Arizona republican., 1918-08-18
Canon to Bumbiebee.
 Report at Variance

Canon to Bumbebee,
 Report at Variance
 There are conflicting reports regard ing the Prescott roads, and the truth is that there are some badly washed places on both roads. Travellers go- ing over either road report 1t as next to impossible and. advise people to take the other road. There are few rough places on the Maricopa county end of both roads: these are being repaired as fast as possible, and road gang is working in Yavapai county re- pairing the worst part of the Black Canyon road.
 It seems that there is more travel over the Black Canyon toad than over the Wickenburg road. The Wicken burg route to Prescott is not good, but passable.
 Badly Washed Out
 There are. few badly washed places between New River and Hot Springs Junction. also between WickenburS and Congress Junction, but with care, one can get over them. The road from Kirkland to Skull Valley is impossible, and a detour is necessary via the Loma Prieta mine. This is rough but pasabsle with careful driving
 Unless recent rains have done con- sidera ble damage to the roads north of Prescott. the road from Prescott to Ash Fork and from there to the Grand Canyon, via Williams is. except for some short distance. in good condition. The main highway across northern Arizona from Kingman through Selig- man, Ash Fork, Williams, Flagstaff, Holbrook and Sprngerville is also said to be good.
 Road Good to Globe
 From Phoenix to Globe over the Apache Trail, the road is good as far as Government Wells. 23 miles beyond Mesa The chamber of commerce through it's special Roosevelt road fund recently contributed $1,000 to the county to have this part of the road put in good shape. From this point to Fish Creek station. the road is rough and not much time can De made. From Fish Creek to the river about ten miles, the road is good. The river road is fair to the Roosevelt dam. The road for about five miles beyond the dam is somewhat rough, from there on is the new state highway with easy grades, wide and a most excellent road.
 From Globe to Lordsburg, there are some rough stretches beyond Rice, 1 but most of the road is good. From Globe to Springerville. through Fort Apache there is a stretch of about 20 miles through Broncho Canyon be- tween Rice and Fort Apache, that is very rough but there is quite a little travel over this road and one can make it by careful driving. From Roosevelt to Payson. Pine and Flag staff. the. road is fairly good for most of the way and there is considerable travel over it.
 From Phoenix South
 From Phoenix to Tucson, the road is good most of the way. An extremely bad piece of road on this route is from i Higley postoffice south for about five miles This may be avoided by going through Chandler south for five miles turning east just before reaching the cotton camps.
 This road while rough in places, is much better than via Higley; 1t con meets with the main Florence highway about two miles north of the Butte which is near the point where the roaC turns east. (Travelers from Florence should watch for the road running west about two miles from the Butte) About five miles from the Gif river the road is somewhat chucky, but fair ly good time can be made. The ap proach to the bridge at Florence ha. been repaired and a large force of mel is working on it to improve if.
 Rough Stretch of Road Beginning a few miles from Flor ence. there is a rough stretch of roaC for about 20 miles. The balance of tht