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Show 75 means of defeating cultural insecurity and earning state acccptancc. 207 The Salt lake Tribune acknowledged as much and commended the De.~eret Evening News on its cfforts.208 This crusade perhaps was in part because the issues straining Utah's relationship with the rest of the nation (polygamy and theocracy) originated with the LOS church - the owner of the Deseret Evening News. The local press vigilantly monitored national news coverage of Zion Canyon. This fascination provides additional evidence that local journalists wanted to know how the state was presented in the national press and in tum use that reporting 10 build the state's image. In the month after the Zion National Park bill became law, the Deseret Evening News reported that the New York Tribune and the Washington Post had published photos of the park, and the National Parks Association planned "syndicating similar pages of Zion park illustrations in 25 Sunday newspapers throughout the country ... under the title: 'Enter: Utah, State of Rainbows. '"209 111e Salr lake Tribune reported that the New York /-Jerald had featured the canyon in a full-page layout. 210 Both papers announced the interest National Geographic Maga=ine had in the scenery of Southern Utah. 211 m Deserel Evening News, "National Parks and Promotion Agencies," November 25, 1919, sec. I, 4. ios Sall lake Tribune, "Christmas News," December 21, 1919. W9 Deseret Evening News, "Utah Scenery Praised by Washington Papers," December 27, 1919, sec. 1, 2. 210 Sall lake Tribune, "Utah Canyon Views Receive Full Page," December 19, 1919, 8. Deserel Evening News, "Bryce's Canyon May Be Converted into Utah National Park,'' November 19, 1919,scc. I, 8; Sall Lake Tribune, "Experts to View Zion," November 16, 1919. Another example of the local newspapers tracking publicity in the national press is Salt lake Tribune, "Zion National Park Peaturcd," September 5, 1920, 4. 211 |
