The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-05-07
ROAD ASSOCIATION HOLDS SESSION AT L0ROSBURG
Will Hold It's Next Meeting :n Clifton on May 29th-Good Atte ndance at the Meeting Held in Lords-
 burg Saturday Last


 burg Saturday Last
 The second meeting. of the South | western Good Roads Association which perfected temporary organi. zation at Silver Cfry, on March 27th. was held at Lordsburg. N. M. on Sat. urday afternoon May I. The meeting was we'll attended and the proceedings enlivened at times when an attempt was made to put the Association on re- cord in favor of a national highway link through New Mexico
 w. s. Cox, from Silver City. start ed something when he made motion to designate line of road between the Elephant Butte dam and Silver City as part of the national highway system through New Mexico. The members of the Association, present rom H1dalgo county, did not kake | Kindly to the motion and later MT. COX withdraw it, with the statement however that: f.Grant county knows what it wants, when it wants it." An interesting account of the pro- ceed1ngs of the United States Good Roads Assiciation was given by Hon. Dell M. Potter, who had recently re- turned from the convention held at Hot Springs, Arkansas, at which con. vention twenty six states in the Union ! were represented MT. Potter stated that it was the concensus of opinion that the federal aid, as now allotted to the states, would soon be abolish ed and the government would em- bark upon program of national high ways directed from Washington.
 The meeting of the Association was presided over by w. B. Kelly. Presi- dent Dr. L. A. w. -Burtch,- secretary treasurer of the Association, opened the membership roll following the. adoption of the Constitution and Bly, Laws, and fifty seven members, with their dues paid, were enrolled. The membership at present is To- cated in Gila, and Greenlee counties, | in Arizona, and Hidalgo, Grant, Soco- ITO, and Sierra in New Mexico. Under ! the constitution citizens of any coun- ty in Arizona or New Mexico are eli gible to membership, but the vote of each county is limited to three votes. All members of commercial organiza- tions, county and state officials. are urged to join the association
 At the meeting in Lordsburg. H. A. Woolford, of Hillsboro, N. M. was elected vicepresident for Sierra coun- 1 ty; J. J. Keegan, for Gila County, Ariz., and D. B. Scott, ', for Socorro. county N M
 The Vice-Presidents, who with the 1 president, constitute the executive committee of the Association, is nov composed of Messers, Gilchrist, Grant county; Coon, Hidalgo county; Anderson, Greenlee; Scott, Socorro; Woolford, Sierra; and Keegan, Gila. At the next meeting to be held in Clifton on May 18th other counties in Arizona and New Mexico are ex- pected to be represented
 During the meeting Vice-President D. B. Scott (Socorro) offered for the ] consideration of the convention. pro- posed highway to connect with the four highways at Las Cruces, thence west via Elephant Butte Dam (pas-
 sing somewhat to the south of the
 dam proper) through Sierra. thence through Hillsboro and Mimbres over the Black Range to Santa Rita and I Silver City. This road necessitating
 some work only between a point east of Santa Rita and one south of Ele-
 phant Butte dam. Leaving Silver
 City in a northwesterly direction said ], route to continue on the Silver City Mogollon Road most practical for reaching Mule Creek and to the Ari- zona-New Mexico line, and westward to point on the Clifton Duncan high l way. This last link necessitating
 the construction of 13 to IA miles in New Mexico and about IS miles in , Arizona.
 MT. Cox (Grant) approved the road } outlined and stated that on the sec
 ton east from Silver City only one
 half mile of new road would have to be built-this over the Black Range. ? Vice Prest. Coon of Lordsburg ar- proved this road and commended it , to the interest of the Association as project to be "boosted'' but not as } a National Highway
 5. Dr. Egon of Hidalgo wanted to be f assured that the approval of this rad :, would not be inimical to the interests
 of Hidalgo County.
 A motion by Cox. seconded by Mur. ray of Grant, to go on record as en. l. dorsing that section east from Silver |; City as a part of National ~ Highway after considerable debate, was with drawn
 7 Moved by Holt, seconded by Egon that a resolution of endorsement of a !. National Highway System be sent ; through MT. Holt to Senator Town |. send. Carried
 : A motion to fix definite time for final action on National Highway route for endorsement was withdrawn f and the following resolution introduc l ed by Lynch (Greenlee) was adopted . Continued on Page Ten)