Allied Service Organizations to Present Arizona Exposition

DUPLICATING in every possible manner the conduct of past state fairs, the Arizona State Fair and Resource Exposition will be held at the state fairgrounds November 10 to 18 under the auspices of the Allied Service Organizations of Phoenix. Organizations sponsoring the fair are the American Legion posts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, National Guard and the United Spanish War Veterans. Major General A. м. Tuthill, commanding the national guard troops of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma, is general chairman, and Verne Newcombe is general manager. Headquarters have been opened at the state fairgrounds.

A horse racing program unequalled for several years past in the type of animals participating, is on the program and an automobile race on November 18, in which many of the most famous Western drivers will take part, will be among the highlights of the fair program. Walter Righetti, commander of the Arizona department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, is chairman of the automobile racing program.

A livestock exposition in which the cream of the animals of Arizona is expected to be shown, will be another feature of the fair this year, officials said. In addition, every effort is being made to secure horticultural, agricul tural, domestic science, art, mining, industrial, manufacturing, automobile and other types of displays and exhibits for the event, a strong sentiment in favor of renewing the fair having developed interest to a point where it is anticipated that these features will outshine any of the regular fair displays in recent years.

For the past two years finances have not been appropriated by the legislature for the conduct of the regular annual state fair, a matter which the Allied Service Organizations plan to care for in sponsoring the fair this year themselves. The grounds have been turned over to the service organizations in thehope that a successful example of the interest taken will stimulate the renewal of the annual fair.

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Booking of a number of nightly fire-works displays, several shows, and the sale of numerous concessions have already indicated that the self-supporting fair will be able to make a brilliant showing to the crowds which it is anticipated will attend after two 'fair-less' years.

In order that interest may be stimu-lated to a higher point than heret fore, gate ticket prices will be reduced to one-half the regular amount, officials of the Allied Service Organizations in charge of the fair said.

Work of preparing the fairgrounds, including the half-mile dirt track, for the coming event, has already been started. This is being done at an early date in order that the property, which has not been in use for two years, may be brought to a more presentable and more usable state for the 1934 fair.

That interest in the fair is already reaching statewide proportions was manifested when the announcement of the event was cheeringly received at the recent state convention of the Amer-ican Legion in Tucson. The superin-tendent of the Globe city schools has offered the services of the school band for the event and other proffers of assistance and support from several distant parts of Arizona have been received by the Allied Service Organizations, officials declared.

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(Continued from Page 11) where a rifle hung. His black haired brother, slipped his heavy pistols from their holsters hanging by the belt on a nail. They tiptoed to the doorway and then stepped out, together and "a shooting".

Chet Ainsworth, who had taken the word of the Texans that they would return at once unarmed to accompany him to the valley and to jail, paid for his mistake at the first volley. The rifle in the hands of Tom Halderman spoke and

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Man-Boulder Dam Highway, joining the section mentioned above and extending south. The work is about 30% complete.

H. L. Lyon is resident engineer on the Kingman-Boulder Dam projects.

SURVEYS:

F. J. Wade is in charge of a survey party on Route 3, the Flagstaff-Clint's Well National Forest Highway. The party is now working in the vicinity of Mormon Lake.

The survey of the Snowflake-Pine Top section of Arizona Forest Route 17, under the direction of G. E. Nelson, has been completed.

BIDS OPENED:

Bids were opened on October 2nd for grading Section E, length 3.2 miles, of the Cameron-Desert View Approach to Grand Canyon National Park. Skousen Brothers submitted the low bid of $44, 577.40 and award to them was recom mended.

BIDS TO BE OPENED:

Bids will be opened in the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Public Roads for the following projects, at 10:00 A. M. on the dates indicated: On October 9th, for placing subgrade reinforcement material on 1.646 miles of the Globe-Holbrook National Forest Highway near Young, Arizona. The project is designated as Arizona "NR" 12-H2, Unit 1, and the principal items are 2300 cubic yards of subgrade re inforcement and 2700 cubic yard-miles of hauling material.

On October 16th, for placing a crushed gravel base course on 6.585 miles of the Pine-Winslow National Forest Highway near Pine, Arizona. The project is designated as Arizona "NR" 10-D1 and the principal items of work are 11,200 tons of subgrade re inforcement, 13,000 tons of crushed gravel base course and 3,500 tons of selected material binder.

