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Show 92 visit would attract anention to the national park was affirmed when Harding spoke at Cedar City: "While I am the first president of the United States to visit your magnificent park, you people of southern Utah may rest assured that my impression is so favorable that I am sure all ofmy successors will follow me here."m Although he never visited Bryce, The New York Times later reported that the Hardings listed Zion and Bryce as "the most beautiful places they visited on their Western Tour."266 Once the president had left the state, and the local papers were basking in the attention Zion had received, Bryce Canyon emerged from the shadows in a Salt lake Tribune editorial: "It is a matter of regret to the citizens of Utah that President I larding has not been able to spend more time ... that he will depart from our midst without having had an opportunity to witness the sun rise at Bryce.',267 Despite this acknowledgment of regret, neither paper had reported that thanks to President I larding, Bryce was now a national monument. Utah National Park None of the examined newspapers reported that on December 10, 1923, Senator Smoot reintroduced legislation that would eventually lead to the designation of Bryce Canyon National Park.268 The day following the legislation's introduction, The Safi Lake Tribune reported Jim of bills that Utah's congressional delegation had introduced or 145 1bid. 166 Bcrvard Nichols, ··Motoring East from the Pacific Can Be Done at Small Expense," New York Times, Scph..'TTiber9, 1923, 12. 267 Salt ltJke Tribune, "Should Visit Us Again," June 27, 1923. 261 Toe legislation to create Umh National Park was Senate Oill 668, introduced on December 10, 1923. |
