Show visitors at utah parks in october break all records with ideal touring conditions prevailing the national parks parka in southern utah have received unprecedented visitation in october and early november the record of f 2968 visitors to zion national park park during the month of october make it the largest october in the travel history of the park and is an increase of per cent over records for october 1932 travel in early november has inci eased creased in the same ratio all sections of the united states and six foreign countries were represented by october visitors 0 the public works programs authorized for zion and bryce national parks arc progressing at a rapid rate and are furnishing employment to many utah citizens since the beginning of the work on september 8 and to the close of october the park payrolls bearing names have to october payrolls alone aggregated including the men employed by the road contractors in the parks and the enrolled men in zions C C C camp these parks are now giving employment to more than men there is a possibility that to more men may be added within the next month under president Roosevel ts recent program for accelerating employment on november 7 west temple the highest elevation in zion national park was scaled for the first time when two Sp ringdale boys norman and newell crawford successfully made the ascent and descent west temple rises to an elevation of feet above the virgin river at its base and is almost completely girdled with high vertical cliffs the crawford boys report that about four hours were taken for the climb and the return trip was made in less than two hours they stated that they encountered several places where the climb w was is both difficult and dangerous but even if they had found easy going all the way the climb of feet in four hours must have been considered fast going on arrival at the top the boys built a smoke signal fire which was seen by several springdale ringdale Sp residents at about p m |