Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1922-07-26
Jesse Winburn'S Hotel
Proposition Laid Before
Chamber OF Commerce

AT the meeting of the chamber OF
commerce in the city hall last night
a letter from Jesse Winburn was
read, in which he submitted a prop
ositlon, which in his judgment, Of
Tered a direct means of speedily
bringing about the erection of a ho-
tel In Ashland. Fred Homes acting
as Mr. Winburn's representative
told how Mr.. Winburn had become
interested in the matter through
learning of the work being done by
the Hockenbury System, Inc. con-
cern OF promoters who made a spe-
cialty Of financing hotel ventures.
They are regarded as experts, and
he thought 1t would be well for the
chamber Of commerce to get in touch
with them as speedily as possible, In
order to have them send one or
more of their experts here to look
over the field and decide as TO the
Feasibility of a hotel project. He
recommended that a committee be
appointed for this purpose.
The following correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Winburn and the Hocken-
bury System. Inc, and which was
read at the meeting last night by
Mr.. Homes, is self-explanatory:
June l, 1922.
Mr.. Jesse Winburn.
BroadmoOr Hotel,
Colorado Springs, Colo.
My dear Mr.. Winburn:
Thank yon for your letter of May
2Sth regarding your proposed hotel
project In Ashland, Oregon.
Our work is confined entirely to
community projects, By chat ! mean
those projects which supply real
community need and which there
fore receive the endorsement. sup
port and cooperation of the cham
Der of commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis,
and other similar civic organizations
interested in the civic welfare. We
do not undertake any private finan-
cial projects.
We are not stock salesmen in the |
sense in which that term Is ordinar- !
lily understood. We do not person
ally sell the stock. We do organize,
train and direct the leaders Of
community in the selling OF the
stock to the people Of the commun-
ity.
Within the past eight months we
have completed The successful finan-
cling of II different projects involv-
ing approximately $S,000,000 The .
total amount of stock sold on these
projects was more than $4,500, 900. |
During the past month we have
closed two successful projects on the
Pacific coast, one at Astoria. Ore
gOn, closed with $256,O00 on a
100000 objective, the other at Ia
coma, where We sold $1,015,000 on
IN objective Of $1,O00,000.
We now have projects under way
1t Petaluma, California. and Port
Angeles, Washington. These will
)e completed about the first of July
md If conditions warrant. 1t would
,e possible for us to send a repre-
sentative to Ashland to meet any
committee that might be interested |
n the promotion of a new hotel for !
hat city.
The first step in a proposition OF
his kind is the appointment OF a
otel committee from the chamber !
If commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis or
ONE other organization interested
n the civic welfare. II this COM
littee can be made representative II
all of the civic bodies of the city, l.
will be strengthened thereby. This h
ommittee should then carefully in
estigate our record and satlsy itself u
bout our ability to handle this pro- u
'ct successfully, We shall be glad c.
, furnish you with the names OF [,
len who are thoroughly familiar
ith our work and let them tell you IT
irect their own story of Hocken-
lry Service.
Inasmuch as the question of op- -,
alton is always an important fac ~
IF in a proposition of this kind, 1t :. ~
ight not to be difficult for you to ~, =,
'ouse interest and enthusiasm in -
shland and secure the appointment y"
such committee. II you can do ''
is, am sure we can sell the secur-
es needed TO make the hotel a
allty.
At your service,
IL HOCKENBURY SYSTEM INC.
A. l.. Aderton, Secretary. a
On July 5th. Mr.. Wlnburn re-
ived another letter from The
,ckenbury System. Inc. which af- Fl
: repeating portions of the prev AL
Is correspondence, added: MI
We have iust eSmpleted three mi
ccessful hotel campaigns on The
cific coast Two OF them | refer IL,
| to in my letter Of June lst. ~
ice that time we have added an pa
Ter at Petaluma, California. we
ere we sold s257, 500 on an OBJ
tive of $250,000. be,
We are now engaged in the sale OF =,
700. 900 for the new hotel at Sc Gu
lie. Washington This project VIII no
,bably be completed about Aug lar
1st. as
Il you are interested in our sery- hr,
II Is quite possible that we can v
ange 10 have one of our repre- prt