Mohave County miner., 1913-02-01
Most Enthusiastic Good Roads Meeting Ever Held
 in the State
Big Organization Formed and
 Work Laid Out

Ringman Tuesday put on its gala at tire and welcomed the big band of delegates that came here from all parts of tne northern counties of the great state of Arizona to take part in the formation of the Northern Arizona Good Roads Association. Tne busi- ness houses were gaily decorated with flags and bunting and when the first train bearing visitors came in from the west, having on board the big delegation from Needles the whole of kingman with its band met them at the depot and hurried them to waiting automobiles, whence they were whisk- ed far into Wallapai valley along the road that is soon to be part of the great National Highway that will con- meet the east with the Pacific coast The trip into the valley was a revela- tion to the visitors and they expressed their surprise with the existing road conditions in the county. Everything possible was done to entertain the visitors during the day and when the trains from the east came in bearing delegates from Mckinley county, New Mexico. Apache, Navajo, Coconino and Yavapai counties, Arizona, the scenes were such that the heart of a good roaG booster was touched
 In the evening the guests to the nun Der of seventy and the delegates from all parts of Mohave county were invited to banquet prepared and served by the good ladies of Kingman, in the banquet room of the Odd Eel lows building. More than one nun- dred people were served at the ban quet, which was one of the r.ost ap, petizing repasts ever laid before guests in the state.
 Dr, John R. Whiteside, president of the Mohave County Good Roads As sociation, was toastmaster. w. w. Bass, the founder of the scenic won. ders of the Grand Canyon, reviewed the good road work done in that sec, tion and gave as his opinion that the building of a highway across northern Arizona would bring many thousands of visitors this way. and that the bene- fit that would accrue to the people was beyone computation. His witty re. marks were applauded to the echo. w. H. Clark, of Navajo county, E. s. Clark, of Ysvapai. Fred Coulter, of Apache, w. A. Drake, of Prescott, T. E. Maddux, of Williams, George Butler and L. V. Root, of Needles, Sam Eastman, of Gallup, and others responded.
 After the banquet the whole dele gation retired to the Odd Fellows hall, where it was proposed that the organi- zation of the Northern Arizona Good Roads Association be organized, which proposition met with ready approval. As preliminary E, s. Clark, of Yava- pal, moved that Dr. J. R. Whiteside be made president of the organization, and he was unanimously elected. E. F. Thompson was then chosen secre. tary, his nomination being seconded by large number of the delegations. He was also chosen by acclam ation. M. I. Powers, of the Citizens Bank, was then chosen treasurer of the organization. It was moved that a vice president from each of the coun. ties be chosen and the following men were placed in nomination and unan,- mously elected: Apache-Fred Coult- CT; Navajo-W. H. Clark, Coconino- Fr. Vabre; Yavapai-E. s. Clark; Mo- have-Anson H. Smith.
 It was moved and carried that the delegation that goes to San Bernar- dino county be instructed to use their best endeavor to have the name of the com bined organization Santa Fe-Grand Canyon-Needles Highway Association,