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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1920)
18 THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. ' THURSDAY, JANUARY. 1, 1920. t nnmtMmmmn:uii iiHumtmiinitu UNUSUAL DEMANDS ON CITY AND STATE mm,mi,i.iimii.ii1i.,iiii.1mumiimig notels the 8cenic Spots Of Our State to attract them. We are now beginning to realize - . - i - mat Lucre i a veruairin nil uui nuvj HOTELS ARE ALL MET AND HANDLED WELL hSSS M.,? ,r .SMifS I Hood region, on Crater lake, on Eagle lr.rt P)- ti t .j rru , r,-- v . ..1 creek near the Columbia river high- s -.c - i icacmra a iiriuoriTco vunng i asi oeupn, nnen iarge inrongs ere nere Live- I I Btock Exposition Alone Drew 12,000 People Additional Facilities Needed to Care for Tourist Travel. . I . !"WMmiiiiiMiiiuiiMiiiiuimminmMiiiMiiiiiimim r - - - ' - J . . - ? j 1 Pining Room of a Pox-fland JJefcJ. Air i , I s '111 rr - j i 1 1 if lk iv - 4i it 7E y S' j s ' - -r t. ' By R. W. Prire. Frvaidrnt Orecon Hotel men's Association. JTHE year just closed may be reck I oned as one of the most success ful ever experienced by the hotel ien of Portland. Never in their history have euch constant demands been made upon 'their resources, and never before have ,'just the same sort of problems con fronted them. After the abnormal ftonditionsbrought about by the war t&ad passed, came a post-war situation Iv'ith its attendant shortage and ex 'tremely high cost of labor, soaring (prices of foodstuffs, of linens, and, Jn fact of everything which goes to -wake up the first-class hotel estab lishment. These conditions have hit ' the hotel men more, possibly, than Any other group of business men in '.the city. J Besides, with the end of the war, all restrictions against travel were 'waived, so that cities all over the , country were flooded with an unpre ' cedented number of tourists. Port land shared in this peculiar condi tion and. consequently, her hotels were and still are taxed to their ; utmost capacity. Yet notwithstanding -this severe strain upon them, I am 'cafe In saying that they have fin 'i!shed the year most creditably and ! satisfactorily. ,' One of the chief factors toward last 'Tear's success was the splendid spirit ' of co-operation manifested by the members of the Oregon Hotelmen's association. By standing together and . working together as a unit we were able to help each other and, therefore, i were In a position to serve the pub lic better. I A concrete example of the effi ciency of Portland's hotels and their ' ability to handle large crowds was 'exhibited during the week of the In ternational Livestock exposition in ! November, when 12.000 visitors were A 5 "tk'r, Kip ?l if - - , 3 I way and. In fact, every scenic point In Oregon should have Its ftrst-ciass modern tourist hotel. To be sure, there are a number of hotels already established in this state, but most of them are absolutely unfitted for the housing of tourists in large numbers. Some of them could be modernized and made attractive and most of them need to have their service very much improved. The key note to success in tourist hotel keep ing Is service of the right kind, and I would like to see better service In all hotels throughout Oregon. I am In favor of starting an in tensive campaign for tourist hotels throughout the state. In a campaign of this kind no one locality should be built up, but the entire state must be covered by this plan. There is so much to be done in this connection that I believe the most practical idea would be to form a hotel company, capitalized sufficiently to put up every tourist hotel needed at the present time throughout the state. A large company of this kind would be In a position to build a chain of first class hotels and could run them in the most up-to-date and efficient manner. They would be in a unique position to maintain a high standard of service, of food and. at the same time, could keep to uniform rates. By making this plan statewide and controlling the management of the hotels through the company a sys tera could be inaugurated so that a tourist stopping at any one of these hotels would know exactly what to expect in the way of service, accom modations and rates at the next place. Ideal Conception Detailed. An ideal conception of this com pany should be to have it organized and financed by the people of this state, making it a community affair and thus do 'avay with the idea of having any one private interest con trol the thing. This would also