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Show MOVING PICTURES OF NATURAL BRIDGE RepreseUtatirs of Selig Comany Accompanies Ac-companies Douglas White and Party to Thin Scenic Wonder. Last Tuesds) a party headed by Mr. Douglas White, Industrial agent for the Salt Lake Route, and including J. H. Buffum of the Selig Moving Picture Pic-ture comany, Marion A. Byrne, special writer of the Polly Ann stories and other magazine features, C. M. Fs.cn-' Fs.cn-' del, chief dispatcher of the Salt Lake I Route, D. S. St. Johns, 0. R. Parry of I the Cedari Hotel, Parley Dalley of the B. A. C. faculty, Edwin and Lawrence Higbee of Toquer, and ye editor of The Record, paid a visit to the natural bridge in the Cedar canyon, and ob-; ob-; tained a number of pictures, including la moving picture film of the natural I wonder, which is attracting widespread wide-spread attention. The bridge is about a mile or a little lit-tle more from the Jones & Bulloch coal mine, and last year the road was I put In fairly good condition that far. I During the winter and spring it has been washed out somewhat, and is now quite rough with high centers that give trouble in a number of i places for cars. The road now needs quite a little work to put it iii sail factory or passable condition for automobiles. auto-mobiles. Still, the trip was made without accident or serious inconvenience, inconven-ience, as far as the road extends. Tin visitors were ran ied away bj the beautiful icenerj of the canyon, and the phenomena of the great bridge with it.; wonderful setting of hug.' mountains, beautiful forests and deep chasms, but were deeplj disappointed In the diflii ulty encountered In making I the ascent without a trail, over dilli- cult cliffs, Steep mountain ldei, 0V01 the turbulent creek on ilender poll . etc Mi. w lute itated that he could not i on m lentlously advertlsi thi a tourist sttraction until a luitable ti ail lias been const i acted, and to I bow his interest in the matter proffered to head popular eubscription li I for the purpose of raising money foi the trail with a contribution of 110.00 A i nod lithe man, with a thorough knowledge of the country, can make the climb of a little more than a mile t'. the bridge in about an hour, but 't i entirely Impracticable for old : fleshy people, and is altogether too ! difficult for pleasure or comfort on I he pa 1 1 of any one. By all mean-, the trail .-. 1 1 " u 1 I be con acted and at once. It bj eiiinat.il thai the cost would be about 500, In fact we are advised that responsible local people are willing to guarantee a good trail foi thai amount. |