The Coconino sun., 1924-09-19
SOUTH PROTEST STRONG
! AGAINST WEEK END ROAD

Seven counties were represented in
the meeting held in Tucson, Saturday
to protest the voting Of bonds for the
Blythe Buckeye road and 53 delegates
took part in the meeting. Douglas and
Cochise was represented by S. P.
Applewhite, for the Taxpayers corpo-
ration, B. A. Packard; business inter-
ests; B. E. Hinton, mayor, standing
for the city officials; L. A. Herring,
the Douglas chamber of commerce.
The So representatives were guests
of the Tucson chamber of commerce
at luncheon at the Old Pueblo club,
and were shown the sights of the
city of historical interest.
Th outstanding act of the confer
ence was the drafting of resolutions
by the delegates protesting against
the bond issues. The committee was
composed of: Judge 7. t. Robinson,
of Yuma; Frank o. Smith, of Bisbee;
L. A. Herring, Douglas; A. HI. Gard
ner, Tombstone; Ben Smith, of Phoe-
nix; r. w. Graves, Douglas.
WHEREAS, the voters of Arizona
will be called upon to vote at the
general election to be held November
4th, 1924, upon an initiative meas
ure placed on the official ballot as
Nos. 102 and 103, which proposes to
amend the constitution of the state
of Arizona for the purpose of issuing
bonds in the amount of $3,500,000 for
paving of highway from the Hasa
pampa river to the Colorado river
and a Colorado river bridge, and
WHEREAS, the proposed road will
not traverse a single settlement oil
any consequence in Arizona but will
pass through region with
practically no population and with no
Immediate possibility of development,
and which will not aid, therefore in
the development of any section of
Arizona and can serve only as a
| tourist road over which tourists may
be hurried out of Arizona, and
WHTREAS, the seven per cent sys-
tenn G. per cent) Of our state is far
from completion and should be COM
pleted at as early date as possible,
and every idle dollar spent upon
these highways will still further de-
| lay the completion of the seven. per
cent system and other useful state
highways now in the course of con-
struction, and
WHEREAS, all roads in our state
| should first be constructed to aid in
the development of our state as a
whole and serve the greatest num-
ber of people who are spending their
| money in just investments and should
be carried through the largest cen
ters of population as as to develop
business and bring the greatest fl
nancial return, and
/ WHEREAS, the proposed bond is
sue of $4,000, 100000 viii place upon
the taxpayers of Arizona heavy
/ burden out of proportion to the bene-
fits to be derived from it, and
| WHEREAS, the transcontinental
route through the state of Arizona
will soon be linked with a first class
highway system in course Of con-
! struction in California and practical
ly completed, and
WHEREAS, the highway system of
| California does not contemplate the
construction of highway to connect
with the proposed week End Trail, =
| therefore
| BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the
official Representatives at good
roads conference held at Tucson this
date do hereby declare that we are
unequivocaily opposed to the said
proposed s3,5O0,O0000 bond issue;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
we combat in every way within oul
resources and will diligently call up
on the people of the state, the press
and other organizations in the state
to aid in defeating the proposed
measure and the $3,500,00000 bond
issue.
Adopted by the above signed rep.
sentatives, August 80, 1924