Arizona republican., 1922-04-15
|VEVEDA GOVERNOR
To ATTEND GOOD
ROADS CONVENTION


The information received from
Carson City. New. is reassuring that
Gov. Emmett Boyle Of Nevada will
positively be in attendance at the
United States Good Roads conven-
tion and Bankhead National Highway
convention, which meet in Phoenix
April "a to 20. Several days ago Di-
rector General Rountree wrote to Gov.
Boyle most pressing letter urging
him to attend. Homer Mooney. sec
retary to Governor Boyle, has written
Director General Rountree as follows:
THE governor appreciates highly
your letter of April in regard to his
proposed visit on the occasion of the
meeting of the United States Good
Roads convention. At all events it -
his firm intention to go to Phoenix
and he plans to drive by auto. Moth
ing short of an absolutely unbreak-
able demand on his official presence
at the capitol will keep him away
from your meeting
It Will be seen from the foregoing
letter that Governor Boyle will motor
to Phoenix. The chamber of COM
merce has appointed a special COM
mittee to motor several miles away
to meet Governor Boyle and escort
him into the city to the Adams hotel,
where apartments have been reserved
for him. A special committee will
have charge Of Governor Boyle dur
ing his visit to Phoenix. He is an
enthusiastic good roads advocate and
great booster of the West. His
presence will be quite an inspiration
at the convention.
Notices of the shipment Of road
machinery, road materials, trucks and
tractors have been received at the
headquarters of the United States
Good Roads association. This freight
is now enroute and some Of 1T has
arrived in Phoenix and will be trans
ferred to the Arizona state fair
grounds and installed during the
coming week. The exhibitors recog-
nize that great opportunity Is being
presented to them to reach that class
OF people that are interested in their
products.
The convention and exhibit hall
committee have already given ir-
structions to carpenters and deco
rators to commence work the first OF
next week arranging the booths ana
decorating the exhibit hall, the grand
stand and other buildings at the
state fair grounds, where all meetings
of the two associations and snow
will be held during good roads week.
Director General Rountree has
written a letter extending an invita-
ton to the ministers of each or the
churches In Phoenix and adjoining
towns to attend the convention and
request them to invite members OF
their churches to attend the conven-
ton and participate in the same. a
special invitation was extended TO
every citizen in Phoenix to attend
the opening meeting at the Arizona
state fair grounds on the night OF
April "a at Z o'clock, when a most
brilliant setting viii be inaugurated
in opening the two great conventions
that will be in session during that
week.
Gov. J. o. Preus Of Minnesota has
notified Director General Rountree
that he has selected 25 prominent men
of Minnesota who are interested IN
highways and who are quite likely to
attend. In making this list OF ap :
pointments he writes that he selected
men whe he believes will attend ana
take an active part in the convention.
information has been received at
the headquarters that a large num-
Der OF delegates have been appointed
from Bisbee, Douglas. Tombstone,
Florence and Tucson to attend the
meeting of the United States Good
Roads association and Bankhead Ma
tional Highway association, the
chambers of commerce in these diff
ferent cities urging their people 70
come to the convention In autoIno-
biles to take part in the opening par
ade which will be staged by the Arl-
zona state Good Roads association,
which win act as one OF the hosts on
the occasion of the meetings Of these
two conventions.
Harry Welch, secretary of the Ari-
IONA State Good Roads association,
has sent an urgent invitation to every
member of that organization TO be in
Phoenix on April Gath to take part in
the automobile parade and also at
tend the special meeting OF the asso-
ciation, as well as that OF the opening
session of the United States Good
Roads association on the night OF
April "a.