G. L. McLANE, Highway Engineer.

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The deputy fell, shot under the eye, dy ing as he struck the ground. Will Hal derman fired and missed and Ted Horne, the rancher-deputy, returned the fire as he swung atop his horse and turned to seek a safer place than the bare yard in front of the door. His fire caused the Haldermans to draw back and he rode out of the scene of the short battle bearing a bullet wound in his arm.

The Haldermans, now fully aware of their plight, left the slain deputy in the dooryard and likewise fled, permitting the two women to care for themselves.

Horne, riding hard, soon brought aid and the chase was on, too quickly for the Haldermans to get the start they needed. It was only a short time until they were rounded up and in jail in Tombstone.

The law of the mining camp in its early days had given way to the law of the courts, and in the time of this case, 1899, legal mesh and counter mesh al ready had their place in the adminis tering of justice. Then too, Texas rallied to Texans and a defense fund brought good legal talent from the Lone Star state to defend its own.

It was at this point that Charles F. Ainsworth, attorney general, stepped into the picture. As head of the state's legal staff he sat with counsel and di rected the prosecution of his brother's slayers. The court room at Tombstone was jammed to the doorways day after day as the jury, cold faced men of the range and mining camp, listened to the tale of the killing as it was unfolded by the witnesses. The two women had been found and brought to court. There unaided by the inflaming tequila which had caused them to counsel resistance at the mountain home of the Halder mans, they related a fairly accurate story of what had happened. Horne, the companion of Chet Ainsworth when he rode to his death, also told his story. The Haldermans said nothing.

Finally, every device known to clever legal minds had been tried, each de feated in turn by the stern faced attor ney general and his aides, and the case was given to the jury. To this day none except that jury knows what hap pened in that jury room, but when the foreman stood in the box to read the report of the verdict, it was his voice that sealed the doom of the Haldermans. The verdict was guilty, the penalty death.

But Texas fought hard for her own. The plea for the Haldermans was car ried clear to Washington and it was the hand of President William McKinley that signed a 60-day reprieve for the condemned men. In the meantime they awaited the result of their attorney's efforts in the Cochise county jail at Tombstone.

While in jail fate played a queer trick on the Haldermans. Freedom was within their grasp, but they failed to accept it. Burt Alvord, notorious com panion of Billy Stiles, was in an ad joining cell. Stiles, after shooting George Bravin, the jailer, freed him and left the cell doors open. Instead of joining the fleeing Stiles and Alvord, as they could have done, the Halder mans went to the aid of the wounded jailer and it was Tom, the red headed brother, that bandaged his wounds, staunching the flow of blood while Will brought aid. Twelve other prisoners besides the Haldermans also remained in the jail, but none of them faced the noose which awaited the Texans.

The 60-day respite was over. In the courthouse yard the dull thump and ring of hammers announced that the gallows on which the brothers were to hang was being completed. From sev eral towns and camps around the south ern portion of the territory the cattle men and miners rode in. Among these men, gathering for the final act of the drama, rode Chauncey F. Ainsworth, the horseman brother of the trio. He arrived in a Concord coach on the stage line from Tucson. With him were sev eral others, friends of the Ainsworths.

Into the office of Sheriff Scott White, who was later to be secretary of state of the then unborn state of Arizona, walked this third brother.

"Hello Ainsworth," said the sheriff, "do you want to see those boys before they go?"

"I do," said Ainsworth, and accompanied by several others, he was led by the sheriff to the tank in the jail where the Haldermans awaited the sum mons which was to send them to the courtyard below.

The condemned men watched the visitors approach.

"This is Chet Ainsworth's brother,"

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said White and the two Texans looked on the set face of the man before them, then tentatively held forth their hands in greeting. Ainsworth said no word, but turned coldly away.

A member of the group asked if he might give the prisoners a drink and the sheriff said yes. A quart of whisky was passed into the cell and the two brothers divided it evenly while the silent group watched. The fiery liquor made little change in the expression of the Texans and, as they tossed the emptied bottle to one side Sheriff White said: "Well boys, this affair must go on, there is no sign of further reprieve. Are you ready?"

Dumbly the brothers nodded. one making some joking remark, then stepping forward to join his brother as the deputies and the sheriff started them toward the courtyard. One of the deputies was George Bravin, the jailer whose wounds they had cared for when Stiles shot him to free Alvord! Chauncey F. Ainsworth climbed the stairs to the court room above where he could see the crowded courtyard with the gallows in its center.

