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Show REALTY SPOT LITTLE KNOWN LNTIL REC ENTLY, A WONDER Only within the last ten years have many persons heard of Bryce canyon. Vet It is one of the beauty 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 Brice canyon, Utah, a national monument. Since the creation crea-tion of national monuments is usually usual-ly followed in time by the conversion conver-sion of such monuments into national nation-al parks, it is not impossible that within a few years Bryce canyon will be made a national park. Vhere are several routes by which this remarkable handiwork of nature may be reached. Almost all of Uie.n L.T.d out of Salt Lako City. Perhaps the most commonly UBed Is a branch iine of the Denver & Rio Grande which winds Its tortuous way southward south-ward to Marysvale, where the traveler travel-er takes stage for Panguitch 53 miles. From this settlement a private conveyance may be hired for the last 25 miles to the rim of the canyon. Leaving the Sevier valley, the road climbs up a long, gentle slope, finally reaching a level plateau country sparsely covered with sagebrush, greasewood, cactus and scrub pine. After a short climb, the tourist comes suddenly to the brink of Bryce canyon. can-yon. The effect Is startling. One stands on the rim of a semi-circle amphitheatre amphi-theatre it is about S00 feet high and looks down upon an astonishing array of architectural forms, endless in design and with multiform ornament. orna-ment. There are castles and temples, colonnades, arches, battlements, minarets, min-arets, obelisks and thousands of other more grotesque shapes, all delicately tracedL Some stand singly like needle-like eplres, others are grouped in regiments in a veritable pinnacle dress parade. The dominating hue is a salmon pink, but the reddish tones vary from actual Vermillion through the scale to the faintest pink. Indeed, it appears as though Nature had made use of every tint In her palette. Down in the depths ot the amphitheatre there is a considerable growth of evergreens, ever-greens, the dark green of which makes a pleasing setting for the more brilliant colors of the rocks. Much of the color intensity depends de-pends upon the sunlight, and the early ear-ly morning and late afternoon hours, when the sun is low produce the rich est effects. At such times, to quote from Emerson Hough, there appears "some mysterious fire down below, lighting up all this red encillado, this drawn-work of the goddle-ss done in red and white thread." It was the opinion of Mr. Hough that Bryce canyon, can-yon, has the Grand canyon "lashed to the foremast." Some of the white-capped pinnacles pinna-cles glow like alabaster Illuminated from within. It is simply the result of the reflection of the sunlight from one row ot pinnacles to the opposing face of another row. And thus are produced) at times exquisite phenomena. phenom-ena. A cream-colored cliff may be in dull-gray shodow, but the rays of the descending sun. reflected, will give it an etherial radiance in tones of delicate del-icate pink or yellow. The panorama along the rim of the canyon changes with every step of the way. Few persons have ever seen the novelties of form and color, for the region is unmapped, pathless and rough. "The most beautiful spot on earth" is the designation given this uowly-discovered wonder-land. It remains re-mains for countless thousands of tourists. when travel has been smoothed in the years to come, to verify the appellation. Christian Science Monetor. |
