Arizona republican., 1921-11-12
APACHE LODGE OPEV
 TRAIL SHOULD BE

The repairs and remodeling of apache Lodge that have been going on for the last six weeks are now fin ashed and this hostelry is again open and ready for the fall rush of tourists. The Southern Pacific com pany has spent about $1O,000 on the repairs and renovating of the lodge. The living room has been enlarged and also wonderful fireplace, one of the finest in the state of Arizona, installed therein. All rooms have been retinted and some private baths installed and the grounds cleaned up in general Roland l.. Still who is manager of the Apache lodge says that there are 26 tours booked from the largest tourist companies in the United States, including Raymond Whiteomb, Thomas Cook, Gillespie. kimports and Beard, American Ex- press Travel department, the Globe and World Tours companies having booked for stop at Apache lodge, and then onto California
 The most of these tours are booked to return to Globe and Bowie on ac- count of the rough condition of the Apache Trail. All these companies 7 in engaging accommodations and making reservations at Apache lodge have been very particular in asking about the condition of the Apache Trail from Roosevelt to Phoenix. as they have been informed, through various sources, that the road was in a hazardous and dangerous condi- ton and they did not care to book their tourists through from Roosevelt :. to Phoenix. providing the trail be- tween these points, had been put in better condition. Mir. Still says he has done all he could in working for the betterment of the trail but in or der to avoid unpleasant circumstance es it has been necessary for him to tell the truth in answering their queries, and in so doing it has been no recommendation for the trail from : Roosevelt to Phoenix. Were few thousand dollars spent on this trail 1t would probably enhance the in terests of the Salt River valley many thousands of dollars so it is to be hoped there will be some improve !, ment made in regard to this situation ' as it is not too late tos advise these people when arriving at Apache lodge the trip can be made in safety and comfort from Roosevelt to Phoenix IS these tours do not start until Jan uary. Therefore there will be ample time to make temporary repairs, which are sorely needed between Fish Creek and Government Wells. This particular trail passes through some of the most beautiful and scenic {, country in the world and it happens ! to be located in the central part of Arizona and when taken into consid- \ eration that some 26,000 automobile passed over the National Old and Santa Fe Trails, skfrting the north ern border of the state. and on into California, 1t would have been so easy for them to have been diverted after seeing the Grand Canyon, bringing them down to Winslow and into Pine over the Natural Bridge and into Payson up over Oxbow mountain, and into Roosevelt, down over the Apache Trail and through the Salt River valley. over to Mari copa, Yuma and Niland Junction, thence over into San Diego. This - particular trip would by this diver sion at Flag or Winslow lead all of these tours through some of the most scenic and beautiful parts of our state, and not only that but the money that would be spent in Ari- xona by diverting through this way would more than ten-fold pay the costs of the repairs to a few neces- sary miles of highway in order to divert them through this particular part of the country. Not alone that lL 4c iO OC lAiS1h lilI Southern Pacific company also brings in a great number of high class tourists who usually are taken to Roosevelt and return to Globe, Bowie and thence on over to the toast. If these same people could be booked for a passage over the Apache Trail into Mesa and Phoenix thereby these towns would gain what they now lose. It is estimated that every tourist who travels through this state spends from $50 to $200 a heaG. It must be also remembered that every tourist that travels through the state of Arizona is a ! prospective resident, therefore, the better impression that can be given them en route would be more of an enticement for them to finger here longer. MT. Still urges that the peo- pie wake up to the realization of this wonderful Apache Trail that contains some of the oldest legends and his tory in this most wonderful state of all states-AriZona.
 There is something else of interest he says, that should be taken into consideration and this is that every tourist or person travelling to or in the state of Arizona wants to visit that great work of mans handicraft and engineering skill, the great Roosevelt dam, which happens to be located on the Apache Trail.
 
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