The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-28
PENSACOLA IS
OPENING DOOR
To THE WORLD
Alaflamiss Publicity VIII
Tell Thousands How
to- Get Here.
HAD NOT HEARD
OF PENSACOLA
Golden Harvest Yielded by
Publicity in Other
Places.

Pensacola's interests in the ala
fiamiss" movement are being strong.
ly evidenced by the response that il
being made to the call of the exec
utive committee of the Gulf Coast
Tourist and Development League for
financial support in the raising OF
S25O,O00 at very minimum through
out the region embraced under the
name of 'Alaflamiss." Members of
the executive committee are hopeful
that the fund viii reach at least
100000 when completed.
This particular section Of the re-
gion that is, Escambia and Santa
Rosa counties, which embraces the
second largest city in "Alaflamiss"
-Pensacola--is supposed to contrib
ute to the fund at least $40. 600 per
year. and from all indications it an
pears that this portion win be very
readily supplied.
Those in charge of the campaign
who are cooperating with Messrs.
Goodhart, Muldon, Knowles and Her
vey, members CT the board of direct
ors, believe that when this fund shall
have been placed in the hands Of the
executive committee, and the eam-
paign Of advertising started, that
more real good will be accomplished
for this part of the Gulf Coast corrn-
try than ever before. In speaking.
to a representative of The Journal in
this regard John A. Fox, who Is as
sisting in the work, and who has had
wide experience in these matters.
said:
"This country is practically undis-
covered because Of fits inaccessibility
and the minute that It becomes
known and IS soon as its virtues have
been told to the rest of the world.
thousands of people viii come in
here, and discover it. I am just ons
of million people who travel the
beaten path from New Orleans,
through Mobile and Montgomery on
to Washington and New York every
year. and pass by this section with
out ever knowing about IT. / suppose
] have been through Flon1aton n
thousand times in the last ten years.
and / have heard of Pensacola for
many years, but / was rever here in
my life until about two months ago.
"Of course was delighted with
what ! found. ] was pleased beyond
expression at the beautiful streets
and the delightful location of Pensa-
cola. | noticed the land as I passed
through lying adjacent to Pensacola.
and / am confident that If Theses
lands were known of, and could be-
visited by prospective settlers. thIs
country would be filled with people
within very short time. You here
in this particular section are away
off of the beaten tract as It were.
You are very much in the same posi-
ton that the people of San Diego.
Cal, found themselves in about five
years ago, San Diego is as YOU
know down in the most southern tin
of California about one hundred and
twenty-five miles below Los Ange-
les. The railroads from the east PASS
through Los Angeles, and Their 20 uu
the coast, consequently the tide of
travel goes by this southern tip with
out knowing anything about it.
There is only one railroad down there
which is on spur of the Santa Fe.
running down from Los Angeles.
therefore, that southern portion be-
low Los Angeles was not known of
and not visited. Realizing this in
1910 number Of the leading bust
ness men there decided to spend a
little money in telling the rest Of the
world about that particular south
ern tip of California. I think they
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