Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-08-12
Says City is Model
OF Hospitality

An immense amount of publicity is
reverting to Ashland through the
tourists who are camping at the auto
camp grounds this summer Every
day in looking over our exchanges we
almost invariably find mention Of
Ashland, and always of most com.
plimentary nature. Ashland, hel
spirit of hospitality, the auto camp
and other features are being made
the subjects of innumerable letters to
papers throughout the country. The
papers are taking up Ashland's new
spirit and many editorials have ap.
peared in leading coast dailies and
in eastern papers. While it is oil
course impossible to reprint all OF
the comment, an occasional notice
of what other people think of us is
an incentive to further growth of the
spirit of hospitality which bids fair
to make Ashland a synonym for all
that is hospitable.
The following letter, written by a
lady who merely spent few minutes
in the city and had no opportunity
to realize all of the advantages which
Ashland offers strangers, appeared
in the Portland Oregonian:
North Yakima, Wash, July 2S.-
To the Editor: AS a loyal Washing
tonian, who but lately motored
through your state, l wish to extend
to Oregon some compliments which
other motorists will concede, / am
sure.
I'VE drove from North Yakima via
Portland to the fair at San Francisco.
Through Washington the roads were
in a very good condition, but the eff
cient way in which the Oregon roads
were marked out, and the condition
of the roads was so good that it
brought marked comment and praise.
Until We were in California We had
little trouble in keeping to the Pa
cific highway and the best roads.
Everywhere we met the finest cour-
tesy and good will. And We remem-
ber most pleasantly the ten minutes
spent in Ashland, Ore. Really,
think that little city is a veritable
model of ambition, energy and hos
pitality. | believe that every city
could profitably take lesson from
it.
81 know California is carrying a
rather heavy load in the fair, but
from the time we crossed the border
line until we reached our destination
we came to the conclusion that Cali
fornia roads do not come up to the
standard set by Oregon and Wash
ington. The California climate and
scenery did not compare very well
with that of Oregon, and the roads
we're not mapped out nearly as well
"a fact that we found out after
many delays.
81 think we are not the only ones
to think that Portland compares very
favorably with San Francisco except
in respect to size. l have been
laughed at several times for saying
this same thing, but it is true just
the same, according to my estimate.
With but few exceptions the build
ings in Portland are as large; there
is more traffic on the streets and it
is more efficiently handled. Port
land also seems to be more alive.
I'm fact. taking all things togeth-
er, we have a lot of nice things to
say and think of the state of Ore
gon. But if you want to find out
what a real little booster city is and
how far behind Portland is in that
respect, write to the Commercial
Club of Ashland, Ore, or make trip
down there yourself, and you will see
things which will open your eyes.
ELIZABETH o. HENRY"