Valdez daily prospector., 1912-07-22
TIMES WRITER
 0N ALASKA
Impressions of Southwes stern Alaska by an Editor of Seat
 tie Times--coast's Future

David Paul, marine writer on the Seattle Times, writes enter tainlngly on his impressions of Alaska from a round trip taken to Prince William sound, on a re- cent trip of the Mariposa. Says Mr. Paul in the Juneau Dispatch: ::
 Ihc opinion for many years held by me that, little known as they are, the islands of the south seas far oulSiripprd any other place on earth for the nagniiicencc of th"ir scenery and productive potrniialitieS entirely has been swept away by d few days travel !alnng the Alaska coast, which must appeal to everyone who views it as a wonderland of beau
 ly and grandeur. Bodies of waiter such as Prince William sound wlIn~r harborS vie in mag ilIIi"rnc" With those of sydney. Australia amh Rio Janirrn. only n.'"d tn hc advertised sufficient
 I% Io bring Europe and the raS: %. .rrh >trlr$ srurryinw lu view pan 'nranias which even ih" mn>I >alIni"d scenery nf SWitZ"rlan.l
 IS rnp"t"nI [" provide. Even thor" can hr said of the ru.l'r along tn" WnndrI r.l inside pa.>-
 sage, which Wr i.avrrScd as raI as you ideally $il:;atrd town b.
 fore making the Gulf nf Alaska
 ihrou :h ley slraithiS. \ jour I.nry through this passage alone
 should go far toward satisfying h" i"ur'Sts appetite for Splcn iIl NislaS were it not for the fac: that iIr remainder of the voyage .lS through scenery which through lt- entirely diffr!rni charart 'r iS Trade complementary iO that whiCh ne has al: rady paSSr!. And f the disposition of lhr country and it's "auly as .,"in from thr ports pf call such as k.'lrhik;T, Juneau. CurdOva, Val Id"i ani seward, i. Sn notable inr potent ialitirS and resources both developed and in The max lG n." more so.
 : In the Prince William sound country mining experts from var iouS states who were aboard the
 Alam 'da declared they had found possibilities of drvclupmrl,t and riches far brynnd their rpSirsi dreams. IL iS certain IEd. nu one can visit the Copper river re- zion. Valdez. LaiUuchr ar Ella
 mar without being deeply im- pressed with the wonderful Na.rr IOf Southwestern AIaska's min rral assets.
 II would like iu come back here in twenty y"ars,' said w. k. Blk by, receiver of tn" Wabash rail road, and one of the Shrrwdrsi mining men in America. after surveying the Prince William Sound situation. ''I am sure be-
 fore that time will br sech one of
 Ihe greatest hives of mining in- duslry and wealth to be found in any country of the world"
 Bixby probably is right but tI'
 few disabilities and their authors will have tO be rclcgatrd io limbo before the Prince William Sound country and the rest of Alaska n,ol.nc iI,, y,.inninp ,,,n
 One of the things which seemed most to surprise my fellow trav- elcrs was the fact that such re- markable steamship service which provides for running mag nillccnl ocean liners like the AL amcda and the MaripOsa already had been established along the coast by the Alaska Steamship company.
 can well remember when the vessel on which we travelled was the star liner of the Pacific ocean running between San Fran cisco and Australia. The Mari posa, as is well known, for years ran between the Golden Gate and Tahiti in the South Seas. Both have accommodations fit for a prince, the victualling is unsur- passed and the officers mako the passengers journey one of ex- trcmc pleasure byihcir attention and thoughtful courtcsics.