Arizona republican., 1918-05-11
BOTH GREENLEE AND GRAHAM IN
 BEST IF SHAPE

IVY aas " WI ~shshb E~ Dwight E. Heard who returned Wednesday night from a round trip by motor to Clifton, Arizona, on Council Of Defense business, reported that this trip is one of the most inspiring in Ari- zona. In speaking of the trip, MT. Heard said:
 We left here at 1:SO o'clock Sunday afternoon, had supper at the Roose- Welt dam, where 1 found that Lieuten- ant Sharman and his detail of 31 men, who are guarding the dam. were de- cldediy in need of books, newspapers, games, etc. and the Council of De- fensc will be glad 10 receive at head quarters, 11S North Central avenue. any contributions for the benefit Of lhese boys, who are protecting our well fare by guarding the dam.
 we spent the night at Globe, and 9t 4:3O o'clock the next morning left Tor Clifton by way of Rice and the Apache Indian reservation, Fort Thom- as, Thatcher, Stafford, Solomonville and Duncan. Our trip that day covered l65 miles, and we pulled into Clifton on schedule time at :S0 D. m.
 Among the interesting things on the trip were remarkable crops of wheat which the Apache Indians are raising on their allotments along the Cha river. Graham county is today the land of plenty, and the Gila Valley in this county is essentially d county ot prosperous, contented homes. Throughout the valley one sees the earmarks of prosperity; good roads fine new school houses, many new, fine country homes, new sllos, fine fences, and every indication of q thriving and cnterprisinA community. The whole valley was busy with It's having and steam of hay is going from the valley toDeming to supply the needs of Camp Cqdy They are also furnishing the soldiers at the camp with fresh milk from one of the valley creameries.
 TOn our way through the valley. we stopped for a conference with Senator D+ H. Claridge of the executive com- mittee of the Council of Defense, whom we found right in the midst of putting upa bumper hay crop.
 "On entering Greenlee county, per- feet roads were encountered. The road from tho thriving town of Duncan to Clifton is ono of the finest in the state, and ono approaches Clifton by the state highway, which offers a view of remarkable scenic grandeur Clifton has developed remarkably in the last few years, particularly in it's class of homes.
 '.our meeting at the court house last Monday night to assist their local county Council of Defense in perfect ing and increasing their work. was at tended by about 200 of the represen- tative men and women of Clifton, Mo- renci and Thatcher. It was thorough ly representative of all industries and was participated in by merchants, mine operators and laboring men, with a fine spirit of democracy.
 At the close of the meeting, which was one of the most stimulating which l havo attended in the state in con- nection with Council of Defense work nearly 200 members joined the Green Ice County Council of Defense, and the following active working committees were appointed, in addition to the pre- viously elected officers:
 w. T. Witt, chairman.
 w. II. Moon, treasurer.
 "A. L. Terry, secretary.
 Committed of Public Defense: W. J. Donahue ,chairman Minor Simms, II. D. Brubacker c. IT, Farnsworth R. L. Reid.
 Committee on Welfare Service: R. II. Pringle, chairman W. C.. Scott. pr Daley, Miss Edith Thomas, Mrs. W. B, Foote.
 Committee on Production: E. J. Brooke. chairman; P. M. Vargas. Ben Y. Spriggs, John Riddle, W. E. Kelly, A. E. Ballantyne, R. M. McDougall
 "Conmittee on Finance: F B Laine, chairmani NJ II Mclean, Sam Abra- nam
 "On returning from Greenlee county, we lunched at Safford the county seat If Graham county. with tho board of supervisors. We were then given thirty mile round trip through the heart of the upper Gila valley as the guests of the popular and very ener- getc assessor, Mir. Aired, who showed us many of the new developments un- der way, particularly the new fine high-line canal, which will add greatly Co the economy in distribution of the water and probably bring in quite an additional acreage.
 "On this trip we called on President Andrew Kimball. MT. w w. Pace and other representative citizens and mem- bers of the County Council of Defense, and at o'clock in the afternoon at tended a meeting held at the court house of a large and representative group of Council of Defense workers which was presided over by Mir. J. R. Welker the new chairman of the Gra- ham County Council of Defense, and |. devoted 10 the consideration of ways and means toward increasing the prac- tical service work in connection with The Graham County Council of De- 7 fense.
 "The excellent work in this county of Mr. A. B. Ballantyne, county sgri- cultural agent and chairman of the production committee of tho Graham County Council of Defense, was very manifest in the large acreage of wheat and them any thriving home gardens. President Kimballs place is quite q demonstration farm, Illustrating the value of making some productive use of every foot of land.
 After the meeting we left Stafford, had supper at Fort Thomas, and spent the night at the San Carlos Indian reservation. Leaving there early in the morning. we reached Phoenix for supper making a round trip of nearly six hundred miles of remarkable and greatly varied interest. The poorest road encountered was on the Roose- welt road about IS miles west of Fish Crock station and if this wonderful road is to be maintained, some definite plan must be evolved without further delay Co put it into good condition, as it certainly is joint rattler at pres ent."