The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-12-18
SUMMER TOURIST
BUSINESS SHOWS
LARGE INCREASE
Report to State Publicity
Bureau Indicate YER
mOnt's Growth

In connection with the stablish-
ment of new summer hotels in Yer
mont and the increase in the States
! summer tourist business, it is in
tercstinG to note comments in letters
! received by the State Publicity Blu
rcau in connection with advertising
fol the new 1921 edition of the Hotel
and Boarding House Directory which
the Department is about to issue.
These letters show that some OF the
smaller towns and villages are gradu-
ally making a name for themselves
as summer resorts and that the sum-
mer camps for boys and girls now be-
ing established in large numbers in
the State are doing much to increase
the summer business.
The proprietor Of a hotel in Lunen-
burg wrote: Last season was the
best we ever have had in our II years
here. We had our house and every
available room in the village filled
with the whole lower floor OF the no
tel Except pallor and otiice) thrown
open into dining hall. In spite OF
the hard times in getting help, we
managed to satisfy them and expect
a good number of them next season.
We are fortunate in the class Of
people we get many who could we'll
afford to 90 to more fashionable
places, seem content to come
here, and they bring to the town
talent in various lines and are a
great help to the place. Some of the
mothers Of the girls at Camp Winnie
sheWauka stay with us and many OF
the parents stop over a night or two
during the time their children are
there. This season we had to send
somc OF our guests to Lancaster,
since we were full, and they had not
made reservations ahead. We try to
keep a few places for tranalcntS as
VIC like to have them as we'll as our
regular guests
In connection with previous men
ton made Of abandoned" farms it
is curious to note the number Of in
ouiries received from people outside
the State who have the idea that Yer
mont consists largely OF just such
places TO be bought for little or moth
ing, As y matter of fact there are
very few truly abandoned farms, all
Of them being utilized either for pas
turagc, wood and timber growth, or
other similar useful purposes, and for
the last few years many farm class
ed in the abandoned list has paid big
dividends producing hay. To quote
another real estate agent, Farm
crs that | know of who would gladly
have sold back farms three years ago
for a small price, have gone to them
after their own hayng has been done
and have harvested slAh good hay
crops that they have in many cases
revised their prices upward so much
that they are practically now off the
market, and often they have actually
with drawn them from the agencies,
saying they guessed they could get
more for their money right where It
lay if hay prices kept up"
With the near completion of the
new highway through Smugglers
Notch and the Improvement of the
road to the summit of Mount Mans
field, the region Whereabouts is be
coming more and more a mecca for
tourists. Summer homes are being
built here by nonresidents, and
many farmers near Stowe have found
the taking of summer boarders a pro-
fitablc business. Other mountain and
lake resorts such as Averill, High
gate Springs, Woodstock and Man
chester report record vacation bus
mess