Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-14
PHOENIX GIVEN
 | MORE CHANCE
 ID COOPERATE
Tucson-Ajo-Yuma Route Will Be Posted Unless Maricopa
 Changes Its Attitude

Phoenix will either cooperate With the towns of Southern Arizona. South ern New Mexico and Fl Paso and com plete the signing of the Bankhead Highway from Fl PasO to Yuma, or the Southwestern Bankhead Highway Association will sign the AjO to Yuma routes and direct tourists by that road This was decided upon yester- day in Tucson at a meeting of the board of directors of the Southwest ern Association which was attended by directors from practically every Community interested, outside of the capital of Arizona.
 Following the decision of the board of supervisors of Maricopa county mo- tifying the Automobile Club of Cali fornia that the latter's signing pro- gram could not be followed out over the Bankhead in Maricopa county, Southern Arizona became anxious. Fl Paso immediately notified the Mari ccpa county automobile people that the agreement, reached at Douglas last May, must be adhered to or they would take steps to affiliate With the people of the Northern route. A call for meeting of the board of direc- tors, Consequently was called for Tue son.
 Phoenix Falls Down
 Phoenix promised to attend this meeting Harry Welch, secretary of the chamber of commerce of Phoe- nix, promised that the capital city would have d representative present. Roy Weyland, the Phoenix director of the Southwestern Bankhead High way association, was delegated to at tend, but at the last moment sent special delivery letter to the pres ident Of the association, C.. A. Mar tin, president of the Fl PasO Automo- bile club and director of the South western Association; George Buxton, president of the Douglas Chamber of Commerce and Mines; Ely Martin, secretary of the Southwestern Bank head, and also of the Douglas cham Der; Shadwell Bowyer, Tucson di- rector of the Southwestern; Fred Sut- ter, president of the Southwestern; J. J. Bowen, director, and Lawrence D. Clark, all of Bisbee, attended the meeting. Billie Bennets, director, of Benson, was also in attendance. The meeting was also attended by Chair man Fishburn of the Pima county highway commission, Monte Mans field, member of the commission, and Kirt Hart, president of the Tue son Chamber of Commerce. The meet ing was held in the rooms of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce.
 Director Bowyer of Tucson, had gone to Phoenix, in behalf of har- mCny in the organization prior to the meeting of the board of directors of the association. He had been assur- ed tEat a Phoenix representative would be present. When the meeting was called yesterday, however, let ter represented the capital city dele gatiOn.
 Director Martin of Fl Paso, explain ed the attitude of the Texas people and declared that his organization must have a complete program be- fore cooperating. He offered reso- lution which, when finally passed and adopted by the board of direc- tors, providing for the sending Of the president and secretary of the aSso- citation to Phoenix on mission of conciliation. The resolution provid- ed for the committee to urge the Phoenix people to cooperate with the Southwestern Association. It also provided that should the committee fail to receive the cooperation of Phoenix it could deliver an ultima tum to the effect that the southern counties of Arizona would strive to direct traffic by way of the Tucson to Ajo to Yuma route and would sign that highway. A resolution was also adopted which pledged the Southwest ern Highway association to put through highway signing program between Rodeo, New Mexico and Yuma. Arizona, either by way of Phoe nix or, alternately, by way of Ajo.
 Says Ajo Route Good
 Chairman Fishburn. of the Pima county highway commission, told the