Weekly journal-miner., 1922-01-25
contemplated in the bond issue.
 Too Many Petitions

Mayer standpoints as to federal aid; one petition for being followed by another against After it became ap- parent to the commission that there would be no federal aid on the Black Canyon, Mccarthy said the commis- sion began scouting the Wickenburg route and found it too long. They wanted some place to spend the fed- eral aid on, and eventually fell upon the Hassayampa- Yarnell site The commission then ran into snag. It was loudly declared and with much amaze and anger that the commis- sion was going to spend bond money off the designated trails. So. Mir. Tally and MT. Douglas came through with the needful to ascertain the facts as to the Hassayarnell route. And they ought to be considered in the light of benefaetors, the engineer declared, for thus enabling the people to know the comparative facts as to their north and south routes.
 As a clineher, MT. Mccarthy de- .clarcd that his estimates had been examined by ,ohe contractor. Said gentleman had gone oyer the route. Then 4Ie had offered to begin work tomorrow to build the road for ex- aetiy the figure estimated-$$4S0, 900. MT. Colvoeoresses was surprised for he had been told by the old comr1s- sion that h1e route would cost be tween $s00,00o and a million. If Mir. Colvo had populace data so had Mir. Nc. There were only 1,061 who voted along the Black Canyon last time. But here, exclaim- ed MT. Colvo. "I'm taking census figures and you the election returns~ Mir. Me admitted that this was strict ly true. "But,' sezzee, they vote the same on both roads"
 "The children don't vote down our wayl". cried his opponent of the mo- ment and the gathering, obtaining its first opportunity, made good laugh.
 Sort of Impassioned
 Eli Perkins of Congress Junction part of the time, gently reproached Mr. CoKocoresses for being afraid there would be too many roads. "I'm darn scared we won't ever get enough"
 2 Being a person of volubility and imagination, Mr. Perkins stood right there in the chamber of commerce and waited his vision into the future a bit. He saw a great north and south road, connecting the two trans Arizona highways. Over it came lines and lines of motor cars from the east, diverting at Ash Fork thru Prescott and thence to Phoenix and out by way of Yuma. They would see the. state. They would be a re- source akin to that out of which Los Angeles has constructed a village of half a million and they ain't stopped yet" But should, he unused, the road go south from Mayer and stop in the midst of a f1udhole flat, with Phoenix haughtily declining to ex- tend roads or aid or anything, whs would then, he demanded, travel? Nobody would. They couldn't.
 It was all right for MT. Colvo- coresses to talk about fifteen million dollars. But wasn't it a fact that copper had an unprecedented war de- mand while gold, once useful and often desirable metal, was scorned? A gold dollar in the purchasing class with thin dime. had put the gold mines, of which there were many and rich on his route, had put, he re- peated, these gold mines very strict ly on the blink.
 Dr. J. 5. Van Horn, one of the ardenter spirits of Mayer, counseled a little, pausing for to ponder. The doctor believed that after all was, said, the doing would be up to the commission. "So, you see we don't get anywhere" I
 We got 5 new members!" g1ee- fully chortlcd President Heap
 Dr. Van Horn was for leaving things in statu quo. The commissions was good enough to keep.
 E. E. Campbell, who described himself as representing tine United Verde Extension, and sagcly warned the meeting it would be painful what he was going to say, advised spend ing the bond money and letting it go at that. Taxes were awful high and more than one citizen was in a flat tened condition.
 "What~ almost in agony cried Mir Colvoceresses, let all that money re vert back to Washington"
 "YcS, that is what I tried to i'm