Arizona republican., 1914-06-23

ing card for the northern route. The | things to offer in the way of varied 1 scenery. In connection with the dis l cussion of the two routes the fact of | the immediate improvement of the | two routes and the routing of the l Southern Pacific traffic over the line |. was brought up. This, in the opin ion of the many delegates will be a great thing for the towns along the route. Realizing that extensive ad vertiSing is necessary, the borderland route is receiving a great deal of at tention just now. Auto clubs, some very important features to be con- ] sidered in road building, from New York to San Diego are to spend l many thousands of dollars in pro- | noting travel over the BorderlanG. Ei Paso, especially, will make a
 most attractive bid to attract this
 travel through that city, and smaller
 towns along the route are doing their share The principal question for l the Arizona people now is, that of 1 having good roads
 1 Bsbee Meeting
 l The Bisbee meeting was attended l by Robert Rinehart, president of the l Fl Paso Chamber of Commerce, and 1 delegates from Douglas, Tombstone, i Tucson, Florence, Chandler and Mesa it was a very harmonious gathering, and thorough discussion of all i questions relative to road race, as
 well as to the future value of the
 road to the Arizona public was had.
 Provided the Phoenix to- Tucson sec tion of the state highway is put in first class condition, the race will be run over that route. At the sug geStiOn of MT. Rinehart, if anything
 should happen to put any portion of
 the state road out of commission
 ebtween Mesa and Florence before
 the race is pulled off, then the road via Buchanan Wells will be used, as } was done at the first race, held last } year.
 , The minor details of the road race
 were either worked out and adopted
 where possible or referred to the
 committee to be taken up later An 5 important part of the work will be 3 to sign the entire road. Mir Rine- : hart. of the Fl Paso Auto club, will $ tlace signs that will be permanent l along the route from Fl Paso, 200 miles westward. The signing of the 2 road from Tucson to Mesa will be
 d part of the work that will de- : volve upon the local organizations.
 To add interest to the race and | secure the proper advertising of the | l communities through which the 'act [ will be run, prizes will be divided the I same as last year. For example 0 whatever Mesa subscribes will bt e divided among the first. second an( : third cars to arrive in Mesa. Thi! plan it was thought would add to tn, l l interest Of the race, by giving som, = Of the contestants who might no 6 be able to win the first places il , Phoenix, to get part of the money Ol J. J. Bowen, president, and Jo, 1 Gray, secretary, of the Warren Dis , l trict Commercial club, took charg 1 of the entertainment of the delegates 1 and it was a task that they cer 0 tainly performed to the satisfaction 1 of the guests. A banquet was serv 0 ed at the Copper Queen hotel, ant c the visitors were given an auto rid = to the Shattuck shaft and permitte 3 to view the wonderful Shattuck cave
 MT. Bowen also gave a party O 6 delegates a ride ove.' that portion O | the state highway across the divid 7, from Bisbee westward The road i = being constructed by a gang of con = victs and is under the supervision o = MT. Ryan. It reminds one very muc E: of the Roosevelt road through tn V mountains, and the constructio, |: could Tot be improved upon. On = hundred and twelve convicts are em d ployed
 1. Mr Irwin speaks in the most flat e l terlng manner of the treatment give = him while at the great copper camI
 He Is also of the opinion that ther IS no better camp in the southwes
 There are over 5000 men employe
 at the mines, and the payroll of tn
 different companies operating ther
 l amounts to over $900.000 per montl
 The business men of the town ar
 wide awake and they stand behin
 the Commercial club on every pro
 position believed to be for the bene
 fit of the community The club ey
 bends fully s2O0,OOO annually in pro
 noting the best interests of tn
 Warren Mining district