The Coolidge examiner., 1941-05-23

loIS VIII turn UOWu uy proposals,
he now apparently has acquired
the viewpoint a special session
call would be futile as far as his
program is concerned.
1t is difficult, if not impossible,
for observers to reconcile these
gubernatorial statements.
The recent audit made at the
state fair grounds promises to be
one of the "most interesting" re-
ports of it's kind issued in recent
years.
Several revelations to be made
by the audit have been forecast
by Col. William Turnbow in his
Under the Capitol Dome" col
umn in the Phoenix Gazette.
These include the storage of auto
mobiles at the fair grounds for
Phoenix distributor and the pas
turing of a number Of horses be-
longing to one of the fair commits
sioners.
The audit also will state, this
column learns, that an adding
machine, purchased new several
years ago by commissioner. was
bought for some $3.50 from a third
party, according to the claim. The
Burroughs Adding Machine repre-
sentatives place present valuation
of the machine at "about $40"
This column was told. "The
audit shows all kinds of such
stuff"
Verde road advocates received
solar plexus blow within the
week when an impartial report on
north-south highway was issued
by the Phoenix chapter, American
Association of Engineers.
The engineers opined that
neither the Verde nor the Black
Canyon route "offers a complete
answer to a north-south highway
for Arizona"
AS between the two, however
the engineers report favored the
Black Canyon for a wide variety
of reasons; it Is slightly shorter;
would cost considerably less; few
er curves and less grades.
The engineers commented:
Much of the information sub
mitted and contained in the press
pertaining to the Verde river
route is not supported by facts
found in surveys and estimates
now of record, indicating much
confusion or misunderstanding or
the part of advocates of the pro
posed route"
Arizona FAX, the capital city's
peppery political magazine which
heretofore viewed the Verde route
with favor, was impressed by the
engineers report to the extent
that 1t made the following obser'
vation: "This sharp-pointed re
port-first impartial statement to
be issued-punctures the extrava
CANT claims of the Verde route
sponsors and makes clear the fact
that, between the two routes
Black Canyon and Verde-every
reasonable argument supported by
engineering and other data, gives
overwhelming preference to the
Black Canyon"
Anyone, who may have been led
to expect miracle in connection
with removing the state hospital
from politics, is doomed to disap
pointment, a member of the new
citizens board of control told this
| column.
However, an earnest and con
scientious effort will be made etc
do our level best" the member
said further. The Watchtowel
was told that majority of those
named to the board by Gov. Sid
ney P. Osborn are determined tc
do the best we can under the cir
cumstances."
"The circumstances" were ex
planned as "the unfortunate ar
rangement of the hospital set-uI
which for many years has been 9
political football and cannot i'm
mediately be extricated from the
political mire."
Some of the new board mem
bers were displeased with the ad
monishment that they were not tt
inform the press or public of hos
pital affairs; that an "officia
spokesman" would take care ot
all public relations. 1t was latel
revealed that DIR. jeremiah Metz
ger, ex-superintendent who accept
ed appointment to the board
would be the spokesman.
At least two of the board mem
bers are said to share the view
that public confidence lin their ef
forts would be established much
speedier if all members were per
mitted to state freely and frankly
what they were doing to improve