Date of Clifton-Springerville Highway Opening Celebration Changed to June 19th and 20th

MAY, 1926 ARIZONA HIGHWAYS 17 Date of Clifton-Springerville Highway Opening Celebration Changed to June 19th and 20th By JAMES WYNKOOP, Director of News Service, Board of Supervisors, Greenlee County

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz., May 15. Un forecast suitable weather May 30-31 so ment of having to put the date of the usual weather and a late spring here that the fiesta could be given on the celebration ahead three weeks. Mayor as elsewhere throughout the country days decided upon last winter. Four Peter Riley of Clifton, president of the were reasons given for changing the feet of snow was reported on the Blue association, said that the various work date of the opening celebration of the range, at and in the vicinity of Hannaing units had done their work so thor Clifton-Springerville highway from May gan's Meadows, where the celebration oughly that the mere matter of chang 30-31 to June 19-20 when the executive commemorating the opening of this mil ing the date would take nothing from committee of that highway association lion dollar highway through the Apache the celebration which he felt sure would met in Springerville Saturday. Action national forest will be held and the be a success of such a far reaching was taken after the various working road dedicated as "The Coronado Trail." nature as to cast luster over the entire committees had reported, the motion Mr. Becker and others who have lived state of Arizona and the United States being made by Gustav Becker and secin this region for forty or fifty years forest service, both of which he said onded by Conner Trammel, both of said that never before had there been had given their generous support to the Springerville. The vote was unanisuch a severe winter and late spring, counties of Apache and Greenlee in pro mous. but which however carried with them moting the celebration. It was brought out at the meeting that unprecedented advantages to stock and The executive committee adourned to the committee had held off until now agriculture. meet June 6 at Hannagan's Meadows in making its decision, hoping that The spirit of thanksgiving prevailed and make final arrangements for the weather conditions would be such as to at the meeting, despite the disappointfiesta.Travelers Will Find Information of Value In ARIZONA HIGHWAYS It is a Necessity for All Tourists in Arizona