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Show H ( M IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP IF wc get anything in this world we usually have to go after it. It is said that "The Lord helps ' those who help themselves," and it is our cx- H pcrience that the departments of government arc H inclined to function in the same way. It is up to the H people of the Southwest to determine by their atti- H tude and conduct what the future of this part of the H country shall be. If we want it to go ahead and de- H velop and grow in population and strength as it is H capable of doing, the people who reside here must Hi lead out in the Improvement, first of its transporta- H tion facilities its roads, trails and highways. In or- H der to get people in here from other sections, get the H interest of tourists and other travelers who spend H their money to sec the interesting scenic, phenomena H and beauty spots of the earth, we must make those H ! scenic wonders accessible. We must make it to the H ' advantage of travel to pass our way. In order to do H that .we must have the better roads, the more attrac- H tive service. H And this is where the matter comes home to us. H Are wc, right'here in Iron county, doing our part? H" True, by the erection 'of the proposed modem hotel H ..and'the construction of an attractive tourist camping H ground in Cedar City, we will be making progress. H And by hc organization of construction companies to H put' over road improvements, we are helping won- H derfully. By the voting of the $ 1 25,000 county road H bond issue, which provides money for the more ncc- H essary road improvements, we have taken another H good step in the right direction. But still there are H '. some matters which arc being neglected in connec- H tion wjth the development of the Arrowhead Trail, H which will mean so much to our section of the coun- H try, and unless we wake up wc will lose out on the H question of tourist travel to and from California. H There is the keenest kind of competition on the part H of northern California, Nevada and a partion of this H state for the tourist business, which they arc seeking H to direct over the Lincoln Highway, via Reno, Ncv. H This is what might be termed the "side-door" to Utah, H and docs not tend to build up and develop the state H at large, but there arc a considerable number of self- H ish, short-sighted individuals residing in and around H Salt Lake City, who are willing to sell the birthright H of their own state for a mess of pottage for their H private consumption, and they are working "hand- H in-glove" with the various organizations of Northern H California and Western Nevada for the development H and popularization of the Lincoln Highway, to the H loss and detriment of the southern and central por- H tion of this state. This element, apparently, domi- H nates the Utah State Automobile Association and also, H the State Road Commission, though there arc some H true friends of the state at large in the latter body. H The following, published in the San Francisco Ex- H aminer of April 15th, shows what other interested H sections are doing to divert travel from the Arrow- H head Trail, and points out what will be necessary on H the part of the friends of this route if they arc to get H only an even break on the coast tourist travel: I M HIGHWAY LINK DRIVE STARTED ' H Plans to raise $450,000 by Aug. 20 for the con- j H struction of a connecting highway link between Reno ' H and Salt Lake, for the purposu of diverting tourists I H from southern California to northern California, I H were outlined at a meeting held at tho Palace Hotel H yesterday. Representatives from Nevada and north- H ern California attended tho meeting, which was H called by James O'Brien of Smartsville, chairman H of the executive committee. H The object of tho campaign is to raiso funds to H construct a strip of highway 440 miles long between H Reno nnd Salt Lake. Individuals interested will raiso $450,000 by subscription, the Stnto of Nevada will H I contribute an equal amount and the Federal Gov- H crnmdnt will contribute $900,000, making n total of M $1,800,000. H r This highway will connect with tho Pershing 1 ' coast-to.coast highway and will furnish u direct H highway outlet for northern California to tho East. H Folloving the meeting of tho executive commit- H 1 tee, a luncheon was held at which addresses were H f made by L. A. Nnres, ex-Gov. Pardco, James K. fe P'Bfien c- B Bli8s A B- C. Dohrmnn nnd H. U H I Maddox. H I K , tliors of tho executivo committee present were: j t H S. Mnddox, Sacramento; L. A. Narcs, Fresno; H Percy W Towno, San Francisco; former Gov. Geo. H j 1 C. Pardee, nnd W. J. Wallace, Auburn, secretary. B I 1 Jlembers of tho directornto present were: Col. M ' & A. Hockhmier, Willows; T. H. Ramsey, Red Bluff 5 E. ' H Weyand, Coluscn; Dr. L. R. Hogan, Valldjo; Carl Brouke, Stockton; E. T. Roblc, Auburn; A. B. C. Dorhmann, San Francisco; Julius Alexander. Hcalds-burg; Hcalds-burg; Dudley Saltzor. Redding: W. J. O'Connor, Chico; M. A. Stitt, Woodland: C. B. Bills, Sacramento; Sacra-mento; George Schig, Placerville; W. L. Jlughson, . San Francisco, nnd Charles F. Wycr, Napa, j As a sample of the sort of biased representation j wc arc getting at the hands of the Utah State Auto-! mobile Association of Salt Lake, wc need only call attention to the official organ of the association, which 1 is "Motor Land" published in San Francisco, and devoted almost exclusively to exploitation of the