The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-09
BETTER FACILITIES
NEEDED At RESORTS
Ogden Press Shows Necessity OF
More Hotel Room in Ogden
Canyon.
HOTEL WITH HUNDRED
ROOMS SHOULD BE Built
No Excuse. However, for Not
Having Food Enough to
Care for Crowd.

The story printed in The Tribune
various canyon resorts, Ogden canyon
in particular, has had a wonderful ell
feet upon the owners OF the various re-
sorts in that beautiful gorge IN the
mountains, and already movements are
on foot TO build up-to-date hotels. If
Ogden canyon resorts cxpectpatronaee,
if they solicit the business of the state
and Of tourists. those resorts must have
proper facilities TO care for this bust
ness
The complaints which came to The
Tribune of the inability of the resorts
in the canyon TO care for the people
on July 3, and did not mention any
particular resort, but the complaints
were general. There is no question but
what these complaints were Just, par
ticularly in regard to inability 10 OBJ
tam anything TO cat
Since the story was printed, num-
Der of other persons have come 10 The
Tribune with complaints that were more
severe than the original ones. One gen
tleman Informed The Tribune on Thurs
day that he and his wife, who were at
one of the resorts, We're compelled 10
eat crackers and cheese, washed down
with coffee. without cream, for their
breakfast Monday morning.
Even the Ogden press has commented
upon the necessity of better care of
strangers who visit the canyon Here
is what the Examiner says:
Opinion Of Ogden Examiner.
Practically fifty per cent OF the tourists
who visit Utah each year Include ogden
IhDIT Many
for day, others, impressed with the
marvellous scenery, linger for longer
period. There are many suggestions which
could be offered for increasing the at
tractiVeness of this natural resort, but
the one which appeals more strongly to
the casual visitor Is the lack of accom- :
noda ton. Before the hot weather really
begins rooms in the several hotels are en-
gagged and. visitors who woTlld tarry for
several days and then lengthen their stay
into weeks probably find that they must
either content themselves with tent
pitched somewhere in the shadows. or re-
turn to seek other fields With better ac-
commodatlons.
The lessees Of Idlewlld made the en-
phatlc statement Saturday night that the
building OF a strictly up-to-dato hotel OF
at least one hundred rooms with mod
crn comforts Is necessity in order TO
properly care for the many people who
are anxious to spend summer va
cation there. They maintai that the
tourists who visit the place fully expect
modations and II they do not get them
they leave the place with disparaging
words upon their lips. which have ten
dency TO discredit 1dlewild and the en-
tire canyon as a pleasure resort a few
thousand dollars expended in improve
ments would obviate this. There is no
place in the world where greater results
are promised for the investment of capt.
tai The home people should wake up
TO this fact and improve the opportuni-
ty.
This statement confirms what The
Tribune stated, that the people who
visit Ogden canyon expect the best and
most adequate accommodations when
they are charged the price for those ac'
commodations,
No Reason for Lack Of Food
As conditions are now, there Is an
excuse for not housing visitors, due 10
the fact that there is no house room
but when IL comes to feeding people,
there is no excuse. for food can be had
in plenty. and provisions to feed a
crowd can be made in advance. it was
the fact that the supply was short and
that the portions were cut to the mini
mum. while the maximum price was
charged, that caused the complaints.
Knowing that three day holiday would
occur, there was no excuse for not hav-
ing supplies enough on hand to care
for the crowd of people. whom it was
known would visit the canyon on those