The Coconino sun., 1927-04-22
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN
INPROP, Used HIGHWAY
DENVER TO FLAGSTAFF

Superintendent c.. L. Walker of the
Western Navajo agency at Tuba City,
is greatly pleased with the interest
shown in the proposed Denver-Flag-
staff highway through the Navajo
Indian reservation north and writes
The Sun as follows:
A short time ago an article APP
peared in The Sun relative to our pro-
posed road from Mesa Verde park to
Grand Canyon, and since the appear
ance of this article many people have
expressed their interest in the propo-
sition and their surprise at its not
being pushed before this.
We have just been visited by the
following persons who have also con-
sidered the matter rather favorably
and with their support and that of
others we feel very much encouraged:
Frederick Harvey, of the Fred Har-
vey system; M. R. Tillotson, superin-
tendent Grand Canyon national park;
H. M. Albright, assistant director,
national park service; M. Morrison,
bureau Of public roads; L. F. Heines,
bureau of public roads.
In addition. we have just received
letter from Roe Emery, president
of the Rocky Mountain Parks Trans
portation company, of Denver, which
reads in part as follows:
"Yours regarding road through the
center of the Western Navajo Indian
reservation, at hand. Knowing as l
do that on an Indian reservation you
can get 100 per cent government
money to build a standard road, L
would think that the project would be
of a great deal of interest to every
BODY in Denver. 1t certainly would
lean a great deal to Denver to have
such communication, for / believe the
states would certainly cooperate with
you in seeing that this was done,
,ould you influence the public roads
department. to build their proposition
through the Indian reservation"
I have just returned from visit
10 points in southern Utah where this
natter was discussed by state and
county officials, as well as some OF
The most prominent business men In
hat section. / find that they are ex-
remely anxious for the organization
of a corps of business men OF Arizona
and Utah with view to putting the
proposition over. have found them
also very much interested and will
ng to. support any movement that
nay be made toward putting the road
through. If we can just get money
enough to improve the road from
! bluff to Tuba City the problem will
solve itself as soon as traffic gets
started over it. In going over the
Dad | find that it is already in very
rood condition with exceptions of a
ew small sandy places. It is prac-
ical for tourists to make the trip
over the road in its present condition,
1ut before it is widely advertised we
hould do some Improvement work.
In view of the above feel that it
high time that we take this matter
10 with view to pushing it through
at an early date and that 1t is up to
our local civic organizations to inaug-
lrate campaign for putting it over.
1t is felt they have been exceedingly
successful in every undertaking they
have started and / am sure that this
one could be handled just as success
fully. Such road would mean more
to Flagstaff, Grand Canyon and the
whole of the state of Arizona than
anything else we could have at this
time, but to the seven thousand In
dians living under my jurisdiction
feel that it would mean even more,
and it is for this reason am anxious
to have it go through.