The scene moved quickly to its close. The black hoods were adjusted, then the noose to the throat of each brother. Sheriff White waved his handkerchief, the trap was sprung and Chet Ainsworth was legally avenged.

It was the sheriff and the horseman brother that cut the ropes, freeing the bodies of the Texans for burial, and the two surviving members of the clan Ainsworth returned to their homes. Their brother's score was evened, the case was ended. Frontier retribution, even though it was enacted on a legal battlefield!

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(Continued from Page 9) There are other ranches taking guests at intervals but those listed above have been taking guests for some years and are recognized as bona fide guest ranches throughout the Southwest.

Only six of them are over sixty miles by air line from Tucson, while seven lie in between the twenty-five and sixty mile radius, the others being inside the twenty-five mile zone. All are accessible over good highways and many are located adjacent to railroads, so that their guests can be met at the small waystations and taken directly to the ranch. The common custom, however, is to meet the guests in Tucson and drive them out by motor to the ranches. In this way, the necessary out-door equip ment can be secured in the Old Pueblo. Eastern visitors often go to these

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guest ranches with the idea of trying them out for a couple of weeks but more often than not find themselves staying on for the entire winter season and leaving only with the firm resolve to return again next year.

Guest ranches have probably done as much to put Arizona on the map as any other one factor and the fame and popularity of this new form of vacationing is appealing to increasing numbers throughout the East.

THE TRAIL OF THE CAMELS

(Continued from Page 5) Any food offered them without complaint and are the admiration of the whole camp."

Of crossing the mesa between the Little Colorado River and the mouth of the Canyon Diablo, Lieutenant Beale says: "Up the steep mesa we ascended, where it was necessary to double the teams. The camels packed their heavy loads with the least difficulty and with out a stop, some of them having nearly a thousand pounds including the heavy saddle."

From the mouth of the Canyon Diablo the trail led directly west up the wide valley now called the San Francisco Wash, and on September 10 the party camped at Turkey Tanks, which are two miles or so north of the Santa Fe sta tion of Cosnino, also being the site of a large Indian ruins situated in some caves along the rocky canyons of the side streams of the San Francisco Wash. At this point, one of the soldiers decided he had had enough of survey parties, and starting off after a rabbit kept on going, and was never seen or heard of afterward.

On September 11 the party entered the beautiful forest of the San Francisco Peaks, passed along the southern base of Mt. Elden, crossed the mesa just north of the site of Flagstaff and camped at a water hole in a short, rocky canyon which is between the present site of Flagstaff and Fort Valley. The next morning they found Leroux Springs, which had been described by the Aubrey party three years before. This spring is in Fort Valley and comes out from a gorge at the foot of San Francisco Peak. After watering up the outfit, the party then moved toward the northwest and camped on the evening of Septem ber 12 at a point not far from the old road which leads from Bellmonte, on Highway 66, toward Kendrick Park. The trail now led northwest through the pass between Mt. Sitgreaves and Kendrick Peak, and the camp on Sep tember 13 was made at noon at the foot of Mt. Sitgreaves at Burns Spring. On reaching the pass on September 14, the view westward suddenly appeared before the survey party, the great plain of the Coconino Plateau stretching before them, with the Mt. Floyd Peak range to their left, or south. This apparently easy path toward the northwest over the plateau misled the leader to take it, instead of striking out for the pass between Mt. Floyd and Picacho Peak, where Highway 66 now passes. The guides they had hired at Albuquerque had been lost for several weeks and were more of a hindrance than help. One of them said that he knew a short cut westward around the north side of Mt. Floyd, so that was their path for several days until they became completely lost and out of water.

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After crossing the headwaters of the Havasu Canyon and discovering that all the drainage led northward but entrenched in vertical rock canyons impassable for wagons, the party stopped nearly at the head of one of the side canyons of the Grand Canyon without knowing that they were only an hour's ride or so from the edge of the great canyon itself.

The guide who had taken them on this short cut at lost admitted that he was lost, and the leader of the party was so put out by this information coming so late that he was just at the point of killing him when something distracted his attention and he overlooked that lit'le detail until later on; but other more important business came up in reference to getting back to their last water hole so he put off the killing for good.

