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MR. DICK WICK
HALL WRITES
AGAINST ROAD
On the ballot this fall there will be
an initiated measure providing for the
issue of $3,500,000 state bonds for the
construction of a concrete highway
from Buckeye to Blythe. This meas
ure was defeated last election.
Sentiment throughout the state is
decidedly against the issue of these
bonds and it is entirely probable that
the measure will be defeated by an
overwhelming majority. The follow
ing, from Dick Wick Hall, editor of
The Salome Sun, puts the arguments
against the proposed bond issue con
cisely and understandingly. As Sa
lome is on the route of the proposed
road, Mr. Hall’s opposition to the plan
carries all the more weight. He says:
Brains Better Than Concrete
As one of those most vitally inter
ested in the building of a good road
connecting Phoenix and Los Angeles
byway of Buckeye and Blythe, I wish
to put myself on record as being
against the proposed amendment to
the constitution to issue $3,500,000 in
bonds to build a paved road from the
Hassayampa river near Buckeye to
the Ehrenburg ferry opposite the town
of Blythe.
The building of a paved road from
Buckeye through Salome to Ehren
burg and the Blythe ferry would be
of great financial benefit to me in
every way, nevertheless I am not
in favor of voting these bonds to
build this road at this time, and I
make this statement not because of
any personal selfish interest but as a
matter of principle and good judg
ment, based on common sense and a
careful consideration of all the facts
in the case.
No one can deny the fact that the
route from Phoenix to Los Angeles by
•way of Buckeye, Salome and Blythe
is by far the best natural route and
approximately 100 miles shorter than
the road byway of Yuma. No one
can deny the fact that a good road
connecting Phoenix and Los Angeles
will be of untold benefit to Phoenix
and all Arizona. No one can deny the
fact that I was the first man to come
out publicly in the fight for the build
ing of a good road over this route and
I have kept up the fight long and per
sistently—and I am still fighting for
the building of a good road from
Buckeye through Salome to Blythe
but why not use a little common
sense?
Let’s net go concrete crazy. Let’s
learn to creep and walk a little be-'
fore we try to run. Any good man
can climb a mountain —but no man
ever jumped over one. No sensible
business man ever starts to build a
sixteen story sky-scraper before giv
ing a thought to the foundation—and
that is just what Phoenix is doing
when it launches this movement for a
concrete road to Blythe after persist
ently refusing for 20 years to even
take a road grader and cut a straight
road across the desert along the
present road and proposed route of
the paved highway.
The Buckeye-Salome-Blythe route is
the main traveled highway from Phoe
nix to Los Angeles and is travelled by
thousands of automobiles every year,
particularly during the fall and win
ter seasons, when hundreds of cars
often go over this road daily. I call
it a “road.” when as a inattei of fact it
is a mere winding trail —but it is 100
miles shorter and through a country
where the natural gravelly mesas
form a good road bed and for these
reasons the majority of the tourists
and natives take the Buckeye-Sal ome-
Bly the route to Los Angeles in pref
erence to any other. The present road
fr»,m Buciceye, or the Hassayampa
bridge, follows the old winding tracks
where I dragged a well drilling outfit
around through the brush to get in
here 20 years ago, before the railroad
was built.
Year after year I have begged the
supervisors of Maricopa and Yuma
counties, the highway commissioners,
the chamber of commerce, the Auto
mobile club, and the best business
men to spend a few thousand dollars
in straightening, grading and gravel
ing a good road from the Hassayampa
river to Salome and from Salome to
Ehrenburg and Blythe. What have
they done? In the last twenty years
I myself have spent $lO building roads
leading out of Salome for every $1
spent by both Maricopa and Yuma
counties combined on the road from
Salome to the Hassayampa bridge.
Why in the name of Gqd. after refus
ing for 20 years to spend a few
thousand dollars of county money in
away that would do some good, do
so many of these men and officials
and organizations all of a sudden
want to spend millions of public
money?
The natural road material along this
Buckeye-Salome-Blythe route is ideal
for road building, gravel, clay and cal
iche of a character that read builders
all over the United States often spend
SIO,OOO or more a mile to secure—
and then haul it for miles to get it
where they want it. Nature has been
very good to the Buckeye-Salome-
Blythe route and delivered the very
best road material obtainable all
along the line. Why not use it? This
js a case where a little brains used
in road building would be better than
concrete —and three million dollars
cheaper. Why, I ask, spend $3,500,-
000 of public money—your money and
my money—to build a paved road of
concrete when $250,000 —less than 10
per cent of the amount proposed, is
amply sufficient to build a good grad
ed and gravelled road the 120 miles
from the Hassayampa river, through
Salome, to Blythe?
