Tombstone epitaph., 1915-04-11
TOMBSTONE HOLDS ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION

part of the state. held in Tombstone today when representatives from Benson St. David Bsbee. Lowell Warren, and Douglas assembled here to talk road matters the call of the Benson Division of the State Good Roads Association
 The meeting was chiefly for the purpose of securing recognition of Benson from the cities of Tombstone Bis bee and Douglas the Bor eand route part of the BOrderland HgfrVay. beginning from Tombstone, and going via Benson and thence the Pima county ne to Vail. The road from Benson to the Pima county lne has been made into boulevard according to the repre- Sentatve present all the work having been done by the Benson people individually and without financial aid from the county otherwise, and F. Moss, president ot the Benson Division of the State Highway Association gave facts and figures to substanate his statements To put this road into shape 295 and 156 teams worked one day on the job
 The meeting was called to order by President F. N. Wocot of the Tombstone branch of the association and A. H. Gardner elected chairman, and E. H. Reeves, secretary.
 The first member on the floor was Perry A. Burke who stated the of the Benson people, and their object in having called the conference and that what they want ed recognition part of the Borderiand Route He followed by Mr. c. F. Moss also of Benson who gave facts and figures to the meeting to work done etc., and why the road should go through their instead of the present established route.
 Mr. Jos. H. Gray, secretary of the Borderand Route Association in Arizona, the next to be called upon and he, in brief address, stated why the Borderland Route had been established it is at present. and how the changes would have to be made from legal stand point, but as for himself he always and always will be in favor of the Benson route He followed by Mr. J. J. Bowen vice president of the Arizona Good Roads Association who also explained why the is located it s and felt did Mr. Gray, that Benson wasI the logical route and he had always been for it. Chair Gardner followed briefly along the lines of Mr. Gray and Mr. BOwen cOrroborared with them in the matter of route. Following Mir. Gardner, Mr. H. J. Krker, state organizer of the Arizona Good Roads Association stated he had travelled the Benson route since it had been built by the Benson people and had found it veritabe boulevard and loud his praise of the Benson boost CTS in their enterprise which goes show he sad that they after the road and they getting it. He went into the road propaganda from the bottom up and stated how, ultimately the national government will get behind the good roads and appropriations for the tional highways system will be forthcoming.
 Secretary Oscar K. Coll, of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce next and stated that Douglas en- phaticay in favor of the proposed change and routing through Benson and would do all she could in bringing about this end Mr. Horace Stlman, of Douglas, followed with statement that he strongly for the change and would lend all the support he could for the Benson route
 A motion by MT. Bowen, of Bisbee made and carried that resolutions of the present meeting be drafted asking the State Board of Control to consider the change of the state highway orderand Route) by way of Ben son. Upon motion of Perry A. Burke it decided to appoint committee to draft the resolutions af follows c. H. Dowel Douglas; Perry A. Burke, Benson; and E. H. Ton of St. David, who will draw up the articles and submit them to the Board of Control at once.
 Mr. Gray, following this action and after the matter had been discussed in full relative to county bond issue for the building of definite system of county roads, moved that the meeting endorse resolutions for bond s- for this purpose whereupon Mr. Bowen, who started the asked that organization be perfected to be called the Cochise Counts Road Bond Association Mr. A. H. Gardner elected president and Mr. Gray secre- tary The president will in turn committee Of ten from different parts of the county to cooperate in the movement which will be made public later. f Mr. F. M. Goodman of St. David went record for that place highly in favor of the association and the bond issue and it's object
 On motion of Oscar Coll it decided to request the state association hurry along their advertising litera ture of the Borderland Route