Show considering ceib THE CLAIMS OF capone i tribune by J cecil alder the skyline route from Paro wati to cedar city by way of cedar breaks and the qualifies in several respects as the rainbow I 1 roule both the shape and the colors liken it to that token of the covenant which god made with noah a covenant of amity by the way which properly exemplifies the fealty between the two prosperous towns at the rainbows ws feet but carowan parowan carbon canyon comes very near being natures to cedar breaks as may be surmised from the fact that the roadway i ii i about as negotiable as t the he coal ci cheek eek canyon approach though it was dressed into shape at a money cost around of a million dollars with I 1 which coal creek can canyon 3 on was paved from cedar city ITHE RAINBOW ROUTE for nearly quarters of a century turf the two pioneer cities have been v vi ing with each other for the role of the put pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow but the present day tourist who traverses the rainbow tonto route leisurely finds such scenic riches as to lead him to feel that lie he has I 1 attained the pot of gold on emerging no matter which way lie he goes in ilir tile the automobile roadway has not yet been conducted onto bilin head a at the lofty elevation of feet though the survey has been made arid and the accomplishment promised pending this highway e engineering i feat the parowan carowan Pa rowan canyon roadway leads northward from cedar breaks as graceful as a fl flume ume I 1 the yellow sash banners 0 ce cedar ar breaks breads fluttered a farewell as we I 1 took to downgrade I 1 tile the forest and two rapidly waddling woodchucks contended excitedly for the straight arid and narrow lane squeezed between the trees t k f V QUEER NAMES GIVEN this is the mammoth hill dug way mammoth being another biame name for the plateau the dugway forms a magnificent avenue in a stately forest and discharges the traveler in a brief spin at jen sens hole a name for the northernmost e extremity of cedar breaks whether jensen became immortalized by an attempt to homestead the abyss the local historians do not record but if jensen himself him self instead of his name had bad been flung into tile the amphitheater the committee on oil geographical names would have less k ss ahead jinny beck flat i is a delightful mountain meadow of romantic wild nebb flamed with a forest of a beau t such as only conifers and aspens ashens cin provide tile the valley degenerated in nomenclature to jinny beck I 1 because an old time character a wood cutter cutler by profession profess iou lou don domiciled I 1 a team of donkeys bearing the names in the luxuriant pasture nevertheless jinny beck is as dixe appellation as is gibraltar BEAR rights FIGHTS COW navajo hill allows the roadway to glide out to the old wilcox sawmill sitting on bear flat navajo hills origin is enigmatical except that navajo indian traders from the colorado river country encamped there in another century but bear flat has a perfectly proper pedigree for or its name for once upon a time a huge bear and a maddened mother cow fell in mortal conflict with each other the he sawmill log carriage track ended at two large patches of bleaching bones one belonging to the bear and the other to the cow left there when a tone lone calf became a dogie A descendant of this tiny survivor suddenly blocked the roadway ahead of the automobile autom bile bellowing omin arid and drawn sabes in tile the shape of vicious horns ile he was a gigin reminder of the historic battle of the beasts for a moment but one sharp hoot from the automobile bo harn rii pierced the heart of the challenger with fear and lie he hobbled away bleeding profusely in his voice wilcox canyon next on the roadway is a credit to the family no matter what its fortunes may mav be and the towering white holes boles of quaking aspens ashens seem to lift the forest canopy very high and open the forest into a limitless pillared chamber some one tie here related tile the legend of the quaking aspen it was the accursed tree on which jesus the christ was crucified so the stoby rin ran and ever since thit that th it event the leaves have trembled and quaked ASPEN PICKETS A FAILURE from wilcox canyon just to show the size of the parowan carowan family of canyons canyons we glided into Frank lands canyon and into a very different sort of legendary lore it seems that rian frankland kland hit upon upon the idea of splitting baby quaking aspens ashens with a special sawmill making half round pick eta for fancy fencing ready painted on the exposed side but the product warped industriously so that the picket pile looked like so much vermicelli clayton mitchell told us they were biot t fit for pickets but made good boomerangs i F I 1 when Frank lands idea failed a named cash came in to make shingles bh ingles with another sawmill but cash was more adept at cussing bussing than either sawing or making money