The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-05-02
REACH CLIFTON 0N LAST
 LAP IF JOURNEY

Exclamations of Delight Over the
 Heard From All Members of Party;
 Route of Bankhead National High
 way to Be Designated at Once.
 The Greenlee County Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Supervisors and the delegates from this county to the recent Good Roads convention at Mineral Wells, had the pleasure on Sunday and Monday of this week in entertaining and transporting through the county, by auto, the official Path finding Committee of the Bankhead National Highway Association.
 The personnel of the .committee consisted of J. A. Roundtree, director general of the United States Good Roads Association and secretary of the Bankhead National Highway Asso- citation; A. G. Batchelder, chairman of the executive committee Of the Amer ican Automobile Association; M. O. Eldridge, Federal highway engineer, representing the office of public roads, and c. A. Beasley, secretary of the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post 8oads.
 This committee was appointed by !, the Mineral Wells convention to des- ignate the route through Arizona to be followed by the Bankhsad National Highway from Washington, D. e., via the Atlantic seaboard to San Diego, Calf. The two> proposed routes through Arizona areSsknown as the Borderland Route through Bisbee and Tucson to Phoenix, and the Southern National Highway through Clifton, , Gila valley, Globe and to Phoenix.
 For the purpose of familiarizing themselves with the above mentioned routes, the committee made, an auto tour through the state and concluded their pathfinding trip at Lordsburg on Monday morning.
 The committee was met at Stafford on Sunday afternoon at o'clock by committee of citizens from Green lee county, including Sam Abraham, L. Bernstein, William Nelson, Frank Springer, D. M. Cansler, Duncan. Me- Neil, B. Vandercook, Pickens Ander- son and W. B. Kelly Following a luncheon given at the Palms cafe in Stafford the committee was officially turned over to the Greenlee county delegation and the run was made across Graham and Greenlee counties to Clifton, following the new state highway, in two hours and thirty min utes. On this trip Engineer Eldridge secured several photographs of scenes along this route and spoke of the state highway connecting Stafford and Clifton in a highly complimentary manner.
 After short stop in Clifton, the party, which in the meantime had been joined by a motorcade of citi- zens, left for Morenci where a ban quet had been arranged by Clifton and Morenci citizens for the entertain ment of the distinguished visitors. A six-course menu was served in the pri- vate dining room of the Morenci Hotel with 76 guests in attendance. W. B. Kelly, of the Greenlee County Cham Der of Commerce, presided as toast master, with MT Eldridge on his right and Secretary Roundtree on his left The guests sat down at S:30 D. m and it was midnight before the official , party returned to Clifton, where they spent the night.
 The menu was interspersed with toasts by the visitors and local citi- zens from Clifton and Morenci as fol- flows:
 Capt. J. P. Hodgson-Welcome
 c. A. .Beasley-"Senator Bankhead and the National Highway
 Dave Ling -Greenlee County Cham Der of Commerce.
 A. G. Batchelder-"Arizona From a Scenic Standpoint"
 J. A. Roudtree-"The Bankhead Ma tional Highway"
 Dell M. Potter-"The Mineral Wells Convention
 M. o. Eldridge-'.A Message From Uncle Sam.
 Norman Carmichael From the Taxpayers Viewpoint
 w. B. Kelly-"Adios."
 The most delightful feature of the stay of the Pathfinding Committee oc- cured early Monday morning when the committee was escorted at sunrise over the beautiful scenic highway through Chase Creek canyon to Met calf Here again Engineer Eldridge availed himself of the opportunity of taking photos along this route and ex- clamations of delight and wonderment came from all members of the party as the auto traversed the route, which unfolded panorama of scenic beauty second to none in the state, with the exception of the Grand Canyon.
 Returning to Clifton, the committee was escorted to Lords5urg by Dell M. Potter, o. T. Cotey, Andrew Kimball