Arizona republican., 1920-11-16
MUST HAVE THE APACHE TRAIL ID
 BRING TOURISTS

nat fhocnix must depend upon the Ap@cnc trail if she would divert her eoare of automobile tourists from the nAttonal highways and that therefore -r1e merhcd must be found by which
 tr-.l can be put into shade. is the >slaraticn or Harry Locke, whose nznW2r maps arc sold in a thousand S.t'e@ and towns. and who is spending t'e WecS visiting the state fair. His @A@erUor concerning the Apache trail ne made during a discussion of the nattcnal highways.
 ne tendency today in road-mak- trk. Locke said. "is to make the rc1tes as short as possible. Experi- en0e has shown that tourists. as a EfnerA rule. think only of their disti- r>tltn- and pay scant heed to efforts 70 avert them from tho road that is .eedirE them directly to their objec- -lte. Tn the case of Arizona this ob- .crtiNe is southern California. and if te-ra~ts are Co he taken from the roads t1er mink will lead most quickly to NN--lcruia they must be beguiled with woo roads and objects of definite in- tereS- AS an example of the fore kelnE it ts only necessary to mention .1e Terrified forest in Apache county. Lne northern route to California raSses through a corner of the forest, and short detour will take tourists to me heart Of it. DO travellers make trat trtpl They do not. They pass t1rc1rh the corner. see three or four retr1<icd trees and then speed on, stopping only at the next town to send post card to their friends back east Wtth the information that they have Sen the wonderful Terrified forest in
 Not Local Road
 t is the consensus of opinion that tne Tucson. A1o and Yuma road will ee built soon. and that travel to Cali fcrnia VIII 70 either over this road or ever the northern route from Albu- cceroue to Needles. Fl Paso is the natural gateway to the west along the border. and with the terminus of the riain southern highway in San Diego t1e Tucson Aio. Yuma link is a natural necessity.
 The Apache trail is not a local road. tt must be built. one way or Anotner--even by special act of the ieEtslatuoe- It opens up country oi Eapreme natural beauty. it leads to the Roosevelt dam. which is an object of naticnai interest and knowledge. and N ~lh Do one of the chief means oi nrlnginE tourist travel to this city"
 MT Locke also remarked upon the t4ct that Of the 72.000. GOO acres of land m Arizona. one-tenth is owned pri- NAseiy oy S0o.o0o people--just a req
 e-H1 AAAAl l4itct DtOple nave made it possible through their road oeloinK activities of tens of thousand. ct motorists to make quick passage ts southern California The problem now. he said. is to hold them, so tha- they come in contact with the beautie, and wonders of Arizona
 Work as Map maker
 Mr. Locke struck another note wher he touched briefly upon his own worl as maD-maker.
 While my work" he said. is "neces sarily commercial. yet I like to fee mat through it am making the world little better for my having been fl t- The automobilist in another man. country becomes a child. He is at tn. mercy Of everyone who thinks Inc knows the roads. and he sometime: rniEht as well be in a foriegn country as among Americans. I like to thinl that I am helping thousands to mak, pleasant journeys. And in helping tn, traveller I am helping not only tn communities through which he mus