Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
WHAT DOES DOUGLAS
TODO ABOUT REPRESENTATION
AT THE MEMPHIS CONVENTION?

How many delegates Will Douglas
and Bisbee and Tombstone send to
the annual convention of the highway
Broadway OF America" at Memphis
to be held April 20 at Memphis,
Tenn?
Ihe foregoing question is a matter
OF anxious concern to several of the
business leaders in Douglas Just now
because they believe that the answer
will tell whether the three cities
named will retain their place en- that
tourist thoroughfare. They foresee a
danger in failure Of the cities involved
to muster an enthusiasm that will
send several delegates to the con-
vention and personal solicitation has
already been started to make certain
that Douglas has three to five auto
mobile parties to make the trip.
The feature OF the program is
expected to be the bringing to Mem
phis OF a vast army OF delegates
starting the tour from New York on
the east and Los Angeles and San
Diego on the west and the party to
be augmented by the cars Of the
many towns and cities along the
highway into Memphis. Col. Ed
Fletcher, OF San Diego, is sponsorlne
the tour from that city. He is ably
championed by business leaders of
his own city and also of Los Angeles
in the trip planned. From Sar.
Diego, U. S. Grant, Jr., descendant
of the former President U. S. Grant.
will be one who will make the trip
and representatives of the navy wards
at San Diego have consented to make
the trip. Representatives of the
Automobile Club of Southern Cali
fornia have also signified their pur-
pose to send delegation. The state
highway commission OF California
will be represented Los Angeles will
be represented as a city. So it is
already assured that the party start
ing from the Pacific coast will be
both large and representative
Just who will go from Douglas has
not been announced but President
George E. Jackson OF the chamber Of
commerce has indicated that he may
make the trip and there are two
or three others considering, it. The
committee in charge of the conven-
ton has secured the promise or hotels
from nearly all the cities along the
line to grant favorable rates to
members of the party en- route to
the convention.
One OF the important reasons for
Douglas, Bisbee and Tombstone to
have representation in this convention
is the fact that the convention will
fix permanently the highway to be
known in future as the Broadway
of America" The designation of the
line to date has been purely tentative
and dependent upon this convent l
and while Douglas is On the originally
designated route, that has to be
ratified to make it certain. If there
is no representative from the Douglas
Bisbee, Tombstone portions of the
line it might easily be inferred that
there was no real interest in having
this road designated as the Broadway
of America and any other connecting
link that would fit might get that
opportunity.
A. H. Gardner, of the Tombstone
Chamber of Commerce, director OF
the Broadway of America initial or
ganization and great believer in the
deSirability to have the route desig-
mated permanently through this part
of Arizona warns against the danger
of losing the road by neglect to sec
that a proper delegation makes the