Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-20

The state highway board. as pro posed puts Mohave county, and in fact all other counties, at the mercy of the Phoenix bunch These Phoe- nix fellows will tell you that they are spending more than $1,000,000 in the building of "A miles of high way that will link up the north and south and east and west road, when it could. in fact. make the state dc the work. Now this is all bosh. Maricopa county claims to have 1000 compelled to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on them, and therefore could not be expected to spend money on trunk lines.
 No Bridges Built
 Now. the real fact is that Marico- pa county has built no bridges. for which she takes credit. and few cul- verts The main bridges across the various streams in and around Phoe- nix have been built by the state, the Center street bridge being an exam pie of the state work. The govern ment built Roosevelt road between Mesa and the dam, 60 miles. and Maricopa county even refused to maintain it. although it was one of the most important highways within that county The measure, in his opinion. was conceived with view of letting Maricopa county get a big slice of any bond issue that might be put over under the new highway system and other counties could look on while that county was lick ing the cream from the dish. We are getting 75 per cent, of the tax raised in our county for state purposes and that 75 per cent must be spent inside the county and under the di- rection of the board of supervisors. but by the state engineer. Until a real highway commission b.ll is drafted we can get along under pres ent conditions. It will be upon the ballot as Nos. 310-311. Vote for 311 and kill it.
 Taboos County Division
 A most vicious that has ever been put up to the voting public for their con sideration is that of the county divl- sion measure. which will be on the ballot as proposition Nos. 3OS-3O9, This measure was proposed by cer- tain people residing in the town Of Miami who were desirous of forming of matter is that Miami is situated only four miles from the county seat at Globe and it looks to an outsider as though Miami was not entitled In any way to consideration. and 1t is begging the question to ask the whole state to subordinate it's inter- ests to the interests of the real es- tate men of the big mining town. It onlv requires 3S per cent of the vot- CTS in the proposed new county to cause an election to be held and 1T the new county votes affirmatively to have a new county it goes.
 Ignored GiIa County
 The mother county is not asked for it's consent. as under the present law. It would allow any little part of large county to isolate itself from the parent division. provided it had s4,O0O, 900 of taxable property This would be eminently unfair to county that had struggled to build itself up and then found itself in dis ruption because a few politicians wished to make room for few move officials. and it would also be un- fair to the corporations that have no voice in the affair. only furnish ing the property upon which to base the division of the county. It Is cer- tainlv a bad measure and ought to and will be killed.
 Favors Game Protection
 The only measure that appears to have any reason for a place on the hallot. sc far as Mir. Smith could see was the measure for the protection of fish and game, this proposed en- actment being in the nature of compilation of existing laws relating to the preservation of fish and game and make possible the protection of the fast disappearing species. In the mai\ it is good and as it has the support of the sportsmen of the state. should become a law. And 1t that will annnar