The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-07-09
.UN|TEDEFFORT MADE ID DIVERT ARMY TRANSPORT
 CORPS
GREENLEE, GRAHAM, CHA AND MARICOPA COUNTIES JOIN TO- GETHER IN PETITION SENT TO SECRETARY OF WAR.

Sometime during the latter part of August convoy of Army transport trucks, fifty in number, in charge of a detachment of the Army Transport Corps, will reach Lordsburg, N. M., on their way west over the Bankhead National Highway, from Washington, D. c, to the Pacific Coast
 At Lordsburg, N. M., the ''Roose- welt Link" of the Bankhead National Highway, which has been officially designated as an alternative route, branches northwest to Phoenix, Ariz., traversing the counties of Greenlee, Graham, Gila, and Maricopa, while the main line of the Bankhead pro- ceeds southwest towards Rodeo, N. M., and thence to Douglass, Bisbee, Tucson, Florence and Phoenix, a com mon junction rcInt
 A movement is On fcot along :he rcrte of "The Roosevelt Link % have part of the truck convoy di- verted at Lordsburg and travel to Phoenix via Duncan, Clifton, Stafford, San Carlos, Globe and Roosevelt dam to Phoenix, there to again join the remainder of the convoy routed via Rodeo, Douglas, Bisbee, Tucson, and Florence to Phoenix.
 The first part of this week W B. Kelly, president of the Southwestern Goon Roads Association. forwarded to [. e Secretsa'! of War, by special d. livery, copies of resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Green lee county, The Clifton Luncheon Club, Board of Supervisors of Gra- ham county, Board of Supervisors of Gila county, Boad of Supervisors of Maricopa county and the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, addressed to the Hon. Secretary. requesting that the convoy of army trucks be divid- ed at Lordsburg and sent over both routes through Arizona to Phoenix. The letter accompanying the resolu- tions is as follows:
 Hon. Newton D. Baker,
 Secretary of War,
 Washington, D. c.
 My Dear MT. Secretary:
 I am enclosing herewith several sets of Resolutions addressed to you from the Boards of Supervisors and Commercial bodies along the route of highway known as 3'The RooseyeI. Link of the Bankhead National Highway.
 The request contained in the re solutions, which are all more or less similar, is that a part of the Truck Convoy, now en route from Washing ton, D. C., to the Pacific coast, be di- verted at Lordsburg, N. M., and sent over the Roosevelt Link while the other part of the convoy is traversing that part of the Bankhead Highway between Lordsburg and Phoenix, via Douglas, Rodeo, Tucson and Florence.
 If you will be so kind as to comply with the request the entire convoy would meet again at the common junction point of Phoenix.
 The counties of Arizona joining in this request by resolutions comprise the counties of Greenlee, Graham, Gi- la and Maricopa.
 AS the Roosevelt Link has been officially designated as an alterna- tive route of the Bankhead National Highway through Arizona, I feel that the request is in order and that data will be thus secured on all sections of Southern Arizona highways which would be valuable to the department
 The condition of the highway over the Roosevelt Liuk is equal to that over the Douglas, Iisbee, Tucson and Florence route and our people in th:s section of the state feel that it would be fair and just that a part of the convoy be ordered divided at Lords. burg, N M, lnd sent via Clifton, Globe, Roosevelt Dam to Phoenix
 I am enclosing a map which shows the lay of the route over both sec tions from Lordsburg, N. M., to Phoenix, Arizona.
 I should be pelased to hear from you at your earliest convenience.
 Assuring you of my highest esteem,
 Yours sincerely,
 w. B. KELLY,