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Show beautiful Bruce Camion plied with all t! it fomforts of home. Many Improvements are planned for the coming summer, when It Is expected expect-ed there will be a small city of houses and tents which may be rented rent-ed by the pilgrims to this shrine of beauty. Pine trees which rear their tops heavenward to an Immense height furnish fur-nish shade and add beauty to the scene. Beneath these trees the visitor who has been fortunate enough to bring along his camp kit may erect his temporary home, cook his own meals and between times enjoy the wondrous view at his leisure. An effort is now being made to place Cryce canyon under the supervision of, the Bureau of National Parks for proper prop-er protection and exploitation. When this has been accomplished, no doubt there are thousands of Americans who will learn of the existence of this . section sec-tion of Utah, who have long Imagined, If they gave it a thought, that this particular portion of the country was simply a strip of desert, covered by cactus or sagebrush, and inhabited by the tarantula and rattlesnake. What a pleasant awakening they will have. Indications are that next season there will be a constant stream of visitors vis-itors to Bryce canyon, for those who have made the pilgrimage In the past few months will undoubtedly arouse the curiosity of their friends by the all too Inadequate description they will give of their jaunt to the canyon which is not a canyon. And this curiosity will lead many to Journey to the beautiful southland of Utah to see for themselves just what their friends were trying to de-scribev de-scribev And they will not be disappointed. disap-pointed. They will probably say : "No wonder lie couldn't make me under-, stand. Wonderful. Pshaw, there are not words enough of a laudatory nature na-ture in the dictionary to convey a real comprehensive description." )n fact, they will wonder why they had not before been advised of the existence ex-istence of this wonder spot, which If it had been advertised In the past, would have been long listed as the eiirhth wonder of the world. By R. A. CANINE. "I have lived in this part of Utah all toy life. For years I have run my stock in these hills and valleys, have cut firewood and fence posts on the hillsides. Yet, I never had any idea that there was such a country just over the hill yonder until this spring," said a native in speaking of Bryce canyon, can-yon, in southern Utah. ' "One day I happened to Just stumble stum-ble on this canyon. Fact is, I came near stumbling over Into the canyon. And say, I was simply flabergasted. Beautiful. Say, there ain't anything I have ever seen or heard about that can light a candle to this. Every week, and sometimes ofteuer, I have been up here, just gazin"and gazin'. Purty soon the Missus will be givln' me hall Columbia for neglecting my work. "Glad you came, aint you, mister? Thought you would be. Rather pays for the drive from Salt Lake, even if It was a long drive, eh? Well, one thing, they tell mo the roads are good all the way. That helps some. Ought to go home now, but, by cracky, I have simply got to take another peek before I go. Look at that court house over there. Ain't she natural? And that cathedral. Gosh, looks like the real goods, don't it?" There's many a resident of Utah, if he or she should speak right out In meetin', who would have to admit thut they were in the same position as the native quoted nbove, as regards one of the most wonderful sections of the United States. Many have heard of the wonders of Bryce canyon. Have heard, but thought the stories they henrd were exaggerations. ex-aggerations. They haven't taken the time to Investigate. And thus they have gone on In Ignorance of a spot In their own state which If located In some other states we might mention, would be visited annually by countless thousands. But one could not exaggerate in attempting at-tempting to describe the wondrous beauty and attractiveness of this little known spot which some day will claim the homage cf the beauty lover from every section of the country. The past summer has seen thousands of auto tourists, from every state in but faint justice to this wondrous , .ew which for countless ages has been silently si-lently awaiting the coming of mankind man-kind In that direction that the lovers of nature's wonders might feast their eyes upon its incomparable beauty. The geologist will no doubt tell the inquisitive one just how It came to pass that such an unique sunken garden gar-den of geological grandeur come to be located in southern Utah, ne would tell you In terms that you might not understand, but of course, you would smile and thank him, and cling to yodV own private opinion. The opinion of a certain old-timer, who is one of the most consistent admirers ad-mirers of nature's works imaginable, Is that the Creator, after he had created cre-ated the majestic mountains of the sunny southland of Utah, decided that they needed Just one