Arizona republican., 1912-03-11
TALKED ABOUT
 GOOD ROADS
Chief Theme of Discussion at Prescott Banquet
 Saturday Night
REVENUE MEASURES
 CLAIMED ATTENTION

Prescott Friday night to accept the bosnitolitv of the chamber of com mcrce of that city. returned nome yesterday morning. among them Gov e-nor Hunt and Attorney General Bull ard. From the latter was secured very good account of the activities o1 both the Prescott people ana the Nls- itors during their stay, winch couiu not have been more enjoyable, even II inc weather was more or less rainy. All were impressed with the hospital itv of Prescott and have only good things to say of the northern neigh bors and the chamber of commerce which represents that city as the board of trade does Phoenix.
 Saturday morning the part was taken for a ride for twenty miles over the completed portion ot the new Prescott Phoenix highway, south via the Senator mine. It is one ol the most picturesque drives ln AL zona or any ether country. ana the visitors enjoyed it> greatly even though rain was falling part or the time. The road was found to be in excellent condition. fine tes- timonial of the competency of those who built it.
 Al noon the visitCls were given luncheon at the Yavapai club by the chamber of conn 1erc2 and in tae afternoon visits were paid to me county poor farm and the Pioneers home. both not far from the city. The county poor flrrn vas found 10 be a model place with everything neat and clean and the inmates as happy as anybody could be Tn public charitable institution. It was the opinion of the officials that the poor farm illustrates the advantage of the system whereby it is conduct ed under the direct supervision of the county supervisors instead of by con tract as is done in this county. The last two county grand juries here have condemned the contract system and it was freely commented that an effort would be made by the visiting officials to SO change the law as to force the abandonment of the con- tract plan.
 The Pioneers Home was found in splendid condition and the inmates of it happy and contented. The home has a large library already of which most has been contributed by philan- thropic citizens of the territory
 Saturday night the visitors were given a banquet at the St. Michaels hotel by the chamber of commerce. at which approximately 250 Prescott people were present. When the gov ernor entered he was greeted with an ovation by the assembled guests rose to their feet as q mark of re spect The chief feature of the ban Uuet was of course. the governor s address. he being introduced by Nor ris Goldwater mayor of the city. The governor was emphatic in his support of the good roads mOvcmen. and said he hoped to see both the ! north and the south and the east and west state highway completed during the coming year. The only difficulty now confronting the ad- ministration is the lack of funds | The fund for road work is now about l Sl0,0O0 worse off than empty but l that fact he said need not be great 1 lv embarrassing for he has faith that the legislature will enact suit able revenue measures for replenish
 ing the fund. In the meantime the work will be continued where 1t |: ! most urgent. by the issuing of war | rants which the banks have agreed
 to carry until the money is available II In connection with the discussion o | the road question the governor salt that he proposed to work the con victs on the public highways and il the case of the short term men ol
 men whose terms were nearing the
 end. if their conduct had been goo'
 he believed it would be safe to en
 trust them with their work withou
 even q guard. He also said that II was his purpose to remove the Strlpe
 from their clothes and in the cas-
 of men in whom the special trus
 of behaving themselves with out :
 guard was reposed, he would be will
 ing to risk his office as a forfeit i
 they should take advantage of hi li confluence ana run dNdN ht NOu"
 be willing to resign, as the penalty Another idea he advanced as find
 ing favor with him. was that in ad dition to the good time allowance nov
 given for work. the prisoners shoul' be paid q small stipend of perhap
 p cents a day, to accumulate to thei credit against the day of discharge
 that they might have at least q littl | bit of money when they faced tn world again after their confinement Judge E. w. Wells responded to tn II address of the governor bidding hin and his party welcome and addin, | much enthusiasm to the discussion O | the good roads movement. He sait
 that in it's inception he was no strongly in favor of so comprehensive a movement as has been developed but he has changed his mind mater ially and now tends it his hearties
 support. Moreover he pledged to th'
 administration the hearty support O
 Prescott people and the chamber O
 commerce to any laudable undertak
 ing of that kind.
 MT. Osburn, city member of th' V board of control spoke briefly or