The Coconino sun., 1925-04-24

carried the matter to Washington,
where decision is still pending.
Mr. Pooier then told why he be-
lieves the latter project more inn
portant. 1t contains a stretch OF
Is to 18 miles of road that is almost
impossible at best, absolutely inpass-
able much Of the, year. 1t is a mere
trail through the rock, where no road
ever has been built. In spite of its
condition last June 1900 vehicles
passed that way, at least half of
which came to Flagstaff. If it were
a good substantial road from Long
Valley to the Gila county border, of
which this bad section is the only
bad link, Mr.. Pooler said, travel to
Flagstaff would be very materially
increased.
In the meantime, Mr. Pooler point
ed out, there Is usable road TO
Grand Canyon. @0f course you want
a Better one" he said "But we feel
that the betterment of that read is
properly national proposition. "A
great deal of sentiment can be arous
ed for it and very likely a congress
sional appropriation secured. Ii we
spend a limited amount of forest
money ON that road-and it would
have to be a limited anount-you
won't get a national appropriation.
Congressman Hayden feels the same
way | do about it. He agrees that it
would be foolish to start in 1927
building six or seven hundred thou
sand dollar road out of a forest fund
that for the whole state amounts to
only about 100000 a year, and that
it would be better to build state roads
with the forest money and leave the
other to congressional appropriation.
''Isrom strictly local point Of
view" Mr.. .Pooler said, 'it seems to
ne that the Strawberry Hill-Clint's
Well read means more to you right
now than improvement of the Grand
Canyon read. which would not have
any appreeiable effect on east and
west transcontinental travel through
here.
"The Maine Grand Canyon road is q
national project and should not be
built ont Of fund intended for en-
tirely different projects and the use
of all of that fund for three or four
wears | believe the forest service is
right in this ard hope to get the
Clint's Well Strawberry Hill project
Tlll@NSN anu UQeAt. III AtiN Hi~cti4c-44tNt
keen right on fighting for Grand
Canyon road appropriation. Ii we
get it it means getting more than
half million additional road money
for the state If we don't get it al!
we lose is in the delay of two or three
years"
Mayor Loren w. Cress told about
present water conditions. We now
have only 512 feet, or about seven
million gallons of water in the reser-
voir, three million less than last year
at this time. This year we are bound
to use more than last year. There
fore it IS better rot to try to raise
vegetables or to water lawns this year.
IF this should be a dry year like last
we viii be short Of water earlier than
we were last year. He advised most
careful conservation Of water.
Mr. Cress also asked the members
to think over the housing situation
We are losing population and business
because we cannot take care OF the
people who want houses.
Prospects for a baseball team this
sumner were discussed by Fred n
Browning. He told Of the organiza
tion on Sunday of a northern Arizona
baseball league. 1t is planned to
schedule the various teams. each Of
which is asked to deposit $3.50 as a
guarantee that it will finish the sea-
Son. Failure to finish the season will
forfeit The deposit, which viii be dl-
vided between the three leading
teams. If the season is finished, the
team gets its deposit back.
Mr.. Browning said he feels this will
be an exceptionally good year fo'
baseball here, because with the great
amount of work being done it should
be easy to find employment for the
players.
Dr. Y. S. Mcclure, secretary Flag
staff Golf club, spoke Of the new or
oanization and its work. -Four OF the
greens are ready and now can be
used for practice. The nine-hole
course win make one of the finest
golf grounds in the southwest. The
sneaker said a good golf course here
* Of vital interest to every citizen
whistler he plays or not, in that
golfers all over the state are inter-
es4ed and many of them who now
90 To California on vacation will come
here for from week to three months
because now we shall have something
here besides scenery. He said those
who come here for vacations mean in
finitely more to our prosperity than
the tourists who whirl through and
stav only a day or less.
Ed Babbitt, president Flagstaff
Rifle club, who was asked to speak
admitted that he is president Of that
new organization and issued a chal-
lenge to the whole darn bunch.
w. Fl .Switzer, president Flagstaff
Business and Professional Mems as
sociation, told Of the progress made
said it will be necessary in order to
function better to have paid secre-