Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-09-28
MEASUREMENTS
LITTLE ZION OUTING
l. f. Diehl, President of Utah Press
Association, Gives His Version of
the Recent Visit of the Editors TO
Southern Utah's Wonderland.

pushers shook off Office cares and
gathered at the Salt Lake Route sta
ton in Zion to take joy ride and
forget that there was delinquent
subscriber at his home town rushing
wildly toward the print shop to pay
his subscription. The occasion was
the midsummer meeting of the Utah
State Press Association, scheduled to
be held in Zion Canyon, Washington
County, Utah. J. s. Farley, the gen.
ial city passenger agent of the Salt
Lake Route, accompanied the party
in company with his charming wife,
and acted as chaperon.
Soon we were speeding southwark
via. Provo and Nephi over the road
noted for it's easy glide. At Delta,
Editor Davis of the Willard County
Chronicle, joined us and on arriving
at Milford, D. A. Webster could not
resist the lure Of Dixie and also was
annexed
Milford's Welcome.
When the train drew up at Milford,
a committee from the business mems
association was present to welcome
the newspaper men, who were escort
ed to the Hotel Milford, where a COM
plimentary breakfast was served.
George jefferson, president of the
club, delivered an address of well
come and f. H. Street, l.. ID. Brooks
and d. A. Webster, the other mem
bers of the committee, assisted in
making us feel at home. This was
followed by trip through the bust
ness section of the bustling city,
while the train waited and those who
had not previously visited the metrop
oils of Beaver county were greatly
impressed by the evidences of thrift
and push on every hand. The Bust
ness Mems Association is live wire
and the pencil pushers who were pres
ent will always have a kind word for
Milford.
Into the Wilds.
An hour later Lund was reached
and the party left the train for a
ride in the powerful automobiles that
were in waiting. Manager Parry of
the auto stage line was on the job to
see that all were safely and swiftly
conveyed to their journeys end.
Lund has not more than a dozen
homes but an immense business is
done there, as it is the nearest rail
road point to Southern Utah and
large amount of freighting is done
from this place, which is a distribut
ing point.
Some dry farming is being done in
this vicinity but as no water can lie
had excepting from deep wells the
agricultural possibilities are limited.
For over thirty miles southwark
the road is through a desert and unin
habited region, where the coyote by
the roadside views the encroachment
in his domain of the auto with jeal-
o.;s clare.
Gradually the Utah jumpers APP
pear and their size increases and We
are entering habitable region. Then
we reach Cedar City where we were
greeted by C. S. Wilkinson, the pro-
gressive editor of the Iron County
Record and other citizens. Luncheon
was served at the hotel and we were
off for Dixie,
Dixie Land.
Southwark we travel and the coun-
try gives evidences of scenic sur
prises, the most interesting spot of
nature being the Hurricane Fault,
ohc VI IHc BcoiOSiSal NoiiuSio VI 'iiN
world where can be read the history
Of the ages when large slice of
mountain range slipped and dropped
several hundred feet. Suddenly in the
valley below is seen an oasis of YER
dure and in short distance we des-
cend to an altitude of but little more
than two thousand 10000 feet above
the level of the sea and we are in
Dixie.
Plant life has changed and the mes
quite and creosote bush, indicators of
the semi tropics, are in evidence, The
prickly pear, which is the fruit of a
cactus, appears, and those who had
not before done so experimental on
reducing the high cost of living or the
cost of high living. Some got "stuck
up" about it and others have relapsed
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