Show invitation EXTENDED TO MONUMENT UNVEILING an invitation is extended by the committee in charge to parowan carowan and paragonah Para gonah people to loin join with cedar in the ceremony ot of unveiling a monument to father escalante in treat root of the rioted doted el Es escalante calante on sunday afternoon at 4 p TO in Eleca escalade laute it will be recalled was a catholic father r and the first white man in this section of the country he entered the cedar valley by way ol of the iron springs gap as nearly as can be ascertained on october 12 1776 one hundred and fifty four years before this proposed ceremony in his honor he skirted the west side ot of the valley as nearly as can be learned and probably did aid not leave it until sometime the following day when he continued his journey south and east to lees ferry ata where re he crossed the colorado on his return to mexico the monument which Is 13 being unveiled Is a bronze tablet relief relict map ol of utah containing a tracing of 0 his trip through utah at that early date and mounted on a largo large boulder which Is being brought irom from the nearby hills it is to be placed some where here on the hotel grounds the tablet lg Is costing without any charge from the man who designed it a mr christian petersen ot of ohio who donated his services the money to pay for it Is being raised by the chamber ol of commerce which acknowledges toward it from the brooklyn brooklin eagle contributed sometime ago monsignor D G hunt catholic father of 0 the salt lake Dlo cease has been invited to otter offer the dedicatory prayer for or the occasion and has signified his intention of 0 being present president wm win R palmer who together with N J barlow and G 0 larson are the committee from the chamber ot of commerce in charge ot of arrangements will preside and will give some historical data concerning the event which Is ia being commemorated mem orated G 0 larson will be the chief speaker of the th occasion mr larson was a member of a party headed by professor H E bolton of the department of history of 0 the university of california which in 1926 retraced the route followed toll loll owed by Fla flathers therk escalante using as their guide one of two original diaries made by the catholic father on that trip one of which Is now in mexico city and the other in spain professor bolton Is an outstanding authority on western history and is chairman of the escalante club an organization formed to sponsor just such events as the placing of markers along the route of this first white man explorer ile he and some other members of the club have been invited |