Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-09-13 | Page 14 | Santa Monica Still Will Welcome Utahns

SANTA MONICA STILL WILL WELCOME UTAHNS Refore the heal from the smoldering ruins of tho big Ocean Park lire had ditd out. the Santa Monica Bay Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce had started a reprn-sentatlve reprn-sentatlve on a trip through the United States and Canada to assure prospective, visitors to that winter resort that the blaze has not in any way dimmed the deslrabllllj' of Santa Monica. Paul D llowso, the Santa Monica representative, rep-resentative, is lu Salt Lake today. Inviting Invit-ing everyone lo come to Santa Monica Bay for his or her winter outing. Mr. Howse says that Iho llr has In no wav put his lown out of business, but to tho contrary, lis hotels and homes wore untouched, with a single exception and the resort retains all Ita former charms. A new seven-story hotel Is Hearing completion and twonty others are entor-tnlnlng entor-tnlnlng guests as usual. Mr. Howse says that live million dollars will be put Into improvements lu tho burned district within with-in Iho next few months, replacing with fireproof structures the $750,000 worth which recently were burned. He says also that a profitable portion of the Santa San-ta Monica winter business came from Utah cities, and an a representative of this district ho extends a personal invitation in-vitation to former and now visitors to come down in tho sunshine and enjoy the surf bathing while the snow Is piled high In Salt Lake.