eliminate the idea of overcharging and profiteering. The resort hotels should be built as economically as possible and be simple yet artistic as far as archi tecture Is concerned, though they must be provided with every possible modern convenience. The average tourist demands comforts and does not want to "rough It." We know what a tremendous com petitor we shall soon have in Europe when ships are available once more for pleasure travelers, so that if we are to take advantage of our op portunity we must act immediately on this matter of tourist hotels for Oregon. The hotelmen of the state are eager to help in this movement, but they must not, nor cannot, bear the whole burden of it. The increase in tourist business will benefit every business man in the state, no matter what his particular line may be. Because this is so, no one particular class of business men should be allowed to carry on this project but, rather, this should be a, co-operative movement of all who are interested in Ikjpe development and growth of the great state of Oregon. iltllllllllllllUlllllllllllttHIIIIIIIIMIIIIllUIIUIIIIIIUIIIIIIItlllimimMIHIIMIIIIII'j i FT. .'I7 ryii. I i u mumiu mguivuy PRESIDENT WILSON AND A Cozy Comer OT, fkj ,imS J? K'maTrf- - 'LS r"-J.-.'' y it' sasssssss: i . 1 . ' ; , hip HV - v Ht . 1 l : v Lobby Scene, Ji 'am Entrance. ter. Pftfinlfl frnm far ni1 vMa ova I the service of our regular patrons. I tsk and will cirrv mi t our n.?f COme to us and to,d us how lovelv the third ws in October this year believe very few cities of Portland's tn. ork . manr th.t will rffi. we were, and we paid no attention and Is all ready to be started provld- . comfortably taken care of without In m6mheTB ot tho association, that W ork Progressing I 1 . I I Total Outlay of 1.271.lno on 143 S Mtlea of Road la Record. IUKinillHlllllMllltttlllllHlllllllUnUIIIIUIIIIIIIIItlMIIHIItUUIIIIItlllllltillltM.l NE hundred and forfy-three miles highway construction is now under way In Umatilla county, the contracts representing a total outlay of Jl.271,190. This work has all been' gotten under way since January, 1819, and Is more than uouble the mileage under construction in any. previous year. The road work under way includes the completion of this section of the Columbia river highway and its con tinuation, the old Oregon trail. This, when finished, will span the county from the northwest to the southeast corners, connecting with Morrow county at one end and with Union county at the other. Extension of the Oregon-Washington highway from a point five miles south of Pendleton to the state line near Walla Walla, Wash., which will mean a second spanning of the county from the southwest corner to the north side. Is another feature, and the third is the construction of a 40-mlle post road between Pendleton and Cold Spring on the Columbia river. The first two roads pass through Pendleton and the third has the county seat as a ter minus. , The first project is cut up into four jobB, on which contracts were let as follows: From Morrow county line to Echo, completing four miles of con struction on the Columbia river and constructing 18.4 miles of the old Oregon trail. The second Job Is the Echo-Pendleton stretch, which will take care of a piece of road that has been referred to as one of the worst in the state on the through highway. The third Job is the Pendleton-Cab-bage Hill stretch. 7.6 miles. The fourth Is the Cabbage Hill-Kamela section of the same road, 28.8 miles, completing the trail to the Union county line. The completion of this road will relieve difficulties on a bad stretch ot road over the Blue moun tains. The first Job la practically com pleted, the second Is well under way. mum f rM Ik I w i I run ll - if : 1 1 . k - f I - ! 1 &jrA uMI. H 1 5fr' v S V is i f 4 4 srts-i 3 5 t it' i 3ct? V"ri -. 4 V .4. "WW!' J r V. . 5 .vW.-W-JN'' 9 fPti-.