Arizona republican., 1920-11-21
S|GN WORK NOW
 COMP PLETEDON
 NATIONAL TRAIL

One of the most important pieces Of good work accomplished in long time Is that which marked the finish Of posting the National old Trails route from Kansas City to Los Angeles.
 The credit for this good work goes to the Automobile Club of Southern California Perhaps no organization in the West, or in fact in the United States has put forth as much activity, nor has spent as much money in en- Tightening the tourist and making his path safer, than ulis wonderful organ ization.
 The same work is now going on over the Lincoln highway, and thus two great routes of travel from the east to Southern California will have been completely marked out and charted.
 In the work of sign-posting these routes. new metal signs are being and have been used. replacing the old weather beaten signs which have been shot full of holes by hunters
 Information from the Automobile club of Southern California states that to date, 71,039 highway signs are now being maintained by the club These signs are all uniform, are made Of metal covered with enamel, and cover every road in the southern part of Cali fornia as well as every route leading to the south coast.
 Four trucks with individual crews are operated by the club for work in southern California, which, in addition to marking the roads, erects signs in the city for the guidance of the motor ist who may not he familiar with the { parking and traffic laws of the city
 A great deal of this work has been done recently in Los Angeles.
 To say that Arizona needs car owners club such as the one in south ern California, is apparent to every motor car owner in the state who has ever spent any time in localities where such clubs exist. There is a great deal that such club could do for Arizona
 Road posting, insurance, influence in
 getting over good road legislation, uni
 form traffic laws. etc, are features oi the work such a club could perform 3 Every motor car owner in the stats t should be heartily n favor of such a q club. and should ardently support the
 efforts that are being made now by the E. automobile dealers for the organization \ of such club.
 : With few roads that can be called ' anything else but trails, in the state 2 with different traffic and speed laws fl 2 every county with the serious lack O : signs posting the present roads ans ' with the difficulty experienced in get
 ting over any favorable legislation fo Il good roads, it must finally devolvl
 upon the car owners themselves in Ari 2 zona if anything is to be done. Whil 4 southern California is doing every thing possible to attract the tourist 7 Arizona is doing nothing. The high E way bill, which would have solved tn 7 problem of highways, has gone by tn
 boards for the time being.
 4 tourist can drive out on the deser and find a half dozen roads branchin: \ out from the main road, with not & sig \ to indicate the main road. Is it an,
 wonder that tourists who come into tn 7 state get out as quickly as they can
 And when they go, they head for south N ern California, where the citizens ar
 alive to the wonderful blessings goo
 roads have brought to them
 Arizona literally loses hundreds c
 thousands of dollars sin potential in o- yestments every year. and thousands C l. new people who would go to make II in the population of the state, by neglect = ing the road question: