Show mm PRESS association ROYALLY TREATED AT convention OF aih TO ITH RICHFIELD AND DO ALL IN THEIR POWER TO SHOW PRESS PEOPLE GOOD TISER BRYCE CANYON ONE OP OF GREATEST SCENIC attractions IN WORLD VISITED begian beginning ing the afternoon or of july fourth the utah state press association began an elaborate convention and outing the convention proper took place at panguitch beginning the afternoon of the fifth but do to that city being a two days drive from the northern part of the state the editor of the richfield reaper the richfield commercial club the rich field post of the american legion and pother bother public organizations of that city joined in giving the utah press people an afternoon and even leg ing of hospitality and entertainment to panguitch at the invitation of richfield the printers prin tera from all over the state gathered at that city on the fourth from there to leave in caravan form tor for panguitch next day according to schedule panguitch was reached about noon the and the afternoon was spent in taking in the sights and celebration in the pv evening enin a barbecue and dance were enjoyed the nert day sunday was spent at bryce canyon that evening a return was made to panguitch where the mutual improvement association furnished a very elaborate musical program pro program iram monday morning was spent in regular meet ing and that afternoon those who desired to fish traveled to panguitch lake where some of the best lake trout fishing I 1 in n the state Is to be hau haci sevier agricultural garden carden great the praise and considerable i erable 4 expressed 1 by people of the state who first saw sevier valley the morning of the fourth many of these people were travelers and they f lankly confessed that they had never seen a more fertil well developed irrigated valley for miles and miles they glided over roads unsurpassed between beautiful farms with never a break in cultivated producing land sevier valley is abundantly irrigated ri while the rest of the state is complaining of drought and conserving its ita water supply sevier country gives its crops all the water it will stand tor for best growth and its crops are more luxuriant and thrifty this year than they have been tor for years this section is indeed the garden spot of utah press people guests of richfield As soon as the members of the utah state press association began arriving in richfield the afternoon of 0 the fourth they were vere met by committeemen appointed to welcome and care tor for them all were invited to refresh themselves by a plunge in the municipal pool at 0 clock a very elaborate banquet was served nerved the association and leading citizens of richfield Rich neld in the johnson hotel at this banquet and excellent musical program and some short snappy speech making was enjoyed immediately after the banquet tho the whole party went by motor car to the west side of the city and witnessed a beautiful display of fire works when the fire works were over tho the association members became the guests of the american legion at their grand ball from the time of entering richfield lUch field until late that night the printers of the state en joyed one round ot of pleasure re and hearty welcome wc loonie richfield has the ot jet being the alvest ll vest little city in the state the evening ot of he fourth panguitch the town ot of hospitality genuine western hospItality 55 in its lost unadulterated form borm was wh whit t th the e press caravan encountered va n bering the city ot of Pan gultch the early afternoon ot of the in this age ot of greed and graft it Is almost impossible to conceive of a aco pie as willing to malto make the stranger welcome to their all as are the people of the all was in readiness tor for the convention main streets street was decorated to bid the visitors welcome boy scouts ook them in tow as soon as they arrived and showed then to the homo home of some citizen of panguitch who was already to receive a party of 0 a certin number as guests that evening a big barbecue and program took place in the city squar immediately followed a grand get acquainted ball was given in the soc ial al hall thee whole afternoon and evening was spent inthe most jovial of good times all ali formality or mality and reserve being thrown aside and everyone joining in a regular old time soc see ial all men are equal and goodwill good will is ia tile the only relation between men on an occasion like this sunday at bryce baj ce sunday morning at nine 0 clock the convention party and nearly all of tile he population ot of Pan gultch begas began an all day trip to bryco bryce canyon that great utah scenic attraction termed by prot prof frederic pack ot of the university of utah as natures most delicate jewel the twenty five olie il e drive from to bryce was made over some of the best road ip fr the state most 0 of the way this r road ad was surrounded by scenery unsurpassed a fit prologue tor for the awe Ir sights to come bryce canon I 1 ro no much beyond the power ot of human description is best deseri described beJ by the hon louis lotas C cramton Crai aton print ed in the congressional record ot of april 18 13 1 dvir clr Oran itous follows tol lowa an aa amphitheater across and feet deep eroded re result of ages a forest ol of vermillion pinnacles pina pin oles acles its forms fantas ic C ibarro and again as regular as the fashioning ot of mortal arc architect hitech it is not outclassed by any other spec ice tha nature affords it quickly von my enthusiasm and in my short stay I 1 paid pad constant tribute to its