- J, GUESTS ARRIVING AT THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON The Homelike Atmosphere Attracts Guests from . All Over the World YOU ARE WELCOME RICHARD VV. CHILDS, Manager CD. SCHREITER, Asst. Manager I 11 U JFi II II II I'TS- . f. I;t 911 II U El 11 M - ... the work In a manner that will reflect to the credit of our beautiful Rose to teem, we made no attempt to in !lzfl can boast so excellent a record. ! Next June will be the most trying pi ; time of all for the hotel managers Interest I. Aroused. ,cf Portland with the Rose festival , , . . . and the Shriners' convention coming rr lonS time the people of Ore- , almost together. Every available re- tron have remained Insensible to the source at the command of our nana- commercial value of the scenery ol ' srers will be called upon, yet I can 6ay our state. It Is only recently that In- -With crreat assurance, on behalf of the terest has been arouse In this mat. UUIIUWIUUMMillMIUIIIKWtUtlUIIIIIWUIIIlllUIIIIIIHIIU COUNTIES AID HIGHWAY WORK I ngr weather conditions do not inter- vite travelers to spend any length of ty's-' direction, is already better than time with us. We built no tourist .40 per cent completed. ill t.x. 7 W -fTJSsL 5SKrt 6 r-W -4 : Hotel Cornelius House of Welcome Park and Alder Sts., Portland, Oregon VV. C. CULBERTSON, H. E. FLETCHER, Proprietor ' ' ' Manager. Multnomah, Clatkamas, Clatsop, Marion and Yamhill Among Those Active in Construction. 1 ODERN highway work In Ore gon has not been confined to the state highway commission during the past two years.. County i authorities have contributed materi '. blly to the good-roads movement. In Clatsop county the county court has steadily proceeded on the plan of land connecting with the lower Columbia river highway, the Mllwaukle road to Oregon City and East Eeighty-second street. The Derby-street approach to the interstate bridge has also ' been paved. Plans are on foot to improve Montgomery drive, an important ar tery in the southwest part of Port- paved market roads. As a result Clackamas county has practically r, ,. . , . , , completed hard surfacing the Mil- there Is a hard-surfaced loop road waukla Hd from Portland to Ore from the Astoria-Seaside road through KOn City and has paved parts of the .rsiToiuuii, mm & """'til i run Sunnysid road and the Baker bridge Stevens. Travelers may take this loop road through Warrenton in nearly as short time as they can go over the unpaved mam road. road east of Clackamas. A large bond issue has been voted tq pave market roads. Marion county voted a bond issue Clatsop county paved four miles up n 1819 and has paved the highway the Lewis and Clark river in 1918, and Xour miles of concrete has Just been six miles toward Silverton and two miles toward Turner. Two miles of laid from Astoria toward Olney. This hard surface have been laid toward la part of the Inside route from Port- land to Astoria via the Nehalem val ley and Is a distinct contribution to the good-roads movement. .During the past year Multnomah country finished paving the Canyon road to Beaverton and also arranged to have the state pave Multnomah county's part of the new Portland Forest Grove highway near Bertha. This county also finished paving the .Riverside drive of the Pacific high- Liberty on the old Pacific highway soutn oi saiem. Residents near DaytonT In Yamhill county, are building four miles of concrete road from Dayton railway station on the west-side highway, south through Dayton to the four corners east of McMlnnvllle. Much of the traffic on the west-side highway is expected to take tis short cut through Dayton. Next year will wit ness extensive paving programmes by Iway and laid several miles of hard Clackamas and Marion counties in the .surface, in the cit limits of Portland development of market roads. t Iv-ss-'--: ; Vm run -y1 fie ?1 :i.M3l i syV r.r,tt NORTONIA HOTEL Portland, Oregon Central location, maintains high standard of service throughout. G. O. MADISON, Mgr. ' 7 WW iK'Sii mm Hp S II 1 E The SEWARD is new, modern and elegantly appointed hotel, possessing one of the most beautiful corner lobbies in the Northwest. Located at Tenth and Alder streets, opposite Olds. Wortman & King's big department 6tore in heart of retail and theater district. Rates $1.50 and up. Bus meets all trains. "W" car also runs from Union Depot direct to HOTEL SEWARD. W. M. SEWARD, Manager. A. N. PIERCE, Assistant Manager. Exceptionally Well Located NEW PERKINS HOTEL Washington Street at Fifth Portland, Oregon1 Commercial and Tourist Rates $1.00 Upward Special Weekly and Monthly Rates Autobus Service to and From Trains L. Q. SwetlAnd, Manager Excellent Restaurant Prices Moderate A HOTEL catering fJTTT) tiaSS to refined and re- .1 r 7 spectable people who j t j A desire refinement, I'm ii TWA refined and re spectable people who desire refinement, comfort, convenience and service, whether for the day, week or month. Centrally located, thoroughly modern, moderate rates. WASHINGTON AT TWELFTH STREET Glenn B. Hite, Mgr. Portland, Oregon - ,V-,:' VTp-i- Hotel Carlton 14th and Washington Sts. Fireproof Modern VICTOR BRANDT, Proprietor. CHAS. VAN DUYN. Manager.
