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Show one OF OUR GREATEST assets XI. of the greatest assets Cedar City has. if " we are only prudent enough to make it available, avail-able, by means of good roads and trails, is the wonderful scenery and delightful summer camping camp-ing places in our mountains and canyons. With a little work and proper advertising, we will have as much to offer to tourists iu search of infinite grandeur in nature M any spot in the world. The natural bridge, about ten miles from town, with its wonderful setting of precipitous cliffs, extensive exten-sive forests, vari-colored rocks, deep gorges and fantastic carvings, all within the sweep of the revolving re-volving camera from one setting, is one of the greatest sights to be found any where. T?ut to advertise these as available to the average aver-age run of tourist! at the present time, is simply nonsensical. We should in the first plnee have a better road to the sawmill. The road has been washed out and is not safe for cars, on account of I the deep ruts, high centers and exposed rocks, although al-though cars can and do make it. In the next place, there MUST be an easily passable trail for pedestrians, pedes-trians, if not for animals, made from the coal mine to the bridge. In its present condition, the bridge is accessible only to strong, healthy persons who are used to roughing it, and is trying even for them, especially if they have any equippage to carry. Douglas White, industrial agent for the Salt Lake Route, made the climb, with others, to the bridge this week, and while he was astonished and much impressed with the scenic beauty of the place, he was disgusted with the trail (or absence of one) and stated that it was useless to advertise the scenery to tourists until it was made more accessible. ac-cessible. He offered to head a subscription list for the purpose of constructing a trail to the bridge with a donation of $10. Mr. Parry of the Cedars Hotel proffers another $10, and some others have J offered to contribute $5 each. We believe that than will bo no trouble in raising the money for a trail, if some one will only lead out in the matter, I and we suggest that the Commercial Club take the load, and try to put this project through. Four or five hundred dollars, at most, should make a fairly passable trail. One more feature would then be added to make the Cedar Canyon a popular tourist resort, and that is a well equipped camp, which might be located lo-cated at or near the Fife sawmill. There is a harvest har-vest of golden dollars awaiting local people in the development of this attraction, and it ought not to be neglected or lost sight of. |