The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-02-14
LET'S GO!

LEI S GO!
 Is not this the most propitious time to again take under cnsideration the construction of the Clifton-Mogollon road?
 With fifty thousand dollars in hand, a part of the amount of the proposed County Road Bonds, there is no reason why Federal aid in the same amount, could not be secured to construct this important highway.
 It is the essential link in a central high way across Arizona, nearly equal distance be- tween the northern highway through Spring erville and the southern route through Ha- chita One hundred miles from one and ones hundred and twenty-five from the other. It would be continuation of the Roosevelt Dam Highway and would not only open up the Mo- collon country to this district, but put us on through routes to both Silver City and Mag dalena, New Mexico. This latter road is now under construction and is backed by one of the biggest. probably the most influential man ill New Mexico, H. G. Bursom.
 It is the policy of the U. s. Bureau of Pub lie Roads, Department of Agriculture, to have Federal aid applied on main line highways allt, we may rest assured that its application to the Clifton-Springerville road would meet with their most hearty approval as well as the ap- pr0Val or the SCaCo EHSlueer dHu GHo ColHHHo- sion of State Institutions
 Are there any Federal Aid funds avail able? Several funds are available that will soon go begging unless the State Highway De- partment acts promptly.
 Arizona has now an uneXpended balance Of over three hundred thousand ($3O0000) dollars of Federal Aid Funds and this will be supplemented in a few days, in all probability, by nearly seven hundred thousand dollars. An amendment to the Federal Aid law is in conference between the two houses of Con gress making immediately available fifty mIl- lion ($50,000,000) dollars in addition to the present fund, to be expended on highway con- structiOn. Of this sum Arizona will be allott- ed under he provisions of the Federal Aid Law, about seven hundred thousand ($700,- 000) dollars This appropriation passed the Senate, which is the usual stumbling block in the way of appropriations by vote of 51 10 IT, so you may rest assured it will be law before our proposed bond issue can be submit ted to vote.
 We should not only be able 10 secure fifty thousand ($5O,OOO) dollars of Federal aid for the Clifton-Mogollon road but we should be able to get dollar for dollar for nearly all of our proposed two hundred thousand dollar bond issue.
 All we have to do is to go after it in the proper way, and kept after it, until we suc- ceed If our County Highway Commissioners measure up to the responsibilities of the i'm portant position they hold, and we have full confidence they will-they will realize that their most important function is to get the money first, afterwards to supervise it's expen- diture.
 The golden opportunity presents itself at this opportunity to set aside fund to be used ill cooperative plan for the construction of the Clifton-Mogollon Highway. We believe this Highway will be of more real commercial benefit to the county than any other road con- templated.
 Greenlee county secured the authorza- ton for the building of the Clifton-Springer- vile Highway, cooperative basis between the county and the Federal government, by going after it.
 The same opportunity now presents itself with regard to the Clifton MogollOn Highway.
 LET'S GO!