The Coconino sun., 1922-09-29
C0CONIN0 AND YAVAPAI COUNTIES JOIN HANDS IN
 FIGHT FOR OAK CREEK
 ROAD; SURVEY ASSURED
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der the direction of President T. A. Riordan, of the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, with the aid of the hust- ling county engineer, Frank Goodman. There were between 60 and TO pres ent. M. I. Powers was the adept toastmaster.
 With Lynn B. McMullen on chair, leading, the gang sang America.
 Mir. Powers felicitated the two counties on at last getting acquainted, mingling across the line and hence forth knowing each other personally and not merely by reputation.
 County Engineer Goodman sketch ed the work already done for the road to connect the two counties-the in- itiative work by the Clarkdale chap ter of the American Association of Engineers, endorsed by the Yavapai county Chamber of Commerce, the Camp Verde Commercial club, Flag staff Rotary club and other civic or ganizations, and, finally, the promise made at Phoenix last Friday by Gov ernor Campbell that he and State En- gineer Maddock will favor the proJ- ect. Former Governor Hunt, again candidate, promises his support.
 Major W. W. Midgely, chairman of the Yavapai supervisors, mixed elo- quence, humor, raillery and encour- agemeEt in equal parts and poured out an address that was lively and to the point. Yavapai county has woke up, he said, and now is showing Cal ifornia's spirit in boosting. Yavapai and Coconino counties have more to boast of than California.
 Midgely believes if we had a pipe line to put our atmosphere in Phoe- nix it would be worth millions to us.
 We have got to wake up if we are to capitalize our wonderful natural advantages. We have got to make this one of the playgrounds of the world, with golf links, swimming places, good hotels, dancing pavillions, the many other things tourists de- mand in addition to scenery and cli- mate.
 Midgely said after Oak Creek is op- ened to the world it will become so popular and famous that land in Se- dona will sell by the front foot.
 He advised that we turn our back on Maricopa county and develop what we have and leave Maricopa and Phoenix behind. "If l lived in hell and had a job in Phoenix, I'd go home," he said.
 Dominic w. E.. Woodruff, the Gle menceau honey man, said the two sec tions at either end of the Oak Creek road are not competitive, but if they are connected each will supply needs of the other, each help support the other, each greatly benefit and enrich the other. "Once you open up that road, every benighted son of gun who sweats in the heat of the Verde Valley will be up here every Saturday night to see you" He said opening the road and thus improving market ing conditions would bring in lot of new and better agriculturists.
 H. Dewitt Smith, superintendent of the United Verde Mining company, of Jerome, said this county could take a lesson from Yavapai, where with an by the county of $2,500l for road purposes they got more than S245,000 of government money for | road building. He said the $6,000 spent on the Oak Creek road survey this winter, and the $25,000 bond money we voted for that road three years ago and which still is lying to our credit in the bank here, if proper local effort is put forth, and we stand together and fight in every possible way for federal government aid, will ultimately bring us $250,000 for that road, perhaps $400,000.
 Forest Supervisor Ed Miller of Flagstaff explained the manner in which the receipts of the department from the various forests are appor- ;ioned to road and other funds. He said the Oak Creek highway is prob ably the most important in the entire