COL J. 0. L. HARTMAN
ARRIVES ON ALASKA
Col. J. D. L. Hartman, U. S. Signa
Corps, head of the Washington Alaska
Military Cable and Telegraph System
arrives in Seward on the S. S. Alaska
from his Seattle headquarters, enroute
to the Interior on a brief official in
spection of his various offices in that
and this district.
The length of Colonel Hartman’s
stay in the city will be governed en
tirely by the train schedule for he
plans to return South next Saturday.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
is planning a luncheon in his honor
but nothing defnite can be learned
PORT OF MISSING MEN
Wood. John N., age 40, complexion
fair, height 5 feet 9 inches, weight
160 lbs. Bine eyes. When last seen
was in Faison ,-N. C. with a construct
ion load force. Address any informat
ion to Mrs. John M. Wood.N. C., or
Beaufort Cou.’.y Post No. 15, The
America** Legion. Washington, N. C.
John Brown and Dan Kunz were
fined last week in Juneau for viola
tion of the liquor laws.
untill the Colonel arrives.
Colonel Hartman was born in Pen
nsylvania and is a graduate of West
Point. During the World War he was
a Brigadier General. His early training
was in the cavalry.
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October 24, November 21, December 12.
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HOW TO ATTRACT
TOURIST TRAVEL
TO THE WEST1!
CAPTAIN O. A. JOHANSON ARTI
CLE IN RAILWAY AND MARINE
NEWS
"How can a share of the tourist
travel now flowing through Atlantic
ports to Europe be attracted westward
through ports to the Orient?
This question was asked by David
Whitcomb, president of the Pacific
! Coast Empire Assn., in his speech be
fore the Pacific Foreign Trade Coun
| cil at Victoria, printed under the title
of “The Rim of the Pacific,” in the
October issue of Railway & Marine
News. The last number of this maga
zine carried the following story:
( By Capt. O. A. Johanson)
The answer, in my opinion, is very
simple. The problem can be solved
by the practical application of money,
energy and unlimited experience both
in shipping and railroad transporta
! tion. Europe has succeeded in at
tracting the American tourist on ac
count of these qualities.
The first thing to be done is for the
American and Canadian governments
to get toeether, work out a plan by
which the rinnle rock in Seymour Nar
rows can be blown up and the chan
nel made safe for navigation by ships
of all sizes at all times. The next
thing to do is to figure out plans for
two shins, sav approximately 25,000
tons each, with a speed of over 20
knots, and then start advertising the
"Inland Tourist Route to the Orient".
With this danger to navigation remov
ed. shins can go with perfect safety
tin through the inland waters of Alas
ka. make a stop of two in Southeast
ern Alaska, tlmn to Seward, the ter
minus of the Alaska Oovernment Rail
road and gatewav to interior Alaska,
down throup-h Shelikof Strait, inside
of thp Shumaein Islands, in through
Unimak Pass and stooping at Unalas.
ka and Dutch Harbor, if so desired;
if not. continue on north of the Aleu
tian Islands to the Orient. This trip,
und^r such conditions, will surpass
anvthine Europe has to offer today.
Adeonate hotel accommondations
mu^t be provided in the Territory so
that in case ston-overs are deRired
they may be made in comfort. Bear
in mind also that all the European
pteamchin comnani»-a have made it
nopsihle. during this la«t rear, for
American tnnricts to take their anto
wflh’ioc; -w-PTi thorn acrncc the Atlan
tic. The comp rn-n-fonipnce must be
r.<uv>t.0ri on the Pacific.
The writer has had nearly 40 years’
emergence in the Alaskan and North
Pacific trade as shinmaster and has
following travel improvements all over
the world and in manv cases in the
past when recommendations for at
tracting travel have been suggested,
they were finally put into operation
and proven successful. This gives
some foundation for the recommenda
tions offered.
In l^os I advocated to the Alaska
Commercial Company and the resi
dents of Juneau putting on the old
Bertha from Seattle to connect South
western Alaska with that city. In the
fall of *99, the company, having no
other use for the Bertha, decided to
give me a chance to prove ■whether
or not I was foolish for thinking that
there would be any business between
Seattle and Southwestern Alaska. On
April 6, 1900. we sailed from Seattle
for a six months’ run. The businesk
and the increased traffic kept the ship
on the run. She was never taken off
until she was lost in Tlyak Bay on
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ASKA SHOP.
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SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
I Kodiak Island, 15 years later. In the
meantime, larger, faster and more
commodious ships have been placed
on this run.
When the Yucatan, Alameda and
! Mariposa were put on the Seattle-to
Southwestem Alaska run, it was pre
dicted that these large vessels would
| not go through the inland waters of
; Alaska, but we now have ships on the
same run twice the size of any of
| those mentioned and there is plenty
J of room for boats even larger than
! those now being operated.
The present mail service to West
ern Alaska has operated once a month
since 1892, 35 years without any
j change or increase. The boat on the
run at persent is small but good and
able to care for a part of the local
I passenger trade, but as for attracting
I tourists or inviting anyone to come
out and see Western Alaska under
present transportation conditions. It is
out of the question. Western Alaska
has historical attractions antedating
many of the Eastern points of inter
est. If Europe had remained in the
same old rut for 35 years, what would
have attracted American tourists to
Europe ?
So far, I have not said anything in
regard to the scenery along this coast
from Seattle to the Orient. In com
ing ud through these wonderful in
land channels, we see glaciers and ac
tive volcanoes that can hardly be
| eoualed in anv other part of the
I world: As for mountains, the St.
; Elias groun is 18.000 feet hieh, and
| Mount McKinley, of McKinley Na
| tional Park, is over 20.000 feet high;
bays and inlets that have excited com
ment from world travelers and exceed j
in beauty the fjords of Norway line j
Alaska’s coast. Going through Shell-'
kof Straits, we pass along the side of
i the “Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes,’
which is still active after the greatest
• eruption in the history of mankind.
From there on to Mount Pavlof
(Which the writer has seen in action
, with the flames standing 3,000 feet
S in the air above the top of the moun.
i
Itain), then Shishaldin, the next active
■ Bogoslof, a little island, is a funnel
f raised up out of Bering Sea. Ships
can practically go alongside, giving
tourists a chance to throw pebbles
into the crater. Hundreds of other
things en route are to be seen which
cannot be mentioned in this limited
space.
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VOTE FOR
BARTLEY HOWARD
Candidate for Republican
Nomination as Delegate
to Congress
I
PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 24, 1928
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