Arizona republican., 1917-11-21

Fletcher, Mir Saufley, of Payne and Saufley, Paul Bennett, and other au- tomobile men, discussed the subject Of organization.
 MT. Johnson of the Fisk Tire com pany, gave some interesting points about the credit system now in vogue in Phoenix, and supplemented his re- marks with suggestion that the gar age and accessory men either join the Merchants and Manufacturers asso- citation or some other similar society, whereby persons not entitled to credit , might be effectively checkmated.
 MT. Reuben of the hissel Auto com pany made an excellent address, and impressed upon his listeners the need for conservation, cooperation and the systematic organization of their busi nesses, illustrating his point with 4he great conflict in Europe, which was al- most lost in the beginning because of lack of unity in the combination of l forces.
 | Harry Tritle of the Arizona Gazette made an interesting talk and briefly | referred to the necessity of good roads 1 for the county and the state. Cal Messner Hudson dealer, dwelt upon the necessity of more action and | less discussion in the matter of or ganization of garage, accessory, and | automobile men.
 Charles Stauffer of The Arizona Re publican recommended the advisability of the garage and automobile men get ting together for the protection of com mon interests.
 That a half a million dollars could be saved annually through the improve ment of Maricopa county roads, was the statement made by former State Engineer Lamar Cobb, who declared the great waste in the wearing out of automobiles over the 1900 miles of Arizona roads, much of which is unim- proved could thus be avoided.
 The speaker stated that s60,000 has been appropriated by the state of Ari- zona for road improvement and that prison labor should be used, together with this sum of money, for the im- provement Of the road between Phoenix and Roosevelt.
 J. c. Adams declared that he be- lieved the legislature should be in- duced, through the influence of the au- tomobile men, to appropriate a half a million dollars for this purpose.
 Secretary Harry Welch of the Phoe- nix Chamber of Commerce informed his listeners that the road between i Superstition mountain and the dam is in l the forest reserve, and said that efforts | had been made to obtain from the forest reserve, money for the improve ment of the thorOughfare, and that this would probably be accomplished some time before long,
 Mir Welch also said that Dr. A J. Chandler, assisted by 10 or 12 other men, is at present preparing to cir culate a petition to recommend the raising by bond issues money for this purpose.
 It was Harry Welch who suggested that Dr. Chandler, who is chairman of the committee at present devoting it's attention to the project, be asked to call public meeting, for all the people of Maricopa county, to discuss the good roads problem.
 Others who spoke were, Sheriff Will key, Ernest Hughes of the Leach Mo tor company, Bush Anderson. city traf- fife officer; Captain Gulley, Motor Sup- ply company; R. D. Roper of the Roper Motor company; C. W. Woodbury of the Babbitt-Polson comany; MT. Greth of the Harmon Motor company; Joe Prochaska, state game warden, and Peter De John of De Johns garage. A meeting of the garage men and 1 dealers has been called for next Tues | day evening at the Adams hOteI