Bisbee daily review., 1913-08-12
FACTS OF POINT
 NOW IN DISPUTE

Douglas is peeved because Bishee Is aeeking the night control for the El
 Paso to Phoenix race and takes the
 stand that the greatest miring camp
 of the southwest is not on the man.
 ought to be thankful to be recognized
 as on side line and has no right to butt in any way, or at least it would
 90 appear from an article in the Dis patch which was called to the atten-
 ton of the Auto club yesterday. The directors of that club feel confident that Bisbee's claims will be recognized hut the article referred to contained
 statements which they except 10 and
 they have written to the Dispatch and
 asked that their letter be given the same publicity as was the article com. plained of. The letter answers the article point by point. deals squarely with the facts in the case and is as follows:
 Bisbee, Arizona. Aug 9. 1913.
 Editor Douglas Daily Dispatch,
 Douglas, Arizona.
 Dear Sir:-Our attention has been called to an article published in the Dispatch entitled Douglas Making Big
 Bid and containing statements which cannot pass without attention.
 h the first place let us state that we do not in the least blanc Douglas for seeking the night control in the Fl Paso to Phoenix race. in fact would think 1t strange if you did not by all fair means do so.
 You are right in the statement that it lies between these two cities and that Fl Paso will decide, ard we leave it squarely up the the Fl Paso people. Now again to the statement that Bisbee is trying to buy the night con trol. We never stated how large our euaranty would be until it was made We then followed the suggestion of the l Hon. George Purdy Buliard at the ! Phoenix meeting that the city which | obtained the night control should con | tribute more than those that did not That was his suggestion and did not | eminate from us in any way. We have merely acted upon it. You are equally at liberty to do so.
 Your article states that George Pnr. ] dy Bullard has said that Bisbee is not on the BOrderland Route and ought to be satisfied to have the cars mass through it and that the Borderland Route takes in Lowell and Hereford but not Bisbee. We are sending the article to Mir Bullard for eonfirma. tor or denial Of that statement. At the Phoenix meeting the matter
 or route was discussed and Bisbee stated the case. Messrs. Adamson and Grindell of Douglas, Mir. Myers of Tue.
 son and the two Phoenix representa-
 tives then voted that the race should run over the EoTderland- State High way route. When Harry Drum passed over the route he organized in Bisbee and was taken to the top of the divide 10 See the ultimate route The samnI was true as to the Old Trails assocfa- ton representative who also organ ized in Tombstone. It has already and always been agreed that the route was to follow the state highway and not the 'Barbed Wire route via Hereford !
 Douglas has been attempting to put | the greatest scenery on the Southwest | on siding and to ignore some of the | greatest scenery on the Borderland | Route. Only petty jealousy can have | caused this. Had there been no Bisbee and were there no Warren District mines there would be no Douglas Here we feel no jealousy and we re. gret it's expression by Douglas.
 Now as to the statement that the 'oad out of Bisbee is the worst Oh me route. To the contrary it is the est and is equal to the famous Globe road. l have in my possession, however a letter from the Douglas Chamber of Commerce which 6rms the Dougias-Beisbee link of the tate highway the worst piece of road n the state. Leaving Eisbee in he morning is perfectly safe and VIII mean an arrival in Phoenix about Tn hour sooner than leaving Douglas It the same hour
 Now as to the care of cars. We have ! lrrarged to park as many as there { nay be to arrive We have ample ; 'oom. There is the Plaza that would ( park at least fifty and there is the { high school playground that would i ark that number. Therefore Bisbee ( an park four times as many cars as 2 will likely be in the race at this point {;
 Tn your article you further mis- ake the nature of the control when |; sou speak of repairing cars and test ng them afterward. When a car goes nto control it passes completely from he owners hands. It can not be .cuched for repairs or other purposes, t cannot be filled with gasoline. no water can be put in of this must be done outside Of night control and must be done on the running time.
 We ask you to give space to the {, foregoing as you did to the article which was, no doubt without intent, Infair and not true to the full state Of Inc facts. By so doing you will oblige |
 Yours very truly,
 WARREN DISTRICT AUTO CLUB,
 By J. n. GRAY, Secretary.