Arizona republican., 1919-03-23
ARIZONA $ CHANCE
 TO REAP SHARE
 OF GOLDEN HARVEST

The director general of railroads, Hon. Walker D. Hines, announces the 1 intention of the railroads under fed eral control to engage in an adver- i using campaign in newspapers and national magazines for the purpose of | promoting travel to the national parks and principal health and pleasure re- sorts.
 1 In a number of the larger newspa- 1 pers on the Pacific coast the above news Is given great prominence, and all these papers speak about the large railroad travel, 10 the wonderful at tractlVe spot of California, including the wonderful natural parks of Cali lofnla. the seacoast cities, also men, tlonlng the Hawaiian islands, Alaska and the big trees. But haw about Ari- zona, it's beautiful climate, it's wonder l iul natural parks, it's unsurpassed beauty, do these writers in these very influential newspapers of the coast ! mention anything about this state? It has always been the policy of these papers to give Arizona a knock when ever possible but. always boost for l California.
 Here Is an opportunity for Arizona to obtain a lot of free and very prof ltabie advertising by bringing to the attention of Walker D. Hines, direc- tor general of railroads at Washing ton, and to each of the traffic officials of the United States railway admin lstration in Chicago, New York and Atlanta, respectively, the wonderful attractions that Arizona offers pleas ure seekers in summer, as we'll as winter In order to make this en- phatIc, 1t seems to me that every 1 Rotary ha nf and Merchants and Manufacturers as- sociatlon in each. city of fhe state :! should send letters containing resolu- uons covering these facts to Mir. Hines and the local officials in Chicago New York and Atlanta.
 MT. Robert B. Armstrong. in the Los Angeles Times, as the result of re- duced rates from the Atlantic Coast. West, taking effect, June 1st, and lasting until september 30th, mentions what he thinks will be the value of such arrangements by the railroads to Callfornla. Thus he says: California IS to be buried in an avalanche of golden prosperity. For the first time since the war. travel to the West Coast, is to be trebled and quintupled. In view of the demand of the people for relaxation and rest following the strain of the war. the officials of the railroad administration predict that California travel will be far greater than it was in 1915, when expositions at San Francisco and San Diego were the magnets"
 Now. Arizona has more wonderful natural magnets" than all the arti- ficial magnets" that California ever dreamed of. All we need to do is to draw the attention of the United States railroad officials the wonders of this wonderful state, than we ought to have ''an avalanche of golden pros perity" ALL OUR OWN. We hear re- marks time and again from people coming here from the east that they had no idea that Salt River Valley was such a wonderful place, or that Arizona had such beautiful scenery and super natural resources. Let all the commercial clubs in this state get together, and try to place Arizona in the position this large pation that she deserves give her ~the publicity throughout the country. so that our sister state California will not be con- tinually overshadowing her with ad- lVertised lesser attractions
 HERE Is TO ARIZONA THE GREATEST OF THa-
 GREATEST STATE OF THEM ALL,