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RECORD OF MATERIALS REMOVED FROM THIS FILE • TUCSON, ARIZONA , The materials described below have been removed from this file ~ARD op Dn,&CTOR• and placed in a different file in this K. &.. HART. ,..... l collection. 0. M. IUTLU.Jat y, PNI. 8ARAIIOC. MALTYIOMO H. A. DRACHMAN. U Y. flret J. L 'WOODI. T....uttr MEDICAL A. DC. o. I. lkfiHIRIOif, IMrttetJ PU8UC UTIUTIU Collection I ~ 0 r ~~"t-<1-#-(;- ,:.:; e' - H s :s J> I 0.1.11011 Oflbl •• AIIOC. L.C..IAIIU AIIOCIATID IWIU fl,tt.LUOAI 8UILDERI QCHA._ Box I HICOMITT MOTOR TJIW)U AII DCo fi,I.HOWIU COUIITY F'AMI 8UREAU R.RAIIfi-N R&TAIL IIERCHAJITI' AllOt'. Folder__ ~'-1~----- W.O. HODGION Allat. AIIOC. CW UICII•" H8 ILIAI HID RICK .raq,. MF'R&. WKLM. AAOC. J.A.DUIIUATH Description of DR. W, Y, WHITIIIORE Oot. 14, 1921. materials: 11 "- L Q..c r<... f'«J F= ..s P! IJ t.J & !f J c c= ttl 1 GJI d , F . /1e-:: TA y ur. D. C. Rhodes, Field Engineer, Automobile Club of So. Calif., 1344 s. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Calif • . Dear Sir: ·
• VIe are ·in receipt of your letter of the 3rd inst., enclosing a oopy of a letter received by you from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors refusing your Club permission to erect signa in Maricopa County. This whole proposition was placed before the Board of Directors of the Southwest Bankhead Highway Association at a meeting here on Oct. 13th. Their Secretary will no doubt inform you of the action taken by that Ass ociation and we believe that the • whole matter will soon be straightened out to the interests of all parties concerned. We believe the Sou.th\vestern Bnn .~ Removed to: __~''~ ~~~~7~~~~~c~C:~A~· head Highway J\ssociation will hnndle the ma.tter entirely ~~~x~/~?~1 ~~-- ~~~o~z~J~)______satisfactorily and we are, for the time being, awaiting the outcome.
Thanking you for your kind letter, we beg to remain Yours very truly,
• TUCSON CHAlffiER OF COHl.! r~ RCE ~- ::;> Processor: C trll' O.J-J,,; we;, J \.H. ~;d~ Acting Secretary. AHO/lb •
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Ur. D. C. Rhoden. October 14, 1921. D. C. Rhodes, Field E · ~ n r The Automobile Club of SouthPrn California, Los .Ar.,eeles, California. t ~t he wa :.ted to return to El Paso t.1at way, and knew nothing of ti1e road. He says your Travel Bureau Dear friend Rhodes: • advised strongly acainst ~tt rn t n to go by ~~ of Ajo, ancl told him the Blythe-:Shrenberg road to :Phoenix ! a.r nclo n ~;/ article in ·:oday's Herald tcllinD was by far the bent wa.y 2ack to El Paso. He took the ; of our !neeting a.t Tucson yesterday. I arn sorry that you Blythe road back und s:tys it '•:as far worse t~n the could r:ot have f. een there, ~or I think ,.,c would nave pro- Aj o road. Jir. Ru..ncl drives a {;rea t d ~tl a.nd declares fitted by having you present. tha Ajo road today by far the best road