Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-09

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When Is an Ad Nor an .Ad9--"Your
house is enjoying good run Just
now said reporter TO Don n, Por-
ter, proprietor of the Kenyon hotel
today YES every hotel In town Us
having a good rum said the smiling
host "lBut don't you know that there
is nothing that injuries business for
the hotels, and even for the city more
than TO advertise abroad that the no.
tells of any city are crowded, and that
no more guests can be comm . dated7
When rush comes like that OF con-
ference. Of instance, lasting a few
days, perhaps "a week when most of
the hotels and rooning houses are
packed, then for the papers to herald
forth to the country at large hat the
hotels are crowded and there Is no
more room for guests. those papers
are perused by prospective visitors TO
cur city who become frightened that
they can not secure aCcor1lnlo datinn$
in the city because of the report that
the hotels are crowded. and they
stay away, l have seen 1t happen
many time. and IL is wrong policy
70 pursue Every tourist who Visits
our town means Just that much more
foT the town, not only in the money
spent In seeing the city. but IN the
advertising that we'll treated guest
Invariably gives to an enterprislnE
up-to-date and growing city like Salt
Lake / have in mind now an eastern
capitalist who came to Salt Lake MS
a casual tourist He came here with
the idea OF stopping over one day to
see the town and leaving the next
day, Well, he received good hotel ac-
comm odatlons he went about town
and saw that we had q hustling, up
todate municipality: he saw evidences
of growing pros perity and ne decided
TO stop a week. He visited the sur
rounding country and finally became
interested in mining property and now
he has investments amounting 10
100000 in the Bingham mining dis"
trict. Now III this man had read in
the papers that the hotels were crowd.
ed he would probably never have como
to Salt lake. DO not understand me
that ] am complaining OF the salt
Lake papers. l am sure every hotel
keeper appreciates the splendid daily
papers that are published In our city,
hut 1t occurred 10 me that in cases
of temporary rushes of business, like
at a conference or convention, the pa
pers might just put II thar the hotels
were busy but able to take care OF all
corners which they really are able TO
do AT all times--and it would prevent
much misapprehensiOn In the minds OF
prosp ective tourists and prevent a
great injustice which is uninten1ion-
ally done to hotels.
James Conzett of Deadwo0d. South
! Dakota, is at the Kenyon Yes, 1 am
from the Black hills country said
Mr. Conzett today. why do they
call 1t the Black Hills?' " ''WeI, 1t Is
because the hills look black upon APP
preaching them from a distance. The
| timber growing upon the mountains
, combines some way with the atmos-
| phere to make them appear heavy
| black at a distance and that is where
are very heavily min eralized and
probably the greatest low grade ore
| producing mine in the world-the
| Homestake--is located In the Black
hills Nine hundred stamps arc drop
| piny day and night at the mills OF
| the Homestase. ! believe the Tread
! well mine In British Columbia has 400
stamps. hut Homestake has 900. and
they are just kept busy all the time.
| The fro In the mine has of late hin
| dc red operations somewhat. however,
end 1t is not out yet The fact Is
they can't locate the blaze. The in
ternal workings of the mine are so
extensive that they have not been
able 10 locate just where the fire start
ed. bat hope 10 do so soon. The
Black hills is a great stock country
also, probably the finest range for cat
tie in the United States being that in
its immsdlatet vicinity
j. r. EdgchiII of Naphi is at the
| Wilson. Mr. E,dghill is on his way
TO Arizona to buy wool for the AssocI-
ated Noolgrowers OF Boston, with
which firm he has been identified the
I past four years