Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-06-23
Morgan County Democrat Thursday

Move the sand one day, and it
would be back the next, and the
people moved in despair. Leaving
California, we passed through the
corner of Nevada, and Arizona to
Utah. Inhospitable desert wastes
gave way to veritable Garden of
Eden, the Santa Clara Valley. Here
are cultivated every fruit and veg-
etable except the citrous fruits.
Peaches, rich red and rare are ex-
ceptional in quality. The cotton
grown here supplies the needs Of
the state. This gives the place the
name of "Utah's Dixie" We staid
at ST. George, quaint, old fashion
ed, fenced town, in the heart Of
Dixie.
AS we drew near to Zion we had
a strange feeling that we were un-
der surveillance. Tall peaks SEEM
ed to keep an eye on us. Later we
learned the outer one is called
'Watchman" and the inner one
Sentinel" A dozen peaks shine
like jewels in the sun. They are
nearly 5000 feet high. We are in
a glorious amphitheatre as we enter
the flaming canyon. Like New Je-
rusalem, it has it's courts, towers,
temples, thrones, masses of fame,
the green Of the cottonwoods below,
the intense blue of the sky above,
and the whitest of white clouds
high over all. 1t is called "a Yo-
semitic done in OIL" and like the lat
ter is about seven miles long and
one mile wide.
For two-thirds of the way up
these beetling cliffs you see deep
glow of vermilion The last third
has a CLEAN of startling white. U.s.
ually above the white is little cap
of red called the ..temple cap" It
is all that is left of a red layer that
once spread across the whole
plateau. Millions of years have car
ried it away by erosion. Most con-
spicuous of all is the Great White
Throne" full of awe and majestic
grandeur, solemn. balanced, SYM
metrical, and pure white above with
streaks of pink and lavender below.
Standing amid deep vermilion peaks
the contrast is startling. One man
only has climbed it.
Just across the Virgin Valley is
Angels Landing. You have a sense
of angels about to descend. / knew
well F. V. Fisher, who explored the
canyon in 1914, and gave many of
the names to these mountains.
heard him at that time, and have
wished to see these glory-smitten
ever since. Many regard
the Temple of Sinewava as the most
worshipful Of all, a vast enclosed
cathedral of silence and beauty, il
Illuminated by the sun by day, and by
the moon and stars by night. John
Muir would call it "Godful." The
name Zion and other names were
given by the Mormons who regarded
it as true temple of God, as it
surely is. Reluctantly we began to
plan to leave Zion and go to Bryce.
We started, looked back. returned,
and climbed Lady Mountain. There
face of the rock, and 1000 feet of
steel cable to assist in climbing the
6940 feet of the trail. The river
was far below. Cactus bloomed in
all colors. Deer browsed near at
hand.
The ascent OF Lady Mountain is
the hardest / have ever made, and |
have climbed some very steep |
ones. But the vista obtained over
the tumbling Virgin river, east, |
north and south made a magnificent |
scene.
Next morning regretfully we came |
away over what has been called "the /
most spectacular feat of highway
ever attempted Mt |
Carmel highway takes you over six
sWitchbacks, into a tunnel over |
mile long, which cost over two mil
ion dollars There are civ oalIariaS |