Cañon City record., 1909-09-30


owns the Glenwood Inn at Riverside,
California. once about this very ques-
tion-how to divert the tourist busi-
ness.
He said In effect: Tourists are like
bunch OF sheep-get a few started
have the mob on you almost before
you can get out OF the way"
He ought 10 know. He has over run
Riverside with them and is now tax
ing them in droyes way off up to Lake
Tahoe where he has built another big
hotel.
/ have told you the story of River
side and Mr.. Miller once. but may tell
It again some day-for Its a good
story and we can learn much from IT.
So what we want first is to get
little bunch OF the big tourist busi-
ness started this way.
This may be harder than l think
But think 1t much easier than one
would nj first suppose. And I think
II worth 30 much 10 Canon City that
u 10 with BoiuS 1ANci anu eS'Ao
after hard
or course II would cost some money
and some hard work on the part of
somebody. But everything that is
worth while. In a business way. costs
both.
Ono trouble about our town 10 that
We are on a $40 subscription basis.
Go out on the street with church
program and you can get $40 on II
and start Q subscription list to build
railroad to the top of the Royal Gorge
and the $40 subscriptions will pre-
dominate. 1t isn't entirely on that basis
OF course. but you know what l mean.
It's entirely too much 30.
II We 20 after the tourist business
We can't do IL on that basis. 1t must
be on a bigger plan.
believe that 5000 conld De 90
spent that IL will bring big returns the
first year. And / believe when a good
plan for spending II Is developed and
explained. this money could be raised
in a day among the thirty people and
firms most Interested
do not pretend to say how this
campaign could be best carried out.
But here are a few suggestions-if
you have others. tell me OF them:
would make my entire effort the
first year in Denver and Colorado
Springs.
These two cities alone spend about
hundred thousand dollars year to
get people into Colorado. And they
fill their towns up.
IL you have been in Denver or Colo
RADIO Springs this summer you have
seen the effect-and you may have
had difficulties in finding a place to
sleep.
In Colorado Springs every spare
room in the town is for rent and yet
some Canon City people can testify
that It is mighty hard some times in
that big city full of hotels and rooming
hcdses to find a bed to sleep on.
Well. these cities are tilled by Eas,
ern people looking for scenery and
things to see. They are looking
around for suggestions and they 20
where they are told.
The Pixies Peak road gets couple
OF hundred n day ut IS per. The Mof-
fat road has two OF three train loads
out every day at a good figure. Estes
Park and Cripple Creek get thousands
every month. And a dozen less at
tractive places get as many rs they
can hold.
Canon City has more to offer for the
price than any of them and we can
get the people 10 we tell them OF what
we have.
This campaign should be worked
out by the Business Mems association
or perhaps. by special committee
OF those most directly interested.
Here is n suggestion OF how II could
be worked.
Send mana good live man, TO
Denver and another to COLORADO
Springs, Lot these men spend all their
time In these cities for -four months
probably June, July. August and
September.
II would be their business 20 vinit
all tho hotels. meet ~ many people
~ possible. and talk Canon City fsa-
turss all the time. Tksy would worh