Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-01
GARDNER RETURNS
FROM AUTO TRIP
OF 500 Miles
Member of Cochise Highway
Commission Describes Con-
ditions of Roads in This and
Adjoining Counties.

\. II. Gardner Of Tombstone, and
member of the COchise County High
way Commission has returned to
Tombstone frOm a 500 mile trip
through the southern part OF the state
in the counties OF Cochise. Pima. San
Ia Cruz and Pinal and has written
/ the following about the conditions OF
the roads which will be OF interest
ing reading 10 the many auto owners
Of the Warren district who have O.
casiOn 10 visit some OF the roads men
toned:
| d, The trip covered Tombstone % Tue
son via Benson. Tucson To NOsales,
going via Twin Buttes and returning
by the valley route. Tucson TO Ora
Gle and Nogales out on the Fora
Huachuca route which was built IN
part by the Forest Reserve people. In
Nogales many inquiries we're made as
TO how to get onto the state highway
into Bisbee and Douglas via Tomb
stone from Fort Huachuca and in all
cases information was given that a
! short line direct from Huachuca via
the new Charleston bridge would soon
be open. There will be a lot OF travel
this way on this route.
There are spots OF good road and
spots of bad road either route Tue
son TO \ogales \ stop at the old
mission at Tubac led your representa-
tive TO believe that this old landmark
should be preserved by the state. IL
is TOO valuable to lose.
Hr,H
one is astounded at the immensely OF
the rubber industry preparations that
are being carried on. II this venture
proves a success il will be a great
thing for Arizona The company has
hundreds OF men al work clearing and
leveling land. all kinds of motor ma
chinery is at work. hundreds of men
are busy installing irrigation works.
and the place is alive with accomplish
ment.
As soon as the rains come many
miles of new work of the state high
way will be opened and the trip will
be much better to Nogales from Tue
son. The best road encountered in
the five hundred miles is the twelve
miles from where you leave the state
highway from Tucson 10 Florence.
Twenty-Five miles of the road from
Tucson towards Florence is good b.t
two miles near Tucson is only fair
but the twelve miles to Oracle Is the
motorists delight. Percy BOwden
would cover that twelve miles in
about seven minutes
Oracle is indeed a pretty place and
- sav,nw- hHrH
il is a winter resort as well. II has
an elevation of fOrty-five hundred
feet; many pretty bungalows are
scattered through the oak trees and
windmills are everywhere as an abund-
ance of good water is available from
drilled wells. But after the surprise
of the good road comes the surprise
of a place to get good things to eat;
a little place thai would do credit to-
many large cities. Il is called The
Green Parrot Tea Shop" and il Isl
mentioned because YOU would least
expect to find such a place in ArikO-
ma mountains: it is a last word IN
dainty refreshments. Oracle has a
future as a resort that promises
mighty well and all over Arizona and
in CochiSe and the Huachucas. we
have similar opportunities to establ-
ish such resorts.
The good roads movement was
never so popular as now and every
where the demand is increasing. and
about the only bonds that are popular
nowadays are Liberty bonds and Good
Road bonds. since Liberty bonds will
win the war and Good Road bonds will
produce roads that will save money
for the people to invest in Liberty
bonds.
In every county visited COchiSe
county was paid compliment in yOt-
ing its million dollar good roads
bonds and also complimented on hav-
ing such an excellent road builder as
County Engineer Ryan-they know
about him everywhere.
Pinal county is TO be cOmplimented
en- the fact that the roads visited are
bv far the best signed roads in any
of the four counties. Signing of rOadS
IS. vitality important but very badly
neglected.
Pima county is neglecting the Pan
tanO Wash country where there Is
some bad road, but. bad as il Is.
travel is growing daily in preference
TO the Empire ranch country which
is without communication. is twelve
miles longer and YOU have to run
danger risk in crossing the noun
tains on a road too narrow for passing
in many places. Ore teams are cut
ting it also into Vail
Just why Pima county negleets the
Pantano Wash is one of the mysteries |
and as Cochise will soon eliminate all
bad places to the Pima-Cochise line
i; is up to Pima to fix the PSntano
Wash which is the only real bad spot
between Douglas and Tucson.
WAS MARRIED.
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