Show navajo trail tips ON TO SALT LAKE CITY gus backman secretary tary of the salt lake chamber of carrere sends us this highly pleasing letter n response to an inquiry from your president as to whether uch a pan would ber be desi desirable rabla f from rom their standpoint of our hosts to be this is to acknowledge with sincere appreciation receipt of your communication of february 1 wherein you advised that the people affiliated with your organization anticipate making a goodwill tour over the navajo trail into salt lake city we certainly will be here to welcome you with open arms and I 1 zan an assure you we w will arrange to have all the big wigs of the community present and a banquet honoring your people who have done such an excellent jobin job in the promotion notion of this particular highway I 1 am of the opinion the latter part of may or the first of june would be most satisfactory with us if you will des designate ignate your date as early as possible we will take steps on this end to arrange for appropriate entertainment for you wel we certainly feel complimented at your sag suggestion and will do every within our power to coop rae S sincerely yours GUS BACKMAN y TO DEL so far PS we know they are the first of the communities to make use of the publicity city the navajo trail is getting very attractive stickers stating DEL NORTE KORTE COLORADO VACATION LAND on the famous navajo trail A red sticker illustrated illustrate with a trout they are supplied to the merchants who stick them on their stationery salt lake C of C are not so slow elow on publicity themselves an associated press news release in the denver post from salt lake I 1 stated a caravan of lajunta businessmen I 1 were going to rna make e the trip of course mr backman did not have full information of our plan as it was merely stated that a caravan originating at la junta would make the trip anyway we got our name in the paper SNAG ON SIGN PROJECT with our cortez boosters boasters bo on the job and a cooperating board of county commissioners in montezuma county it looks as though our sign project would get under way at last the snag is a change in in regulations of what kind of work can be done but most of us feel that inasmuch as our project was and the money allocated before the new rule was promulgated it will go ahead |