Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1913-09-03
WAS AN ENTIRE SUCCESS
VISITORS AND LoDGERs EXPIRES
sED THEMSELVES AS WELL
PLEASED
FINANCES MADE A BALANCE
THE OUTDOOR HOTEL PROVED
TO BE sELF-sUsTAINlNe
FROM THE START

Secretary P. H, LeNoir of the Y M.
G. A. last night made his final report
to the camp committee of the Com
mercial club regarding the activities
of the Y. M. G. A. camp, which closed
its first season last week. Mr.. LeNoir
reported that the camp had closed the
season practically out of debt, havi- 6
been self sustaining with the excep-
tion of the initial investment in equip
ment, which was made by the citizens
for the purpose of advertising Las
Vegas attractions as summer resort.
Mr.. LeNoir's report is as follows:
st is with pleasure that the writer
brings to you the report for the year
1918 of the Y. M. G. A. camp. The
first year is now a thing of the past.
The camp is no longer an experiment
but an actuality and destined to do big
ger things be of larger service to the
community, this next year than it has
this. Altogether 1000 people have
visited the camp from a majority of
the states of our union Many went
away pleased, in fact generally. sur
prised that we had gone into such de-
tails for their comfort; 200 people ac-
tually stayed in the camp, over so Of
whom we're our boys whose good time
at the camp is now legend and next
year the indications are tnat when the
camp opens 100 boys will be ready to
hike for the mountains. The writer
has all along felt that while the camp
was started to provide pleasure re-
sort for the boys and the grown folk
of our own city the great purpose and
aim has been and should always be
to get out-of-town people here to see
our wonderful scenery. In this re-
spect the writer feels that we have
been this year most unusually success
full or rather lucky because our reg
lister shows people from Topeka, Kas.,
Sweetwater, Tex, Omaha, Neb., Gin
cinnati, o., Kansas City, St Louis,
Mo, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Ration
and Roswell, N M. say lucky be-
cause if a fine tooth comb had been
run through the country more con
genial. camp spirited people could
not be found than our late guests
from the above cities. AS far as is
known all went away pleased. The
attached letters from Topeka and
Sweetwater folk will bear out my
statement AS direct result of the
camp Mr.. F, w. Thomas has promised
to bring to our city in the early spring
the convention Of all the apprentice
supervisors on the entire Santa Fe
system. Mr. Thomas is supervisor Of
the apprentices on the Santa Fe and
has under him some 35 or 40 men
coming from as many points from
Chicago to the coast The convention
will be of two or three days duration.
The camp has brought to the noun
tains men and women who have been
in that part Of the country some for
10. some for 20 and some for 30 years.
"Our cook, Mrs Lewis, has lived UP
to every expectation. Not only has.
she delivered the goods in the cook
ing, but also took real live interest
in the activities of the camp, particu-
Iarly with the boys She has promis-
ed to come back next year The boys
who did the chores deserve great
commendation for the splendid man
ner in which they performed their
duties. One Of the best things about
the camp was the family spirit which
pervaded it. Every one made their
own beds, carried their own water
and the women folks could invariably
be seen pitching in and washing the
dishes. A system Of inspection kept
things looking spick and span. The
writer desires to thank the members
Of this committee for their great in
terest in the affairs Of the camp
which has he ran oeenra ,,o,, ham