The Coconino sun., 1925-11-20
WORKING WITH A WILL
I'm DEVELOPING ARIZONA

The matter of transportation is
very important in the development of
ANY country. We note from history
how the use of rivers, oceans, by flat
boats, sailing vessels and steam driven
craft has affected settlement of diff
ferent regions.
Every middle-aged citizen can re-
member the change in conditions
brought about by the building of rail-
roads into the vast region west Of the
Mississippi river during the later
decades of the nineteenth century,
which brought transportation facili-
ties and development to great agri-
cultural region and resulted in several
additional stars showing in the blue
field of the national flag.
The internal combustion engine was
perfected late in the. nineteenth CEN
tury and the present day automobile
made possible. This new factor III
transportation has opened up new
channels of travel and a vast stream
of humanity is now surging through
regions that were considered danger
Gus for the most experienced travellers
two decades ago.
The automobile caused a demand
for better roads that has resulted in
the building of thousands of miles of
paved highway, surfaced roads, etc. in
all parts of the United States, Arizona
alone having over $4,000 miles of
paved, surfaced and graded highways
over which thousands of automobiles
fit daily without arousing much
comment on the part of residents, who
are seeing part of the greatest move
ment of humanity the world has ever
known.
The automobile carried over d mill
lion people across Arizona in 1924 and.
the volume will be greater during
1925. Astute business men without
actual contact with this great stream
of humanity have failed to grasp its
significance as a business asset to
Arizona.
The Automobile club Of Arizona is
working to guide and increase the
length of time spent in Arizona by
these motor visitors and Manager
Treadwell points out, while last years
tourist business amounted to $30,000,-
600 (estimated), that Of 1925 viii be
much greater as the tourists are re-
naming longer in order to view some
of the many wonderful works of Dame
Nature that are so lavishly scattered
over Arizona.
Manager Treadwell also points out
that proper accommodations for the
thousands of automobile tourists at
tracted to Arizona by climate, high
way and scenic advantages are neces-
sary. He believes that if every hotel
project in the state were completed
that in less than five years shortage
of hotel accommodations would exist.
Through the efforts of the Automo-
bile club and other agencies the
scenic and climatic attractions of
northern Arizona drew thousands of
vacationists from southern Arizona
who had previously spent their sum-
iner vacation period in California.
The great aim of all organized eff
fort should be to advertise Arizona,
not some individual section of the
state; for visitor in Arizona is a
business asset whether he visits the
Grand Canyon, fishes in Mormon lake,
rides on the deep waters of Mormon
Flat lake, or fishes for trout in the
mountain streams of the White noun
tain country.
What all Arizona should be inter-
ested in is the fullest development
possible of the, natural advantages
Arizona was. endowed with by Dame
Nature.