The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-07

lazy river winds its sinuous course, then
on through Sewer valley, and on to
Millaro county, bearing its millions Of
dollars in irrigation water for the
parched lands in those places. IT is not
generally known, but it is fact, that
the chief industry Of the Marysvale
country is that of supplying water for
the farms to the north and northwest
And its present chiefest asset is the
unsurpassed scenery Of the magnificent
Tushar range, at the eastern foot Of
which nestles the hamlet whose prin
cipal claim to attention is found in
that it is the terminus Of the Denver
& Rio Grande, and the minor reputation
of being one of the ''toughest and most
goddess burgs" in creation, and which
is also the home of the writer.
From Marysvale the State road, one
of the finest natural highways since the
moved in the west, follows the river
nearly TO the rim of the basin, about
pinety-five miles to the south. The
scenery is an ever changing panorama
Of fruitful fields, deserts and narrow
valleys mlngling with mountain vistas
and canyons-pieturesqu aud pastor
ally beautiful-to Panguitch. A few
miles south Of Marysvale tho foothill
road enables the traveller to look down
on the Pluto reservoir, n state enter
prise: then, some eighteen miles south
of Panguitch. be skirts the west side
of the Hatchtown reservoir, another
state project. II the tourist so elects.
he may take day off and, over fairly
good road, visit Panguitch lake, beau
tiful body of water nesting in the very
heart of the range.
Once Famous Village.
From the rim of tho Great Salt Lake
basin, at an elevation of 1000 feet, and
ur among the pines, the road winds
down into the head of Long Valley can
yon, the home of Ordersville, made IA
nous for its abortive attempt to initiate
the social conditions inaugurated by the
prophet Enoeh. Three of four miles
down Long valley and the road will
then probably ascend to Alton: thence
down Johnston canyon and southwest
erly to Kanab, where reside nearly all
the inhabitants Of Kape county. Or
the tourist, if he be in hurry. may
take Decline to the north end Of the
Kaibab plateau.
Over a desert plain some ten or
twelve miles from Johnston. he enters
the lowland fringe of the Kaibab for
est, an almost primeval wilderness of
forest trees and shrubs, representing
nearly all the species which flourish
from foothills 10 an altitude of 10000
feet. Here and there are lovely catch
ment gIades-the special grazing fields
of thousands of deer, and the home of
numerous cougars. The tourist will be
gratified to know that there is no closed
season on cougars or tourist-hunters.
Grand Canyon Awes.
Winding through tho forest the tour
ist will traverse about sixty miles, and
before the setting of the second sun
from Salt Lake City he will look down
5000 feet on what appears to be a small
stream zig tagging in a stupendous
trough formed by terraces on terraces,
cut by yawning chasms, and bristling
with lofty domes, fantastic castles and
grotesque forms which the sculpturinp
forces Of the ages have hewn from the
limestone, sandstone and marble OF the
Grand canyon. IT is locality where,
seemingly, the God of Nature exhausted
not only his genius but his seismic and
other forces In creating a wonderland
Of savage scenery, and where tho aver
age man and woman are impeIled to
bare their heads in reverence and awe
for the mighty forces which wrought
from a barren, sun-scorched plain the
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