The Yuma county highway commis
sioners have just finished spending ap
proximately $87.50 a mile on grading
the road from Salome to the county
line, towards Buckeye. Their engin
eer. Mr. Conway, evidently thinks this
’ | is sufficient to build a good road and
comply with the provisions of the Yu
ma county road bond issue voted five
. pretty good road—so much better than
; any we have ever had before that we
i i don’t kick much and thousands of
* people are traveling over it. While
$87.50 a mile seems a silly amount
i to spend building a main traveled road
I it is really more sensible than spend
' ing $3,500,000 to pave 120 miles.
I claim, and I know what I am
talking about, that two thousand dol
lars a mile, or $250,000, honestly and
1 economically and intelligently spent
!j is amply sufficient to build a good
straight graded gravelled road from
. j the Hassayampa river through Salome
to the Ehrenburg ferry, and that is all
we need for some years to come. God
I has furnished us the road material
! all along the route, the state has got
plenty of tractors and graders and I
, see no sense in spending $3,500,000 on
building this 120 miles of road at this
time when less than ten per cent of
| that amount will build a good road
' plenty good enough for many years
! yet. Later on it will then make a
good foundation for the paved highway
! that must eventually be built over this
: shortest and best route to the coast.
I make this appeal to the voters of
Arizona to vote No, on the proposed
constitutional amendment to issue $3,-
500,000 bonds for the Blythe road be
cause I believe I am right. I also
appeal to the voters of Arizona to urge
their legislators to make an appropria
tion of only $250,000, instead of three
and a half million, at the next session
of the legislature to build a graded
and gravelled road from the Hassa
yampa river through Salome to Blythe.
The building of a paved road
through Salome to Blythe would be
worth at least SIO,OOO to $15,000 a year
to me personally. My friends and
neighbors say I am a dam fool to
fight it. I don’t think so. I do want
to see this paved road built through
Salome but not now. I believe it is
better business to start at the bot
tom and work. Build a good graded
and graveled road now, to serve as a
foundation for a paved road later on
—and when conditions are right I wall
fight for a paved highway from Blythe
through Phoenix to the New' Mexico
line, as well as a north and south
paved highway from the Grand Can
yon to the Mexican line.
If the people of Phoenix and Mari
copa county are really sincere in their
desire for a paved road to the coast
via Blythe and want to be fair about
it, let them first prove it by spending
about SIOO,OOO of their own Maricopa
county money straightening out and
grading the 40 miles of old cow trail
in Marocipa county between the Hass
ayampa river near Buckeye and the
Maricopa-Yuma county line 20 miles
out from Salome, before asking the
people of the state of Arizona to vote
$3,500,000 to pave it.
STATE TAX RATE FOR
NEXT FISCAL YEAR
MAY BE 56.5 CENTS
The state tax rate for 1924 will be
between 56 and 56.5 cents for each
SIOO assessed valuation, according to
an estimate made by Richard H. Ram
sey, state auditor. This estimate is
based on a final total assessed valua
ation of property in the state of $650,-
000,000.
The estimate of the tax rate was
made by Mr. Ramsey after the com
pletion of the amount to be raised by
taxation for the operation of the var
ious state departments. The rate last
year was 57 1-2 cents.
The actual amount to be raised by
taxation, according to the figures sub
mitted by Mr. Ramsey to the state tax
commission, not including the levy for
roads and the mill tax for the state
university, is $3,133,245.64. This is
the actual amount of appropriations
made to the various departments, in
cluding the $25 per capita school levy.
Under an estimated assessed valu
ation of $650,000,000, the road fund
will receive $650,000 under the 10
cents per SIOO valuation levy and the
university will receive $552,500. These
amounts, plus the appropriations,
make the total amount to be expended
by the state under the 1924 budget
$4,363,757.28.
It is estimated that the revenue dur
| ing the next year from sources other
than taxation will be $476,900, while
the unexpended balance left in the
general fund of the state on June 30,
1924, totaled $238,550.73, making a to
tal of $715,450.73 for which no tax
levy will be necessary. This deduc
tion makes the net total to be raised
by taxation, $3,648,316.55.
The amount turned back into the
general fund from the unexpended
! amounts appropriated to the various
; departments for the past fiscal year
amounted to $242,551.32, according to
the records in Mr. Ramsey’s office.
The daily average school attendance
for the past school year on which the
school levy is based, was 64,641, ac
j cording to figures submitted by C. O.
