Bisbee daily review., 1921-10-09
Ell Paso Threatens To 1hrow Its
Support To Santa Fe Trail Unless
Maricopa Supervisors Change Order

on each side of Maricopa county and
skip the county, nor can 1t be blamed.
If your board of supervisors stick to
this point, it means that the Bank
head highway will not be signed, for
the various communities are not able
to sign it along owing to the expense
and incidentally inability to get to-
gether again except at considerable
cost.
Bowen Opposes Phoenix
AT great expense and trouble, we
held a meeting at Douglas, Arizona,
this spring, with every city on the
Bankhead represented, and we all
agreed with the Southern Automobile
Club to have it erect these signs.
Your county was represented by some
Of your supervisors, by your sheriff
and others.
Mr.. Ross, of the Arizona club,
came before a committee representing
every city on the route and was heard
so did Mr.. d. c. Rhodes, of the Cali
fornia club. By 4 unanimous vote, 1t
was agreed to contract with Mr..
Rhodes. Your county's representa-,
tive agreed to this. The convention
later ratified it unanimously. Mr..
Ross accepted the verdict and said he
woufd devote his efforts to signing
roads leading into the Bankhead.
"At the time things were under con-
sideration, Mr.. Bowen and certain 9TH
ers from Bisbee, protested openly
that they wanted nothing to do with
anything Matched in Phoenix" and said
they would be double crossed" as
they said they had been done before.
That was one of their reasons for not
wishing the Arizona club to place the
signs.
Another reason is that the Califor-
mia club signs are known the country
over for their accuracy. Drivers
know when they see them that they
are correct. We all realized this and
we all pledged our money to pay for
them.
when all committees on the road
are willing to pay for sign that is
accurate and that will get the people
through sign the drivers of cars
know and recognize aS'eorrect+why
does Phoenix wish to spoil it?F
THE California club wishes its
signs to go straight through or not at
all-and you cannot blame the club.
1t plans to reach out past FL Paso
with these signs. directing tourists
along the road in your direction, This
clug has already signed across the
northern part of your state. Why not
across the south? s.,HF
Arizona Club Barred
THE Arizona Auto club cannot sign
| in New Mexico and west Texas, as ii
is an Arizona institution. We have
no club in New Mexico or West Texas
! big enough to take up the work, nor
any subsidized organizations in which
honorary memberships" have been
sold. We on this end, must have the
California club sign or we can afford
none The California club does not
care to skip Arizona and sign east and
west. Ii wishes to maintain its own
( signs, which it knows to be accurate
Your action, if you stand by it
! therefore seems to compel FL Paso &C
i join with the California club to place
and maintain signs up and down the
Rio Grande valley, to tap the Santa
Fe Trail across the northern part OF
your state, so that we can direct west
bound tourists to a road that is sign
ed so it can be travelled. In return
we feel sure the California club Will
route eastbound people over the
northern route and explain how easy
it will be TO get to FL Paso from
Socorro.
I'VE do not like to be forced to this
but the FL Paso Automobile club can
not route people over a road that i:
unsigned We have had too many com
plants of people getting on the wron:
road. 1t hurts us. 1t will be better