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Show STATES UNITE IN GALL FOR T0UR1STTRAVEL Four States Representatives Form Tentative Organization Organiz-ation Looking to Increased Tourist Travel Business Representatives of four states met Monday in Salt Lake City with the chamber of commerce, to lay plans for a coordinated program to bring coast-bound tourists through the central western region this summer. The sta te;.' represented are Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and Nevada. Some of the outstand ing civic organizations of those states sent delegates to the meeting. Gus P. Bachiuan. secretary of the Salt Lake chamber of commerce com-merce opened the morning session ses-sion by pointing out the opportunities oppor-tunities the four states will have this summer if a coordinated coordi-nated program is- adopted. Prospects Pros-pects for tourist travel this summer sum-mer are better than for many years, he said, because of the Olympic games, American Legion convention, annual meeting of the United States chamber of commerce, the Shrine convention and other gatherings on the Pacific Pa-cific coast. (Continued on page 2) STATES UNITE (Continued from page 1) Henry II. Blood, chairman of the state road commission, declared de-clared that every chamber of commerce and tourist agency in the west should unitedly oppose any reduction in federal aid appropriations. ap-propriations. Good highways, he said, are an excellent national investment and bring high returns. re-turns. A committee of nine members, representing all the states and the Union Pacific system was appointed to work out details of a permanent organization. Other speakers at the meeting meet-ing were Fred E. Hamlin, representing rep-resenting the Salt Lake chamber's cham-ber's advertising committee: H. W. Beckett, Jr., of the Ogden chamber; Ellis J. Pickett, St. George, president of the Asso ciated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah; C. G. Youngbert of the Lyman, Wyo., chamber; M. R. Rowley, secretary Logan chamber cham-ber of commerce; Vail M. Pitt-man, Pitt-man, president Allied Counties of Nevada; George H. Goods, president Cheyenne chamber, and Nye Wilson, secretary of the Las Vegas chamber of commerce. com-merce. At the afternoon session W. D. Rishel, secretary of the Utah Automobile association, denied charges that his organization is discriminating against any section sec-tion of Utah, and urged that differences dif-ferences be laid aside for the good of the state. He suggested that a representative represen-tative be sent to the midwest to visit hotels, tourist camps and contact with travelers for the purpose of setting forth the advantages of traveling to the Pacific coast via the central tier of states. |
