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Show fieautiftil Bitice Canuon By R. A. CANINE. "I have lived In this part of Utah nl my life. I'or years 1 have run in; stock -In these hills and valleys,' hnvi 'cut firewood and fence posts on tin lilllNldet. Yet, I never had nny Idei thnt thuro wan such a country Jus over the, hill j under until this spring,' wild a native Jn ju.ipiiI.Iiik of IJryco can you, In southern Utah. "One day I happened to Just stum bio on this Canyon. Fact is, I ennu near stumbling over Into tho canyon And sail A Avu simply flabcrgastcd Ileauttful. Say, there uln't anything 1 huvo.cver seen or heard ubout that cni light a candlo to this. Kvery week nnd sometimes oftener, I have beet up here, Just grtzln' and gnzln'. Purtj soon the Missus will bo glvln' me hnl Columbia for neglecting my work. "Bind you ,cniuo, nlnt you, misted Thought you would be. Iluthor puyi for the drlvo from Salt Ijike, even ll It was n lone drive, eh? Well, one thing, they' c!l mo the roads are gooil nil tho way. Thnt helps some. Ought to go home now, but, by cracky, 1 hnve simply got to take another peek before I go. I,ook at that court house over there. Ain't she natural? And that cathedral. Gosh, looks like tho real goods, don't It?" There's many a resident of Utah, If he or she should speak right out In meetln', who would have to admit that they were In the samo position ns the native quoted nbovp, us regurds ono of tho most wonderful sections of the United Stntes. Mnny hnve heard of tho wonders of Ilryce canyon. Have heard, but thought tho stories they heard wero exaggerations. ex-aggerations. They Haven't taken the tlmo to Investigate. And thus they hnvo gone on In Ignorance of a spot In their own Mato which If located In some other states wo might mention, would bo visited annually by countless thousands. Hut ono could not exnggcrnre In attempting at-tempting to describe the wondrous beauty nnd attractiveness of this little known spot which some day will claim tho homage of the beauty lover from every section of the country. The past summer has seen thousaudK of auto tourists, from every state In tho union, wendJng their way to Brycc canyoil, returning iiwc-lusplred mid milium iiiiriiiuuu twmii u IICHCriDO Uip picturesque beauty of the canyon. "Strictly speaking, Ilryco canyon is not n canyon ut nil. It In un iimplil theatre, which cannot be seen by tho approaching visitor until he Is within n few feet of the "Jumping off place." Then, as ho stops his machine- on the very brink, he Is Immediately awe-t-lruck with the panonfma thnt unfolds before the eye. Kroslnns that hnvo been going on since tlmo began, probably, hnvo etched out the earth und stouo In almost al-most every conceivable shape castles, mansions, cathedrals, minarets, fortresses, fort-resses, giant organs figures of human und animal shapes all lying far below tho visitor nnd hundreds 01 feel below the roadway. Miles and miles of these beautiful, varicolored objects, Interspersed Inter-spersed with plno trees, with a little silver-threaded stream fjowlng outward out-ward to (ho vnlleyt holowf . The coloring. Instantly .challenges the nttentlon. jlSvory color of tho rainbow, then some, to use the words of ono who btood Bllently, for nt 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. Hut why enumerate? A cloud pusses by and tho colors shift and change, always al-ways startllngly beautiful, beemliigly nover the kiuue, a veritable kaleidoscope, kaleido-scope, Hut n description of IJryco would tax tho pen of tbo most gifted writer, while Uut knuli of tho artist would do but faint Justice to this wondrous view I Which for countless ages has been si . lently awaiting the coming of mail' , kind In that direction that tho lover J of nature's wojidors might feast their t eyes upon Its Incomparable beauty. l Tho geologist will no doubt tell Uic 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. Ho would , tell you In terms that you might not , understand, but of course, you would smile nnd thank him, mid cling to yotTt own private opinion. 1 1 The opinion of a certain old-timer, , who Is ono of the most consistent nd' 1 mlrers of nnture's works Imaginable, Is that the Creator, after he had ere-I ere-I nted tho majestic jnouutnlnn or hc sunny southland or Utah, decided thai !, they needed Just ono moro touch ol i (benuty to mako them perfect, hence lit ' ndiJcd IJryco canyon. Not n bat thought nt nil. So, to understand Just what Ilryce ennyon really Is, und to appreciate Its beauty, the reader must make u visit to this favored section. Kven tho photograph pho-tograph does hut faint Justlco to Ilryce, because It cannot show tho wonderful colors, nnd gives but n faint Idea of the mngntflcent views that may bo ob-tallied. ob-tallied. Views Is tisoil advisedly, ns rrom different points different scene's mny bo obtained. And It appears that each Is more magnificent than the