fron El Fnso "o Los Angelea . He ·las made the trip no less tha.n fifty times in the last ~ .1."' • You will see tha.t we g.re t;oinG to fight :Phoe:ix to ten years t·la.t I know of, and. is a ""lnlsh, ani I hope that you ·..nd your Club will join us gcniune rand llug. He is the president of the El Paso in signi11.g the road ·.vest fror.1 ~ c on throuGh Aj o. Even if Ritulithic co~ n ~ 1 c has put down ~o t of the street ~r copa. county does come i1 , tile Tucson people Ym.nt to siGn :pQ.ving in Arizon;t, ·new I.:exico and El Paso ~~. nd knows roads. "ae Aj o/oad anyhow, .u'.d I feel sure that you vd 11 do it for them, . tis is just a.other feeder for C~l or1rl . From I believe that if your club is giYing this sort of all I ~o ld hear .it ~ bett er road to travel westward infor1nation it is just n or~~t on. ~ ll your people throuatl Aj o to Ywna t ~ ! it is to go by •·w.y of Phoeni:A to not to place too much confidence in the :lope they t;et froL Yuma. They tell r_e in Tucson that it is u.n eao·r one G"'V' Phoenix on roads, ~ nd to try to Bet it ~ro all oources . trip 'b etween Tucson and Yuoa by \',-ay of Aj o, but i 3 a t ;~ .. day trip by ~ way of Phoenix. I have !:O bri cf to offer for the Aj o road r on ~.ll • as I know nothing a1)out it, 1:t:t I thin'· that all roads ought ~ think in Tucson t ~ t your club is nrejudi ced to ha.ve a SliUc\.rc deal, and I k .tH)\7 t'1 t your club ~t!.t to n t.t~ Yuma-Ajo-Tucson road ~ c it is-liable to give them a squnre deal . send tour1.ats to San Diego first . I told ther.l I did not believe that, and that I thought o /t.;~ ~ broad I winh :,rou ,. ould \'.Ti te r.1c n letter, r have l.:r. enough to realize that as long as you could Get the tour- Ui tchcll to do so, t ll l~ r.1e sorr.ethinG a. ··out the club's !sts into Southern California you would r~l get t ~ efforts to o.scertair1 road conditions ~ r.d its im:partiality ... o Los Angeles anyway. Besides t 1 is, I believe you have in routing tourists. I will prirtt it ard I think it \-:i 11 a road under way now that will strike the Holtville-San d o r.4Uch to dissipilte t he idea in parts of Ar ~on t " ;\.t you Diego road south of the Salton Sea ~r run up to Los n.re 1ot 11 shoctinr, n . -~ t" . A ..geles . l:lc:'-.~c l£tt r r- l:c r fror.& you, either confidentially, One of our El Paso club members drove t ro ~~ to or otherwise, if your. club will cR.rry out its s i ('l:inrr pro- Los A: geles last ,·,•eek by w, ty of Aj o a r rl Yuma o.. rll he says r--.~ for us westv;Q.rd from Tucoon throuch Aj o to Ywtla., if just to find out what your people wouid say, 'he asked ~t • Phoenix c.r~d Ross t Arizona Automobile club con ~ .uc Jo :rour club a.bout the road he had juat passed over, contencli·ng r cfus e to 1 et :.-ou nicn ·.hrouu,h ~ · r i copn County. You "'~ 1 rest n.s:-;urcd • !::.z. t who. teYer you tt•ll ne con- ficlcnti;l.lly will be o t ·ictly confic!entiHl, anu if :_;ou h:J.YC n.ny aucc;estions to offer t:o r::e oo t l.at I can, nppure .tly on MISS DUeNA DE~ cc . 