Lin-, coin Highway. It contains the roster of officers of the-four clubs which it represents, as follows: Northern North-ern California, Nevada, Oregon and Utah. The February Feb-ruary issue of Motor Land, the official organ of the Utah State Automobile Association, carried 1 7 pages of reading matter and illustrations devoted to the Pacific Coast and 2 columns to Utah ; the March number num-ber had 13 pages coast, 1 Yi columns Utah J the April nqmbcr 1 6 pages coast, 4J4 columns Utah. Is it not apparent that the Utah association is merely a tail for the northern California dog and is used to brush the , flics away for it? 1 The Arrowhead Trails Association proposed to sign the southern part of this state with a blue and white sign, which is the same as that used in southern California, Clark county, Nevada, and the trunk lines of Arizona in color only. Immediately a cry of disloyalty to Utah went up from the Automobile .Association .As-sociation because wc did not sec fit to adopt the blue and yellow sign of northern California, embellished with exactly the same trade mark, with the exception that the bce-hivc is added at the top. If the Arrowhead Arrow-head Trails Association sees fit to use the same color scheme for its signs as that of the Southwest we are accused of advertising California and being disloyal to Utah; while the Utah State Automobile Ass'n, in reallity a Salt Lake organization, adopts colors, emblem em-blem and magazine (devoted almost entirely to the exploitation of northern California) and poses as the Automobile club of this state. What do you think of nerve like that? Los Angeles and some of the other cities of southern south-ern California have shown commendable interest in the development and improvement of the all-the-year route to California from the East the Arrowhead Trail; Arizona is begginning to evince interest, to the extent, at least, of developing some of its feeders feed-ers of the Trail; Clark county, Nevada, is doing its "bit," despite the predominance of sentiment in the state is for the Lincoln Highway ; in the northern part of this state sentiment is somewhat divided, as already stated, the average Salt Laker leaning in the direction of his personal interests, and evidently saying mentally men-tally if not audibly, "To h with the rest of the state, so long as the road hits Salt Lake." Therefore, it is up to the communities along the Arrowhead Trail to get in and boost. A few live wires, such as C. H. Bigclow, Wilford Day, Joseph H. Manderfield and Jos. S. Snow, are carrying the burden and they need help. Mr. Bigelow is not only giving his time and neglecting his business in order to workout the multifarious problems connected with his long-cherished ambition to sec Salt Lake City and Los Angeles connected with a good automobile highway, high-way, but is largely contributing the expense money required to travel back and forth over four states and keep up all the loose ends. We have an Arrowhead Trails Association, and it was expected that practically every progressive citizen cit-izen in the communities along the line of the Trail would become members, and that the annual dues at $3.00 each would meet these contingent expenses. But what do we find? Iron county, instead of having a membership of two or three hundred, has 28 duly accredited members who have paid dues for this year. Beaver county has done a little better, and has 96 paid up members. Washington county is just waking up, and has promised 1 00 or better in the immediate future, though from last acocunts only about 30 had come through with their dues. It is going to take a different showing to this to get us anywhere and to capture the tourist travel on which we are counting so confidently. If the people along the Lincoln Highway can raise $450,000 by private subscription to furnish the nucleus for the improvement im-provement of their highway, surely wc must do something some-thing more than we are at present. We suggest that to begin with the Commercial clubs of Cedar City and Parowan take up this matter and work up a creditable membership 'for the Arrowhead Arrow-head Trails Association in this county. Nothing less than 200 should be considered passable. Then the entire southern part of the state ought to declare open hostilities against the Salt Lake bunch who think more of Nevada than they do of 'their own state, and unless they get in line right, transfer our business to Los Angeles, which seems to be our best friend. Lund station alone, which suplpies this immediate im-mediate section, handles a tremendous amount of freight, it being claimed that more freight passes through it than any other station on the Salt Lake 'Route between its terminal cities, and unless Salt Lake j shippers treat our section right, not one pound of I this freight should be billed from Salt Lake City. I If the majority of Salt Lake people are loyal to ' the outlying districts of their state, as we believe they 'are, then it is up to them to take the management of the Utah State Automobile Association out of the hands of such men as Rishel and Schramm, and elect officers who have the interests of the entire state at heart. Wc believe that the people of the southern counties should deal with their friends, whoever they may prove to be. I But above all, let's get behind the Association 1 that is trying to do so much for our section of the (state, and let each go6d and progressive citizen see J to it that he is a member of the organization in good J standing. (to) |