Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-16
.SECRETAR GRAY IS
 QUICK TO DEFEND
 BORDERLAND ROUTE
Takes Exceptions to Oversight of Yuma Bridge Promoters Who Appear to Ignore Borderlano Highway.

Invitations to attend the dedicatory ceremonies of the Yuma bridge to be | held next Saturday and Sunday at Yuma have been received in the dis i trict. In some way it would appear | that the Borderland Route and the ser , vices that it has rendered Yuma have | been overlooked for the invitation terms the bridge "an important link l in the Ocean to Ocean HignWay.' the 1 Del Potter paper route? One of the invitations came to Joe Gray as secre ltary of hte Commercial Club who is al. | SO secretary of the Borderland Route Association He believes that no de. ! liberate slight was intended but that ! the invitation was drafted by some ov erzealous member of the Del Potter 1 Association but he did not allow the slight. intentional or otherwise, tc pass unnouced and sent the secretary of the Yuma Commercial Club a letter [ of which the following is a copy l Secretary Yuma County
 Commercial Club,
 Yuma. Ariz.
 Dear Sir
 We are in receipt of your courteous invitation Co attend the dedication of your bridge and if any of cur mem 1 bers can arrange to attend they cer tainly will be glad Co accept of suci i invitation but none of our officers vii be able to do so
 We note with surprise that this i. au ocean to Ocean Highway bridge ! We had thought it was an Arizona l California Project Og- 1drprise. il further enhanced Co .aaIn taat it i not connected with tine .jorderlanC < Route With the mistaken view tha it was. when you called on as to ait you in securing appropriations thi club. the Warren district Auto Clm and the Borderlaud Route Association all wrote strong letters urging the ap pr0priatious, especially 10 California and Go Cauloniaus. Further the three organizations have constantly sough' to route tourists via Yuma over tht Borderland Can it be that we are mistaken, that Yuma is not on the Borderland Route.
 It seems to us that a poor return has been made to your friends O. Southern Arizona in the wording oi |, the invitation that the action of the Highway was uncalled for and unwar teu,eu IJ vas cerJalniy mlrlendH P a4a unpome iour ocean to Ocen n4-nNas between Spunservhie an, .,l1uuuurQue was DlOckeu.dor week. p .44s ,4u,yi aua sprus 0ltu SHOW an, ...... .,4i-u t0oiI-ta tlasr.uu tmuu5l -..-.- ,-.. .lt- Lo4uel-al4u. Auv nviH
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 .... .. .a. .iuuIe -J lhu4utea e.dpse' ...., Y, ,a>el. lI is au Inte5raI par I... ....- .sJu,u-.A lIsun -. e5 atetl, ,n' ..4..,.,.,. o...4u ulsu"ay .--eln dh' . ..r 4u,.IJyealuc, D,ui and borueIlan' ..ste.u as oeu as De,-5 nUdte eI uuufseu uy the Nalouul .il-p' ay 5 a- soclatly.. lt uas been proven Iron I ruu to end Uy races, tNo races unan' eu at lnls end uu ere cue ou tn
 race route last year over our prooesu
 t.e are aus cruising your clty as on tn rouu. rauer than the opuoAal roul } rom rnoeniA north through rrescoU
 AsuIoIk and via >eeales 10 LOS Al ' seles.
 2 Ol course, if you do @oi 1esre tl
 cooperation of the BOruerland Roui we can route tourists the other way
 as to avoid the Mammoth wash an
 other sandy stretches which have r " acted against our publicity for q
 Borderlaad in the past undoubted ' some friend of the papy~ a;s-iway sy
 tenn has bluudered and so we are n 7 inclined to hold this a---as; your
 ganization.
 In any event we are ='ac you ha
 your bridge and we heartily consra' V late you alt is a pleasure to us 'D hope that even in a small way we we
 able to help you in its achievement
 JOSEPH II. GRAY,
 Secretary Warren District l9 Commercial Club