Bisbee daily review., 1919-04-25
WARREN DISTRICT HAS EXCELLENT
 CHANCE FOR PLACE ON BANKHEAD
 HIGHWAY, ASSURANCE AT DANQUEI
Colonel Plowman Head of Visiting Bankhead Highway Pathfinders Gives Strong Encouragement in a
 Address at Commer cial Club Luncheon

of road in the state Arizona, the Bank head Highway commission arrived in Bisbee yesterday morning on the Ias, leg of a $500 mile pathfinding trip which started from the Atlantic coast and will be completed when the last car rolls into San Diego, Calif, in a few days.
 The first car to arrive pulled up in front of the Copper Queen hotel at 11:45 containing Col. T. E. Plowman, president Bankhead Highway com mission; Mayor Overlook of Douglas, and Dr. Bledsoe of this city A few minutes later the second car of the party arrived with J. A. Rountree, di- rector general Bankhead Highway commission; M. O. Eldridge, U. S. gov ernment engineer Bankhead HighwsS commission; A. G. Batchelder, execu- tive chairman American Automobile association, and c. A. Beasley, secre- tary to Senator Bankhead.
 Tucson Sends Delegation
 Close on the heels of the pathfind- CTS the Tucson delegation which left that city shortly after o'clock Thursday morning, arrived. In the Tucson party were Malcolm Fraser secretary of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce; John Mallory, member board of supervisors; Geo. s. Foster, Monte Mansfield, Shad Boyer and L. D. Clark, editor of the Tucson Daily Star
 From down Tombstone way a num- Der of other road enthusiasts arrived. They came in three cars and wore white ribbons bearing the words Tombstone" just to remind the oth- 4o1, ,St that Tombstone was on the job and considered the building of the high way a subject not to be overlooked Those who made the journey from that city were: J. H. Chambers, Bill Boyd, A. Wentworth, John McPherson, c. N. Copeland, Charles Allen, Paul Smith, E. K Springer, Carmel Giragi, editor of the Tombstone Prospector; c. A. Davis and John Rock.
 After knocking the dust from their motor coats the visitors were escorted to the dining room of the Copper Queen, hotel and made ready for the jollification feast prepared for them by the Warren District Commercial club. Stories were swapped across the table linens, hearty laughs would follow good one and presently the luncheon took on a serious aspect Stories gathered along the route were set aside and Judge J. A. Sutter of Douglas was introduced by James R. Henderson, master of ceremonies, as the lead-Off orator.
 A 365 Day Record
 Assuring the Pathfinders that Bis bee was happy to welcome them to the Warren district and offering them the freedom of the city, he started a storm of applause by announcing he was positive the Bankhead Highway would be routed through Bisbee and Douglas if for no other reason than the mere fact that over this road peo- pie would be able to travel 365 days out of each and every year.
 But" he continued, i've welcome them regardless of whether or not the road will be routed through the War ren district but because of the project which they represent. Cochise county hopes to see them again and We hope that the next trip they make will be over the Bankhead Highway routed through Bisbee and Douglas
 Col T. A. Plowman followed the first speaker and caused another storm of applause when he said with all sincereity that in his opinion Bis bee would undoubtedly be selected as one of the links in the great trans continental highway
 Praises Warren District Spirit
 We organized the Eankhead High way association" said the speaker, Ion a stretch of road leading from Memphis to Atlanta. When we got to Atlanta the people were so enthusias- tic over the project that they urged us to go east. We then mapped out a route from Atlanta to Washington and the people of Memphis demanded that we go west to Little Rock which we did and later on we extended the highway to Fl Paso. We are now talk ing it to the Pacific coast from Fl PaeO and if I am. not mistaken it is going to be routed through Bisbee and Douglas. The genuine spirit that is manifested by your citizenship in it's desire to have the road and all that it will mean to you convinces us that you are sincere in the matter and those are the kind of folks we want to do business with"
 Colonel Plowman then told a story about negro woman named Lyndia and said that if he hadn't made the trip he wouldn't have met Dr. BIedsoe and he intimated that he might have lost something" which was readily in- terpreted by those present and brought forth a hearty laugh.
 Road "Marker" Coming Next
 The speaker then said that soon a Pathfinder marker would be through the district for the purpose of mapping out road signs. That he said was the result of the Mineral Wells confer ence and he hoped that the Warren district people would assist in every manner possible in aiding the s'mark- CT" when he passes through Cochise county
 M. O. Eldridge, government engineer travelling with the party, was intro duced as the third speaker and he out lined the points that would be con- sidered by the Pathfinders in the ulti- mate selection of the highway.
 Factors in Deciding Route
 First of all," began the speaker, i've are going to consider the popula.