Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-11
STATE FAIR BOARD
| APPEALS FOR ROOM
Those Who Can Entertain
Visitors Asked to Report
to Secretary Lee

Have you any rooms which you
would like to rent during the state
fair?
If you have make a list of them,
giving name, street address and tele-
phone number and mail them in to
Secretary A. II. Lea, state fair board,
Salem, Oregon. Also state what CON
veniences will furnished with the room
or rooms, such as bath, heat, telephone,
hot and cold water, proximity to ear
line; whether suitable for men, wom-
en-, married people with or without emil
dren; state whether rooms can be fur
nished single or ensuite, and also state
price to be asked by the night and for
the week. If you have no rooms to
rent during the fair, kindly show this
to neighbor or friend who-has.
This year the state fair board will,
in conjunction with its general free in
formation service, conduct free
Groom register" for the benefit and
convenience of state fair visitors and
Secretary Manager Lea desires to make
the service so complete and satisfact-
ory that it will reflect credit, not only
to the fair board but upon the hospit-
able spirit of the residents of Salem
who will no doubt cooperate fully to-
ward adding to the comfort and pleas
ure of fair visitors.
At every state fair, and especially
along about the middle of the week
when the crowds are at their apex and
the hotels and lodging houses are tax
ed to their fullest to furnish accom-
modations to the thousands of visitors
u from over the state and abroad, there
is big overflow of strangers in a
strange land who have right to ex-
pect that some arrangement has been
made for their accommodation. 1t is,
therefore, up to the kindly hearted
people of Salem, who have extra rooms
to spare, to throw their doors open and
extend the hand of greeting and hospi-
tality to the visitor.
The people of Salem have never fail
ed to meet this responsibility and can
always be depended upon in "pinch
to supply all Of the necessaries toward
mailing the visit Of the "stranger
within the gates" a pleasant expert
ence long to be remembered. Hereto
fore it has been the custom of the Sa-
lem Commercial club to conduct a
room registry for the benefit of state
fair visitors and it has performed a
very meritorius function with great
credit to the management. 1t is to
be hoped that the Commercial club will
continue to serve in this important Of
flee. In addition to establishing a
room register in connection with the
information bureau at the fair grounds
this year, Secretary-M Manager Lea does
not propose to work at cross purposes
with the commercial body or any other
agency which seeks to render a kindly
service to patrons of Oregon s greatest
educational institution-the state fair
but to work in harmonious coopera-
tion with them and tender whatever
aid the fair management can in look
ing after the comfort and convenience
of those who were unable to arrange
accommodations in advance of their
coming
A Telephone will be installed in the
information booth at the fair grounds
and it will be one of the chief duties
of the person in charge to keep in con
tinuous touch with those who have
rooms to rent during the week and it
will be very important to have those
who send in lists of rooms to keep the
information bureau posted at all times
regarding vacancies. But the main
thing now is to decide upon how many
of your extra rooms you can spare dur
ing the week, September 25 to 30, in
elusive, or the week previous and fol
lowing the fair, and mail your list to
Secretary Lea at your earliest cOnven-
ience. Do not wait until the last min