Arizona republican., 1921-10-19
IT EFT F. R s A To the Editor
The Arizona Republican,

InOeIliA, <AflZOnd-
 note The Republicans recent edi- torial article relative to the signing of the Bankhead highway and it's at tempt to justify the refusal of the board Of supervisors of Maricopa county to permit the Automobile Club of Southern California to place its signs, after your county repre- sentatives had joined other Arizona communities in contracting for the signs.
 I wish you would, in fairness to the entire question, give publicity to this letter. I am sending copies of it to other Arizona papers and to the various commercial organizations in Arizona on the Bankhead highway.
 The editorial states that petty Jealousies on the part of other Ari- zona communities caused the fight on the Arizona Automobile club. This is wrong.
 claim credit or accept the blame for whatever fight was started on the Arizona club. I inaugurated the move to contract with the California club at the meeting of the South western Bankhead Highway associ- ation in Douglas in May. I received unanimous support from all other communities represented. The rep resentatives of Phoenix and Mari copa county on the committee to which the signing contract was re- ferred, accepted everything we G4 and our report to the convention was unanimous. The convention adopted the report unanimously, without voice of protest. although a number of Maricopa county people were in the convention as redelgates.
 l urged adoption of the California club signs because they are accurate and are known to be so by all travel CTS. This is undisputed by people who travel and know. I believe the name of the California club on the signs is worth while. just as any standard trademark is worth some thing. I stated in the meeting that I would rather pay more and have the name of the California club on the signs than pay less and have it left off.
 I urged adoption of the California signs only after asking Mir. Ross, the representative of the Arizona club. if he could sign the road through New Mexico and Fl Paso county and he had stated that he could only put up signs in Arizona, and the Califor- mia club representative, MT. Rhodes, had said that his club would not skip Arizona and sign in New Mexico and Texas.
 This would have left the New Mexico-Texas end of the Bankhead unsigned if the Arizona people had agreed to the Arizona clubs propo- sition to place the signs, for we have no club in New Mexico or west Texas capable of undertaking the logging and signing of the road.
 The only alternative as I could see it and as I argued before the com mittee, was to contract with the Cal ifornia club to place the signs from California to Fl Paso.
 It was stated at this meeting that there are thousands of miles oi roads in Arizona that need signing to which the Arizona club could de- vote its efforts MT. Ross gave as- sent to this statement in the meeting and did not offer a protest when the convention adopted the report of the committee to contract with the Cali fornia club Later he talked w. me personally and seemed satisfied with what had been done, although he expressed regret that his organi. zation had not been permitted to pu up the Bankhead signs in Arizona. explained to him again that if Ari. zona had agreed to use his signs, thu towns along the route in Arizon; would have been no better off. al there would be no signs east of Ari zona in New Mexico or Texas to di rect travellers to Arizona
 Where do you think the people o Arizona will be with their roads i the Arizona Automobile club sign the Banllhead highway and the Cali fornia club refuses to sign acros New Mexico and Texas? How d you expect the tourist to get t Arizona to read your Arizona clul signs?
 The Fl Paso Automobile club ha no logging cars and no cars for put ting up signs Neither have we tn facilities for having the signs made New Mexico communities have t place signs across large stretches O country where there is no population The cost is heavy on them even a the reasonable charge made by tn California club. If we cannot get tn California club signs, [ these Ne' Mexico communities cannot afford place the signs themselves. The cos