Show ZION MT CARMEL HIGHWAY officially opener thursday morning two U P specials pulled into the tha depot 1 carrying 16 15 Eoy ernora and bothers and cr ahe national guard military band and a large gathering of nt citizens As soon as the distinguished party de trained the guard fired a salute and the tha military band struck 1 up nv patriotic and inspiring music awhile scores of citizens pressed for ward many to meet governor Goyer nor dorn others of the tha party with whom they were personally acquainted As soon ns as greetings were over the party was escorted to the tile escalante Escal anfe hotel where breakfast was served and after a short rest the distinguished guests boarded tha buses for the second lap of their tour of southern scenic wo wonders the first stop t to 0 bo be a at t zion canyon whore where official 0 penn ng grof of the zion tit mt carmel tunnel was held yesterday morning the tunnel was locked with a WE big padlock nearly as aa large larga as an auto wheel governor dern took the huge key nearly PS thick as hla his arm and unlocked the padlock while willing assistants 8 si dra dragged aged the huge chain away and a nd the tu tunnel unel was opened the motorcade with the governors and official representatives in the lead followed tho the highway patrol up the three and a hilf halt miles of switchbacks switch backs to the wust west portal of the mile long tunnel el A huge chain which reached from rock to rock blocked tho the way and while the several hundred motorists who attended the dedication looked on gov dern opened the big lock loch which held the chain in place tho the hook flew open a battery ot of camer cameramen arn t c licked their cameras a motion picture u re operator ground hla his machine and the th e chain I 1 was dragged away with the barrier cleared the motorcycle c moved into the tunnel where at gallery no 3 1 the throng gathered for the comple completion tiou of the cennon montes les A speakers stand occupied prominent place in the tha gallery with the governors and honor guests euesta seated in a semicircle near the stand the other guests positions which suited them best cw continued on back page |