Arizona republican., 1913-02-11

Unable to resist the hearty impor- tunities of his fellow road workers. Thomas Norris, of Prescott; was con- pelled to accept for the second time the position of president of the Ari- zona Good Roads association. Like some of the other officers, who were re- elected, MT Norris declared his pleasure in working for good roads but tried nightly to decline the honor of leading the association or being an officer in it. He made a strong appeal for the abolition of districtism in the good roads fight, the forgetting of dif- ferences, and concluding promised to devote his best efforts to the noble work Of building highways. He will remain "undiverted from the purpose of the good roads institution" Mall cOlm Fraser, in accepting the place of secretary. told how the Prescott Cham Der of Commerce of which he is sec- tary. had wiped out the office debt of the association last year.
 Commencing with a few remarks on road building requirements by M. O. Eldridge, and embracing speeches by nearly every member present, tho Good Roads association last night re- solved itself into a practically unani- nous body for a five million dollar bond issue and a non-partisan high way commissioner. MT. Eldridge told how faVorably Arizona is situated for road building, and repeated many of the ideas he had charged upon at tho lecture, which is chronicled elsewhere. He was followed by J. c. Adams, who 1 declared good roads are not merely | boon to the autoist and farmer, but oc vital import to the city business man. Roads are in fact a clean cut business proposition, he said.
 | NJ. J. Cunningham, of Bisbee. strong l ly advised careful investigation of | the needs of the state highways and | the construction of all the necessary roads by bipartisan highway com- mission, with as much education as | possible on the value of good roads. 1 MT. Eldridge interjected few 1 thoughts in the discussion here about his campaign of education among the l people of the state and advised that if the bonds do not carry the first time up, try again. Chairman Moeur of the l Maricopa board. said at least 75 per
 cent. and Chairman Wiggins. of Ray.
 said all the farming population of the
 state will support the issue.
 Dwight B. Heard strongly urged the
 need of early construction of more
 good roads, but vigorously supported
 the building of such roads by a non-
 partisan highway commission, and
 cited examples of the economical and
 efficient construction and maintenance of highways in Massachusetts, Cali fornia and other states under the busi-
 nesslike administration of non- parti- san highway commissioners.
 George Purdy Bullard was ready l with ringing speech in support of the s5,000.000 bond issue. and ended his fight for the endorsement of that prop 5 ositon as strongly as he had begun it. Mir Bullard has been one of the 9 most consistent of all the supporters t of the issue.
 Q Before adjourning, the meting rec.
 orded standing vote of thanks to tho | Prescott chamber of commerce for its . assistance in the office work of thE association in the past year, another to President Norris and Secretary
 Fraser for the earnest way in whicf
 they have taken up their duties in tn,
 past and the promise they each mad' ! to keep at it in the future. and stil another and 3 hearty one for the as
 sistance of NJ. O. Eldridge, the govern
 ment expert on road engineering.
 The Morning Session.
 The morning session of the associa = tion was just clean up of reports, s'
 that when the members assembled il
 the evening, the board was clear fo
 the election of officers and the othe : business. Secretary Fraser reportel ., on the work of the past year, men
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