Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-30
Great Movement Coming 10 be a
VeritabIe War Cry Of Tray-
cling Public.
WHAT MAJOR HOOPER SAYS.
Magnitude and Importance Of Project
Cannot be observation-disclosures
Much for the Country,

I'm the Motor Field Tor June Mai :
X. Hooper general passenger agent of
the Denver 4 Rio Grande railroad
has this to say OF the See America
movement:
Let me say that the magnitude aud
importance of the movement organlZ-
cd On salt Lake recently by the See
America First league cannot be over
estimated n Is movement that
compartments the entire United States,
and us results viii be beneficial 20 our
country at large because it IS general
10 every section. Forty magazines
throughout the government have prac-
,ically taken up the movement, aud
the great object 10 be sought Is being
published broadcast Besides, the
league will push 1t vigorously and ju-
diciously
See America First" should be the
war cry of every true American The
phrase has the real patriotic ring that
thrills the heart. II fires the blood like
the appeal of a modern Paul Revere,
exhortiug an citizens TO rally to the
banner that leads them to the can
yons. crags. lakes and rivers Of their
own country Don't be hypnotized by
weird tales ~ European travel. There
is not am attraction in the old world
tha, cannot be duplicated and dis
counted by the phenomena Of Ameri-
ca Facilities tor travel are superior
and cheaper at home than anything
YOU may expect On foreign lands. Ac-
romm0dations for the afluent and
others iu more moderate circum-
stances. await the tourist al every
turn of the road. You get what you
want. aud pay for what you get and
are not bounded 20 death by horde
of mendicants You encounter the
frank faced businesslike American
who iutuiuyely knows your wants ana
sees that they are supplied.
COME INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
Therefore. come with me into the
recesses ~ the Rocky mountains,
viewing en- route the masterpieces OF
the Creators nandiwork from the
woudr0us Niagara, through the stu
pendous chasm Of the Royal Gorge
over the great continental divide Ia
the renowned groves Of the Yosemite,
the thrilling scenes Of the Yellowstone,
the pastoral quaintness of the CALI
fornia missions nesting I'm real Area
dian simplicity in rlch-colored orange
groves. the giant ice-clad peaks that
fringe Puget sound. or the balmy
shades OF the Columbia. Come and
commune with nature. Steep your
senses I'm the gladness and sweetness
Of an outing where the dehling hand'
| OF yandals have not left their foul i'm
| print Get into the open where YOU
| can observe the achievements Of tn
| Great Architect and worship His nan
| diwork by mountain torrents an'
! traverse silent paths that for cen
/ turtles have been untrodden by foot O.
| man.
Come by rail. come in your aut'
car. come af0ot n you like. but come
Enterprise has paved the way Z
/ the very heart Of the mountains. an'
! the old cry ~ remoteness and inacceS
! sibilltv has been banished by the pr
! oneers Of travel who have made thu
most distant points within easy reaci
/ Of the principal resorts 81 the west
! Millions u Americans have yisite'
this pantheon and countless thousand
Of Europeans have added their praise
% the constantly ascending anthem.
SEE AMERICA FIRST"
see America first. See her IN he
! lrandest moods, where phenomena
forces are engaged ln their construc
/ tive and destructive work. Penetrat
the wilds where the workshop ~ ma
/ lure invites YOU 10 revel in the aban
don and gr0tesQuerie Of undisturbel
/ creation. GO with bounding hear
/ and uuging brain TO absorb IN
I grandeur Of scenery and worship a
| the shrine of nature. where your hear
| offerings of gratitude will arise liz
incense into the spires ana recesse'
| into the cathedral-llke crags and SKY
| Naulted spaces. resounding with IN
echo 81 never-ceasirg cascades who's
! tumultuous chorus sWclls in constau
diapasOn. soaring and receding IN ODE
dieuce 10 the gentle breezes that va
these sylvan cloisierS
with stroke that res0unde
across the continent the keynote @
American travel was launched al
convention at salt Lake city, Jan. 81
attended by 200 patriotic delegate
representing the leading communitie
and commercial organizations Of N
empire bounded by the Missouri rive
ana the Pacific ocean. The governor
II Colorado Wyoming, Utah, Wash
lngtou Idaho. oregon, Nebraska an
Kansas were most enthusiastic In thel
Endorsement Of the proposition, which
after three days ~ unselhsh labor
was incorporated in q concrete pro
gram NJ action calculated 60 brin
about results iu harmony with IN
suggestions offered hy the best ora
tors and publicists Of the nation.