Show LATEST NEWS FROM INTERMOUNTAiN WEST Utah Nevada Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Montana SMAll TRAVEL TO ZION PARK PARR Figures Tell Why U P May Not Put Up Hotels Hotels By Dr w n D tanager Manager Tourin Dureau Utah Stale A Association r I SALT LAKE Nov The 19 19 The In Sundays Sunday's pre press that the Union Pacific railroad had bad postponed tho the building or of o the new JeW hotels at Zion canyon Bryce co canyon canon on and the Grand canyon canon until un- un until un until til such auch time as the tho traffic war war- warrants warrants rants It ma may have hate ba e come na as a I IBur cur Bur sur surprise price prise to many Salt Lakers but not so BO to an anyone one who will CAlmly sit Bit down and anao the touring traffic ot or this state elate So much has bas been said about our scenic attractions b by our luncheon orators the paid secre secre- secretaries secretaries of the various highway a or- or organizations or organizations and our publicity campaigns camp that the average citi- citi citizen citi citizen zen of the state belle es each succeeding suc- suc suc season seaon Is goIng coins to see seo the southern part of our state Mate swamped with tourists A study stud of tourist statistics shows shone sho s It Is just another case cae of kidding our our- our ourselves selves aches which seems to beI be a I pop popular ular Indoor sport when the tour tour- tourIng touring touring ing traffic Is up for tor discussion In Utah Here are a few figures lre to pon pon- pon pon Ie del osor 01 0 or furnished the tho touring bureau hureau by the superintendent or of National park showing ing the motor touring traffic for the sea season ea- ea eaSOn son of 1923 1323 These figures hav have i arai jUt jum been made public and ara r iI the first available a They are taken tak- tak taken en cn up to and Including Octo October be 30 I NUMBER OF TOURISTS The total number of persona who ho visited the park by auto auto- automobile automobile mobile who came from other states than Utah was exactly 1525 visitors outside or of orthe the state stale of ot Utah visited slatted the tho park Ly by stage This Is the railroad II navel avel from outside the state We cannot get away ay from these facts Now v here Is an Interesting side sideline sideline line Une to think about The record ot of the automobile assocIation touring bureau shows the J registered 1463 14 6 3 tourists north northbound bound from southern from and Including the touring months of May to October Dur Dur- During Dur- Dur During ing lug the same time tho the register tourists shows state out-of-state south southbound bound or headed for south south- southern southern ern rn California Multiply these figures by four for tor tho the total eMi esti- estimate esti estimate mate of ol touring trawl travel and wo we find there thero were northbound And G southbound or that sent about five tourists to for tor every o tour tour- tourist ht southern California sent to Salt lake during the tho summer months 1525 25 11 UIO I IRI PARK RI But digest three these figures still farther and it shows sho ear tourists pissed passed within thin 25 attics n of or Zion National park and ily T-ily T y 1525 1625 of ol this number the park itself let et there Is a good highway ay from front the forks ol of the toad load Into Zion canyon Th's Is but a repetition of theal the al ass ais for which accurate data figures hown shown for tor the past tour four ate ue on file at the touring bureau or of the Utah State Automobile as- as as association In an nn attempt to help bob change chango these those startling results the Utah Mate ate Automobile association nt- nt atU at 11 I U meted m to change the name of the Arro Arrowhead head Trail to the tho Zion Park k high highway ay The Arro Arrowhead head frail California The lion Park Pirk highway at once places before e the tourist the tho tact fact that the Zion National park paric Is la on or near that route Every E r map Is- Is Issued Issued la sued by the automobile association association tion In the pas past three years 5 ears calls this road the Zion Park highway former lormer Governor Bamberger Issued a proclamation calling it the Zion Park ay ay The Tile state highway ay commission call calls It the Zion Park highway and two ot of Salt Sail Lake Lakes s newspapers call It the Zion Park highway ay yet there thee are actually Interests In thIS city and the southern part of ot the state I which do not and apparently will not fall tall In line to advertise ad Zion National park to even esery e er tourist who passes 0 over oter er tho the route by adopt adopt- adopting adopting adopting ing a name namo which will give gl Zion National park publicity on e esery cry automobile map mall published In the tho thel l States Zion National pack paik has not been Leen hold Bold to th the tourists The Tho records J show It And that's why hy the tho postponed building of the n tv hotel hotl is h P |