Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-02-01
LARGE DELEGATION
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Yavapai county, T. G. Norris, chair man; Yuma county, J. c. Powers.
 Committee, Permnent Organization
 Apache county, Gus Becker, chair man; Coconino county, c. T. Wool folk; Cochise county, w. G. Gill more; Gila county, w. E. LoRalle; Graham county, Martin Layton; Greenlee county, c. J. Brooke; Mari copa county, Warren McArthur; Mo- have county, Carl G. Krook; Navajo county, c. R. Fillerup; Pima county, Monte Mansfield; Pinal county, Ted Healy; Santa Cruz county James L: Finley; Yavapai county, F. S. Viele; Yuma county, R. c. Laufley.
 Reports from the various depart ments having to do with road work were received and the impression given that while the state and coun- ties collected a large amount of money it was used generally for re- pair and little advance was made in permanent road building. The state and counties collect in taxes each year about 1,508,658, and that with the apportionment of the $70,000,- 900 of the federal good roads fund, which amounted to about 10000 in 1917, $137,000 in 1918 and $205,000 this year, the state might be able to do large amount of constructive work. The federal government re- quires the states to appropriate corresponding amount to be spent on main arteries and it is probable that the state fund will go into the gen. eral pot.
 A proposition to form a highway commission with one commissioner from each county, was looked upon askance by the convention, and it is probable that highway commission CT with complete authority will eventually be agreed upon by the people and that the legislature will follow out this view. This will be in addition to the present state en- gineer. The convention went on rec. ord as favoring, by resolution, the proposed bill to issue bonds in the sum of $30,000,000 for system of highways within the state. This resolution was presented to the legi- lasture yesterday and it will un- doubtedly receive immediate atten- tion from that legislative body.
 The new highway association was formed by the appointment of an executive committee of one from each county. Mohave County is repre- sented on this committee by J. H. Rosenberg, one of the most active and ardent good roads boosters in the state. The other counties are also we'll represented.
 This gathering at Phoenix was one of the most epochal in the history of the state. It is taking up pro- ject of vital importance to the whole state and we are more than pleased to note that there was not one par ticle of friction among the delegates from the various counties during the entire session of the association. Everything worked to the satisfac- tion of every delegate and the mem- bers appeared to have only one thing in view-the building of useful and permanent highways in the state. And, we believe, that something big will come of the meeting, as all mem- bers from the various counties are heart and soul with the movement for the betterment of our roads and the internal building of our great state.
 Mohave County sent its best citizens to this meeting, each one meeting his or her expense that good may come from awakening in terest in internal improvements.
 The Mohave county people made the trip by automobile, going out by the way of Yucca, McCracken, Cactus Congress Junction and Wickenburg. The party, in four cars, left King man at 7 A. M. and arrived in Phoenix at 9:25 P. M. the same day. This is some travelling, as the roads in places were quite bad. On the re- turn trip the party came out to Wickenburg in the afternoon and re- mained over night. Leaving there the following morning at 9 o'clock they arrived in Kingman Thursday evening at 5. Messrs. Ridenour, Knight, Carr and Walters came in Wednesday, making the trip through in a day. The route chosen is that proposed for a through route from Kingman to Phoenix, which would make available to tourists the west end of the' Natidnal Old Trails road and at the same time give an outlet from the north part of the state to the south, open all the year round.