Arizona republican., 1921-05-25
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 DOUGLAS MEETING

Plans are now being completed for large delegation from Phoenix to the convention to be held in Doug las, Saturday. May 2S, to form permanent organization to increase travel over the Bankhead highway One of the propositions to be put before the convention by the Phoe- nix delegation will be the placing by each county in the state of signs on all the main highways The board of supervisors of MaTicopa county has pledged the placing of 800 signs in this county, 250 of which have already been ordered. The signs will be purchased by the automo- bile associations of the county and the supervisors have guaranteed to put up the signs and furnish the posts. It is hoped to get the other counties to join in the project.
 The board of supervisors of this county will be represented by Super visor J. R. Bradshaw, Harry E. Yer non, county engineer, and Sheriff John c. Montgomery. The cham Der of commerce will send a delega- ton and the automobile associations will send number. w. w. Law hon, president of the chamber of commerce, will head the Phoenix delegation. Secretary Harry Welch has written Ely Martin of the Doug las chamber of commerce, under whose auspices the convention will | be staged. accepting the invitation to attend the convention.
 The letter from Douglas, which contains a full summary of the plans | for the convention, follows:
 | We wish to refer you to our letter of January 19, 1921, in which we in vited your organization to send rep resentatives to a meeting which we proposed to hold in this city Febru- ary 2S, 1921, for the purpose of form | ing a permanent organization whose | object should be to increase trans continental tourist travel over this section of the Bankhead highway; also our letter of February 8 in which we stated it had been deemed advisable to postpone the meeting until later date.
 In our opinion the time is now ripe for the formation of such an organi- zation as outlined in our previous letter, and we are now issuing the call for a meeting to be held in this city Saturday, May 2S, 1921, begin ming at 10 a. m., for the purpose oi forming permanent organization to
 promote travel over the Bankheac highway from Fl Paso to San Diego We trust you will send a number oi l y meeting, and in any event have al least one delegate present. for it is a matter of vital importance to youl
 town.
 We are sending this letter to every chamber of commerce and automo- T bile club on the Bankhead highway from Ell Paso to San Diego inclusive as well as the towns north of Fl Pasc that would benefit by having tourist
 travel continue through their towr on to southern Arizona instead oi turning west at Las Lumas or So- zorro, New Mexico. Our previous
 correspondence showed that practi- cally all of the towns mentioned arc greatly interested in this matter. an6 we anticipate a large attendance. ,l It is needless for us to enumerate again the reason why this proposed organization should be formed, fol
 you are as familiar with them as WI are. Colonel Charles H. Lester
 father of the Borderland route, says there is no reason why the greai
 majority of travel should not come
 over this section of the Bankheac
 eight months out of the year. It i:
 only a question of acquainting th'
 travelling public with our road. Int
 travel to California this winter
 promises to break all records. and WI
 must have our organization func tioning so efficiently that we shal
 get 90 per cent of the travel.