The Coconino sun., 1926-03-26
A SQUARE DEAL, MORE
LIGHTS, BETTER TOWN
DEMANDED BY c. OF c.

DEMANDED By {. W [.
Flagstaff Chamber Of Commerce is
keeping up its stride and at Wednes-
day nights meeting accomplished a
lot in its effort to make Flagstaff
more prosperous and a better place to
live.
The Chamber arranged for adver-
tising in the American Automobile
associations National Old Trails and
Western Highways log books, each
having Is, 700 circulation through the
nearly 500 subsidiary automobile clubs
of the United States. These books
will tell the motol,ist about Flagstaff's
advantages and will show the prin-
cipal roads all along the Old Trails.
Major McMahan, scout for the asso-
citation, was at the meeting.
| Alf Dickinson, Billy Switzer and
Hugh Weatherford told of the misin
! formation being put out east of here,
| in New Mexico, about deep snow here
and the consequent diversion of a
large part of the auto traffic to the
southern routes. Mr.. Switzer offered
to head list among the business men
| for contributions to at once send
man east to investigate the source of
| this information and to devise means
to combat it and the Chamber gave its
hearty endorsement.
A letter from Congressman Carl
Hayden announced that the depart
ment of the interior will at once draw
up plans and specifications for the
/ br;d,r OF I aac E'ov.ry m bp poadu for
/ immediate use in case the legislature
of this state meets the governments
| 100000 appropriation for the bridge.
| The Chamber went on record op-
posing the bill now in congress to en-
large the boundaries of Grand Cam
yon national park, claiming too much
of this county's area already is owned
by the government and the bill would
appropriate a lot of valuable grazing
and timber land.
The Chamber also opposed estab
fishing the dollar season automobile
entrance fee at Grand Canyon.
The bill to exchange % acres of
park land at Grand View with VIM.
Randolph Hearst for 48 acres was
| discussed and no action taken.
Request by Douglas chamber of
commerce to ask for adjustment of
| the state real estate commission was
tabled.
The Chamber will ask city council
to amend the old peddler's ordinance.
The peddler nuisance is getting worse
and the feeling is that it is unfair
to let them come here from other
states and sell goods without payment
of license in competition with local
merchants who pay license and taxes
here. The present ordinance has
some faults that make it unconstitu-
tional. Ralph Davis, George tlem-
ing and K. j. Nackard were named
as committee to wait on council in
the matter.
The Chamber adopted a resolution
asking city council to adopt a build
/ ing regulation ordinance that will
make it impossible for the building of
any more auto camps in town such
as the one now being built on Milton
road.
In response to a letter from Mrs. +.
NJ. Gold president Of the Woman's
club, asking cooperation in the Bet
| ter Homes week movement, DR.. A. j.
| Mackey, chairman of a similar Ro-
tary committee, was appointed CHAIR
man Of the chamber committee, TO APP
point his own fellow-c committeeman.
The Chamber has been doing lot
of work toward getting better street
| lighting in the downtown section. 1t
is especially desired to improve the
| lighting around and leading from the
depot to make the town look more
attractive to those going through
here on trains. Roughly speaking
the plans include installation of many
more lights from the depot north to
| the top of LerouX hill, from the de-
pot north and south on San francisco,
| from the depot west a short distance
on Railroad avenue and from the
tracks southwest along Milton road.
| Property owners along much OF TINS
street frontage have unanimously
agreed to their share Of the expense
and it is felt the other owners Will
when they are seen about 1T. The
Leroux street lighting improvements
and those on South San Francisco
and Milton road already seem to be
assured as far as the property own
| ers are concerned. The property
owners, it is planned, are to take care
of the installation cost and the city
of the maintenance.
President P. j. Moran presided at
the meeting, Treasurer j. S. Nell
waine handling the secretarial work
for Roger W. Birdseye, who was out
of town.
| NASH'S NEIGHBORS WONDER