Weekly journal-miner., 1911-05-03
(Tueson Citizen.)

OI the tucson NndmDer or commerce last night, Frank O. Smith, formerly enc of the professors at the Univer sity here, now an attorney at Pres colt, discussed plans for improve ments which cannot fail to prove of interest to the people of the entire Territory. With his motto, "Arizona for Arizonans, Mir Smith pointed out the advantage which must ae erue to the people of the Territory if the people would only learn tC | spend their vacations here instead of going away to the Atlantic or the Pacific seaboards during the va cation seasons. And in this eonnee- tion he pictured in glowing eolors the beauties of the proposed "sum- mer colony" one mile high, in the suburbs of the city of Prescott.
 Briefly stated, the plan outlined by MT. Smith in his address makes the Prescott "summer colony" a sort of stopping place or resting place in the chain of Territorial good roads extending from north to south. As these roads are to run, MT. Smith estimated in round numbers, will be twenty-five miles from Bisbee to Douglas, sixty miles from Douglas to Tucson. one hundred miles from Tue son to Phoenix, one hundred miles from Phoenix to Prescott, and one hundred and twenty miles from Pres cott to the Grand Canyon.
 MT. Smith proceeded to argue that this plan was of great interest to all of the cities along the line of the good roads as projected. That it IS not altogether an idle dream wss pointed out by the speaker who elab- Orated upon the point that the coun- tv commissioners in the northern part of Arizona, not caring to wait for the action of the more deliberate Territorial good roads projects, had already arranged for the first one hundred and twenty miles between Prescott and the Grand Canyon. Ae- eOrding to MT. Smith the first link in the chain of good roads arranged | by the county commissioners of Yav- apai and Coeonino counties will be completed within the next six weeks. | It is true that the roads projected | by the county commissioners in the northern part of Arizona will reach | the Grand Canyon of Arizona by a route extending through Ash Fork and to the north and west while the route as projected by the people of | the entire Territory will extend to | the Grand Canyon north and east by way of Flagstaff. But, according to Mir. Smith, the country to be opened up to the north of Prescott will pos sess many natural advantages in the way of forest and game preserves, no matter which route is followed. Res ervOirs will soon be completed, it was | stated. which will give the Prescott | section all of the advantages which go with inland medium sized fresh water lakes.
 For these reasons MT. Smith ar gued that the people along the lines of the proposed Territorial roads route ought to take an interest in ! the "summer colony" which will serve practically as a station along this north and south highway which cannot fail to prove a splendid auto mobile road. It was stated that the people of Phoenix had already sub scribed for over forty of the two | hundred free lots offered by tSe Chamber of Commerce, and the peO- pie of Prescott to any Arizonans who would agree to build cottages at the "summer eolony'' costing not less than $500.
 MT. Smith made it perfectly clear that it was not the object of Pres colt people to attempt to attract trade or inhabitants away from other Arizona cities and towns. The only object was to prevent persons from leaving the Territory during the va
 cation season, spending their money at the California or New York
 beaches, when that money might bet ter be kept at home in Arizona.
 When asked by the Tucson busl ness men as to whether he would like to have the Tucson Chamber oi Commerce endorse the "summer col
 ony," he said that the Prescott peo ple would not care to have the Tue son business men go that far; that | all that was wanted was that they
 speak a good word for the idea and that whenever any Tucson residents
 wanted to inquire about the free lots at this summer colony that Sec ,etary Tailor be authorized to give them the desired information. But he did not care to ask members of
 the local Chamber of Commerce to go on record in formal resolution: as favoring the project. What was wanted was the moral support of the | Tucson business man and the moral
 support of the other towns along
 the line of the proposed line of
 good roads from north to south.
 After some informal discussion il
 was decided to take advantage of
 the low rates which will be given in connection with the holding of the
 Knights of Columbus convention al
 Prescott on June 17 and IS. At that
 time the local business men will
 probably visit Prescott in a specia
 car and look at the good thing:
 which the city of Prescott has tC offer. the "summer colony" in
 :luded.
 While in the city the eommitte, | ,-is;ted the Trniversifv and lookad in