Arizona republican., 1912-05-21
NEWSPAPER LAR
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Los Angeles Times Car With Bert Smith in Charge, Doing Much to Boost National Highway; Meeting Tonight.

The automobile department of the Los Angeles Times is an authority on the coast for all things with engines in 'em, and Bert smith is it's prophet.
 The Times and as a matter of course, smith, are much interested in discovering the very best available route for the proposed national high way and to that end the Los Angeles newspaper and it's auto editor are on the trail.
 After a >un of 500 miles over the route for the proposed national high way the Times Spec;al, with it's crew of organizers is here. The run from Yuma to Phoenix, over 206. 5 miles of road, was made in II hours and F minutes. This is the fastest time ever made by an automobile except in the Los Angeles Phoenix road race. The car and its crew were welcomed here by Governor Hunt, Mayor Lloyd Christy and other prom inent citizens of Phoenix.
 Attorney General Bullard has call ed a meeting of all those interested in national highway for tonight at $ o'clock at the Board of Trade rooms. Governor Hunt will address the gathering, to be followed by Dell NJ Potter. national organizer for the ocean to- Ocean Highway Association who is makiny the trip across the continent in the Times car.
 A division of the Ocean to- Ocean Highway Association will be formed and officers will be chosen who are to direct the work of road boosting between here and Yuma Thou sands of dollars should be spent to make the dry washes better This road is far better than the California end of the proposed national boule- yard.
 At Yuma a divi.>on was formed with 1000 members and the Yuma citizens jumped into line with $1OOC for the national highway. Red fire was burned in the streets and an en- thusiastic gathering resulted in ar open air meeting which was address, ed by John s. Mitchell, president of the Ocean to- Ocean Highway AssO- citation who made the trip through Southern California to the Colorado river National Organizer Potter has charge of the work in Arizona ant | is here with the car ready to route the highway through this state. Pot ter will tell his plans at the meeting ! tonight
 The Times car has covered every l foot of the route from Los Angeles to Phoenix The pathfinder car had l difficulty at the San Felipe creek 1 thirty miles from Brawley in South ern California and the car and its crew spent twenty-four hours dig | ging through the mire. The ocean ] tO-Ocean organizing car sent out by 1 the Times, ripped through the Sar | Felipe in five minutes and covered | the route from Mecca to Brawley il | } hours and 90 minutes.
 The Ocean to- Ocean car was one of the welcome sights for A. C i Weeks who was lost on the deser near Deep Wells. Keeks tried tC make the run on a motorcycle anC i lost his oil and gasoline and was il danger of perishing when the Times car came bowling along and rescued the man who was carried to Phoenix Last night he had so fully recovered that he called at the Hotel Adams
 
 editor of the Times who is making
 the run from Los Angeles to Nev 1 York in the car.
 The Ocean tO-O Ocean car will cove every foot of the route. r. will no
 be shipped between any two points No automobile tires or oil will be ad
 vertised. The car belongs to tn
 Times and is being sent through t
 organize divisions of the Ocean-to
 Ocean Highway Association. Thi
 proposition is backed by the rOa
 boosters along the Santa Fe trail an
 the trip is a great success.
 Every man and woman who want
 a national highway built should at
 tend the meeting in the Board O
 Trade rooms at s o'clock tonight,
 said Attorney General Bullard "Le
 us all get out and boost and giV
 the organizers a great send-off. Tn
 City of Phoenix, of all towns, shoul
 boost for good roads all over tn
 state"