Arizona republican., 1919-01-28


 be federal funds available for usc ill Arizona in the year 19l9-l920 in addi tion to the above sum. approximately s600.G00.
 The foregoing figures clearly indi- cate the need Of a constructive. well thought out good roads policy for the state or Arizona that the money eX pended may bring the maximum of good results and be spent so as to de- velop practical co0rdinatcd system of highways linking together the people of this great state.
 The Worn of organization was then begun by the appointment Of com mitten of T. C.. Norris of YaVapai. John Bowen of Cochisc and Gustave Becker of Apache to receive from the delcsa- tions of each county the name of mem bers to be placed on the committees of credentials, permanent organization and resolutions. These committees were later announced as follows:
 Committee On Credentials
 Apache county. F. F. Whiting; Coco uiHo county. Ed Hamilton Cochise county, !. C. Adams; GiIa county, Vim. l.. Macdonald; Graham county. J. T. Devens; Greenlee county, PicllenS An ders0n. Maricopa county, r.. F. Hack - ett; Nohave county, C. J. Walters; Ma vajo county. John Flahagan; Pima county, J. Breck Richardson; Pinal county, II. E. Bland; Santa Cruz coun- tF, C. II. Fredler; Yavapai county. E. (. Lane; Yuma county, Vim. C. Lacy. Committee On Resolutions Apache county, w. II. Gibbons; Co conino county, II. F. Campbell Cochise county Geo. II. Kelly; Gila county, C. 1 W. Shute; Graham county. Andrew klmball; Greenlee county. Lamar Cobb Maricipa county. Dr. A. J. Chandler i Mohave county, Allan l.. Ware; Maya jC | county, l.. E. Carrou: Pima county. AL 1 Ian P. Jaynes; Pinal county. W. W Lane; Santa Cruz county. Bracey Cur tis; Yavapai county. T. G. Norris chairman; Yuma county, J. C. Powers Committee on Permanent Organization
 Apache county. Gus Becker, chair man; Coconino county. C. T. Woolfolk Cochise county, w G. Gilmore: Giia county, ". F. LoRalle: Graham county Martin Layton; Greenlee county. C. J Brooke; Maricopa county. Marren Me Arthur; Mohave county, Carl c. kroo6 Navajo county. C. R, F'illerep: Pima county, Monte Mansfield; PinaI coun- ty, Ted Healy. Santa Cruz county James l.. Finley: Yavapai county. r. $ Nlele; Yuma county. F. C. Laufley.
 Five Resolutions Presented
 Secretary Harry Felch of the cham
 Der of commerce and of the Good Road association. largely responsible for tn , interest that has been aroused. out
 lined to the conference five resolution
 which had been presented and whicl
 would later be offered in full. The frs
 related to the creation of q fedora
 highway.
 | The second was received from tn j kt"anis club, asking congress to do nate To the state 5,O0o,000 acres of Ian, l for the creation of a road fund. Thi , had been made a subject of communi
 cation by tho club to the legislature The third resolution looks to the mere
 ing of money for county road improve
 ment with funds received in federal aic The fourth proposes an increased ta on automobiles, and the fifth request l an appropriation for providing sign . for roads.
 } Here announcement was made tha t Rev. MT Buchanan, pastor of tn Chrlstian church, had rendered the us l or the auditorium for the 'conferenc, ana announcement was also made ths warren McArthur would provide trans 8 portatlon of delegates to the church. 1 recess was then taken to o'clock. Live Wire From North
 The afternoon session was opena With an address by Father Vabre wh : came from Flagstaff to attend the goo roads conference. Father Vabre is ' good roads enthusiast and was intro t duced by the chairman as the 'liy U wire from the north Father Vabr 5 advocated good roads for everybod and made an appeal to the legislatur ' to do away with sectional factions. an
 not to confine this great system to local movement, but l statewide move
 ment for greater and more prosper
 ous Arizona. He cited the instance { s Europe.
 t Julius Caesar" he said. was tt u greatest builder of roads that histoI
 mas ever known. He knew the gres I strategic and military value of road e and built such a substantial system , s roads that has made it possible for tl - nations of Europe still to use ther - America has brains, the means and tl n resources and so should initiate Il
 policy Of Caeser and the early Roman g The great trouble in Russia. that gre; = unknown country, is due to the absent
 or communication. highways and raj
 roads. and they will never succeed
 
 y fish and provide q system of inte d course In closing he said, Let n h political partisanship enter into tn 1T great an momentous discussion. b y let everyone work for a greater Ar "- zona, and for the purpose of openiI L. up every part of this glorious stat
 This can only be done by the propos, l. system of good roads"
 E.. II. Wheeler the senior hishy; le engineer, who has been sent fro d. Washington to attend this good roa
 conference spoke as follows:
 of The French and Swiss probab blv ha
 the best highways of any Of the Eur Id pean countries. Until the time of Lou o XIV, the roads of France received m more attention than did those of En
 land. This monarch had several ii L. roads made in the environs of Paris f 10 his personal use and pleasure. Tn D. were very wide, and paved only in [
 center. shortly after the Constructi ,e or these royal roads the nation beg. id to appreciate the advantage of go ,d roads. It was not until the advent nr the first Napoleon, however. that { r. modern system Of magnificent hig m ways was inaugurated solely for mi Is tary purposes. This object has neV h. been lost sigh of, so that although
 modern times their use as q means ct communication for the people accouI S for their great and increasing numb
 it is largely owing to their militia ,v character that the French goyernme . eNpends the enormous sums it does q
 nuslly on the national roads. .ir The material and financial prospt r ity. thriftiness, and contentment of { ,s French people has long excited the a -'' miration of the world--neither inter- |; revolution nor defeat frols abro 70 seems to have entailed upon them bI ; dens too heavy for them to bear St U" dents of economic problems, ascri the marvellous condition to the fs 9 ! reaphino and SDlen(lidlV n1aiut 2 in