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Show ZION MONUMENT 1 OPENSJUNE 15 ( Mr. and Mrs. Wylie With Party Go Down Today to Make 'reparations. AUTO TRAN8PORTION from LUND BY isiifil.L Lack of Advertising May Cut Eastern TouriHt Business to Canyon. Hut Successful Season is Anticipated. Mr. W. W. Wylie, accompanied by Mrs. Wylie and other members of their official camping family, came in from Lund yesterday and remained ver in Cedar City en route to ion Canyon to prepure for the opening of their camp in the .ion National Monument Mon-ument June 16th. Mr. Wjlie :md party were met at Lund by William Warner, district passenger agent of the Salt Lake Route for Salt Lake, who nlso accompanied them to this city, returning last evening in time to take the north-bound train back to Salt Lake City-Auto City-Auto Transportation Arranged For. One of the first matt' rs to receive attention on their tu rival here. WM that of a itomobile service betwi Ml Lund and the camp, the Parry Bios, who had the concession last year, having hav-ing both been called to the colors and resigned their position in this connection. con-nection. Satisfactory arrangements were made with Mr. John C. Isbell, who is nlso interested in the auto line between this place and Lund, to supply sup-ply service as required. The arrangement was approved by Mr. Warner, also, on behalf of the Salt Lake Route, and everything will be in readiness for the opening of the resort June 15th. Owing to the fact that the Government Govern-ment has charge of the railroads and advertising appropriations are ta-beoad ta-beoad by your Uncle Samuel, particularly particu-larly when intended to boost nonessentials non-essentials to the war program, it is expected that the eastern tourist, business bus-iness will be light, and that the pilgrimage pil-grimage will be of a somewhat local character. Principally from various parts of this slat. Therefore, Mi. Wylie will move in a cautious anil conservative manner, realizing that he will probably feel the effects of war times. Boundaries of Monument Extended The efforts of those interested in having the boundaries of the National Monument extended so as to take in the canyon and rouyh country west of ion Canyon proper, have been rewarded, re-warded, and this week Mr. II. A. Thorlcy, who has done much work along this line, and who assisted very materially in marking out the boundary boun-dary line, received a communication from Assistant Superintendent Albright Al-bright of National Parks, advising him of the action of the department in granting the extension to the monument, mon-ument, together with a map of the complete boundaries. This is viewed by Mr. Thorley in the light of an important im-portant achievement, as heretofore it seems that there have been no definite defi-nite boundaries mapped or platted, anil milch of the best scenciw was outside of the recognised monument. The next move will be in the direc tn.n of getting the monument deiig nated as a national park, so that its needs in the Dialer of roads and other necessary improvements ma.s be tuk en care of. We are informed thai ill the "monuments'" in the Unied Si receive an aggregate of only 6,000 per year barely enough to keep them on the map, whereas the park- are well taken care of m the matter of ippi opi nit ions. The Government la not closing its park- anil other pl;.y '.-rounds on account ac-count of tb" war, but on the other hand is advidug that people take their vacations and recreation as usual; so that We see in. reason win the .Kill Monument should not enjoy as I 4' or a better business this yeai than it "n- did last |