The Coconino sun., 1923-08-03
NARROW sECTIONALIsM?

Editor Roy Kennedy OF the miami oliver Delt
seems to have stepped out into the highway with
the wrong foot Especially as to the attitude of
The Sun on the RiceSpringerville road. The
Sun has always been very much in favor OF the
great main highways through Arizona east and
west and one great highway north and south. We
want the world to see Arizona. We have no
sympathy with the central Arizona cafeteria
idea of Service stations" "See and serve Arizona
first would be good slogan for those who are
forever advocating tanglement of internal teS-
tine routes first" The Rice-Springerville road is
one of that kind in general way = especially
when ella county desires that it should be crowd
ed in on the per cent state system to the exclus-
ion of main highways which as matter OF course
open up all sections of the state.
If ella and Phoenix want special highway to
White Mountains, we hope it is built by county
money. The more roads the better-the better
the roads, the better. But we are q bettor they
lose their wager to drag the rest of the state in
on side issue-even as the state drain road to
California from Phoenix was contemplated by a
state bond issue.
Every real Arizonan honestly interested in the
actual development of Arizona even though he
habtates in Phoenix, will eventually be glad the
paved way to spend Arizona money in sunny
honey-sucker California, wasn't made permanent
tax on his property The great Arizona tourist
crop is sold on Grand Canyon first-if there is
such CROP Whatever devious highway methods
or insidious advice as to best highways, big af-
sinuated into the great tourist game the National
Old Trails Highway only needs to sit tight-bas-
phemed, touted as snoW-bound, impassable all
paid advocates to the contrary-the WORLD
WANTS TO SEE AND WILL SEE THE GRAND
CANYON
Every good northern Arizonan wants every
tourist to see more of his beloved state
Phoenix and ella county, representing central
Arizona, have the draining OUT idea so strong
it is impossible for them to get the "help each
other idea. There is very little tourist travel
starting east of the Mississippi river in the fall
or winter months. Weather conditions prevent
it. The great vacation summer travel starts in
the spring. What eastern tourist heads for the
Arizona desert at that time of year? Why not
play the game, and tell the truth?
Nothing but a paved road and snow plow is a
safe road back east A human tourist, the only
kind worth while realizes that and knows how bad
the ordinary roads are in his own home town and
state during storm seasons-unless the very few
that are paved.
Phoenix. it is understood, pays men at Albu-
querque to advertise our northern snow storms for
months after hundreds of ignorant tourists have
gone comfortably over the road and on to their
destinations.
The great bulk of all tourists are summer tour
lists. They are from east of the Mississippi. The
winter tourist by auto is negligible quantity,
usually forced to make the trip and not on vaca-
tion.
The average summer tourist is bound for the
Grand Canyon, regardless of where else he may be
headed for.
Why not help the north sell Arizona instead of
urging them to take summer scaId and scoot 'em
for Los Angeles
No, the per cent mixture is not good honest
game, Editor Kennedy. We have no desire to
build S2ain highways around cafeteria oil stations
build them for Arizona and let the gas stations
take care of themselves