The Winslow mail., 1926-07-16
COMMERCIAL
CLUB INVITES
QUERIES FROM
MANY STATES

To many residents of Winslow
their present home town was at
one time a mere pin-point on q
map, and in some cases the devious
and roundabaut way that brought
them here did so under such cir
cumstances that they were settlers
in a town Of which they had not
even heard a year past. This
country is full of small cities, prac
tically unheard of out of their own
district or state. That dwellers in
other parts of the country, in large
cities and small, have heard OF
Winslow, and favorably, is evidenc-
ed by the amount of mail received
each week by the secretary of the
Commercial Club, containing in
quiries regarding Winslow and its
surrounding territory.
A city is only as well known as
it is well advertised, and the negli-
gible amount of advertising that
comes to Winslow as result OF
Santa Fe immigration literature,
and it's location on the Santa Fe
main line and the National OLD
Trails, is the cause of the atten
tion drawn to it.
Inasmuch as the Commercial
Clubs object is to tell the rest CT
the world about Winslow, all such
letters are handed to the secretary.
Postmaster A. R. Kleindienst, and
L rfe fr@r.
quently receive letters of inquiry,
and turn them over to the Com
mercial Club.
Not few of the letters are from
Arizona points, from people who
know little or nothing of Winslo'T
other than it's name and the fact
of it's existence. Letters have also
been received from points situated
diagonally across the country, from
Maine and California, from Wash
ington and Florida.
One of the first letters received
by the club after it's reorganization
was letter of application from
a secretary of chamber of CON-
merce in Florida, a man who ez-
pressed himself as pleased with his
present location, but desirous OF
returning to the west, of which he
is native.
Touring parties leaving points in
Maine, Texas, Ohio, New Jersel,
California and other states widely
scattered over the union have aske Il
for information on hotels, roads,
camps and all tourists needs and
supplies.
A recent letter from Kentucky
asks about working conditions, and
states that a party of six plans y
leave Kentucky shortly for Wins
low, or near here A man in NeY
Jersey, discontented with his pres
ent home, worn and weary fro.l
battling Jersey mosquitoes, wisht 5
to buy a home here, or a sma,i
ranch.
Many of the inquiries show u
rare lack of knowledge of the west.
The desert appears to hold terrO4s
for many, whose ideas have ev.-
IDENTIFY been drawn from highiy
colored fiction, the authors of
which, in their desire to create truS.
desert atmosphere, have endowed
practically the entire west with 4
climate similar to that of Deaf
Valley.
Business houses all over the
country, knowing that CONNIE
cial Club is in touch with all that
goes to make a city's prosperit., ,
write for information concerning
their industry, for places of loca
tion, for names of men or firms
who might possibly be interested Al
their products.
Each of these letters is answered
to the best of the ability of the sec
retary, and answers go to Main /,
or to Washington, to Nebraska, o.
to California, telling of Winslow $
wonder climate, its steady business
it's good surroundiLS
roads, it's tourist attractions, aLI
it's facilities for handling tourlss
travel or permanent residents.
This activity in the mails is freni
the small amount of advertisil4
above. When the CoEt-
mercial Club is more closely organ
lied, and.when its organization pc
mits of real advertising, folders
with pictures and descriptions II
attractions, the estimat
ed interest will be more than ten
times as great as at present.
In many large cities, such as De-
troit, Los Angeles, Chicago and 81.
Louis, automobile clubs and touTf~r
bureaus welcome such literature 70
pass on to inquirers and from tho
centers the pamphlets will be DIS
as well as from the office
of the club.