Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1914-06-20
Ten or More Cities Along the
Famous Southern Highway
Arrive in Bisbee to Attend
Meeting of the Association.
Matter Of Encouraging Tourists
to Come Over Route and Also
a Discussion Of the Coming
Ell Paso-Phoenix Race Is Up.

At least eight and probably ten or
more cities and towns along the Bor-
dererland Route will be represented
at the meeting to be held at the of
flee Of the Commercial Club this morn
mgr These are the assurances that
were received yesterday by Joe Gray
secretary treasurer Of the association.
All arrangements for the meeting
and the entertainment Of the guests
have been completed and numerous
matters Of importance are to come
before the directors Of the Borderland
Route Association in their second ses-
sion. Advices yesterday showed that
FL Paso, Douglas. Bisbee. Tomb
stone, Tucson, Mesa, Tempe and
Chandler would be represented and
that Phoenix would either send de-
legate or a proxy would be given to
Chandler Florence is also expected
to be represented.
One of the matters of Importance
to be considered this morning is the
matter Of the arrangement of prizes
for El Paso-PhoeniX race Last
Year the amount contributed to each
point went for a prize at that point
but 10 hes been proposed TO lump the
whole amount into one purse to be
distributed according to arryal at the
finish point This is opposed by To-
cal race fans and advocated by Rob
ert II Rinehurt chairman of the
last year El Paso-PhoeniX race COM
mittee and president of the El PasO
Auto Club He will represent El Paso
at the meeting this morning and pre-
sent the arguments for his plan. He
telegraphed yesterday that he would
surely be there
The matter Of encouraging travel by
tourists will also be considered and i'm
this connection the issuance of strip
maps and logs will be considered. Ac-
cording to the plan proposed Bisbee
would have maps from this city TO
Douglas on the east and Tucson on
the west, Douglas as far as Deming
on the east and Bisbee ON the west
and Tucson TO Bisbee on the east and
Florence on the west, and so ON with
all the points along the route Sign
ing of the road is another matter that
viii be under discussion.
1t may be possible to close up the
business of the meeting in the morn
ing and il may be necessary to hold
late afternoon session. In any event
there viii be a luncheon served TO
the visitors and local officials az The
Copper Queen Hotel.
An inspection Of the road work i'm
progress in this county will be a mat
ter of interest to the directors of the
association. They are to be taken
in the afternoon to the Bisbee-Tomb-
stone camp, to the work below Lowell
and to look over the repair work be-
tween here and Douglas I'm this way
they viii familiarize themselves with
the Improvements that have been
made and are In progress. The noun
tain road will especially interest them
for this is conceded TO be the finest
piece Of road work that has yet been
built i'm the state, while the Bisbee-
Warren paving viii be the first paved
county road in Arizona
The first director to arrive i'm Bis
bee for the meeting was George $.
Irwin, secretary of the Mesa CONNER
cial Club. He came a day ahead of
time owing to confusion of dates, but
IL was his first visit to Bisbee i'm sew
en- years and he found plenty to in-
terest him in the many changes that
have since occurred MI Irwin talked
Interestingly about the plans for the
cotton crop in the salt River valley
and is enthusiastic over the results
which be Is so confident viii be OBJ