Show r WONDROUS DRIVE AWAITS CALL OF CIVIC PRIDE i 7 ti- ti I II Salt Lako and Denver has hns been frea fre- fre a put up for tor comparison on and i I h nors h In In these comparisons havo been about about even evon But there thero IH ta ono i iBon on which favors Denver and lc leaves I t Salt Lako without a reasonable ox plan plan- t This Is a a. comparison of or tho 1 i two cities cities' public p parks Denver Denvor has f I fourteen one ono clone alone having an acreage i lot or acres Salt SnIt Lako Lake has two Plo IMo F I square and Liberty park the former tori tor- tor block ton acres mel mer covering a city cilY I i and tho the second an nn acreage of ot acres 1 I Tho rho total acreage of or Salt Snit Lakes Lake's pub pub- file Itc parks parka Is acres loss less than titan onel one- one l' l j. j third of ot tho the covered crell by ly ono park 1 f. f in Denver Dan Tho The comparison L encourage c a display of ur civic pride on onI r t 1 I I tho part of or nil all Salt Lakers And In tn the toe ch charter of or the city Is tho the solution of oC tho the problem of best showing showIng show- show Ing civic pride In this charter I b. b a ai al i l grant rant giving the city an all area of ot be- be be- be h. h tweet Goo COO Rn and SOO acres of ground round around i Ensign p peak nl When a few cn- cn V t first talked an all Ensign n Peak Peale i 1 spark park only onh a few fow realized what was wasI t I I Imo meant nt man many litany loyal citizens viewed l the fili- fili proposition In a 1 Jocular light It wa was war advocates proposed thought though ht I tho the park Imrie ti planting planting a fringe o of trees aroun around tI 1 r 1 I pea peals peak It I of nr nuCy rho The majority of residents did not know that not fifteen minutes walkr walk r- r from the city Is an expanse o of ot hun- hun O Off f f H H-H- H f t. t H M M M M t 4 M M H M M H M M MM t. t 4 H 4 f f t f t M H f f fLying O C Lin for of mountain and surrounded surround surround- f ff Lying forty years untouched covering about acres rugged scenery f cd Nl by br a natural roadbed from Crom which can bo ho seen fon wonderfully picturesque scenes Is 18 a sr great at public park left 4 the city by Brigham Young for or posterity It Is js En Ensign lAn Peak Peak park surrounding the I peak ak which has long 44 4 4 been a landmark and historic point near the city The Tho proposition of building a n wondrous drive Irhe around f 4 this park of conIc s marvels has lon long been talked of ot and on only awaits there until civic pride has lias been beon so no f 4 aroused that Salt Lake City will tako talo up Ul the work worl and make II a i park parle and drive that will be he one of the won- won 4 t dors of this wonderful country an unparalleled attraction for tourists anI and a spot heralded throughout tho the f 4 country countr as nt one of or the nations nation's wonders O H 4 t r t i H I 44 F 4 i O of acres of ot territory rich In scenic bounty beauty and wild with a no denso- denso I noss nORS of trees and flowers Wore Yore It not for tor the roads winding In and out of ot tho the canyons and gulches ono one could Imagine 1 no th tills this IN tract a wilderness whoso whose beauties are arc not loss less than tho most widely advertised spot In America And this belon belongs 3 to the tho city The Tho foresightedness of or Its fathers was an as great as It tl appears to bo ed cd No private corporation nor group of In can lay their hands upon It it-It it It Is Salt Lakes Lake's with a n clear title It Is up to this city to utilize what private to corporations and groups of or Individuals Individuals individuals In In- view greedily Present rent r Drive DrUc The Tho I Ensign n peak peal grant to lo tho the city Is houn hounded ed by hy the City creek canyon and to a n. point within three-quarters three of oC a from rom the McNeal ranch a 0 driveway wt y winds hinds around tho the lint Hat surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding the tho peak on tho the north past the Canyon Crest ranch and d down wn Into Farmington flat Slat A magnificent mn o o drive Is offered In a n trip up City creek crt canyon canon and antI back Into Inlo tho the city on tho the county road All that Is needed to mako this route lOUtO an Ideal ono one for tor carriage e and antI automobile automo automo- bile Is sumo Bomo repairing of ot tho the three three- quarter mile stretch this side of tho the ranch A noteworthy suggestion to make this stretch passable has been beon made It has hns bc been n suggested sug that tho city city's s guests constituting tim the chain S gang n might earn their hoard and antI lodging Ins by rendering tills this great service to tho time I city cily Along Along the tits which pene- pene shady gullies with flower lined lInell streams are arc beautiful scones galore g Tho rho famous amous San Jose Joso drives drive have been declared nowhere as romantic as tho drive around tho the flat surround surrounding In historic hits his torte tOIle Ensign peak Samuel Porter a resident of oC this city olty tins has drawn tho comparison arl on and antI cares not how widely it Is advertised ad Tho The Mc McNeal cal ranch has a flowing Oo well of ot clear mountain water yielding lIn IliO gallons g-allons a day Jay and this ilow Clow could bo be trebled with practically no cost nn and little effort The Tho ranch owner offers to Increase the tho supply to Its limit and give Sivo the water to the he city free of charge o If the park Is put Into roper proper shape This water atar could bo be piped a distance o of approximately a mile antIgravity and antI gravity would do the rest rost The Tho soil son covering tho the flat Oat around tho the thol peak l has hns been found of tho the richest kind and it averages es a depth of eight feet That It Il Is extremely rich Is natural natural nat nat- ural for It Is tho wash collecting for forages forages or ages ng-es as ns the tho streams dug pathways through h th the mountains Plant life grows g luxuriantly To ro tho the northwest a thousand feet below the tho driveway at nt frequent points l. l spreads Salt SnIt 1 Lako valley n a mighty checkerboard away In tho the hazy distance des dis tanco tance loom time the mountain at al whoso whose base baso aro tho the valleys valley's s the smelters the greatest In the world As the time traveler follows the time roadway toward the time ranch glimpses of of Salt Lake Lako City In ht tho the distance come comeI I j anti and to I time he In right and go o. o To the tho vegetation filled with are en Cave Arc rc- rc Voit and lInd Sleepy Comfort Wl Old OM Cu Cave ve formerly nr hollow beauties which atone alono would curd two natural for Cor his travels repay around the time c tourist JE mountain A r. local were and Iron has shown d will benches S in the eaves ave avo rustic and to nd place at the mouths of the time Bull s gullies lea along the Wayside Inn at the driveway A be lie provided to furnIsh furnish furn furn- urn urn- McNeal r ranch will ish refreshment If IC the time park Countless costal crystal cos crys- ion Uon Is ts consummated consummate tal tai springs s in natural bowers assure romantic places And this magnificent tract belong to tho the ell city It was a great gift ibs an and andall r make mako It all that Is lacking to attraction to which tho the city cily can point with pride and from which it t can de derive rive unlimited is s a little civic chic pride e. e a little tittle awake awakening g to the sp splendid did dill opportunity for tor a city park which will rank among tho the city s most beautiful beautiful beau beau- holdings 9 Tourists Hock flock by tho the thoU mn thousands s to lo see SOl other othor famous famous' drives which can not compare comp with time the one awaiting a final touch hero Some Somo of ot the drives In other othOl places can not bo be readied reached except by first riding miles But nut Salt Lakes Lake's begins at i the edge e of the tho city Not only as fiS an on attraction for ing but as a huge picnic grounds Ensign Peak park parl I will become me famous when once known |