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Show A REAL MCE WRITE-UP OF BRYCE'S CANYON 1 ' T The Christian Science Monitor, under the caption "A Wonderful Beauty Spot, Little Known Until Recently," gives the following very nicelp written description of Bryco't Canyon, free from the overdone or the far fetched: Only within the last ten year: have many per-sons heard of BrycV: Canyon. Yet it is one of the beauty beau-ty spots of America, and one of the true wonders of the world. When former President Harding left the capital for his long trip to the west, he signed a proclamation which made Bryce Canyon, Utah, s national monument. Since the creation crea-tion of national monuments is usually usu-ally followed in time by the conversion con-version of such monumnts into national na-tional parks, it is not impossible that within a few years Bryce's Ccn-yon Ccn-yon will be made into a National Park. (Since the above was written such a bill has been passed, and it is only awaiting the completion oi ?ome details when it will be so designated.) des-ignated.) Leaving the Sevier Valley the rove climbs up a long, gentle slope, finally final-ly reaching a level plateau country iparsely covered with sage bruin, greasewood, cactus, and scrub pir.e. After a short climb, the tourist comae mddeuly to the brink of the Canyon. Can-yon. The effect is Btartling. 0:ie itands on the rim of. a semi-circular amphitheatre; it is about 800 feet deep and looks down upon an ns- 'onishing array of architectural 'orms, endless in design, and with -nultiform ornament. . There ere castles and temples, colonades, arches, ar-ches, battlements, minarets, obelisks and thousands of other more grotesque gro-tesque shapes, all delicately traced. Some stand singly like needle-like plres, others are grouped in regiments reg-iments in a veritable pinnacle dross parade. The dominating hue is a salmon pink, but the Reddish tones vr.ry from actual Vermillion through the 3cale to the faintest pink. Indeed, it appears as though Nature had made use of every tint in her palette. Downs in the depths of the canyon there is a considerable growth of evergreens, the dark green -of which makes a pleasing setting for tie more brilliant colors of the rocks. Much of the color intensity depends de-pends upon the sunlight, and the 3arly morning and late afternoon hours, when the sun is low, produce the richest effects. At such times, to quote from Emerson Hough, there "appears some mysterious fire dovn below there, lighting up all this red encillado, this drawn-work of the ;oddess done . in red and white thread." It was the opinion of Mr. Hough that Bryce's . Canyon has (he jrand Canyon "lashed to the foremast." fore-mast." Some of the white capped pinna-ties pinna-ties glow like alabaster illuminated from within. It is simply the remit re-mit of the reflection of the sunlight from one row of pinnacles to the opposing op-posing face of another row. And thus are produced at times exquisite exquis-ite phenomena. A cream colored aliff may be in a dull gray shadow, but the rays of the descending sun reflected, will give it an aetherlal radiance in tones of delicate pink or yellow. The panorama along the rim of the canyon changes with every stop of the way. Few persons have ever seen the novelties of form and color, col-or, for the region is unmapped, pathless path-less and rough (down in the amphitheatre, amphi-theatre, but good roads and of easy access to any car, to points on the rim.) "The most beautiful spot on earth" Is the designation given this newly-discovered newly-discovered wonderland. It remains 'or countless thousands of tourists, when travel has been smoothed in the years to come, to verify the appellation. ap-pellation. Christian Science Monitor. To which we add, since the above was written, god roads lead to Bryce's. Bry-ce's. The state highway is as fine a road as any in the state of its kind, and any car may easily take it right to the brim. And down below, be-low, many of us who have visited that beauty spot, are quite familiar famil-iar with trails, gorges of exit, and points of vantage to view its many beauties. Bryce's in indeed a beauty spot, and one is not to be blamed for soaring when describing it, for it tugs on the imagination very strongly. |