'A" C • M , HARVEY, Tfl CAaUfllr:fl ... • Other Communities Along Southern Route Tire Of OIAII:CTOIIIIa DI,.II:C""r'O_.. Maricopa Attitude. ~ . . A C . C . H . LCSTitR SPCNCCR OAR•v•tUAC 0 . A , fo'l.t.ATIN A . J". P"II:OAN W .O . AOI:. I ~JO IIUCNA OILDCR POATCA' TH OC ROAD IS NO\V C . N , HAAVI:Y' 0 . c; .VOUNODLDOD JN GOOD Sl-lAPE C . V , LATHAN /;L ~) If, ~'A ', ~ '..:- • I Fight May Be Made To T akc Bankl1cad Higlnv.ty And Hichway D~ rt nt F roJn Phoenix nlircly. Chamber Commerce or fl7 .-;. -\ , '' \ llTI '\'. .. t:' ,:, ~:. ,\rl:.. , ,...,, li-t#h•tf2hh T:lh•l !\l:trl '';' ruuntJ' ttiU prrmlt u, ...\ lt•trntl1oll• rhJh or Sou h•·rn Cn II '••rn I.a tfl ~t . Ul' •I • nft :al,r .; tlu'l - 3 - • 31nrlt:'ll .... cour:tr r oa•ts forrnl ng tbe ll.:1nkhf'ftcl hh:h"·:ty nt aouth..,rn Arl• 'l'lll:t or t h,. to n~t AlonJt thft hhfh" :IT l!r. D. c. odes. October 1921. t~ Y.t 1'":1 n ,, \·um!l. "'Ill Rl~n :a ron•l 14 , w ~ ttorn TuC"sun , J brou•h .AJo to "Lureu. :anol 1 ~ t P!t04"':11x a:1d ~ llrl· . .:•.'}:• ',·uu:uY•. \I _tt tlJ .. CJn_ of ttc~r.cl1 • •• • • • • • • 'fhi:J ' .:1:1 fha tr~ o :r 4rcJ3fon t:er.-, !•e:.: .. rc!:Oi :t!trr:roon ot th"' en. r .... , f' o! th u tt: ~ t rn ~ k- my own initi tive, t;.ke g,ny action t h at will help our lv·.•tl ll!r''" .JY zu. udO&Uon. ~1tt'd to- sigf\.ing ro r~ I will be glnd to hca.r from J:"ttl .. r CN· t!u• •1'rc!:ll PUt'lJO e ot tak- you. Ju:: 4 tJ n en th,. tc!tu:tl oC tbc •uper- ' 'l.fr•n oC :\T:u·kor:1 county to 'P" rmlt Zh• C.l.,C.. rr l.t c:ub to t!r~ct l~; n • You have not answered bj· query about t:te signs up ntttr r~ r ~n~.ltl ' oC :l.farlcol'il c·ount)' luu1 jolr:tJy :'IS:J"I'C d on Jut llny ~.r.d down t h e valley between El P"'so il. rld Socorro, in event ! r. l' r.;l ~ '·' ! 1 r .. lt r '~tnt.t ·t oC .. \' f') CVIUfl! l ; • ~ ( rv! t ~~ l';tSO to the other ro r~ ~ll throuch. It seems t o we t 1mt •::l II C•r:li.L to h.\' the C;~ Corn O elub your club could conaistently do "thi s \7ork, t l) O~t th • 8JJ;:l!', as 1 would .\ l:ti!Hifm"'•• Dcot"I,Jan • . : •• •• "" tie-in r.i th your !:iign system crosn norther n lfew l:exi co • F.., ·... ry cor • 'Ha::.ty a'·• .: ~ ,• , 't l n.e lrta' r flt't.•l'l_t::'"•l b ; . ..; c·t~rcl ·. \ r • r. ~ :"l. h···a prc•ant 7t"ster- 4l:t y Wt'r..:: l'r ·:a!•h·nt Frt,;d tt~r. ot nl~ rt!: ,,. 'T'!!.:\r)" Ely li!U'tln. oC Omu.:l:t : :&n•l dlr•·.:torl'l 3. J. Bo en. Personally, old ~ n I rum very a · xiouo to get t h · ac ot lJlteh•!e: Geor,;;;_. E. DuJ:ton. of o ~l :t: Sh:t•! On) rr. ot Tuc:son. and signs up durinG r.ty ~rJll n ot . .t o n aa president of the •;• .,\, ~J: rtln or El. P.uo. Tho Blabce and Ooug-1 rn'!n were authorlzt'd to Au touobile Club, a rA I ~ nt all the help you can gi ve me. r-er•r..