ever changing moods of beauty as hour by hour the daylight and darkness the an SU ELAud moo and under the stirs stars alone marshaled each their own charms 1 I want to tell you my impressions ot of the canyon as from its rin I 1 saw the fuell succession of its inspiring fint its richly beautiful panorama by the glare or day with the passing dassing of the sun in the dim starlight at the rising or of the moon at midnight Tid night and at the dawning of an day the ordinary schedule ot of try iry walking and sleeping was shattered but that does not matter it you hav but a day at bryce the maze ol of forms and outlines in the canyon gives fancy tree free rein and you are thrilled not only gy what the eye per ives but by what it halt creates as aa well as wordsworth has it sit with me here near tho the chasms brink as tho the sun drops low before you fancy presents to the city beautiful the myriad forms left in the disorder of chance after centuries it eroin resolve themselves into something planned you seem to see before houi n the late afternoon sun striking directly upon the face of gillars and walls before you stretching a mile across the canyon the quiet of a great city at rest above is table cliff plateau far to the left in dignified inaccessibility the old fortress impregnable with its sheer vails malls in the center tar far before you the hill crowned by an ancient ackop olia to the extreme right the great cathedral with its two impressive bell towers equal in height filling in the picture are the buildings and streets parks and passageways eways of a metropolis polls the bu bull lings illings all of the pastel chaes of mediterranean towns of spain an italy light red pink cloudy white streets and parks parka lined with tile the green of many actual living trees hr fir and pine the architecture la is all in harmony great buildings rising hundreds ot of feet passageways eways sometimes but a few feet wide separating one structure from another but the walls erect and accurate story upon story from acropolis HIU see how the grade drops rapidly to the waterless river bed which Is parked so plentifully with trees on either eilber side ot of the water course rising then abruptly to the right from the river aro are vermillion cliffs whore where the palace ot of the king appears surrounded by great turret ed walls walla a steep approach loading leading to the castlo castle itself nestling close I 1 against the barren cliff continued on page eight continued from page one STATE PRESS association ROYALLY TREATED AT convention OF ath TO ath there Is no sound no smoke arises no nothing thing in motion but the ciel ing clift cliff swallow it is simply the ideal of fancy the sun has gone darkness falls closer and deeper and the one fine tracery of the architecture dims from hii yi i conly aly ahe ho shade ot 0 some ot of the buildings a holding prom biance still you can see the great commanding outline ot of the fortress and in the center the white ot of the crowning acropolis the swallows ao 70 10 are fl flying about the he fancied forms and figures that intrigue the imagination by day are no more the carving and architecture that would give form to the eternal city ot of revelations have disappeared there are no tones no lights from below only the splashes ot of white upon the dark background back ground set off ill darker markings of the tree areas the city of fancy is asleep at midnight we cautiously approach again the rim and watch while far in the east cast over Arco polls hi a glow enriches the horizon soon silver point comes to view like a star of hope tor for the darkened city rapidly rises the majestic moon that bitens the night and brings out formless shapes of tile city out but does lot cot lighten it mounts to the heavens and tile the city to the west of us reflects it dimly it Is a special city slid and the watcher under the rays ol of moon macin the million wonders of the alky way and all ail the stars overhead comes to imagine an occasional boving light in the tenantless homes iut there Is nothing in the city but night up again and to the watchers post the day is dawning A rosy hue in the east an orange glow over table cliff plateau to the r ight a group ot of clouds which stimulate a snowe lad range ot of peaks for a time and then revert to cloud banks reflecting rosy tints lints as mounts the orb of day ills his majesty enters as hf he has haa tor for eons bons of time ills his rays strike the delffs at our feet and the reflected d light illumines the nearer yellow shapes the swallows rd d circle basking in ili the sunlight far toward the sun great white pillars ars enriched with reflected ligh scein translucent see gushing cushing point tar far to the right and note how the castle wall Is buttressed at regular intervals to the a great forest ot of spires commanding ill all the fortress in the distance its perpendicular stockade ot of pillars the steep incline lu eline the wall wail itself ris ri s jug ie direct to the level plateau before you now in glare of day is a prehistoric city of asplen dor it seems to have been covered with the sands of ages and appears now as aa it if largely revealed by recent excavations still to be completed I 1 tanks banks of earth still in part enshroud ing edifices and walls the impression mounting that furth further er beauties are yet to be revealed far jn the east you see the modern utah town of tropic surrounded t by its fertile green fields a touch of reality to bring fancy back to earth hut the spell of bryce canyon hangs long in your in memory emdry |