The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
PUBLICITY is DOING
GOOD FOR VERMONT
Some Illustrations Furnished BY the
State Publicity Department
Y Abandoned Farms Increas-
ing in Value.

In connection with the establish
ment of new summer hotels in Yer
mont and the increase in the states
summer tourist business, it is inter
esting to note comments in letters re-
ceived by the state publicity bureau in
connection with advertising for the
new 1921 edition of the hotel and
boarding house directory which the de-
partment is about to issue. These let
tcrs show that some of the smaller
towns and villages are gradually max
ing name for themselves as summer
resorts and that the summer camps for
boys and girls now being established in
large numbers in the state are doing
much to increase the summer business
The proprietor of hotel in Lunen
berg writes: Last season was the best
we have ever had in our II years here.
We had our house filled and every
available room in the village, with the
whole lower floor of the hotel Except
parlor and office thrown open into a
dining hall In spite of the hard times
in getting help, we managed to salts
fly them and expect good number of
them next season. We are fortunate in
could well afford TO 90 to the more
fashionable, expensive places, seem con-
tent to come here, and they bring to
the town talent in various lines and
are great help to the place. Some of
the mothers of the girls at Camp Win
neshewauka stay with us and many of
the parents stop over night or two
during the time their children are here.
This season we had to send some
guests to Lancaster since we were full
and they had not made reservations
ahead. We try to keep few places for
transients as we like to have them as
well as our regular guests"
Dorset is another small village that
is developing into II busy summer re-
sort This is another instance of where
many more applied than could be cared
for One person with accommodations
for II people in her place, had 100 APP
plications and not only filled her own
home but those of her neighbors also.
Among Dorset's special attractions, be
sides the mountain scenery and good
automobile roads, are the golf links
which are open to guests at club rates.
Silver lake in Barnard is a possibili-
ty that seems to have been overlooked
by the owners and managers of boys
and girls camps as well as by hotel
men, Yet last year Barnard had its
quota of summer people. One tourist
who came has already booked accom-
modations for himself and ten other
guests for next August, thus filling to
capacity one house catering to summer
boarders.
The reports of the season from
Grand Isle county are equally satisfae-
tory and show an enormous amount of
automobile touring through the islands.
BY Dee one island camp had its place
booked more than full for July and
August. The proprietor of this camp
says: There is no question about the
multitude coming TO Vermont when we
are ready to take care OF them. II Isl
the getting of the people to enter the
business and learn how TO do it that
it is difficult. In many cases those who
come into the state are not made com
PORTABLE ana are not gwen eHottEH W
eat. The first fault may be because Of
ignorance of the business of caring for
city guests, but the second one is mex
cusable and outrageous"
In Windham county there is an incli-
nation to make the hill towns the abid
ing places for an increasing number of
summer visitors. Every day some non
resident picks out place for summer
occupancy until to-day a number Of
sections in the southern part of the
are almost wholly owned by
such non residents writes an agent
from that section. The number of non
resident summer visitors to Windham
county and especially to Ames hill in
Marlboro, is increasing yearly and last
year the number in that section of the
exceeded fifty people from va
rious states, all of whom have acquired
or are interested in summer homes
there" Windham, Wardsboro. Newfane
and like places IN the West river valley
afford an excellent field for the devel