The party was lost, wandering around the great plain south of the Grand Canyon from September 18 until September 28, during which time they were out of water for nearly forty-eight hours at one time and nearly lost the entire bunch of mules and horses. The camels, however, never gave them the least trouble, but kep on eating whatever they found. Being out of water was nothing new to them. After back-tracking for nearly forty miles to their water hole at the herd of Havasu Canyon, the leader made an exploring expedition toward the west with a small outfit of men and camels and riding horses. passing over the lava mesas about thirty miles north of where Seligman now lies, finding a low pass through the Aubrey cliffs about ten miles north of the Aubrey Valley at the present Santa Fe station at Aubrey, and back-tracking through the pass in the Aubrey Cliffs where Highway 66 now enters the Aubrey Valley about seven miles west of Seligman. Even here the advance party was fifty miles or so from their base camp to the north, and the water for the horses had given out. Heading northward up what is now the Chino Wash they discovered water in a rocky canyon not far from the base of Mt. Floyd, and from there they made their way back to the camp at the head of Havasu Canyon, about twenty miles north of Ash Fork and the same distance west of the Grand Canyon Highway.

At last on September 29 the entire expedition got under way for the west via the north side of Floyd's Peak and Chino Creek, the same path taken by the advance party on their return from the Aubrey Cliffs. From September 29 until October 6, the party advanced as far as the site of Peach Springs, where they saw to the north what the leader called the "Aulick Range" with its many colored vertical sides. This was no other than the north side of the Grande Can yon as seen from Highway 66, but the leader little knew that a short ride northward would have brought him to the brink of that chasm. In all the jour ney across Northern Arizona, the party knew so little about the locality of the Grand Canyon itself that they did not take the trouble to take a side trip of a few hours to see it, although they spent ten days or so looking for water holes and camp sites on the great plain that goes right up to the edge of the Colo rado River gorge.

From October 7 until October 9, the party journeyed down the Nelson Can yon past Peach Springs, and to the big springs of Truxton Canyon, now used by the Santa Fe main tracks. Highway 66 at present takes Crozier Canyon a mile or so to the north and enters Truxton Canyon below the spring. On October 10, the party camped at the site of Hackberry, where they had their first adventure with the Indians. It seems that the geologist was cracking rocks WHY Be Satisfied With Less WHEN It Costs No More for the Best?

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On the hill near camp and suddenly was startled by the sight of three Indians picking up his rifle from a rock where he had lain it, and had drawn a bead on him with their bows and arrows. According to his story, he withdrew to the camp in an ordinary walk, but on back tracking by the armed men of the party they saw tracks made by shoes an ex traordinary distance apart. The geologist claimed he walked back to camp, but the tracks were such a distance apart that the trailers were unable to fathom the mystery. At any rate, and taking the geologist's word for it, they traced the Indians and cornered two of them on a "dark red butte, very rocky, steep and high". Here they could not find the two Indians but soon discovered them wound around the roots of a cou ple of greasewood bushes like snakes, from which position they disengaged the two savages, and to the natives' sur prise did not kill them at once, but pre sented them with a pair of pants each and a shirt. They then turned the youngest Indian loose and kept the older one as a guide to the next water hole. The next morning an Indian walked into camp with the missing gun, and handed it to the leader, at the same time beginning a speach so long and, of course, unintelligible, that "in order to close his mouth we gave him a leg of sheep to eat", which move resulted in silence at once. The "dark red butte" where the Indians were captured is lo cated at Hackberry on the old Highway 66.

On October 11, 1857, the survey party entered the Hualapai Valley, after turning the point of the Peacock Mountains where the railroad station of Antares is now located, still keeping the old Indian as captive to show them the water holes. Camp was made near the present station of Hualapai, right where Highway 66 now passes, and on October 12 the expedition reached the head of Kingman Canyon, about a mile east of the townsite of Kingman where they camped before tackling the canyon it self.

On October 13, the party entered Kingman Canyon and stopped for rest and lunch at the mouth of what is now known as Indian Springs Canyon, about three miles below what is now Kingman. After leaving their noon camp they pro ceeded down the canyon to its mouth where "directly in front of us stretched a chain of high mountains cut into fan tastic peaks and shapes of all kinds, and about fifteen miles from us. Directly ahead appeared in the center of the range a single peak rising sharp and clear above the surrounding mountain, and here the mountains seemed to form

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a pass, toward which we directed our steps. The plain seemed to be endless, and travelling towards the opposite mountain until night we were still at a distance from the base." The valley the survey party crossed is the Sacramento Valley west of Kingman on Highway 66 and the mountains ahead of them were the Black Mountains, the pass through which the party were bound being the present pass known as Gold Roads Pass.