-.. ~nl Totnbstono In the mcetlna: nnd nlao h:uJ aurnncu tha.t they could ap;:1.k to,. Demlng a.nd Lor&J•- ··;1 th kindest rer;o.rds and hopi1 c; to hear from you bur,:: tn the rn.:lttc-r. The writer mnde " motfoa at tho soon, I ~ ODf'nln,;- ot the mt'etln.: that Prt'thh:nt Sutter b" Instructed to a:o to Phoenix lo conault with the lJarJc:op:1 count7 co tnll'l: lon~ In an dtort to tndu.c Very truly yours , th11m to •t:1n d by thtlr a.:reenu:nt ot 1n•t )lay, to hnve u... Southern Call· forn i:L ~t pl:lce algna alon the Dllnkhend. To fof't ""'uft11 or Dn"ak orr. J . J. now n. or UfahcG. A t~ ('Rtlct the motion to the ff,.ct th:at r ltl~nt Suurr be In tructt•l to uU another t- .tln~ of the bo:\rd or dlr~tor . 1t Prcsi Club. n C:t!lu•ary. ftrter Jut conault• with l1 r ~ol''l oftlcla lJ', to am4:n4 the eon• ,.tltutlon aantl byt " ·• or the usoda- tlnn to c n~;o the routft bJ" war or ~ Jo t •J Yum:& ln~tt d ot by WA)' of l'lu,)f!hl:l to Tumn. Tho matron u AmentJ .. tl, ltecondod by :Ur. Buxton. w:uc unnntmou:tl)" carried. llr. nuxton then oftered a reaolu.:. Uon th c. ju(Jce Sutter be lnl'tr c:t~ to lnrorm the ltarJc:op!l. county com• l nc:r~t thAt un!u• th"1' atooll by t ~ llJ:rl!utnent d~ by ll:ulcopa ancJ l" o :~: reprucntMivra at Do ~~:l R '" ~ A to tlow tho Calltornhl club to •ls;n the Dankhead. ot ~r cltlcut on the route " U1 At ttMCO tolke 8tep let Bl~n • tha rond \\·e l rronl TUC"l"on to Tutil throur;h Ajo an•l thnt at the ncJ.t an• nunt m.,ollhf: ot tho Dnnkhto:td Hh:h- •n)' a ll•tclntlon. 'tfhlch Ia co b hnld n"'tt 4\prll In Phfle•nb. l'tfi&Ht will b lnkt-n tn ch:1n ·o th•, D:Lnkh · ~c'J blr.h· ~· n)" :u1•l route It ~ tt t ttJ ~t .\,Jo • an•l \'umn trcun Tttr-11o n rnth •r th:\n t ro ~; l'ho nlt " · al Ptt'"''nl. Thl• Wll8 :tnl o ~tl lllll'~ d. lluw rhot"nh: ,,.... nrrprct. The nankh .. :uJ route 'Waa tak•n throu,h flhn nh only art r a hard lh;ht mru1e by f:l J•&ao. Dlab ~. Dous:- 1a Dn•l o ton~~t del• :u ft for Phoenl:r. "'ThiN Ia whnt ..., ~r t for (Ctt"tlnntci cu' »•ce 2 nl.-m• I) MAY·SIGN R ~OAD ~ O CALIFORNIA ~JO BY· • D7 WA G. A.Y: ll ..\llTJN. OF • (CvDUauc• lro• pqe L)
wllat we did for l'hoenhr," •aid ODt of tho delta;atea )'eater.Jay. ~ t 11 Umt lor ua to 80 without Phoenix." ..l'boe•la "''ll ahoot •lr•l••t er ..' "'• owiU qttlt." anl4 Ju••• tlaU•r· *Yo• ,,o... •ea4 ane ot·•r tllere ltal o•ee• J l o~ : 'Tlll ~ .rr lh·e ap •• Ita D C'c ~nc 10 aUow t~.. rua• to be alaae4' or ,.. ''Ill ala• tke ro•• •' AJo .... r ~r ••yu · 0111' HaDHCiua 'fltla PJioeala •• far •• rooau·r•fl•a I• n•4 affaln Ja o ~~l' tt. \\'e all aot to•ctlaer •• a ,;oo4 J ro~t. .ltlo at l>uPal•• 1••• lla7 aaad J•laucaals ••• llroku I C.." A Jetter trom tht Arl1ona Automo• bllc club orterln.r to pJaee •ls:na lon~r tho entire route tn Arizona. but uk- t na: aaalatnnc• fN)m &.b• boarda of •uver,·laor•. '~ reacl atac1 ordered ta.blc4. ,,·vuhl t:lhultaate !lea.. · The .ArJaonll club la pl"lnl' •l.:n• nlonar tbe U!lnkbc:ad In llurJcopa countJ'. Thl• club C'nonot ptaea •ll:na In Now :..toxtco or to Texaa ancl th• California elub retuate 'o )'lace Sla l~n ~ t ot Arizona unJeu It' eao continuo the1n lhrou-.h Ari&OPL IThll would l~ ~ El Pa1o and New llexleo unablt to a!5"G ~zc at, an upcn•• prohlblUve. · • Thl• enUre matter waa lhreabe4 out at the Do ~~ l mteUnc wben th• acreament v.