Tombstone epitaph., 1919-08-24
ROBERTS VISITS eREENLEE
 ON ROAD MATTER:


 Supervisor c. Nj. Roberts last week made a trip to Graham and Greenlee counties for the purpose of discuss ing cooperation in road work with these two counties and the county of Cochise The following, taken from the Clifton Copper Era. will give good idea of the results of his visit to the counties adjoining Cochise on the north:
 Hon. Chas. NJ Roberts, formerly state senator of Cochise county. and q, presen; a member of the Board of supervisors of that county, arrived in Clifton on Wednesday afternoon and spent Thursday in consultation will the board of supervisors of th.s county and incidentally viewing the spendid highways of Greenlee county which Mr. Roberts stated. were unex- selled in any county in the state.
 Mr. Roberts has been decided upon as the president of the Association of Supervisors of the state and is taking s keen iatsres: in road building, par iicularly in the southern part of the state. The primary object of the visit cf Mir. Roberts to this section TSs inc extension of the north and south Ccch.se county highway 10 connection at the Graham county line, tsa miles rorth of Bowie station, with t5e Graham county highway from ,SolomonVine south. While on hs v!s.; to Graham county ,ir Roberts secErs2 an agree nent with the Ora han county bo2ld for ;ae coas:rnc- t;oa of their part ot the highway and its maintenance
 H..:h ;l.s connection ;A-cqst Gr&- a5m c.ua:y and he ccnp.e rna ot Ise C.if.on-Spr;ngs-v..le hiehway.  I. -;h and soI:.a sia;e a;yhrSy VII! be established trcn ;Ae NeSK-a b1.- der oa the sou,a 70 HoIbra5k. cn ne Santa Fe railroad ;n ;ke north.
 NJ. Roberts stated IhaI the people of Coch:se. P:na ana Santa Cruz county were much Interested .a the building os the C1Iftcn-Sp-inger- vile highway, ;hrougl the Apache National Forest and with the con isctior thrcash to Cochise county y!. Graham oo1nty, the people or the southern :ipr of counties would hare e2sy access via Cit.on. to .he Blue and Wai:s noun ains, the sror. .sma2's paradise ana summer resort,
 Fdi.or;n1F the Copper Era thus s-eaks of the prs.sence of Nr Rob e-:s in C-rson:
 lien C Nj RnherS. fcrmer sen aior iron Cocaifse county. and si l-esea: member of the board Of supervisor. was visitor in Clifton for 3 dS- th.s week Mir. Roberts was in t;rference with members of ;.e board Of su? a7visors n this eoua- ty in correction rith the organize t;oL of aa Association of members O; boards Of supervisors throughou; the s;sie. l. # pla1nen to hold the frs; meeting of the association al Phoe- E:x By Iinsnigx;s decision a; Flagstaff aI the :inle of the meeting ot the F:a,e tax commission. whica several l,oa-dN in the state. MT Rob eris was elected Is chairman Of the association. Senator Roberts has .neca mentioned as a possible candi- date for governor in the democratic primaries next year and stated Ina, he has been ths recipient of hearty encouragement in this direction by democrats throughout the state. That the senator is extremely popular in his home county. where he has re- sided for the past 21 years is attest cd for by the big ms jo-ities he has re- oeived in fke past for every public office 10 which he has aspi-e[l