The survey party arrived at a spring, later to be known as Meadows Spring, on the morning of October 14, and after some scouting camped there all night before tackling the rocky pass ahead of them. The arrival of so many white men in the coun try so excited the native Indians that they kept busy all night building fires around the camp and whooping at the strangers, but were afraid to come close up.

On October 15, the entire day was spent unloading the wagons and pack ing the camels with heavy loads to make the grade to the summit of the pass, while the wagons were to be hauled nearly empty at the short but steep slope. At the summit the entire party camped for the night.

On October 16 the biggest job the survey party had tackled was ahead of them, and that was to get their wagons down from the Gold Roads summit to the valley of Silver Creek, which led di rectly to the Colorado River very near where Ft. Mohave was later established. The entire day was spent in getting down not over half a mile. The path down from the Gold Roads summit went very close to the Gold Roads mine and the mining camp of the same name, via Silver Creek, down which valley the party made good time. Hardly had they reached the valley when the Mo jave Indians, who had no doubt been warned by the many fires of the prev ious nights, swarmed all about them, bringing melons, beans, etc., which they traded for tobacco, old shirts and other cast off clothing, with the survey party.

After preparing to cross the Colorado River near the site of Ft. Mohave and getting corn, etc., from the Mojave In dians for consumption on the road over the desert of California, the entire par ty was crossed on October 20. At this point the official survey ended, as the route had been mapped thus far from Los Angeles.

From the Colorado River, Lieutenant Beale made a bee-line for his ranch at Ft. Tejon, which is about thirty miles south of Bakersfield, Calif., on the present Ridge Route between Los An geles and the north. Here the camels made their home until they were scat-teredtered to the winds a few years later. Two of the camels were detached from the main group somewhere near Mojave and sent to Los Angeles via Cajon Pass and San Bernardino.

As far as Highway 66 is concerned, the advantures of the camels ceased on arrival at Ft. Tejon, with exception of the fourteen camels Lieutenant Beale took with him on a return journey over the same trail across Northern Arizona to see if the projected route was practicable in the winter. On this re'urn trip, an interesting event occurred at the Colorado River, where he met Captain Johnson with his small river steamer, the General Jessup, then on an exploration up the Colorado River from Ft. Yuma. The camels and the rest of the outfit were ferried across the river near the site of Ft. Mojave and then the General Jessup left for up the river to see how far a boat could go, pushing its way through Black Canyon, where the Boulder Dam is now being built and as far beyond as navigation was possible. This event was in January of 1858, following which Lieutenant Beale made the overland journey over his same trail of 1857 to the connection with the road near Grant, New Mexico, where his work was completed. Beyond finding a foot or so of snow in the San Francisco Peaks forest, and a scrimmage with the Indians in Truxton Canyon near the site of Hackberry, at the same place where the geologist had his adventure, the trip was uneventful, and only proved the route now taken by Highway 66 was practicable for wagons seventy-seven years ago.

From now on, the history of the camels fades from the actual facts we have related to the uncertain tales of later pioneers and then to the oblivion of the vast deserts of the Southwest now hiding the bones of Uncle Sams camel experiment.

The Civil War put an end to all further use for the camels, as nearly all military operations ceased in Arizona and were transferred to the seat of war in the East, to the entire satisfaction of the Apache Indians, as any history of the state will show.

The camels left at Ft. Tejon increased to twenty-eight, and for awhile there was more or less enthusiasm aroused by private citizens who organized camel companies. A few were imported from Asia via the Pacific Ocean and used for a while in various parts of the Western States. Some were even tried out as far as the Caribou Trail in British Columbia, but were soon turned loose to wander around the mountains and become exterminated. Some camels were used in packing salt to mines in Nevada, but not being properly cared for became full of saddle sores from the salt and thus became worthless.

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The Government sold the entire bunch of camels from the Ft. Tejon ranch to various circuses and other private concerns and they were soon dispersed to the four quarters of the compass. A few were used between San Pedro and Los Angeles in freight service for a short time, and others were used in an attempt to freight goods between Yuma and Tucson, but they were soon turned loose in the desert and disappeared.

