COMMISSION ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN

Mr. A. A. (Tony) Johns, elected Chairman of the Highway Commission at its May 23rd meeting, is as well known and enjoys as wide an acquaintance as any man in Arizona.

His boyhood spent in the hard early days of the Territory, no man has been more interested in the growth of the state nor participated more in its development.

Mr. Johns has been in Arizona since 1882 and was engaged for many years in mining. Always active in public affairs he was under sheriff of Yavapai county from 1898 to 1902 and chief of the Prescott Fire Department for fifteen years. He was speaker of the house in the Third State Legislature and also during the session of 1918, and president of the senate in the 4th State Legislature.

From Territorial days Mr. Johns has been a great good roads enthusiast, his name always linked with any movement furthering the betterment of public highways. He was chairman of the committee from the Chamber of Commerce that brought about the building of the White Spar Highway, and was at one time secretary and treasurer of the Aubrey Investment Co., which was a road building concern, building many miles of highways.

During the last twenty-five years, in addition to his civic activities, Mr. Johns has been interested in the sheep business and wool raising, and the past ten years has been president of the Wool Growers Association.

Mr. Johns married Cora Weaver in 1892. Born in Prescott. Mrs. Johns is daughter of Benjamin Weaver, who had the distinction of setting the type for the first newspaper published in northern Arizona, the "Arizona Miner," published in the Chino Valley in 1864.

For six years Mr. Loomis served as a member of the school board of Miami, during which time the cost of operation of the schools was materially reduced without lowering the standard of education. He is serving his second term as member of the Town Council of Miami. His wide and varied experience in business and public administration eminently qualifies him for the position of Purchasing Agent for the State Highway Department.

Arthur P. Harrington, Chief Accountant, was born in Minnesota in 1890, attending public schools in Minneapolis and Fargo, North Dakota. Attending college in St. Paul he received his degree in an accounting course, his first business experience being with the First National Bank of Fargo, North Dakota.

Mr. Harrington's experience as an accountant has covered a period of twenty-two years, not only in Arizona but with various firms in Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona.

He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1915, coming to Arizona in 1919, where he has been connected with the firm of Duncan and Darrow of Tucson, who made the audit for the Arizona Highway Department. It was during this audit that he familiarized himself with the work of the various departments, qualifying him for the position of Chief Accountant.

Mr. M. H. Dulaney, recently appointed Superintendent of Equipment, is a native of Tennessee, born in 1893.

He came to Arizona in 1913 and served his country in the war with Germany, entering the army in 1917, where he remained for the duration of the war. Returning to Arizona after the armstice he has made this state his home and has been connected with the Arizona, Highway Department since 1925, in the Maintenance Department.

W. A. Jolley has resumed the duties of the office of District Clerk, which he resigned two years ago to accept another position. Previous to his resignation he had been with the Highway Department, in various capacities, for ten years, being one of the oldest employees in service in the department. Mr. Jolley is an ex-service man. serving continuously from March 1916, to October, 1919, both in the Mexican and World wars.

the Mexico-Northwest Railroad in Chihuahua, Mexico, later working for the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad.

In 1919 he was made County Engineer of Cochise County, Arizona, which position he held until 1929, and from 1929 to date he has been employed by the Arizona Highway Department as resident engineer in the Southeastern part of the state, being made Deputy State Highway Engineer on May 26th 1932.

Mr. C. B. (Nick) Loomis, recently appointed Purchasing Agent of the Arizona Highway Department, was born in Park River, North Dakota in 1890, educated in St. Paul, Minn. and came west and settled in Miami in 1912. He became associated with Cleve Van Dyke, assisting in the manifold activities of that builder and promoter. During his entire residence in Arizona Mr. Loomis has been actively and prominently connected with the growth and development of the state and brings to his new position a wealth of experience gained in the direction of large business enterprises in the Miami district. He has held responsible positions in the Miami Townsite company in the operation of public utilities in that city and in the development of copper mining in Gila county. His familiarity with this class of business has given him a wide experience in purchasing.

Changes In Personnel

Mr. Sid Smyth, Deputy State Engineer, has been a resident of Arizona since 1913. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1881, and educated in Alabama. Prior to coming west in 1910 he was engaged in railroad location and construction work in Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, serving on location and construction on the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, Seaboard Air Line and L & N Railroads. His first work in the west was on the construction of