Show the arrowhead trail its importance shown by C 11 bigelow in salt lake tribune self determination has become in ii the last three ears one of the cost bosl useful phrases in the english langu age study of the possibilities of a s through highway from the idaho line to the mexican border makes this phrase particularly applicable as applied to northern utah the arrowhead trail when first located was intended to serve two purposes first to care tor for the tourist travel between salt lake city and los angeles second to promote the construction of a real highway between settlements along the wasatch range the entrance of the united states into the war has as a natural result slowed down the heavier construction along this road but the pro promoters motors have hive utilized this time in working out their plans to make of the arrowhead trail the main artery of an intermountain system of highways located so as to meet the requirements of the future as it la is possible to forsee value of feeder lines it Is the purpose of this article to make plain to the people of salt lake the value of the various proposed feeder lines of this highway first in order we will consider from st george to kingman aria ariz ahe 1 I he traveler from arizona by auto must use the national old trails or ocean to ocean highway fro from m arizona to california in an analysis of the travel relations between utah and arizona we need but consider the national old trail for example leaving any point in central or southern arilon arizona it Is necessary to attain the high plateau region of arizona thence northerly to within twenty miles of the colorado river south from kingman to the needles connecting at bannock siding with the arrowhead trail highway of los angeles in other words from kingman to st george by way of the present road Is approximately miles by auto road while it Is possible to lay out a highway from kingman to st george of miles in length a journey from phoenix to kingman involves going to prescott and ash forks kingman has now under construction a short line around the mountains crossing the bill williams river to phoenix that will save practically eighty miles over the present route there will be submitted to the present legislature in art arizona arizone a bill appropriating a sufficient amount to construct a bridge across the colorado river practically due couth south of st george roads value to utah southern arizona because of the intense beat heat in th summer offers little comfort to its citizens and while tor for nine months of the year there Is no more perfect climatic condition in the world the remaining three months finds a hegira of all who are able to travel to a salubrious climate this annual migration has tor for years been to the pacific coast and northerly because of the attraction of the ocean and will continue and increase each year as the use of motor cars becomes more general with a direct road constructed utah can cart get a very fair percentage of this business the kingman to st george road will solve the problem the first major touring attraction encountered will be the zion canyon thence the cedar breaks salt lake city and to the more ambitious the tone stone national park help herd movement then there is a business possibility to this particular line that is almost limitless in its scope namely the utilization of a highway of this character for the interchange of flocks and herds some seasons arizona range stock must be moved or perish from lack of water and teed feed not infrequently utah during these seasons can furnish the relief demanded then again during severe winters in the north thousands of sheep and cattle may be moved to arizona we must not forget that the salt river basin watered from the roosevelt dam Is rapidly becoming a very rich and populous country and baa has become one of the greatest producers of feed and forage in the west juet just a word at this point as to plans well under way for power de t byng to vaino m VO 4 tween kanab creek and grand wash probably the first major power development undertaken on the colorado the development of the power as now surveyed on this particular stretch of the river calls for six foot dams with a break horsepower available at the minimum flow of the stream of second feet and with a regulated flow of second feet horsepower these figures are ure based on private surveys that have been made with the idea of serving the santa fe FO railroad and the manufacturing of cyanamid tor for the cheap production of ammonium phosphate the only plant of importance engaged in the production of cyanamid in the united states is at niagara falls which in 1914 produced tons with the continuous use of horsepower figure the possibilities of or the colorado power in addition to these two uses of the power development at this point cheap electricity will be available tor for dark clark and lincoln counties nevada where there are al 11 well defined and surveyed water bearing lands aggregating over acres in addition to this use power could be delivered over southern utah at a figure that would make possible a tremendous agricultural development also permit of railroad installation where the expense of securing gradients tor for steam operated roads forces the this consideration of these lines into the more or less indefinite future it Is the opinion of the writer that this particular installation if it undertaken at once will go very tar far toward solving our problem of surplus of labor which is just at present the most vital subject before the american people much has been written ritten and many projects of water conservation are before the public along the colorado rio grande and other streams of the arid west tp relieve the pressing condition it Is entirely probable that this power development will be undertaken der taken very soon many of the determinations are already made and the plan of electrifying the santa fe and salt lake route has been worked out agency of vast employment analyze the effect of great power schemes and see how it affects labor t means poles insulators motors cement mills silk looms insulation plants machine shops and in fact whenever major power development la Is undertaken the nerve system of the united states as represent ol by the manufacturing interests immediately feels the results in almost every line of industry let us now consider the lines proposed from the junction of odthe athe arrowhead trail and the old trail to parker blythe and the imperial val ley the same climatic causes that bring about travel out of arizona during the summer months prevail in these valleys in addition to opening up that agricultural wonderland the imperial valley thus permitting a choice of coastwise points tor for the travel from the north to california we must consider the future of the sections traversed by this proposed road the farker parker district has acres that may be irrigated from the colorado the blythe valley acres the imperial valley in the united states acres of which over acres aro are now under cultivation and when we draw conclusions relative to the productiveness of these valleys we must remember that eleven crops of alfalfa per year are not uncommon which coupled with early produce cotton etc means ultimate density of population unknown in any other agricultural section of america because the frontier or western states have of necessity been settled from the east transportation lines have been mostly east and west est and as a result comparatively few residents of the intermountain region have given sufficient thought to the potential billies and needs existing between the sierras and the Roq kles from north and south salt lake Is unquestionably benefited by the main trunk highways from the east to the west but in time one of equal importance from a tourist standpoint and infinitely greater from an economic will be developed from the glacier regions of alberta albertd to the cactus covered deserts of mexico summed up the arrowhead trail Is to the applan way that binds this i toi 10 aio to become a major jobbing center which position it Is geographically entitled to it will be because of the developments of the to the north and to the south the official family of the arrowhead trail improvement and development company has carefully investigated the possibilities of tha the roads they propose to promote and as a result of this study they are convinced that the moat most important work now before them Is to labor with all their energy tor for the early completion of these feeder lines during the coming spring they will maintain field men so far as funds will permit who will visit the various interested sections and whose mission it will be to bring about operation cooperation co and coordinated co work tor for highway development in tug at |