After reviewing all the authentic data on the subject, it is apparent that the cause of the dispersion and complete disappearance of the camels was the stupidity and laziness of those who had their care on their hands. The old time packers and teamsters preferred their mules and horses and left the camels to shift for themselves which soon resulted in their being worthless as pack animals. It was far easier to turn them out on the desert than to care for them, so to the desert they returned, their own native habitat, where their bones now bleach in the sun and turn to dust.

The camels sold to the circuses were of course taken all over the country where some of their descendents perhaps today are on exhibition.

There were up until about twentyfive years ago many wild tales of camels being seen on the desert in far-off waste places. But now even these tales, usually by unreliable parties, either lying for amusment or after a round with John Barleycorn, have ceased, and so with Hi Jolly, or Hadji Ali, the camel driver, who came from Arabia with his charges, now resting beneath the granite shaft on his desert grave at Quartzite, the story of the camels passes into the history of early Arizona.

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(Continued from Page 13) Addams voting "No", that on the recommendation of Mr. W. L. Carpenter, superintendent of equipment, one International C-1, six cylinder pick-up truck, size of body seven feet long, be purchased from the O. S. Stapley Company, Phoenix, who submitted the low bid, in the amount of $874.27.

Afternoon Session

The Commission met at 2:00 p. m., September 14, 1934, all members present except Commissioner Mansfield.

Consideration of bids received on four cupes as of September 14, 1934, at 11:00 a. m.: It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and carried, Commissioner AddAddams "Not voting", that the department dispense with two Indian Motorcycles and keep two Harley Davidson Motorcycles.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams that one Studebaker Dictator be purchased from the BowenMaxwell Company for the net amount of $748.25. The motion was lost for lack of a second.

Dr. W. P. Sims, representing the Bowen-Maxwell Company, appeared with reference to the use of one heavy car by the Highway Patrol. He stated his firm is a large taxpayer in the state and he would like to see the Studebaker car given a trial, however, if the commission were not going to consider cars within the $1,000 price range, he asked that his firm not be invited to place a bid and that the call issued, request bids on cars within the price range of $800.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Addams, and unanimously carried, that September 14, 1934, be considered at the bids received on four coupes as of the next meeting of the commission.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Addams, and unanimously carried, that the bids received on four coupes as of September 14, 1934, be rejected.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and unanimously carried, that inasmuch as there has been an objection raised to the price classification on the call for bids, another call for bids be issued and the price range be within $800.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and unanimously carried, that a resolution transferring funds in the amount of $4,663.30, be adopted.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Addams, and carried, that the Superintendent of equipment and the purchasing agent be empowered on the advice of the state engineer to purchase three used aircraft motors.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and unanimously carried, that on the recommendation of the state engineer, a resolution pertain to the abandonment of a part of the Benson-Douglas highway be adopted.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Barth, and unanimously carried, that a wage scale, in agreement with the Bureau of Public Roads, be adopted.

Commissioner Vyne stated that Mr. Ralph Hoffman, bridge engineer, had been going into the broadcasting situation considerably and it is the consensus of opinion that the Department should go into their own station. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne seconded by Commissioner Barth, and unanimously carried, that the state engineer be authorized to make application to the Federal Radio commission for a channel up to and including 1,000 watts.

It was regularly moved, seconded and carried, that the communication from the Benson Chamber of Commerce relating to the construction of a post road from Benson to Redington via the San Pedro river, be acknowledged and placed on file.

A petition from citizens in the vicinity of Ehrenberg and Quartzsite, near U. S. Highway 60 was read by the Secretary. The petition requested the inclusion of the Ehrenberg Memorial Cemetery in the State Highway rightof-way. On being advised by State Engineer O'Connell that a general beauBeautification plan is being worked up and it may be possible to include this Memorial Cemetery of Ehrenberg in the work, it was regularly moved by Com missioner Addams, seconded by Cam missioner Vyne, and carried, that the matter be held over for future consideration, or until such time as State Engineer O'Connell has had time to contact the necessary authorities on the beautification plan. A petition addressed to Hon. B. B. Moeur, concerning the construction of a bridge across the Gila river just north of Safford in Graham county was read by the secretary. It was regularly moved, seconded, and carried, that the petitioners be advised that there are no funds available at the present time as they already have been budgeted and the only way their request could be obtained would be by a legislative appro priation.

The secretary presented a petition re questing the oiling of the Tucson-Flor ence highway between the Pima-Pinal county line and Oracle Junction, a dis tance of three miles. It was regularly moved, seconded, and carried, that the petition be received and filed.

