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once. Then highway was built along
| Great Hurricane Fault to the canyon
and everything was ready for the rush.
The rush came faster than even Jones
had anticipated. President Harding
| was persuaded to visit the park. Others
followed, and tents housed the first
rush. Later lodges and hotels were
built Before long Zion was the chief
attraction of huge area containing
six great attractions. to see which now
requires a two-day motor trip. Jones
dream had come true.
Architecture had been forgotten, and
he wondered what to do next. The
Union Pacific settled that question for
him. There was nobody in the country
who knew as much about Zion as Jones.
and there was nobody who was quite so
proficient at telling other people about
1t. So the railroad hired him to do as
| he pleaSed-one of the most unusual
jobs ever given to anybody.
But 1t was enough for him. Doing
as he pleased meant telling more peo-
pie about the park he had built. He
does 1t in all parts of the country. and
when any Government official here In
Washington wants to know about the
park, Jones tells him.
WHAT sort OF place Is this Zion
National Park that exercised such
a power over the youth. Randall Jones,
that he devoted his life to it? In sheer
natural. unadoncd beauty 1t Is prob
ably the most impressive piece OF real
estate in the United States. 1t is not
nearly so large as Yellowstone. bat Il
has more sights to the square mile, It
has nothing quite so impressive as the
Grand Canyon. but it has half dozen
sights that are all pretty nearly so.
Above ALL 1t has color-color that
ranges all the way from delicate pastel
shades OF the rainbow to the brilliant
hues of the sunrise.
The national park Is quadrangular
area of about 100 square miles, 81 miles
from Jones home town Of Cedar CITY
and 60 miles by air line from the north
ern rim of the Grand Canyon. There
are many cliff dwellings in Zion Can
Won. and It. is believed that it was re-
earded as a sacred spot by the Indians
Mormon colonists entered the region
about 1858 and began TO reclaim 1t by
irrigation The explorer Maj. Powell
travelled the country in 1870, and a few
years later Capt Dutton. another eX-
plorer. studied it and wrote a book
about it,
From then until 1909 1t was practi-
caly unknown About that time, how
ever. Jones began to get results, and
from then on there was an increasing
tide of travel until 1919. when 1t be-
came national park and was thrown
open 10 the world
The outstanding feature OF the park
is Zion Canyon. great red and white
gorge. cut out of sandstone colorcd
many hues by the Mukuntuweap River.
The canyon is about u miles long and
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BY c. C.. wERTENBAKER.

THosE civic leaders of Washing
ton and thereabouts who want
to see a great national park at
Great Falls, but are a little
doubtful about the prospect
NAV hearken 10 the story of Randall
Jones. who got park all by himself.
When Jones was In Washington re-
Gently. speaking at the Department of
the Interior for the third consecutive
year. his auditors heard much about
the beauty. history. romance, accessi-
bility and whatnot OF Zion National
Fark. in Utah. but they heard very lit
tie about Jones himself That was be-
cause Randall Jones is more interested
Randall Jones
But before he left. bit by bit. most
Of the history of his rather astonishing
career was gathered from this big,
hsavy- shouldered. mild-mannered man
who looks like anything in the world
but a go-get2er.
Randall Jones was born in a fairly
small place called Cedar City. which is
Down in the southwestern corner Of
Utah. at the foot Of q group of jagged
mountains that Brigham Young knew
something about.
Jones went TO school in Cedar City
Ia his fathers cattle ranch on the
side of mountain so miles away.
From the top of that mountain Jones
used 10 look across smaller mountains
into a great abyss which some colorful
tales had been spread by few hardy
explorers.
Jones WAS adventurous. One day he
set out from the ranch. rode for two
DAYS and nights. and ended up in the
heart of what is now known at Zion
CANYON For three days he stayed
there alone. looking up at Mount Ma
jestic. Angels Landing, the Great White
Throne and some other massive peaks.
many of which he later named himself.
Those three days decided his career.
While he was finishing the business
OF growing up and getting an educa-
ton he began TO bother people about
Zion Canyon.
why isn't II a national park" That
was what he wanted 10 know. All he
found out was that the only way TO
get a national park was 10 have the
Government set the land aside as
national park.
Al that stage OF his career Jones was
hopeless i6ealiSt. For that matter.
he still is. But at that time 1t seemed
10 him a near crime that everybody in
TIC NOiiO OlOI idNC NIX opPol buAis9
to go and look at the sights OF Zion
Canyon as did the people around
Cedar City. The trouble was that
Cedar City was a bit inaccessible. the
canyon vas more inaccessible and no.
body knew much about either one.
PUT Jones had TO make living. He
AZ studied architecture and settled
down in Cedar CITY as a OracticinQ
architect. and a good one. too. He
might have gone far in that profession
IL he hadn't been bitten by the national
park bee. As 1t was, he interpreted
his architecture with the business of
bothering everybody 10 death about the
park idea. When he got commits
sion he hung around and talked about
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the park Lots Of times he talked so
much that he didn't get the commits
sion. But he did get reputation.
He moved his center of operations
from Cedar City to Salt Lake City and
then he headed East. He bothered gov
errors and wore out the patience OF
members of Congress. He had coll
lection of photographs that was so big
that people would promise anything
rather than have TO look at them. And
so. eventually. he got the promise he
wanted-that Zion would be made a
national park. And much later It did
become a national park.
At that point Jones did some think.
ing. and figured out that. instead OF
having finished his job, he had just
begun 1t. The trouble was that, al
though Zion was a national park. no.
body could get TO it. The way TO Cedar
City was paved with stop-overs trans
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Imperial Tokay Wine
Is Shipped to London