other. Tho average visitor, If ho Is at nil timid ns to climbing precipitous paths, take's his Impressions of tho canyon from the brink, looking downward. Hut many of the moro ndve'iiturous nnd ambitious pedestrians go down, by way of tho nnrrow, winding paths, to tho valley floor below, nnd thus gain a moro Intlmato view of the different objects chiseled out by time nnd tho action of tho winds and weather. The Forest Service has built somo C000 feet of these foot-trails through the more scenic portions of the canyon, somo nf the trails lending to sparkling springs of pure wnter, which Is to bo piped to the camping grounds beforo the close or the present season. Thcro nro pnths which ono mny nc-got'-Uo on horseback, should ho bo THE SILENT SENTINEL. fortunnte enough to secure n horse. A trip to tho bottom of the canyon In this manner Is n Joy to thoso who can tie-custom themselves to tho motion of tho nqblo bteed, picking his wuy down tho pathway, und up ngnlu. At the point where probnbly tho most wondrous view Is obtnlnuble though this Is a debatable question a hotel has been established tho past season, where tho visitor may bo sup- ' piled, with ni: the comforts of home, Mritiy improvements nro planned for tho coming summer, when It Is expect-1 expect-1 cd thoro wih be a small city ol houses nnd tents which may bo rented rent-ed by the pilgrims tu this slirino ol ; beauty. Pino trees which rear their tops heavenward to an Immenso height fur ulsh Miado and add beauty, to the I scene. Heucatli thoso trees tho vlsltoi t who has been fortunate enough tc I bring along his camp kit may creel his temporary home, cook his own meals and between times enjoy the , wondrous view nt his leisure. An effort Is now being made to place , Ilryco ennyon under thu supervision ol . tho Hurenu of National Parks for prop' . or protection nnd exploitation. When tills has been accomplished, no doubl r there nro thousands of Americans win . will learn of the exlstenco of this see I tlon of Utah, who hnvo long Imagined If they gave It n thought, thnt ttili , particular portion of tho country wni 1 simply a strip of desert, covered bj cactus or sagebrush, and Inhabited by . tho tarantula mid rattlesnake. What a pleasnnt awakening they will have. . Indications are that next season there will bo n constant strewn of visitors vis-itors to IJryco ennyon, for thoso wild have made Hie pilgrimage In the pnst few months will undoubtedly nrouso tjie curiosity of their friends by tho all too Itmdequato description they will give of their Jaunt to the ennyon which Is not n ennyon. And this curiosity will lend mnny to Journey to tho beautiful southlnnd or Utah to see for themselves Just whnt their friends wero trying tp describe. de-scribe. And they will not bo dlsup-pointed. dlsup-pointed. They will probably say: "No wonder ho-couldn't muko me under-stand. under-stand. Wonderful. Pshaw, there are not words enough of n laudatory nature na-ture In the dictionary to convey a real comprehensive) .description." In fact, they will wonder why they had not before been nilvlsed of tho existence ex-istence of this wonder spot, which If It had been advertised In tho past, would have been long 'listed us tho eighth wonder of tho world. Pays might bo spent In this section with profit, and they would bo happy days for the one caring for tho beautiful, beauti-ful, the unusual, tbo eye-pleasing and soul satisfying scenic section of a stnto blessed with scenic wonders. A rldu eif twenty-four miles from Pnngulteh, tho county seat of Oarftcld county, brings one to tho canyon. The roads from Pangultch to Ilryco nro nil thnt could bo desired, winding through IteI ciinyon, which In Itseir Is one of the most beautiful canyons Imaginable, Speaking of roads: Ono may start from Salt I,ako City In nn auto, Imagining Imag-ining that he Is going to hnve somo hard sle'ddlng before-ho gets to Pun-gultch, Pun-gultch, hut when ho hns reached tho end eif the Journey, ir ho Is truthful, ho will say that he never pnssed over better bet-ter country ronds,.no matter where ho has traveU'd. Itogular boulevards, snys one enthusiast; and whllo ho Is somewhat enthusiastic In his prnlse, he Is not far wrong. The city of. Pimgultch. tho gateway to Utah's least known but most beautiful beau-tiful se-enlo 'attraction, boasts n population popu-lation of 1,700, being one of tho most progressive communities In tho state. The city has two newspapers, a state bnnk, public library, excellent sdiools, nnd every einss of IiiisIupkm lu mnm. sented by progressive business men Thu visitor can' rest nssured that Ida every want will bo attended in a manner man-ner thnt will bo sutlsfnctory to him. There nro many other point's of interest in-terest In the Pangultch section, thnt mny bo reached In a comparatively short spneo of time, and over excellent roads, notably Mammoth Cuvcs, Pan gultch Lake, tho Bluo springs anO Twin Lakes. |
