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Show ZION PARK PEAK ASCENTJS MADE On November 7 West Temple, the highest elevation in Zion National park, was scaled for the first time when two Springdnle hoys, Norman and Newell Crawford, successfully made the ascent a:; i descent. West Temple rises to an elevation of 4,000 feet above the Virgin river at it- base and is almost completely girdled with high vertical cliffs. The Crawford hoys report that about for - h Ms were taken for the climb and the return trip was made in le-s than two hour.-. They -tate,! that they encountered several place-where place-where the climb was both very difficult dif-ficult and dangerous, but even if they had found easy going all the way, the climb of 4.000 feet in four hours irust have been considered fa-t going. On arriving at the top the hoys built a smoke signal fire which was seen by .-evcral Springdale residents resi-dents at about 2:00 p. m. The public works program authorized author-ized for Zion and Bryce Canyon national na-tional parks are progressing at a rapid rate and are furni.-hing employment employ-ment to many Utah citizens. Since the beginning of the work on September Sep-tember 8 and to the close of October, the park payrolls, bearing 419 names, have totalled $17,642.30. October payrolls alone aggregated $13,0S9.18. Including the men employed by the road contractors in the park and the enrolled men in Zion's C. C. C. camp, these parks are now giving emplov-ment emplov-ment to more than 500 men. There is a possibility that 100 to 200 more men may be added within the next month under President Roosevelt's recent program for accelerating employment. |
