The Winslow mail., 1921-03-25

along It's thousands of miles of dis
tance. 1t connects with the Arrow
head Trails in Utah and that road is
receiving much Improvement. When
tnose roads are in good condition
they will obtain the greater or major
portion of the transcontinental mo-
tor traffic. Another thing, the Ma
tlonal Park to Park Highway was
tentatively located over the National
Old Trails road from Los Angeles to
Gallup, thence north to Denver. This
IS one of the most active and strong
est of all the great road organiza-
tlons of the country. Utah failed to
give it heed but when it found that
it was making headway and that
they were encircled but did not
participate in it's benefits, they i'm
mediately got busy and went to the
convention at Denver last fall with
very strong delegation. They
wanted to be Gin" They had a ma
tional park, the Zion Canyon coun-
try and they wanted, the National
Park to Park Highway to reach it.
And SO road was tentatively locat-
ed that that scenic point might be
reached, but it was not the main
highway. Salt Lake City is very
much alive and she has the annual
convention of the National Park to
Park Highway Association in June
They want to be ON the main line
of the National Park to Park High
way. They want to join with Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon. California and
Nevada in this great scenic Wonder
Way. What argument will the dele
gates from New Mexico and Arizona
have before that convention to re-
tain the present location made over
the National Old Trails from Los
Angeles to Gallup? With the better
ment of the Lincoln Highway from
the east to Salt Lake City and the
rowhead Trails from Salt Lake City
to California, the traffic which has
been enjoyed by the National Old
Trails road and which has meant so
much to Arizona will be switched
to the better road, and the National
Park to Park Highway changed to
pass through Salt Lake City, it
would look as though Arizona had
been isolated as far as transconti
mental motor traffic was concerned.
Tho building or improving Of the
road across Apache county to con-
meet with the road which New Mexi
co has built and is building from
albuquerque west with the aid of
the federal government was built
through written assurances of the
Arizona Highway department to the
State Highway Commission of New
Mexico, expecting they would be met
at the state line with appropriations
by Arizona to make the National Old
Trails road the greatest and best
transcontinental highway of the ma
tion. This was a necessity and vital
to the National Old Trails road and
to the people of northern Arizona
and northwestern New Mexico New
Mexico has seemingly misplaced her
confidence. The people of Arizona
are in bad repute. Both New Mexi
Co and Arizona are the sufferers.
With lapse of two years without
improvements upon this particular
section of road, the immense motor
traffic of the National Old Trails
will have departed for other roads
and instead of carrying 60 to 70 per
cent of the transcontinental traffic,
it will be carrying 20 per cent or
less. With an estimated average of
10000 automobiles yearly over this
road, or 10000 to 100000 people
visiting Arizona annually by motors
this number will have dropped to
trifle. Arizona is the loser North
ern Arizona has a right to feel that
it has been neglected, pork barrel
or no pork barrel. and nothing of
swinish nature to put in it, if it had
If