Show THE DESERT YOSE YOSEMITE A Glowing Account of ot Little Zion Canyon Taken from al I Park ark ll Recent public Interest in n the Muk Muk- National Monument in southeastern Utah popularly known as the Little Zion Canyon has resulted resulted resulted re re- in measures measures to the many who are expected to visit it this coming summer A concession concession conces conces- o sion slon covering public camp and tran- tran has been gr granted by the Department of ot the Interior For fantastic outline and brilliant and varied coloring i probably equals any spot on this continent Recent visitors have called it the desert Yosemite others oth oth- ers the the mimic Grand Canyon It Inevitably suggests both You cant can't see seo it without shoutIng shouting shout shout- ing ing reports one recent explorer The fhe Mormons of a former generation generation gen gen- chose this valley for a refuge refuge re re- fuge in the event of being driven from Zion as they called Salt Lake City and named it Little Zion Canyon Can Can- yon you The North Fork rork of ot the muddy mud mud- dy ily Virgin river flows flows' it and in t tte spring streams cascade from the lofty summit wall walls It Many fine trees ash maple oak and aud spruce groW spruce grow on the v valley floor freY floor The canyon Is a a. mighty cleft as asIf asif If the mountain had been divided to obtain a segment The walls are Incon inconceivably carved into domes half halt domes domes and temples One gigantic cliff clift suggests sug- sug a battleship and Is locally cal cal- al- al led Jed the thu steamboat 40 4 I N NA A w. w M The faces of some Borne of the walls contain thousands of square feet of plane surface upon which the elements elements ele ele- ele- ele I ments menta have sketched various figures At one point may be seen een the picture picture pic pic- Ic- Ic ture of at a woman and a pig forming a distinct group At another another another an an- other an eagle perches true to this noble birds bird's instinct high upon the cliffs cUffs At other points crypts have been formed In the walls by the shelling off of the surface in which may be seen been other forms seemingly sculptured Nature seems to have fashioned here a n fine art gallery of stupendous proportions The coloring is beyond tion Glistening white is s the basic color Below this a strip of blood- blood red sandstone has weathered into formations resembling those of the Grand Canyon There are thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of feet teet of polished white sandstone sandstone sand sand- stone vertically streaked with Ith vermilion vermilion vermilion ver ver- milion like a Roman sash There are p pinks in endless shades The canyon is more than ten miles long and from Cram 1200 to 2000 feet wide The neighborhood is rich In striking phenomena There are natural bridges of oC great size and beauty The country was settled b by Mormons l many years ears ago and possesses possesses possesses pos pos- much historical interest Old time Mormon customs obtain in the prosperous villages l may ma- ma mabe be reached b by automobile and horseback from Lund |