tsng aeag him the name u Vineyard
they were passing, The IRAN $Al& MN
smile. That Is IcaAaoiShers
oh. YES" said the American. "IAave
drunk that wine at bars n IdsssoN
strange We make esa<y s,e>e eo;~
ties y YEAR remarked the man WAe
happened 10 be Prince MesteTnk>S> he
proprietor Of the Jessaaa&eSgS Ni1&S~
yard
l'aa; aCes not mean that CALIFORNIA
did nSs make 4S>>Na imitation ~ ToSSN,
tasSt as Dublin brought al>>tAsg SoI>S
COPY NUN vineyards IL the S>sssA eg
France, where they had planted SessanAe
vine cuttings from the TN&ay NafSyaTSSS
m the S0a~STsittea volcanic INK N
Hungary. The mutations, Ne naAtsee
row ScNs2 can never ~ GNaSs ~ age
FtShG There Is All eld fcNAN AasGNStS
ths easss%yNES csttleN WaSeA " re
sunshine canned IN haus& honey Il y
M rare that even pySaatea&s~Sl ualSAs let
III, Diamonds are lst IN
No enc ever drank f0&aN ~ eN<x>S>
II Mas see gaNtSAsnssy SwsNes ANA glNa
dear and there Mas a>N seyS, ne{ TSSa
IN imperial PALACES soG'&lSa ~ ~ Heltss1
MAS Revolutionary TeIsVach cast
M IL AN Austrian arrsN<faSe HE y a
man eaAt drinks = Wsease glass az KNs&ay
Al \ time"
TIVE haadyed y~arS A&N .'AnssS feNas
lev yenhaSsed NaElsSA dukes ~ Gaze ef
hN langssa playS thai theye Was = SgS~
sance NINA hua,ase sNAGt g. InlsNsgtas
ISsAAN," one hutseipv<A WEARS ase tire
SVsusts AalsgkAn gNNet. lS3agsesseN. Mo
Nan wandering AeS>ut IsesnaAn SsAgVSy~
SitaeS, made = fsssa u a few s>,t&ss& ~
f(sSAX and sNt them SAtelN back "a
Maine, HE kept theM Nsltls ne Mas
tsNn<fNEN prtAteSsS1 At Harvard s2AA
woGld etAasenS Nasn ne Mcsttd SNsae~
times aTaaS eat = few tAlasaAe1&l& kNg
his aNANt hslN<AgeA guests Tie sSSAk esa
candle IN his own hands ann esesa
dawn ais cellar status agaNSslg u hAN1sa
the pgteelsSs easths WAtle S>l{Nes Msl~
dell Sla.gaeS naASis gsSNgass asegs u
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varies in width from that OF mans
outstretched hands at the upper reaches
10 a mile at the lower end. At the
upper reaches the river has cut chan
mel under towering cliffs averaging
500 feet in height.
In places the canyon widens into
courts and shrines that have been given
names In keeping with their strange
beauty. such as the Court OF the Pa
triarchs and the Temple of Sinawava.
Individual peaks stand out from the
walls of the canyon. cut away million
years ago and now named Angels
Landing, the Great White Throne. the
Mountain OF Mystery. etc. Many OF
them never have been climbed and
never will be. These peaks are the
color spectsc!es Of the park. Every
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fers, branch lines and delays, and after
that IT. was another big trek to the
park. What was needed was railroad
and place to put the tourists who
would come after the railroad was
built
And so Jones went TO work TO build
tourist hotel. He designed ii himself
and he planned 1t out of all proportion
TO the size of the town. People began
to think Jones was fool.
The people were almost right. In The
middle of It's construction work on Ell
Escalante Hotel stopped Hard times
had been too much for it.
But Jones stuck to the job. He pulled
the most remarkable piece OF home
town financing ever recorded in those
parts. The citizens of Cedar City had
subscribed the money needed to build
the hotel. but the slump had made 1t
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they can be reached In few hours of
easy hiking without TOO greatly IA
tigu!ng the boys The spot most fire.
Quently chosen Is the Scout camp a
Burnt Mills Md. of the ColeSvilie Pike
which Is the property OF the organiza
ton and within convenient distance Of
the city.
Next In favor is the Virginia side oi
the Potomac near Great Fails. Here
several sites have been made available
for the boys by generous owners. II is
a comparatively wild country. Scout
masters like IL because IL gives the boys
more Of the sensation OF Venturing into
the unknown There are even few
rattiesnakes and bob cats up there al
least some Of the farmers In the neigh
borhood say 30.
InCcAsIOkALLY four or FIVE day
~ hike Is undertaken In Winter Such
adventures. OF course, are not for the
majority OF the boys. who must be con-
tented with simple overnight camps
But fortunate indeed are the youths
whose parents permit them 10 partake
In such an adventure as the over
Christmas hike Of Troop n of the
First Baptist Church. in which n few
lads participated The sc0utmasteg
led them over the road through Lees
burg ~ Bluemont over the mountain
| 10 BerryviIle, then across the Potomac
! at Harpefs Ferry and back To Wash
lngt0n by way OF Frederick. -Four night
were spent IN pup tents,
A hoy who wanted 10 go on such Il
| hike would he obliged 10 pass a phyBi-
