Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-04
BISBEE REVIEW ON
 THE ROAD QUESTION

Inc fol'oy ins. tslon from .5oatc rd bi bee Ee,ipw from the pen oi Editor is. w. beleve, ono oi the best road arguments ever set forth m these parts for many moons:
 That Nes'or Of Arizona journalism Major Kelley, applies none too gently to the N aIren District his chidin < roc tipped with a cracker lash of Sut.ci.m 8 aInst the rhorts o! Ihe district t' >p, mi moIe money on roads winch wiiI in prove communication between Ii, Sulphur Spring Valley and Bisb.e The Majors plaint IS that improve ments thus far made have redouhded to the benefit of Bi>6ce. Lowell and Warren to the exclusion oi farmers oI inc Nalle, The verbal chaSt;semeIl would be merited ii facts pTu pIsG il. The Majors fury would indeed be ter riiying is his mask of selhshnesS wcr, less transparent As il is. his lulmina- tionS contribute to an entcrt.inins burlrsque which viii not iec, i've th good farmers of the Sulphur Spri. Valley.
 IL IS is kindly view 10 take of II, case that the Major is laboring in ig- norance of t-uih We cannot b. lev that he is deliberately dissrmbliug his affections for the WarreG districr whos integrity and worthinrss h. iormerl; chan pioned so valiauIly
 The 'aSts ar that the Warren Dis trict has contributed a third or mere of all tlie state and county road tax mon ey but untIl recently has received practically nothing in the way of local road improvements. Even including the money spent for county road woiA Bisbec and the Warren District EGs had returned to it only small propor. tion Of it's tax offerings. As to the tax es paid by the Warren District into tte state highway fund. Douglas. Tomb stone. Tucson Florence. Mesa, Tempe. Phoenix. Yur... md other towns have all participated d with Bisbee in the benefits
 Douglas has always opposed q state highway over the mountain route iu stead of by way Of Hereford. But bear in mind. Major dear. that the route finally adopted. via Tombstone. varies the monotony of the trip from the drab and desert setting which surrounds the Douglas jewel and opens up vis,as of glo ries and calculated to inspire n travellers lofty thoughts anent Arizona whose siories they will proclaim to the universe.
 Bear in ind if you will. Major. an example of our magnanimity. Tn Warren District has requested the Board of Control to spend ALL of Co., chisc county's share of the slG00O ap- propriated for repairs on the Border land which is estimated at s. CO0-on the road EAST of Douglas to the New Mexican line near Rodec Also bear in mind that when the bond issue was proposed, the Warren Dis trIct prepared proposed state system tributary to Douglas to each l-mil tributary to Bisbee Yet-fie upon you, Douglas did not contribute approval or any other action on th, proposal
 The Warren District obtained for the residents of the Sulphur Spring Valley bridge al Double Adobe crossing and another at the Taylor windmill cross ing The County Engineer is now working on plan to aid the rancheis in building road. part of which i also on foot for the business men oi the District to give direct and substantial aid in improving and repairing the roads to the new bridges. and the road to Hereford as well. These plans W ould save the county several thous- and dollars and have the desired re- suits. We have heard no protest from IcuPlas against the money spent for the Douglas to Bisbee highway which was a $7O.O0O failure. The Bisbee- Warren paving benefits not only own CTS of vehicles of all descriptions. but of pedestrians every day. Walking between Bisbee and Lowell and beyond. they are no longer com