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Show WHAT OGDENITES SHOULD DO. Tourists returning from Southern California all agree in praising prais-ing the remarkable politeness shown strangers. If one makes an inquiry, the party addressed will not only give a courteous answer, but go blocks out of his way to point out or explain. The native takes the same interest in the stranger that the Ogden hotel clerk docs in a prospective guest. . This course so effectively supplements the prodigious advertising of climate and resources that Californ-ians Californ-ians estimate that one out of every teu who come as tourists remain re-main or return as permanent residents. As a contrast to the Los Angeles method, while visiting at the home of a friend in Xampa last summer an Ogdenite saw, this city as others sec it and he recites his experience as follows: "I met a family from Philadelphia who told of the delightful time the- had in Salt Lake City. I spoke to them of Ogden canyon. can-yon. They stated they had stopped off intending to spend a day in Ogden, but upon inquiry were told that there was nothing to see, and nowhere to go, so after walking up Twenty-fifth street for two blocks they took the next train out." If the party of whom they inquired had told them of Ogden canyon, some of their money would have been left with us, and a good impression would have been left with them." There is no way of estimating the harm that comes from the course that has been pursued, nor the good that comes from the opposite attitude of such cities as Los Angeles. The Weber Club Publicity Bureau is now earnestly appealing to every man, woman and child to take a lesson from the cities that have had .such phenomenal growth, to face squarely about, and to do everything possible to make the stay of the stranger pleasant. One should be able to give information concerning local points of interest, as the library, the lIasonic Elks and Eagle halls, the hospital, the churches, the schools, the parks, the Hot Springs, car rides, the canyon resorts, and the way to get there, garages, taxi-cab taxi-cab stands, postofficc, etc. It is suggested that one week, taken in all the schools, to thoroughly thor-oughly post all pupils and teachers on these matters would be an excellent move. The Weber Club Publicity Bureau asks each, citizen to mentally mental-ly mako this pledge: '"I will constitute myself a committee of one to make the stay of any reputable stranger in Ogden a pleasure to him." This is the opportune time for Ogden to begin to let the outside out-side world know; the charms of this city and surrounding country. , |