| cal inspection. because II might involve
! some real hardship and adventure with
| the barest suggestion Of danger, al
though the mixers would be at no Time
| out 81 reach OF towns and villages
| The equipment Of the Scouts for the
overnight hikes Is left largely 20 the
] discretion NJ the Ecoutmahters, ord
narily boy IL required Ia have II
| poneho, "a pup tent. two OF three bian~
kets and extra shoes and stockings
Care Is taken 10 meet the contingeu-
| cies Ut changing weather, Because the
| afternoon IN warm the scOutmasieY
does not assume that the thermometer
VIII not fall sharply before morning,
The following equipment list h re-
quifed by The First Baptist Church
troop, in the charge Of l.. w Chandler
which In n Trader In these activities
High leather shoes Scout uniform with
out coat, extra pair Of socks or stock
ings. nj least two clean handkerchiefs.
ektTa shirt, sweater OF coat, depending
on weather. and rsinGoat or ponch0,
One shelter half or complete pup~tent,
! u Scout guard rope iOf use as clothes
line. Two or three medium weight Wnoi
blankets, IN eAtfa ponch1. extra shelter
half, o. a. least halt u dozen double
sheets Of newspaper. toothbrush and
dentiir.ee, y cake al soap IN suitable
eaHlsinsf, to9sl. comm small mirror.
AZ Amy esntssn with cup and al
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Army mess XII. sufflcient food Tor three
meals ah approved by parents ana
hcouimaatef. suitable pack carrier
ana tour car tokens aud 20 cents.
A note tom the parents Is required
tor the Ilfss ZIP Scouts also are 'itgod
10 bring - watch. iulte, a., matches
Ia a Watet lAhi .antHintr, small nfal
aid klt "A Scout hohg boot, note hooh
and pGncil. a gapajr XII with thread.
needles and buttons, fAtia hhhe atihGa,
"A cOmpnas. some small mialtal |nhtih-
ment and home cann.9s or il flgsh llkIi'
The Scouts ale n0t allowed Ia take
more money with them than actually
w0llld he required fuf teiIafe W Nhae
al emergency hase halIa and nslllnb
equipment are forbidden, spending
money Is considered nulaanee, There
ore too many roadside stands, even ia
Winter. where IL ean be- used 10 put-
chase stuft likely % unaet The stomach.
Ihe hike from Washington tisuall} II
unaslaay bstofs nooa and " carried
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On by easy stages The soautnlastefs
do not want 10 tire the boys undulS.
But II Is essential Ia arrive AT the IN
tended camping site we'll before dark
that IL, before D 30 pm. at this time
Of year Those In charge of the hikes
want plenty OF daylight 10 pick out the
spot where The pup tents are to he
pitched and the evening meal prepared
ScouTMAsTERs follow their own
preferences IN the method OF pre-
pairing camp The fundamental re
aulIement IN 10 aeieci il Alte SO situated
that It viii not ha subjected Ia u flood
during the night II n heavy rain should
e3me M Some troops pitch their
tanta IN military alignment, In ethega
he boys arc bound by no rules rs 10
lne appearance at The camp, al lnn4
es The tents are set TN securely aaNi
lbout experts prefer nrSt 10 build Il
ne. lei II barn Tor y hall hour " az,
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wine that have been brought tc
londone" II Is all that Was LETT
az the stored treasure Ia the Imperial
cellars az Vienna.
AZ auction Paris bidders would make
an offer OF 5000 600 francs for the lot
Sta a bottle Hut they would expect
to have bid up TO $loe~~and cheap al
that
Tokay Mas the wine " eNssN~, s.
Three Of them~~ths ElApSrog> NJ Aus
trta. Russia and, last " all Germany
shared AMONG themselves The entire
Weld os the l0kay Vineyards which are
IN Hungary. To he the TokAy ~ his"
tory, IL must have age 81 mum it's
raw Youth to triumphant old aye II has
10 pass It's maturing life IN Imperial
cellars When the King ~ Prussia MAS
let In tor share ot II ne telt fcI the
FIRST time that he MAS really and yr0iS
All emperor,
When niSlnasck MAS vid he said fhat
the one thtng ne had never forgiven
William Of Prussia, whom ne made taa-
peror OF Germany, MAS this "Ae prI.ln~
iSed me u Ccsen eagslss Of 1NAay and
he never gave them 81 me
A new Immigrant once asked an
American What for man ~ yV0r
preStdente"
''1he President ef the United States
eats chicken pie every day ~ his lite.
answered the native AnetiVAn, and
asked hack, What Is your Ea,ISfeg
nkeA"
"EanneEofS drink iokaN every day"
Mas the ~Esllyslseaa'S ANSWER,
~ any ane who puts in, "MhN, l
have drunk Tvsay AL the Wax gyasN
Dublin 70 laN Angeles" WA may safely
tell the SterN M the American VA tAa
Rhine steamboat he AAksa = MAa sit.
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Photo by ZION studio.


