Williams news., 1922-10-20
THE PRISONER OF ZENDA

| peared at the Sultana theatre Tues.
 day evening, Oct. IT, proved to be
 such an ideal picture in every respect | that we cannot help bursting out
 with an appreciative criticism. Ii
 was just what the critics of the pie
 ture play have been cIamouring for
 transcendantly beautiful story of a beautiful spiritual love and
 renunciation. The usual insipid
 "happy ending" was conspicuous by
 it's absence. The theme was as ' heart gripping as Hans Christoan Anderson's Little Mermaid" with
 this added and altogether lovely ad-
 vantage of having the hero as truly
 noble and self renouncing as the
 princess.
 The plot of the story is a gripping
 one and holds the tense interest of the audience from the time that Ras- sendy1 appears in the forest until
 the final scene of the departure of
 Rassendyl from Ruratania. In the
 strength of the plot and the manner
 in which it is firmly knit together
 from beginning to end, this play is
 superior to f'The Four Horse
 men," The fact that it is concluded
 in a smaller number of reels thus
 proving a smaller strain upon the
 audience also aids in leaving a good impression. Comparisons of the two. plays are quite futile, however, be- cause of their dissimilarity. "The Prisoner of Zenda" is a romance while the -Four Horsemen" is an epic.
 The power of the Four Horsemen
 lies in its tremendous scope, it's en- deavor to portray an epoch in the progress of world humanity and the love theme of the actors is naturally smothered in the vastness of the hu- man cataclysm thus placing it in a class quite apart from the Prisoner of Zenda." "The Prisoner of Zenda" is more satisfying, however, partly because it is easier to grasp and is presented with such superlative art. the best site. The great est problem is that of reaching bed l rock. At the Boulder Canyon site bed rock is approximately 1S0 feet below the river bed. That is a greater i depth than has been undertaken in any similar project yet put thru The proposed site at Lees Ferry has l the advantage of a comparatively high bed rock. Glen Canyon has not yet been thoroughly investigated.
 The development of the Colorado Is a project of a size to compare with the Panama Canal. When the gov undertook that project the ,wo proposed sites were first thoroly and looked into. The made a lock canal was next investi- .a ted. The government engineers vent over all the problems carefully. They were accused of making un- necessary delay, but now that the anal has been long completed, we ook back and see that the engineers cted wisely and effected the best olution. And so with the Colorado l here are those who would make un- ue haste. It is urged that private nterprise would put the Colorado liver development thru in half the ime that it would take the govern . lent The same was said about the anama, but private enterprise failed I Panama before the government jed it. The same might happen at 1e Colorado. It is only the narrow atesman who would unduly rush this roject. The broad statesman / ealizes that this is project too .rge for any private concern or cor oration. It involves the interests E the people of such large part of ,e nation and means so much to the lture of the nation that the govern ent alone is capable of coping with
 Hayden pledged himself to use his est efforts to prevent any avoidable days in the development of tho dorado, but as a member of the ,wer commission he realizes the ,ed of going at the problem careful
 and painstakingly and making sure at the wisest course is the one final
 determined upon. Hayden also touched upon the rich ans tariff recently passed by the