Arizona republican., 1917-08-17
WOULD PUT PHOENIX
 ON TOURIST HIGHWAY
 FROM CANADA LINE

A highway from the Canadian boundary through Washington, Ore gon, Idaho, Utah and Arizona, and thence to Fl Paso, connecting there with other highways, finally reach irg the Canadian boundary again in Maine, is proposed by F. J. Elrod and Captain l. M. Howell, secretary of the state of Washington, who were in Phoenix yesterday.
 The Washington men came here direct from Prescott, following the proposed route of the new highway. They reached Phoenix at II o'clock yesterday morning and were the guests o fthe chamber of commerce during the day. They lunched at the Arizona club at noon, called on Gov ernor Campbell in the afternoon and dined at the Arizona club at o'clock, meeting many people of the city and valley interested in roads. Elrod who is secretary of the Ev-
 ergreen Highway Association, eX- plained that the proposed highway is to traverse country well-watered and which is always green. making it an especially attractive route for tourists. It is proposed to have the highway cross the Colorado river at some point convenient to the Grand Canyon, thus placing this scenic
 wonder on what the promoters of the highway consider will be the most attractive and practical route through the west. The route has been mapped from Victoria, B. C., as far as Flagstaff. The Evergreen highway promoters say that they are selecting the best roads as they go along, roads that are in the best i condition the year round.
 The Evergreeners have also an { other mission, that of endeavoring to 1 organize into one association the
 several states traversed by the pro- posed route It was explained that i this would assure a larger volume ' of tourist travel, as it would be bet 1 for the several states to work as a unit for the proposed new route.
 According to Elrod, the proposed
 route affords a splendid opportunity l for the ad vancement of the pleasure
 resorts of the west. 'The greatest :. portion of the Evergreen route will 1 be through cities and settled com murities. he said. "The route will lead to the best hotels and will pick the best of the country, making it i one continuous pleasure for the 1 tourist"
 1 J. B. Cook and CharleS McArInur
 met with Elrod and Howell at the chamber of commerce yesterday morning and went with them to the l capitol in the afternoon to call on
 the governor They were also the
 hosts at the dinner at the Arizona | club last night. The Evergreen men will leave today for Mesa, and later | traverse the Apache trail to Globe.
 At the dinner last night at the Arl-
 zona club rendered the visitors ten l tative plans were made for the forma-
 tion in Phoenix of an Evergreen High
 way association to assist in complet-
 ing the highway to this point. Among i those present at the dinner were
 Power Conway. Charles McArthur. ! Thomas Maddock, state engineer: J- B. Cook, Herbert J. McClung- presi- dent of the Chamber of Commerce:
 NJ. E. Beamis and Malcolm Fraser.
 The visitors said that money to complete the highway to the southern Utah line had practically been aDDro- priated. From Mesa they will go to
 Roosevelt and then to Tucson. arriv- ing there Sunday night. Messrs. | Howell and Elrod were expected in
 Phoenix a week ago, and their coming yesterday hurried plans for their re- ception to be made.