impossible for them TO pay up so that
the work could go on.
An right" said Jones, well take it
out in trade"
And that Is what they did. The
butcher couldn't pay his subscription,
so he gave orders for meat. which the
carpenters were persuaded TO accept in
lieu of coin of the realm That was
how the workmen were paid-With
meat. groceries. receipted doctors bills,
free rent and anything else they need
ed. For a time money ceased to cir
culate among those who we're working
on the hotel.
At the critical iuncture the Union
Pacific Railroad stepped in with an
offer to lay road from its main line
a Lund 10 Cedar City and to buy the
hotel. The offer was accepted. All
Jones needed was a hotel and a rail-
road and he had gotten them both at
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Photo ~, Zioa studio.

imaginable tint and shade Is repre-
sented. and AZ the SUBMITS many Of
them are snow-white Or green with
evergreenS.
At the edge OF the park. near SPRING
dale, is the Waterman. stately
cathedral-like pile of red sandstone.
About mile beyond is Bridge Noun
tain, upon whose upper slope is great
stone natural bridge with span OF 100
feet. Among the so-called Towers Of
the Virgin stands the Altar Of Sac
rifice. buttressed white pile whose
summit and wall are stained deep With
flowing crimson, which suggested the
bloody place of sacrifice Of some pagan
god. On the right is East Temple, q
carmine- topped pink and white pile Of
stone
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then Scrape on the emeetS and rut the
tent over the warmed surface, Others
hold that this Is had practice, especially
II there Is tfost In the stound The
thawing THEN only serves Ia bring The
moisture 10 tho surface, Generally
after the tent Is set ny the ground Is
coveted With dried leaves OF grass "a
!. depth of several INCHES oocaSlonaiN
pine houehs are used Over these IN
spread the rubber blanket Some et
the most experienced mixers advocate
placing several thieknesses of news
paper under the blanket
WIN the tent IN place, the secret
NJ arranging the blankets iS explained
~ tho hays This consists. a. every one
familiar with outdoor camping III colo
weather Il aware OF having an equal
thst! neSs Of hlanbet aheVe and below
ths hady Iha hssl method Is 10 at
range The covering IN i've ie1m Q y
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Randall Jones.

