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Show I , ' There is within a few miles H . t of Cedar City some of the most . I ' beautiful and picturesque nat-H nat-H ural scenery in the wide, wide H world. Perhaps one of the most I fascinating trips .would bo H through what is known as "the narrows," some fifty miles H southeast of this citv. H Wm. Flanigan, who is per- H haps as familiar with that sec- H tion as any other man, says the best route on this trip would be to proceed on horses to H Crystal, at which place the trip H would be continued on foot, the H horses being left to be taken by H way of Virgin to Zion canyon. H On entering the "narrows" H the trip would cover a distance H of more than twelve miles be-H be-H tween perpendicular walls tower-H tower-H ing heavenward some three H thousand feet. The entire dis-H dis-H tance would-be through a stream H of water from a few inches to H two or three feet in depth, in a H few places. At some points the H canyon partakes of the nature H of a tunnel, owing to its wind-H wind-H tag course and the overhang-H overhang-H ing lodges above. At no point H .is the canyon more than one H ' hundred yards in width and in H many places it is little more H than a crevice in the solid rock. H After leaving the narrows H entrance is had to Zion canyon, H where horses would again be H mounted and the trip continued H through the canyon. Some four H miles from the entrance to the M canyon one sees the great cable H constructed by a brother of Mr. B -'., :Famg&n, who at presents in M the east perfecting an attaches attach-es merit for .automobiles 'and m which is said to be the longest M cable in. the world constructed M " without a support. It extends M from the top of a perpendicular M cliff down into the valley, a dis-M dis-M tance of some 3.000 feet and the M entire distance has no support of M any kind other than the cable M drum and attachments on top of M the cliff. The cable is used m chiefly for transporting lumber wmtmmmnimmmmnMmmm "" ' from the mountains. Not many piesons have had the courage to attempt a trip by the cable up the dizzy heights of the mountain moun-tain side, the number being confined con-fined to thero or four men, and lone woman from the east. The return trip should be made through Grafton and over Kolob mountain, back home. Mr. Flanigan would conduct a party on this trip during the fall if his services should be desired. |