and the canyon has ever since humbly borne the alias cussens Cus canyon oc cording to alex matheson Mat beson pion pioneer CC r I 1 in the district PLANS ON VACATION in black canyon next belo below we met a teamster conveying a sick look ing piano lashed face upward to a t log wagon toward brian head ian for the summers vacation silvery lace like liec waterfalls hairpin turns and bear dens alternate to hold the a mention attention especially of the driver and a line of lady tourists trimmed the dugway as we scooted ahead anyone at the breaks arid and are other parties coming up upa tiey they asked and we asked and the general answer to all and by all was you bet it is the cordial royal greeting of the friendly outdoor west main canyon which is the specific name for carowan parwan canyon comes next arid and in it we are surprised to rind find center creek just juit what is the occasion for center creek occupying carowan parowan canyon we did not learn hut but presumed it was on a lease of the place said lease to be terminated when the committee on geographical names finishes its work braffet fe t s can canyon von comes in from the east as lid did bi clr r braffet often enough to have the canyon hung on to him as a foundling FORMS RESEMBLE IGLOOS second left hand fork is a magnificent canyon canavon with which the naming committee can have no quarrel for its vau geness of meaning it is still further distinguished by honeycomb scenery in its headlands as beautiful as bryce which is certainly a compliment but this word must be taken just as I 1 got it from another for we did not s see ee i it t it is an ugly trail to a beautiful sight so they say rapidly the forest cover is pushed back by the down gliding automobile arid and the wide spreading flare of the de forested canyon reveals many unique rock forms A specimen appears near the spruce crossing where a cluster of prehistoric earthenware silos lift their jug like necks above the young second growth trees distant groups look like cool carafes carabes list nestling ling in the shade and all suggest the cache of a giant bootlegger though we that parowan is is cry PALISADES ARE PLEASING the white cliffs is a unique field of rock forms covering the easterly side of the canyon which is perhaps better describe described d by its alias cus palisades russian or germin german castles are suggested in the odd shaped forms whose lofty porticoes coes afford a lordly outlook for the occupant but the present occupants were only a few hawks perched on the pinnacles blow holes boles grot grottoes toes and caves figure the potash underpinning of the cliffs while squaws squads bears cigels and the like reward the imaginative searcher of the skyline trimmings perhaps a pipe orgin organ front is suggested in more places thau than are other forms and it is catain that a of form and color pervades the place if not a harmony of sound tabernacle ORGAN NUMBER but this musical simile brings us to the leading legend of the canyon which in the beginning was not a legend but a fact for the salt lake tabernacle organ timbers including the fine and straight grained parts of the larger organ pipes were obtained from the choice white and yellow pines of tie the first lefthand left hand fork A two mile detour into this canyon is is imperative for the sightseer grotesque figures in pudding stone tone or conglomerates dentinal sen the way and vast arid and unexplored recesses beneath the tall and rugged walls are musical with the sound of waterfalls birds voces and their chorus of echoes concert halls balls they becomes und one easil easily v beris senses es the origin of the angelic voices from the great organ itself ill OF MORMON ORGAN in a short ten minute ride rde toward lake a ke which is many miles beyond the canyon opens out to afford space for hoosier lake on the left and yankee me meadows adoIs far off to the right an extensive re gion lies between the ancient stumpage being the birthplace of the precious organ parts bv trudging ox teams the selected logs were snaked to the old waterpower water power sawmill which george A smith mormon pioneer colonizer erected in the th mouth of the canyon A vertical or c abing saw blade bobbing up and down sliced the logs lowly into dimension stuff and the product made the long journey bv ox teams to salt lake city and found a place of permanent and supreme honor sn in the world famed mormon tabernacle thus does parowan carowan canyon first lefohn Left fland Hn id fork still hum bum a melodious I 1 0 us tune of satisfaction constantly to itself supported by th loyal people of parowan carowan Pa rowan though most ot the large in lumber is gone an aej I 1 all ali the ot oil I 1 aw mills have gone back into the ground the flavor of the fragrant bearberry is soon elc exchanged hanged on the breeza for the sagebrush and the grain fields and we find our plot of scenic gold filled to the brim at old carowan parowan Pa rowau rowan |