Case, state superintendent of schools.
! The daily average attendance for 1923
was 53,017 pupils.
The. state tax rate will not be fixed
by the tax commission until it has
completed its sessions as the state
board of tax equalization. Two items,
the road levy and the university levy
depend upon the final total assessed
valuation of property in the state.
The tentative valuation is about
0646,000.000, but this may either be
raised or lowered by the tax commis
sion before the final figure is given.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
■ | Sealed proposals marked upon the
outside of envelope “State Highway
Contract, St. Joe Bridge Only, Federal
Aid Project No. 40 Reopened,” ad
dressed to W. C. Lefebvre, State En
gineer, c-o Board of Supervisors of
Navajo county, Holbrook, Arizona, will
be received at 2 p. m., September Ist,
1924, upon the Holbrook-Winslo-.v
highway. Federal Aid Project No. 40
Reopened.
The work, for the reinforced con
crete structure, consists of approxi
mately 370 cu. yds. of excavation; 220
cu. yds. Class “A” Concrete; 52 cu.
yds. Class “B” Concrete; 33,860 lbs.
of Reinforcing Steel, and 800 lin. ft.
of Concrete Piling.
ALTERNATE
The work, for the steel structure,
consists of approximately 430 cu. yds.
of excavation; 93,700 lbs. of Steel Su
perstructure; 180 cu. yds oi: Class “A”
Concrete; 18,390 Concreteetaoinshrdlu
Concrete; 15.390 lbs. of Reinforcing
Steel, and 680 lin. ft. of Concrete Pil
ing.
All proposals shall be accompanied
by an unendorsed, certified or cash
ier’s check for 5 per cent of the gross
amount of the proposal, payable to
the State Treasurer of Arizona.
The State Engineer reserves the
right to reject any and all proposals.
Copies of the plans and specifica
tions may be seen at the office of the
State Engineer in Phoenix, and at the
office of the Board of Supervisors of
Navajo county in Holbrook, or may be
obtained upon payment of Five ($5.00)
Dollars to W. C. Levebvre, State En
gineer.
Satisfactory bonds will be required !
of the contractor to whom the award I
is made.
All proposals shall be made on !
blanks furnished for that purpose.
W. C. LEFEBVRE.
State Engineer.
Phoenix, Arizona, August 5, 1924. 26t3
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed proposals marked upon the
outside of envelope “State Highway
Contract, Grading and Small Struc
tures only, Federal Aid Project No. i
40 Reopened,” and addressed to W. C.
. Lefebvre, State Engineer, c-o Board !
J of Supervisors of Navajo county, 110 - 1
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brook, Arizona, will be received at 2
p. m., August 22, 1924. upon the Hol
brook-Winslow Highway, Federal Aid
Project No. 40 Reopened.
The work consists of approximately
1500 cu. yds. Roadway excavation.
3850 cu. yds. of borrow; 125 cu. yds.
of excavation for structures; 90 cu.
yds. of ditch and channel excavation;
890 cu. yds of Roadway Surfacing;
1030 cu. yds. Mile of surfacing over
haul; 45 cu. yds of Class “B” Con
crete; the hauling and placing of 200
lin. ft. of C. M. P., and other incidental
items.
All proposals shall be accompanied
by an unendorsed, certified or cash
ier’s check for 5 per cent of the gross
amount of the proposal, payable to the
State Treasurer of Arizona.
The State Engineer reserves the
right to reject any and all proposals.
Copies of the plans and specifica
tions may be seen at the office of the
State Engineer in Phoenix, and at the
office of the Board of Supervisors of
Navajo county in Holbrook, or may he
obtained upon payment of Five Dol
lars to W. C. Lefebvre, State Engineer.
Satisfactory bonds will be required
of the contractor to whom the award
is made.
All proposals shall be made on
blanks furnished for that purpose.
W. C. LEFEBVRE,
State Engineer.
Phoenix, Arizona, August 5, 1924. 26t2
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Minnie Belle Morrison,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, William Lee Morrison, admin
istrator of the estate of Minnie Belle
Morrison, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, lo exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,
within four months after the first pub
lication of this notice to the said ad
ministrator at Winslow, Navajo coun
ty, Arizona, or law office of Sapp &
McLaughlin, Holbrook, Arizona, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate,
in said County of Navajo, State of
Arizona.
WILLIAM LEE MORRISON,
Administrator of Estate of Minnie
Belle Morrison, deceased.
Dated this 29th day of Julv, 1924.
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