerge the jagged summits of th the Pine A hard t I ln In its ti untamed reaches alluring pulsing with peace and contentment man has marshaled to his aid that primordial enemy of the desert desert- water SENSE OTHER LANDS To the east the road a gray streak appears on heights and sinks out of sight in valleys finally to be swallowed swallowed lowed by a distant gorge The motoring traveler sensing that land land over yonder yonder feeling feeling the primeval primeval prim prim- eval call of the unknown unexplored forgets his duties and business claims and achieves a like god-like contempt for fleeting time Hypnotized by the of sculptured canyons of faced bold towering cliffs mere mans man's efforts and achievements are forgot forgot- ten I Always the gl gray ay streak leads lends I onward upward A mile of stunted cedars and suddenly from around a abend abend bend the great plains are spread out in silent panorama of distance tone and shading Grassy meadows dotted dotted dot dot- ted infrequently by tiny water holes moving specks are arc grazing g cattle puffs of dust here and there appear these are raised b by the flying hoofs of wild horses So much for the ocean of land around Pine Pina Springs Far to the east is a dim blue mass that at atUs its Us northerly tip is a mere lh line e broadening broadening broadening broad broad- ening as it extends south only to end abruptly as though blanked out by Infinity is Buckskin or Kaibab mountain Almost midway of the plain a road branches to the north from the main highway The junction signs r read ad to Short Creek Guided by whim the Chandler party chose this turn turn- Ing ng and found Cathedral Mountain It is not a good road judged by present day standards but it skirts the base of This is reward enough for because of of proximity one senses the vastness nature and the of man EARTHS EARTH'S FORMING The tale talc of the earths earth's forming forming- is b written on the spires and minarets rising hundreds of feet on vertical plane scarred and ond riven by millions of years of storms Through the ages of Mother Iother Earths Earth's travail sturdy segments such as Cathedral Mountain Mountain Moun Moun- tain have endured Bold Dold and ond harsh in outline graceful and symmetrical in detail colored to put a Persian I II I carpet to shame the rampart cliffs of the Great Plains furnish the final and completing touch to tie the scenic ensemble unsurpassed elsewhere anthe on an the globe The motor car has brought this wonderland out of the realm of vague rumors into the world of actualities Its speed and dependability permits the average man and woman to vacation vacation vacation va va- cation so far from the sordid cares of daily existence that they may rollback roll rollback rollback back the scroll of file and experience once more the dreams hopes and aspirations aspirations as as- of their youth We of the Southwest owe par- par thanks to automobile distributors distributors tors such as the W. W P. P Herbert Company Company Com Com- pany which maintains cars on the road month in and month out trav traversing traversing travers- travers rs- rs ing the deserts and the mountains and feel Ceel richly rewarded by thus bringing better knowledge of our West Vest to their clientele I. I IL Courtesy Courtesy of tIM Los Los Angeles Express |