The secretary read a request from Mr. W. C. Keiser, Quartzsite, Arizona, asking permission from the Highway Com mission to run a telephone line along the highway right-of-way. It was brought out that this request was denied by the Highway Commission at a former meeting.

It was regularly moved, seconded, and carried, that the Highway Commis sion adjourn at 3:55 p. m., September 14, 1934, to meet again at 10:00 a. m., September 27, 1934.

September 27, 1934

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The session met in regular session in their of fices in the Highway Building Septem ber 27, 1934, at 10:00 a. m. Those present were Chairman Dowell, Vice Chairman Vyne, Commissioners Addams, Barth, and Mansfield, also the state en gineer, Assistant Attorney General Mc Dougall and the secretary.

The secretary read the tentative minutes of September 14, 1934, and they were approved with the following amendment: "It was brought out that a great amount of breakage on hangers had been noticed with the copper Page 2 plates" is amended to read, "It Par. 4 was brought out that a great amount of breakage of copper plates had been noticed on bottom hung hangers."

State Engineer O'Connell recommended, subject to the approval of the Bureau of Public Roads, that the contract on the Holbrook-Lupton Highway, N.R.H. 83-C, A.F.E. 6606, N.R.H. 83-G, A.F.Ε. 6635 (1935), be awarded to the low bidder, Tanner and Hall Company, on their Alternate bid in the amount of $35,816.38, which is lower than any other bid submitted. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Mansfield, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and carried, Commissioners Addams and Barth voting "No", that the recommendation of the state engineer be accepted. Commissioner Addams stated he voted "No" on the awarding of this contract because of the fact the Highway Department has had no experience with the alternate, which calls for Laykold Asphaltic concrete in lieu of the cutback plant mix. State Engineer O'Connell pointed out that the department has as much information pertaining to Laykold Asphaltic concrete at this time, as they had pertaining to cutback plant mix when it was first used by the state.

State Engineer O'Connell recommended, subject to the approval of the Bureau of Public Roads, that inasmuch as the low bid received on the regular bid and on the alternate, which substitutes steel plate road guard for cable road guard, is in the same amount, the contract on the Globe-Showlow highway N.R.H. Project No. 99-G, A.F.E. No. 6054 (1935), be awarded on the alternate in the amount of $316,958.38, to Geo. W. Orr who is the low bidder. It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and unanimously carried, that the recommendation of the state engineer be accepted.

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Chairman Dowell asked that the engineering department request the contractor who was awarded the project on the Globe-Showlow highway, to use Arizona products as much as possible, especially in regard to blasting powder. State Engineer O'Connell advised that the department always requests the contractors to use Arizona products when it is possible to do so on their highway construction work.

Awarding of bids received on two coupes by the purchasing agent as of September 26, 1934, was the next order of business.

It was regularly moved by Commis sioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Barth and carried, Commissioner Ad dams voting "No", that inasmuch as a larger trade-in price is allowed on the motorcycle by Byron Dieckman, of Douglas, his bid on two Ford V-8 coupes, 8 cylinder cars, be accepted in the amount of $616.00 each.

A communication signed by Mr. Da vid Rubenstein, Secretary of the Asso ciated General Contractors of America, Arizona Chapter, requesting the Ari zona Highway Commission to change their bid qualification from fifteen days to at least thirty days, which they stated is the regulation of some of the adjoin ing States, was presented by the Secre-tary. The Commission expressed them selves as being satisfied with the fifteen days requirement Arizona asks in the prequalification of bidders, however, no action was taken on the request inas much as State Engineer O'Connell ad vised he had taken the matter up with the Bureau of Public Roads and was awaiting their reply.

The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Mercer D. Wilson concerning the Wil son Safety Device, which is a signal de signed for installation at grade cross ings, and advising that he would make the installation of one unit, i. e., two devices-one on either side of the track on proper concrete foundations, for the sum of $1,500.00. The matter was discussed and State Engineer O'Connell made the following recommendation: First, that the Commission re quest the Engineering Department to submit a plan as to whether or not this Safety Device can be in stalled at the Coldwater crossing.

Second, that the Bridge Depart-ment

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Mention be requested to check into the matter and advise the Commission if $1,500.00 is the right price. Third, that the Bureau of Public Roads Officials be contacted and asked if they would have any objection to this Safety Device being installed on a Federal Route.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Mansfield, seconded by Commissioner Addams, and carried, that the State Engineer be authorized to look into this matter from all the angles he sees fit; then, providing the signal meets with his approval and no objection is raised by the Bureau of Public Roads Officials, he be empowered to install two devices at Coldwater, one on each side of the track.

