The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-25
CHANCE FOR Hotel men.
CUSTER CITY, OK, WANTS A
FIRST CLASS HOSTELRY.
Town Has Outgrown Primitive Ac-
commodations and Offers Fine
Field for a Good House.
Special Correspondence.

CUSTER CITY, Ok, Sept. 19.-In COM
mon with most new towns in new coun-
try, the first settlers and builders of the
majority of Oklahoma towns overlooked
many things that in moressettled COM
munities are considered imperative ne
cessities. This is only natural. In the
stress of rapid building the first consider
alton was to get a shelter over their
heads, and the second a place in which
to" conduct business. Later, with the
towns development, they are satisfied
that whatever is needed will be provided.
The pioneers Of town building are al
ways looking for quick results in every
thing they undertake. Because of this
fact, they are satisfied with primitive ar
rangements. The lunch counter and the
short order" and cheap restaurants
meet all their requirements, because time
Is too valuable to be wasted at the table,
and the quicker a meal can be disposed
of the better they are pleased. They are
not gourmands, and are never particular
about the quality of the service. For
sleeping purposes "any old place" that
will afford them shelter is considered suf-
ticient, and hence hotels of the first class
are usually overlooked until the town has
got fair growth. Then the town usual
ly begins to sit up and "take notice" of its
deficiencies and to be sensitive to criti-
cism on the part of visiting strangers.
| Custer City is no exception to this rule,
| and is now taking notice." It has good
reason for doing so. It has become a
large distributing point, and this nat
! urally attracts great many travelling
J men to 1t to drum its trade, and as the
roads from here to the inland towns are
| much better than from any other point in
! ,, ;x1, n
Fgreat many more if there was first class
hotel here for them to stop at. The drum
mer is fastidious being when it comes
to the matter OF hotels, and he Is gener-
ally going to arrange his route of trave
so that his longest stops will be at the
towns with the best hotels. incidentally
he is generally good spender, free with
his money, and the cash that he leaves IL
town Is matter of some. moment.
While the transient trade of Custer
City is Of considerable Importance al
present, as far as the travelling men ar
| concerned, there is no question but tina
it could be doubled or even trebled in
few months if first class hotel was es
tablished in the city. 1t would then be
come a favorite lay-over place for tn
commercial men, who would so arrang
their routes as to lay over here Sundays
A more inviting field was never open t.
all enterprising hotel man. 1t is not onl
the transient trade that he would be as
sured of obtaining, but it Is certain tina
he would secure we'll paying and per
manent patronage from residents Of tn
city. A house of forty or fifty room
capacity would find itself we'll filled, an
would find it advisable to enlarge befor
long. The Custer City Commercial club
or it's president, James B. Chalfant, vii
! be glad to supply any hotel man with fur
Their information on this subject. III