The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-02
HOTEL MEN ARE Invited
CUSTER CITY, OK, OFFERS
THEM INDUCEMENTS.
Town Needs a First Glass House and
Can Assure 1t a Paying Patron
age From the Start.
Special Correspondence.

CUSTER CITY, Ok, Sept. 26.-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 more settled COM
munities are considered imperative ne
cessities. This is only natural. In the
stress of rapid building the first consider
alton was to get shelter over their
heads, and the second 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 atthe 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-,
! f1cient, 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 a great many travelling
men to it to drum it's trade, and as the
roads from here to the inland towns are
much better than from any other point in
this section, it would certainly attract a
great many more If there was a first class
hotel here for them to stop at, The drum
mer is fastidious being when 1t comes
to the matter of hotels, and he is gener-
ally going to arrange his route of travel
so that his longest stops will be at the
towns with the best hotels. Incidentally
he is generally goodspender, free with
his money, and the cash that he leaves in
a town is a matter of some moment. q;
I While the transient trade of Custer
City Is Of considerable Importance at
present, as far as the travelling men are
concerned, there Is no question but that
it could be doubled or even trebled in 6
few months If first class hotel was es.
tablished in the city. It would then be-
come a favorite lay-over place for the
, commercial men, who would so arrange
their routes as to lay over here Sundays
A more inviting field was never open t
j.: : an enterprising hotel man. It is not onl!
the transient, trade that he would be as
! sured Of obtaining, but it is certain tina
no 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 Comm ercial club
or it's president, James B. Chalfant, will
: be glad to supply any hotel man with fur
= Their information on this subject.