The Secretary read a communication addressed to Mr. W. L. Carpenter, Superintendent of Equipment, by Mr. C. R. McDowell, Superintendent of the Highway Patrol, making certain recommendations concerning various Highway Patrol Stations.

In discussing the Station at Ehrenberg, Commissioner Vyne made a motion that the State Engineer be instructed to go ahead with the sinking of a well for the Station and ascertain if the property will be donated on which the house for the Patrolman could be constructed. State Engineer O'Connell advised that some time ago he gave instructions that the well be be put down, however,, he could have a report ready for the Commission at their next meeting giving information as to whether the well could be put on state property or privately owned property.? Commissioner Vyne withdrew his motion, and it was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and unanimously carried, that this matter be taken up at the next meeting, and, in the meantime, the State Engineer contact the necessary people and see what can be done regarding the needed land.

The Commission took up the matter of the San Simon Patrol Station with Superintendent McDowell and he stated he couldn't recommend the construction of a permanent Station at San Simon, but asked that the temporary building be fixed up for the Patrolman now stationed there. He also recommended that a station, not a permanent one, be constructed on Highway 80 at the outskirts of Douglas, near the Fair Grounds in

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order that his Department might have an estimate of the traffic going over that highway.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and unanimously carried, that if the Attorney General says it is legal, the State Engineer be empowered to proceed with the necessary work Superintendent McDowell wants done to the present Patrol Station at San Simon, providing the cost does not exceed $25.00.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and unanimously carried, that the State Engineer be empowered to have constructed the necessary portable building for a Highway Patrol Station at Douglas, Arizona.

Afternoon Session

The Commission reconvened September 27, 1934, at 2:20 P. M., all members present.

The Secretary presented communications protesting the awarding of license plates for the Year 1935 in steel instead of in copper, which were received from the Bisbee Chamber of Commerce, the Bisbee Kiwanis Club, the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, the Graham County Chamber of Commerce, the Miami Lions Club, the Tri City Democratic Woman's Club of Miami, and from Mr. Carl N. Puterbaugh, President of the State Supervisors Association. The protests, which have been answered by the Secretary, were ordered received and filed.

The Secretary presented a letter from Mr. Milton Ray, of Aguila, Arizona, requesting that communications attached to his letter be placed on file with other correspondence pertaining to proposed U. S. Highway 93.

Mr. W. L. Carpenter, Superintendent of Equipment, reported to the Commission that he had taken up the matter of purchasing Wright Whirlwind Motors and it now appears that the Department may be able to get the motors and accessories from the U. S. Navy Depart ment, San Diego, California, without any expense except the freight charges over here.

State Engineer O'Connell advised that he had had a conference with Mr. W. L. Carpenter, Superintendent of Equip ment, and the various Engineers of the Department concerning equipment and

the following was recommended for immediate use:

Total $36,400 It was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and unanimously carried, that the State Engineer be authorized to prepare advertisements for the purchase of the above listed equipment.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Addams, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and unanimously carried, that on the recommendation of the State Engineer and the Attorney General, a resolution abandoning that portion of Section B, of F. A. P. 24, extending from Maine to Flagstaff, on the Flagstaff-Williams Highway, be adopted.

It was regularly moved by Commissioner Mansfield, seconded by Commissioner Vyne, and unanimously carried, that the Superintendent of Equipment be instructed to submit a report to the Highway Commission showing the latest data on Octane Rating Machines.

The Commission recessed at 2:40 P. M., and went into executive session.

The Commission met again in open session at 4:00 P. M., all members present and it was regularly moved by Commissioner Vyne, seconded by Commissioner Mansfield, and carried, Commissioner Addams voting "No", that on account of the close cooperation necessary between the Highway Patrol and the Theft Bureau, the Resident Agent of the National Automobile Theft Bureau be allowed to keep a representative and stenographer in the office of the Highway Patrol, provided they pay any expenses incidental to the repairs and operation of that portion of the office occupied by themselves. They are to have the office space without further expense.

It was regularly moved, seconded and carried, that the Highway Commission adjourn at 4:05 P. M., September 2, 1934, to meet again October 5, 1934, at 10:00 A. Μ.

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