Arizona republican., 1920-10-24
The accompanying not of suggested state h
VG Map of Roads Which Might Be Built
 II I'm the Development of All Arizona
ADOPTION MEANS
 RAPID GROWTH OF WHOLE STATE

VI HIhOIE v htlt E of the utmost interest to every man, woman and child in Arizona. is the state highway commission bill which | win come before the voters in the No- | vember election.
 No person interested 10 any degree in the development of this state should allow this measure to go to the polls without his or her support.
 The present system of administering the roads of tho state is very made Quate. cumbersome and antiquoted. SO rapid has been the development of the remote sections of the state. and the necessity of constructing proper ave- nues of communication between the communities comprising the common wealth. through the expenditure of ttate funds, has literally forced itself !, upon the state.
 With an area of 1fsSf0 square miles and vast stretches of appropriated and unsettled land lying between the va- rious towns and cities. tho matter of road construction and improvement is ono that means the expenditure of much money and time, and makes es- sential a strictly business-li like system of construction that the taxpayer may get tho best results for his money. With the present plan of raising funds for state highways. hardly one tenth Of the money needed can be raised. As the law now stands. 75 per cent of all money raised in each county is spent within the county itself. and % per cent goes Co state fund.
 Tn many cases. the roads improved by various counties do not connect with what arc known as the state highways. or roads constructed by the state. This leaves in many instances. long stretches of poor roads between some certain we'll constructed and maintained county highways and a we'll conditioned state road.
 Instead of giving Co the people of tho state a continuous highway system stretching from north ot south and east Co vest furnishing the means of easy communication between points distant from each. other within the borders of the state. the present road system. owing Co the inadequacy of the present law is merely a scattering of some stretches of excellent road. con- nected by long stretches of very poor substitutes for good roads
 Tho people of Arizona. and Of every other state in the Union know too much of the iuefficiency Of school sys- tcms supported on the county plan. Under the old system of raising school funds. each county applied all it's
 
 boundaries. The result was that in many counties of low taxation value and large populations the educational system was Of necessity a reflection on tho county and the state itself. This condition was remcdled some six years ago by the establishment of the just system of levyinK @ tax on all the prop. erty of the state for school purpose, and the distribution of the funds on tho basis of tho school population.
 The same condition. to a great ex tent. holds true with roads.
 What benefits one part of the stat and lends development to it automa ticaliy increases the wealth of tn whole commonwealth which unde sane laws of taxation. renders tn burden carried by the higher developel portions of the state lighter as tn development of tho more remote sec tions progresses.
 Suppose a county now almost inac ccssibie. were thrown open to settle mcnt and development through tho me dium of a fine state road passin through the county, permitting eas communication with important mar kets. The fact that markets are mad accessible Co farmers and stockme means a rapid increase in investmcr and settlement of lands devoted these industries. and an increase taxable values of benefit Co the entii state.
 A county is sometimes handicapps in connecting up" with a state roa ending at its boundary. as the counti through which connecting road migl bavc to be built would in some cas' hc unproductive and unattractive settlers.
 This is one of the rcasons why coi ncctions between state highways hal been neglected by counties, and alone renders the present highway sy tenn Ineffective.
 The bill proposes a tax of two mil on tho dollar which will raiso a su approximating si SOo.O0O yearly-all go to roads
 The state now gets approximate s225. .00D. which is pitiably insufficiei allowing no extensive work to be u dertaken by the state highway depaI ment
 The state win be divided into fl districts under the proposed law, ca district to have a member on the COT mission of five. The proposed di' sions are as follows
 Ca Coconino. Navajo and Apsc counties
 (bl Yovapai and Mohave countie
 tcl Gila. Graham, Greerlce a pinal counties
 1D cochlse. santa Cruz and Ph counties.
 tel Marlcopa and Yuma counties
 The commission win be appointed the governor and shall serve as f lows one member for ono year. for two. one for three. one for four a one for five years. Co be determir among themselves by lot. Their si cessors shah be appointed by the @ ernor as each office is vacant. and e. shall be from the same section g graphically.
 A vote of four of tho members ' be necessary Co carry any propo action. which fact Is certain Co ren satisfactory to the people any act taken. and win prevent log rolling.
 Extremely pleasing is the fact the hill goes far toward keeping I tics out of the highway departm bv providing that not more than tf members shau belong Co Inc same D teal party.
 70 is apparent Co any business . that ono central organization can compIsh aorc tow1rda good rc than ft rerarate and distinct gro each with ifs own idcas. The secu CT federal ald win also be greatly 2