Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-05-14

burg; Dudley Saltzer, Reddingi ". j. OConnor,
m aS; George scbg, PacerviIe; W. l. HughsOn,
San Francisco, and Charles F. Wyer Napa.
AS sample of the sort of biased representation
we are getting at the hands Of the Utah State Auto
mobile Association of Salt Lake, we need only call
attention to the official organ of the association, which
is Motor Land published in San Francisco, and
devoted almost exclusively to exploitation Of the Lin
coin Highway. 1t contains the roster Of officers OF
the four clubs which it represents follows: North
ern California, Nevada. Oregon and Utah. The Feb
ruary issue of Motor Land, the official organ of the
Utah State Automobile Association carried " pages
of reading matter and illustrations devoted to the
Pacific Coast and columns to Utah; the March num-
Der had pages coast. columns Utah the April
apparent that the Utah association is merely tail for
the northern California dog and is used to brush the
flies away for itp
The Arrowhead Trails Association proposed to
sign the southern part Of this state with blue and
white sign which is the same as that used in southern
California. Clark county, Nevada and the trunk lines
of Arizona-in color only. Immediately cry Of
disloyalty to Utah went up from the Automobile As
ISOLATION because we did not see fit to adopt the blue
and yellow sign of northern California. embellished
with exactly the same trade mark with the exception
that the beehive is added at the top. IF the Arrow
head Trails Association sees fit to use the same color
accused of advertising California and being dsloya
to Utah. while the Utah State Automobile Assn. in
reality Salt Lake organization. adopts colors en-
blem and magazine devoted almost entirely to the
exploitation of northern California; and poses as the
Automobile club of this state What do you think
of nerve like thatp
Los Angeles and some of the other cities Of south
ern California have shown commendable interest in
the development and improvement of the allthe-yeal
route to California from the East-the Arrowhead
Trail; Arizona is beginning to evince interest
to the extent at least. of developing some OF its feed
ers of the Trail; Clark county. Nevada. is doing its
bit" despite the performance of sentiment in the
state is for the Lincoln Highway in the northern part
of this state sentiment is somewhat divided as already
stated the average Salt Laker leaning in the direction
of his personal interests and evidently saying men
tally if not audbly. To with the rest of the state
so long as the road hits Salt Lake"
Therefore, it is up to the communities along the
Arrowhead Trail to get in and boost. few live
wires. such as c. H. Bigelow. MILFORD Day. Joseph
H. Mander6eld and Jos. S. Snow. are carrying the
burden and they need help. Mr. Bigelow is not only
giving his time and negecting his business in order
to work out the multfarous problems connected with
his longcherished ambition to see Salt Lake City anc
way, but is largely contributing the expense money
required to travel back and forth over four state.
and keep up all the loose ends.
We have an Arrowhead Trails Association anc
il was expected that practically every progressive cit
izen in the communities along the line of the TraI
would become members. and that the annual dues al
$500 each would meet these contingent expenses
But what do we 6nda Iron county, instead of having
membership of two or three hundred. has 28 duly
accredited members who have paid dues for this year
Beaver county has done little better. and has oe
MI
up and has promised 100 or better in the immediate
future. though from last accounts only about 80 hac
come through with their dues
1t is going to take different showing to this te
get us anywhere and to capture the tourist travel OF
which we are counting so confidently. If the people
along the Lincoln Highway can raise $45O.O BY
private subscription to furnish the nucleus for the i'm
provement of their highway. surely we must do some
thing more than we are at present.
We suggest that to begin with the Commercial
clubs of Cedar City and Parowan take up this matte
and work up a creditable membership for the Arrow
head Trails Association in this county Nothing les
than zoo should be considered passable.
Then the entire southern part of the state ough
to declare open hosttes against the Salt Lake buncl
who think more of Nevada than they do of their owl
state, and unless they get in line right transfer on
business to Los Angeles. which seems to be our bes
friend. Lund station alone which supplies this i'm
mediate section, handles tremendous amount o
freight, it being claimed that more freight passe
through it than any other station on the Salt LAX
Route between its terminal cities and unless Salt LAX
shippers treat our section right. not one pound O
this freight should be billed from Salt Lake City
If the majority of Salt Lake people are loyal t
the outlying districts of their state. we believe the
are then it is up to them to take the management @
the Utah State Automobile Association out of tn
hands of such men as Rshel and Schramm, and cleo