Arizona republican., 1913-11-07
GOOD ROADS
 STEP TAKEN
At a Meeting Addressed by w. A. Alsdorf of National Highways, Arizona Asso- citation Becomes Affiliat- ed With That Body

The Arizona Good Roads association is part of the National Highway as sociation. That affiliation was determ- ined upon at the annual meeting of the association in the board of trade rooms yesterday morning. The meeting was of more than usual importance by reas- on of the presence of w. A. Alsdorf, the organization manager of the Natlonal Highway association. The state asso- citation will be known as the Arizona division of the National Highway as- sociatiOn. That such an amalgama- tion would be effected was forecasted by The Republican yesterday morning announcing the arrival of MT. Alsdorf
 The state association now belongs to the strongest road building movement in the world at the head of which is Charles Henry Davis. the most enthusi- astic road builder, coming of a race of road builders. The Arizona division will receive assistance in the shape of S10O a month from the national body for the employment of a paid secretary. The national association will furnish the local division with literature.
 The meeting was attended by about 50 delegates of the state association and .. ems and Mrs. H. L. Chandler, represen- tatives of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution who stated that it was the purpose of their organization to erect a monument on one of the routes finally becoming part of the national highway system.
 MT AlSdOrf explained the way in which the national association would
  said that the state and county asso- citations which should become affiliated With the national association, would be appOrtiOned money for missionary work and would be supplied with literature regarding the good roads movement He said that the National Highway assication was backing no particular routes but that tentative suggestions regarding them had been made from time to time.
 The meeting was a purely business one but was quite enthusiastic. When the real business was reached, that of utilization, a resolution in favor of it encountered no objection.
 President Norris of the state asso- citation desired to retire, after having served for three years or since it's or ganizatiO but the delegates, appreci- ative of his good work and of the in terest which by his untiring effort he had created in the good roads move ment- throughout the state, and the assistance he had been the means of securing from territorial and state leg islatures, prevailed upon him to accept for another year.
 The delegates present at the annual meeting were:
 Apache-Gustave Becker, Fred Col ter, Lorenzo HubbeI.
 Mohave-John R. Whiteside, Tom Devine, Karl Krook
 Maricopa-W A Moeur, Lin B. Orme, Gus NolI, c. H Akers, Roy $. Goodrich, Dwight B. Heard, George F. Peabody.
 Coconino-M. l. Powers. Tom Gray w. w. Bass.
 PinaI-W. Y. Price, F. J. Mccarthy.
 Yuma-F. E. Elliott.
 Cochise-Gus Haigler, George H. Kelly, John J. Bowen, J. H. Gray, w M Adamson.
 Graham-Warren Smith.
 Gila-Pat Rose.
 Pima-John F. Meyers, Hi Corbett Harold Steinfeld
 Yavapai-T G. Norris, Malcolm A Fraser
 Greenlee VI State Engineer Lamar Cobb.