TrdimR of SenEx
aPr~tW Took OmnTa d-hr ~ h to
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~ ARTS connoi>Se0yS are asking
- What man 81 great fortune Will
get the 5000 bottles ot Tekay
wine that have been brought 10
The Washington times., 1928-06-12
GUARDS To Be
GIVEN COLD
MEDALS

Major Gen. Anton Stephan. com.
rnanding the Twenty-ninth division
Of the District National Guard, win
present medals won by local guards.
men at the armory tonight. The
medals. gold, silver and bronze, go
TO first, second and third winners
IN the following competitions:
Novice Private j. Crandall,
Quartermaster Corps, first; Staff
Sergt. G Rheinbold, Company r,
Engineers, second; Sergt. e. Rem.
nuth, Battery B, 260tll Coast Ar
tillery. third
Marksman,s match Corp. M. r..
Bailey, Company r, 121st Engineers,
first: Private First Class r. g.
Earaci 260th Coast Artillery. sec
ond; Private A B. Smith. head
quarters and service company, 121st
Engineers, third.
Experts match ergt. p.
Votaya, Company e, first; Lieut.. Fl.
Everett. Company a, second; First
Lieut.. r. Al. Mcmahon, headquar-
ters and service company. all 121st
Engineers, third.
Instructors match--Class A, Pri-
vate G. O. Danfort1, headquarters
and service company list SEng1-
neers, first Private r. /. Beckey,
Battery Al. 26Oth Coast Artillery
second Private -. Bauer, Company
ID. 123st Engineers third
Instructors match Class B, Capt.
William r. Jorgenson. Company G,
121st Engineers. first; Private a A.
4 Reneau headquarters service COM
z pany, 121st Engineers, second; First
Lieut. Il. Il. Morris, Battery "A, 2 Seth
Coast Artillery, third.
s00-yafd match First Lieut.. Nc
Mahon, first Private first classl Fl.
G. Garaci, second; Private -. Al.
Falk, headquarters and service COM
pany. 121st Engineers, third.
60O-yard match 'irst Lieut., a
Al. Riley, Company 81 121st Engf-
neers. first: Private Fax. second;
Private first class) Garaci. third,
Individual championship match
FIRST Lieut. Mcmahon, first; First
! Lieut.. III. EspHy, Company E,
list Engineers, second: First Lieut..
H. Everett. Company a. 121st En-
gineers. third
Company team championship
match Company =, 121st Engi-
aeers. fir8t headquarters and SER
vice company, same regiment, sec
0nd; Battery a. 260th Coast Artil-
lerY, third. q bronze trophy to be
held for one year goes to the first
team with the gold medals.
Automatic rifle match Company
u, 121Sf Engineers, first; Company
lid, same regiment. second. "a bronze
The Washington times., 1928-06-12
DIAMOND CRAZE
HITS j. 6.
b. international News Service I

~ Imferna tiOUal News Serves
LONDON, June 12.That al dia-
#nnond craze has apparently seized
america III the belief Of London
dealers. who are unable to corn
pete with the enormous and un-
precgdented demand for these pre-
cious stones from the United States.
During the past three months
the demand for inequality rough
stones has BY far exceeded the sup
ply not only iii England but in AM
sterdam and Antwerp
Al diamond syndicate, consisting
Of S. b. Joel the Anglo nericari
Corporation. and De Beers, has
completely disposed of It's rtock
which about eighteen months ago
was worth roughly $s5 900, 900.
In February, America import ca
from Amsterdam the record aliarl-
tity 81 14,81I carats Of cut diamonds.
valued ait 81, 500 900. America Isl
absorbing 5 per cent Of the worlds
output, and is credited with pos
sessing 10000 900 carats.
The Washington times., 1928-06-12
Removal Of Police
Politics Seen As
Crime Cure
n International News Service

CHICAGO. June II. william }
FLYNN. president of the World
Association of Detectives and
former head of the United States
Secret Service, recently gave Chi
cago few pointers on how to
cope with the crime situation.
Flynn explained that the cure
would apply generally to- other
large cities faced by similar prob.
lens.
The detective chief vouchsafed
his advice while in the city to pre-
side over the first annual con
vention of the World Detective
Association.
Take politics out of the police
department, he suggested.
The Washington times., 1928-06-12
PROBE Death 0E MAN

4 WILMINGTON, June coroner
Harvey Il. Nichols and the State
nfrhway police are conducting an
inVesti cation into the death by
shooting, Of George Cottrell, be-
Iieved to have lived AT Edgemere
and whose body was found today
with 4 bullet through his head at
Carrcroft Indications are the man
committed suicide.
trophy ana silver medals were the
first prize for this competition.
Pistol match First Lieut. Nc
Mahon. first; First Lieut.. Everett
second; y. p. Blount, Battery Al.
26Oth Coast Artillery. third.
The Washington times., 1928-06-12

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