Grand View Chain o Lakes

Waupaca Republican

July 19, 1907

AS TO RUMORS – A GRAND VIEW CHAIN O’ LAKES

Having heard frequent rumors concerning the Grand View Hotel people in regard to the use of the grounds and attending the dancing parties at the Amusement Hall, we called upon Mr. Irving P. Lord President of the Company, who made the following statements: “The grounds of the Grand View Hotel are maintained at considerable expense and primarily for the benefit of guests of the house. We are perfectly willing however, for all respectable people to pass over our premises between the railway depot and the dock, but we do not like to have them wheel trunks, boxes and other baggage or freight across the front lawn, nor on our sidewalks, nor do we like to have them drive teams across the lawn. Our dock and boat house and bath house were built for the convenience of Grand View guests, but often times people who are not guest take possession of the premises, put their boats in our boat slips, monopolize our bath hourse, and greatly discommode those people who are paying for the privileges we have. Campers and other people across the lake, who wish to land on the Grand View grounds can make arrangements to do so by calling on Mr. Wallace H. Lord at the hotel, who will gladly assign them a landing place without charge. We extend a cordial invitation to people to attend our dancing parties, provided they are willing to pay the small admission fee charged. We are always glad to extend courtesies, and to be courteous to everybody, but it hardly seems fair to be used as a common convenience by those who never patronize us in any way and we are glad to say that the number of such people is not large.”