·a• r~Ao lod wiLh the C&U• rornla .~l to place tbe •Jcn.. At that time the r ~ ont c ot )far· Jcopa eount7 a5reea to IL • Tbe road to Alo from TucaoD Ia rti- J'Orted coo4 . and AUtomobUiat. can make the trip !rom Tuc•on to ruma Jn a daJ'. eaauy. it was reported at thea rneetlncl.."'hlle lt takea two da)'a from hero to xuma by wa,. or l'hoonlx aad the road Well ot o rd~ bT \\'&1 or Yuma la. very poor. Tile J\Jo-YumA Roa.. Jt. a Flahburn. a member ot tba hlshwaT commlaaloG of tbl• (l'ho&J ~o nt . •al4: --T•• 1la1Ct4 SCatta ....,. C'OD• To7 ella•• ~ route frona T•cr••• 'Co Ta.JDa. 1»7 ".,. of mo•l rr•ctlral rout.. AJ•• ••. ••• ·~ o J"oad wc:at of ~ o nlx to Tum& 1• now ~c:r)" poor-praoucau,. lm· Jl:lll:l l~ ncl u tba' I• the route ~ o n by tho J n ~Ad blchway. t.hll condition block• lbrouch traftlo on tho D4nkhrncl. Phoenix. hza• to route ttaUlc out by Dltlhe and &brcnburs:. v.·eat of l.,hoenlx, nnd make tourllltl Jcoave tbe Bankhead weal of l'hoeDis. 10 uur alo•"" or 'B:ankhaad aU the ,_.• ,.. t. a 1n11on:mer anyhow, Jf we k.-tll routlna: 1.r ~ l bJ' "•ay of l•bocnlx. JOO 111~ .Gr••ltd• .. n·.. _,t ot tr~ by •:1" or AJo, roa,l . Js Jood. n ~ cc-unty b.:as r~ d c:~ Jttl a IC'QOt1 ro:art tor lOG ll~!' Qn\1 " '" ~'· " only 50 moto to bulltl : ~ro ~ th• ~ n A o rt!tt'·~tlon to t"O t'l.:t~ t ~ rc.H'f\ to AJo. , TbtU1 ~.r. of A.,Jo we f1:avo :: ~ to r l~~t to connect wlth tho ~ count7 l D~ • .. \'"um.& ~o nt l.s no\Y bull•Un.; east to SIO'-".lU : ~d r~ Uh. re ~ ll build to C: n~ r-t wlth ocr ro:ad c:~t of Ajo. lt wnl be but a r~ tnonl~.. until t 'r~ \\·IJI ~J A ~rr: ! d ro:atl from Tuc:- aon to · n:~ by 'n".-:17 of ..\Jo. d~~ld ! ll ' th.- c~t ro3.•l Dcro ~ ~~' t~rn Arl:on:t. ••It t• ~ l : ': to co4t lrn~ countY ISOO.OOll to flnlt!\ t ~ r oDd. t~ Wfl r~t .: ) n~: t~ do 1t :&:\d w-.s "·:Ln: )'OUr IU;tOIJrt. Jl:anr Car" o~rr n l~. ~t nc!:~ and latond!ly co C!l!'~ Wt:'lt west from htrG by """" of AJo and :1 ~r camo from Uut weat. Tho•fl Cron\ Lht weat all reported. tht road C041d. ", • .r • MTh• C~l~o t~ t~t hl•tlway t:om_. tnrJ.,Ion hm• let a c:ontr:let tor 10 mu,. ot eucereto road eut from HnltYitle to :~. Tbe t-o:~
(C 0 P Y ) # 2. to us that the people of Arizona wanted us to do such work. Nor did the thought or ~ n t with us . We have letters on file dated a good n~Bn years baclc from prominent Arizonians, suggesting that we NOVEMBER 2nd. 1921. ~ n o t vari ous roads in Arizona , and even urging us to corJ~ into the State vd th our organization and all its services . The requesiathot we signpost t m Banl