The Ketchikan miner., 1907-07-06
Congressman Sulzer Here
And is More Interested than Ever
 In Alaska and Her People

"Alaska's Friend,n Congressman
 Wm. Sulzer, of New York arrive,
 today on the Cottage City, and i stopping at the Hotel Stedman. H was anxious to get away to Sulzer but will probably be compelled t, spend the Fourth in Ketchikan.
 "Of course,' said the congressman ''I am glad to be in Alaska again.
 have seen it many times-but it il always new to me-never monotonous and ever changing-the grandes place on earth-God's country"
 ''I remember when there was nc Ketchikan. l have seen it bud ant blossom and grow to be the most up to-date, wide-a-wake and progressive city in all Alaska. It is the coming metropolis of the Great Northwest and its motto should be: "See Ket chikan Crow" Nail that on youi banners-Hash it across the azure ot your sky-and keep pushing ahead.
 "Yes, l have many old and deal friends in Ketchikan. I am glad tc see them again-glad to shake theil honest hands-glad to see them all growing younger and more prosper ous. The climate here keeps one ever young-and ever hopeful; there are no knockers-no pessimists-no mem- bers of the anvil chorus in Ketchikan.
 ''How about your mine, MT. Sul- zer?' Ut is doing well-all that ever claimed in the matter has come true, and my brother Dick and the men who have stood by him, in all the history of its vicissi- tudes, are entitled to all the credit, and all the commendation. I shall be glad to look it over again, and to know that all I ever said has come true-experts to the contrary notwith- standing. Five years ago I said Ket- chikan was destined to be great mining district. My prophecy has come true. The experts that laughed at us few years ago are being laugh ed at by us now. It's the old, old story of mining. I don't go much on experts we have proved them wrong so many times. I'd rather have the judgment of a good prospector like dear old Shellh ouse, of Sulzer, than the opin- ion of the best expert in the world Years ago I said She'll as we call him over our way, had all the experts beaten thousand miles, and I was right-So here's to Shellhouse, and all prospectors-they are the advance aents of all good mines
 "Yon'll be glad to see the baby, Congressman?" inquired the reporter
 ''Oh, yes, the baby," laughed the Congressman, who is a bachelor. Well, the fact is I'd rather see the baby than the mine. He was born in Ketchkan, and is named after me- 'Ketchikan Bill, I call him, 'and he is the link that holds the Sulzers 10 Alaska for life. Yes, indeed, I'm anxious to get to the West Coast to see the baby-lusty little 'Ketchikan Bill'-and may his shadow never grow less-as dear old Rip Van Wrinkle used to say.
 ''How about politics?" asked the reporter. "Politics, politics, said the eloquent Congressman, in sort of brown study-''that seems tt sound familiar. Pm asked that ever, where. Well, we'll cut politics out this time-I am her as a miner-as an Alaskan-and Pm for Alaska and whatever her people want in Congress or out of Congress.
 "You say I have done much fol Alaska. Thanks But I must do more, and I'll do it, but I never can do as much for Alaska as Governor Swine ford-Alaska's Grand old Man has done. I'll follow him and try to emu late his glorious example. By the way, the Governor is getting younger every day. Great country-wonderful climate-and the time will come, we all hope and pray, when he can say one hundred years young, and Ketchi- kan the commercial mistress ot the Pacific"