Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-28
SAL LAKE HOTELS H |.
HURTING THE CITY
Their Failure to Answer Accom-.
mediation Requests Embar-
raises G. IA. r.. Committees.
WOMEN WILLING TO HELP
III Landlords VIII Refer Letters to-
Them, They VIII See That
They Are Answered.

As the time for holding tho forty
third annual encampment Of G.. a.. II.
approaches, the matter Of accommo-
dating the thousands of people who
viii be guests of the city is beconl-
ing Of vital Importance. The Women's
Citizens committee, having the mat
ter in hand, is in receipt OF many.
letters daily, asking for reservations
OF rooms and accommodations for
morning a communication was receiv-
ed blythe committee from Comman-
sder-in-Chief H. NJ. MENUS, in which 1t
was stated that party of 20 women
from New Jersey had written nuns.
Der of the hotels in Salt Lake asking
for reservations for the party during
encampment week. or all the hotels
ADDRESSED, Commander Nevius said
only one replied. and that to the eff
feet that the hotel was full. The Wo-s
mems committee Immediately took the
matter up and secured accommodate
tons for the party at the University
apartments.
This question of accommodations Is
IA serious one. said Mrs. l.. G. Stocking,
LlbG
3ntfttee, this morning, "and it seems like
tho hotels should, as a matter of bust
ness Judgment and for the benefit OF the
city itself, extend the courtesy of IA re-
ply to parties making inquiry for ac-
Ecoidmodat ions, even If the reply be un-1
ffavorable@ Another point we should
like to have impressed upon those5who
cater to the public in the matter of ac-
gcominndattons, and that is. il they are
~ 's.&x.
subject, not to neglect the requests
coming in from people outside of town,
but to send them to the women's citi-$
tzerl's committee. and we will answer
them, one way or another. Isl.
HURTS THE CITY
I've cannot afford to have the good
name of our city jeopardized for the
sake of a little attention to such de-
tails. and the matter Of time and ex-
,pense In dropping a card of reply to-
people who wish to come here during
week seems but small
Item for any hotel keeper or clerk to
attend to. But If they cannot attend
to 1t, and will let us know, we will see
that the letters are answered"
The flower committee of the G. A. "A
r. will hold&a meeting on Friday next
at 2::30 p. M. in the vYomen's Citizens
OoIlS dL5tlilcg1NsOlItiHGTC
club building. Members of the cons
mittsa gre8regnesteds to bring reports
of flower culture In their various dis
tricts. vs.
CONVENTION CAPTURING.
The current issue Of Golfers Weekly
contains the GLOWING In the Record Of |
Current Events:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Is the latest
on "a n at
sirous of losing their frontier reputa-
lions, In eastern minds, as mere water-4l
ing spots In a desert OF sagebrusf, the
cities reach out3for tourists.
This summer Salt Lake has captured
the veterans of the G.. A. r. A hundred
thousand strong, the old soldiers are
expected to tramp into Salt Lake in
the middle of August. It is the towns
first big chance. and through j ly it is
getting It's welcome ready.
A The committee of the Commercial |
club said the electric light wires We're
ugly; they had to come down. The
city council told the telephone COM
panies a {poleless city was the only |
thing to present to these distinguished !
guests; there are no poles now--at
least in high places Even the bill |
boards have lost their vogue and most
~ descrate suburban fields and rear /
Inc pavement on which the veterans
would march was rather shabby
through orerwear. 1T was rolled up
into great heaps of asphalt overnight,
and nice new layer was put down in
the morning in record time Just SO that
Pat Moran-he who always gets the
show that 1t was eff
cheney and not graft that brought them
to him.
, When it gets its first skyscraper n
town goes into deliriun of joy. Dur
ing this season of preparation for the
veterans Salt Lake has had chance
10 crane Its neck upward at It's first
and second skyscraper. and see the
laid Of its third and fourth. l.
On the patriotic side, the coming en-
'ampment differs from other meetings
n that5it is a long ways from the old
But the Utah people
:ouched the war at a point, Brigham
Young, while a. private citizen, received
md responded to a personal call from
President Lincoln TO raise and scatter
/ force of volunteers along the Over
and mailiroute from the Missouri river
vest. They We're needed across Wy
ming and Nebraska because none of
he nations regulars could be spared |.
or this work. They performed long
md hazardous tour OF duty.
TO PRESENT T.EGAT SJnE