more touch of beauty to make them perfect, hence he added Bryce canyon. Not a bad thought at all. So, to understand just what Bryce canyon really is, and to appreciate Its beauty, the reader must make a visit to this favored section. Even the photograph pho-tograph does but faint justice to Bryce, because it cannot Show the wonderful colors, and gives but a faint idea of the magnificent views that may be obtained. ob-tained. Views Is used advisedly, as from different points different scenes may be obtnlned. And It appears that each . Is more mngnificent than the other. The average visitor, if he is at all timid as to climbing precipitous paths, takes his Impressions of the canyon from the brink, looking downward.' But many of the more adventurous nnd ambitious pedestrians go down, by way of the narrow, winding paths, to the valley floor below, and thus gain a more intimate view of the different objects chiseled out by time and th action of the winds and weather. The Forest Service lij.s built some. (1000 feet of these foot-trails Urn gh the more scenic portions of the canyon, some of the trails leading to sparkling springs of pure water, which is to be piped to the camping grounds before the close of the present season. There are pnths which one may negotiate ne-gotiate on horsobaek, should he be 1 y y&f A , -t i Days might be spent In this section with profit, and they would be happy days for ihe one caring for the beautiful, beauti-ful, the unusual, the eye-pleasing nnd soul satisfying scenic section of a state blessed with scenic wonders. A ride of twenty-four miles from Pangtiitch, the county seat of Garfield county, brings one to the canyon. The roads from l'angultch tf Bryce are all that could be desired, winding through Bed canyon, which in Itself is one of the most beautiful canyons Imaginable. Speaking of roads: One may start from Suit like City in an auto, Imagining Imag-ining that he is going to have some hard sledding before he gets to Pnn-guitch, Pnn-guitch, but when he has reached the end of the Journey, if he is truthful, he will say that he never passed over better bet-ter country roads, no matter where lie has traveled. Uegular boulevards, says one enthusiast; nnd while he Is somewhat enthusiastic In his praise, he Is not far wrong. . The city of l'angultch, the gateway to Utah's least knowa but most beautiful beau-tiful scenic attraction, boasts a population popu-lation of 1,7(10, being one of the most progressive communities In the state. The city has two newspapers, a state bank, public library, excellent schools, and every class of business Is represented repre-sented by progressive business men. The visitor can rest assured that his every want will be attended In a manner man-ner that will be satisfactory to him. There are many other points of Interest In-terest In the l'angultch section, that may be reached in a comparatively short space of time, nnd over excellent rea ls, notably Mammoth Caves, Pan- j gultch Lake, the Blue Springs and Twin Lakes, ' I the union, wending their way to Bryce canyon, returning awe-inspired and without adequate words to describe the picturesque beauty of the canyon. Strictly speaking, Bryce canyon Is not a canyon at all. It is an amphitheatre, amphi-theatre, which cannot be seen by the approaching visitor -until he Is within a few feet of the "jumping off place." Then, as he stops his machine on the very brink, he Is immediately , awestruck awe-struck with the panorama that unfolds before the eye. Erosions that have been going on since time began, probably, have etched out the earth and stone in almost al-most every conceivable shape castles, mansions, cathedrals, minarets, fortresses, fort-resses, giant organs, figures of human and animal shapes all lying far below the visitor and hundreds of feet below the roadway. Miles and miles of these beautiful, varicolored objects, Interspersed Inter-spersed with pine trees, with a little silver-threaded stream flowing outward out-ward to the valleys below. The coloring Instantly challenges the attention. Every color of the rainbow,, then some, to use the words of one who stood silently, for at least half an hour, entranced with the unexpected un-expected scene. Native brown, ochre, pink and gray; bronze, yellow, white and salmon ; orange, rose and red. But why enumerate? A cloud passes by ond the colors shift nnd change, always al-ways startlingly beautiful, seemingly never the same, a veritable kaleidoscope. kaleido-scope. 1 But a description of Bryce would tax the pen of the most gifted writer, while the brush of the artist would do THE SILENT SENTINEL. fortunate enough to secure a horse. A trip to the bottom of the canyon in this manner Is a Joy to those who can accustom themselves to the motion of the noble steed, picking his way down the pathway, and up again. At the point where probably ihe most wondrous view Is obtainable though this Is o debatable question-n question-n hotel has been established the past souson, where the visitor may be sup- |