Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-03
WOULD GUST DOUGLAS
 AND ACCEPT M'NEAL
 CASH FOR ROAD RACE

port Contest Leads McNeal
 To Offer $500 Contribution
 For Route Through The Town
 Shall Douglas be left of the road racing map and the Borderland Route? This is the question that confronts the management of the Fl .Paso-Phoenix road race. When Doug las falls back McNeal comes to the front The little agricultural town of the Sulphur Springs Valley volunteers Go play Belgium to Douglas, Germany lt has shown a spirit and progres |siyeness that has been noticeable in Douglas by its absence
 Yesterday morning Joe Gray Ari- zona manager of the race and repre- sentative of the Fl Paso Auto club. which obtained the sanction from the A. A. A., received from R. II. Rine. hart general manager and referee Of. the Fl Paso-Phoenix race, a letter ad- dressed to the latter from McNeal in which the valley town asks recogni- tion and substitution for Douglas The letter follows
 ."Mr Robert H. Rinehart.
 President Fl Paso Auto Club
 El Paso, Texas.
 Dear Sir:-I see that all the towns along the route of the El Paso-Phoe- mix Automobile race have contributed |liberally except Douglas.
 
 Would your committee consider a donation from McNeal Of three hun dred ($3OO) and run the race direct through McNeal, thus cutting out Douglas.
 This can be done very nicely by leaving the Borderland Route at Lee Station ten miles east by north from f Douglas and coming on the Mud , Springs road to McNeal. then on due west to Forest. where you again con . meet with the Borderland Route, ff- teen miles northwest from Douglas and eight miles from Bisbee This route would be about three , miles shorter than the present route , through Douglas The road is a fair Fly good one as country roads go.
 Very truly
 J. E. LANE,
 President McNeal Townsite Co.,"
 Rinehart puts tbe matter up 10 Gray as the Arizona manager and he has written to the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, enclosing a copy of the letter
 "The scheme is perfectly feasible" '" said Gray. when seen by a represent , ative of the Review "Of course we , are loath to leave Douglas out but Me Neal is there with a cash offer and ' Douglas has made no offer of any 3 prize whatever. We have the matter under consideration and we take our hats off to little McNeal for dts pub , lie spiritedness and pluck. . Dr. Leonard, who has entered his , Velie in the race also stated that the route that McNeal proposed was feas- , ible He says that he has traversed 1t . a number of times. Good enough for McNeal" said Dr. Leonard 'That f little town has the true go ahead. go- , andget'em spirit which is good to see The race could certainly be run through McNeal."
 As to the fact that Douglas is the only Arizona city or town of import lance along the Borderland that had that the auto club here had done its best to get action from the smelter city. The club wrote to the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, Gray on two occasions called on its, secretary and , thrice upon its president and three times on the accredited representa- . tive of Douglas in the BOrderland Route Association and J. J. Bowen . made a number of trips to Douglas to } awaken interest. No results were ob- tained They were informed that the people of Douglas were "sore" be- cause the state highway and last , years race ran over the divide and . because Bisbee had then been select ed as night control They were told ? to go after the night control this year . if they wanted it, but they did not act. - The value of the advertising to be . obtained was shown They were told - they were taking advantage of the generosity not only of Bisbee, Tue son, El Paso and Phoenix. but of Tombstone, Florence, Mesa, Tempe . and the new town of Chandler. And stlll nc action was taken.
 E contrast to this McNeal witl its small and agricultural population with nothing that can compare to the great resources at the disposal of Douglas. volunteers to subscribe S3O0 more than half as much as Douglas