The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-27
LATHROP TELLS
 NENANAITES OF
 OUR RESOURCES
(From Nenana NewsD

Captain A. F. Lathrop, dean Of Alaska theatrical men. was an over night visitor in Nenana recently The trip to the inaerior was made for the purpose of sizing up" Fair banks and Nenana and perfectng arrangements for supplying the new Fairbanks theater and the Coliseum with motion pictures from the La throp circuit on the Alaska coast.
 Captain Lathrop is an oldtimer of the north, having been resident .of Alaska for 2 years, but this is his first visit 10 the interior And he admits that he was agreeahly sur prsed to find so much activity at Ne mana and Fairbanks He was partic- ularly well pleased with the ap- pcaranCe Of Nenana. with a delight full climate, splendid location and promise of solid growth He had not expected to find such a substan- tial looking town at the interior end ol the government railroad
 Captain Lathrop believes that an .cra of development is about to set in throughout the territory and he predicts that 'h, completion of the railroad will be followed by heavy travel over the line. with steadily
 increasing volume. The tourists who now limit their sightseeing to the Alaska coast, will avail themselves of the opportunity to see more of the country by means of the rail road. and there vii be in addition frequent pilgrimagcs of commercial men to the interior towns in quest of new business
 Captain Lathrop says the coast districts are looking forward hope fully to the development of oil The wells already producing, he points out, are yielding high grade pro duct and all that is needed is in creased production. Very enCourag- ing indications. he says. have been found in the Anchorage district and determined efforts are being made to develop the oil industry there.
 The linking of Fairbanks and Nenana to his circuit, the theatri- cal man says, enables him to pro vide Alaskans with the very best pictures obtainable and a consider able number of the features will be shown in interior Alaska before pa irons of the Lathrop theaters at Cordova and Anchorage see them. The pictures are selected by the Tathrop representative in the states terior can be made with any degree of regularity. programs will be so arranged as to give the widest DOS sihle range of attractions and with impartial treatment of stars The reels vii be inspected and programs made up at Anchorage and shipped direct to the interior by way of the government railroad CaDtain La throp brought an auto load of pie lures over the trail with him to Fairbanks. and more are en route to keep the two interior theatres in programs until the new service by way of Broad Pass can be estab lished Captain Lathrop came to the interior at this time to arrange these details and says he will re , turn later to make certain the serv-
 ice is giving satisfaction. He con duets his theaters on the principal that his patrons are entitled to the best attractions obtainable and he
 intends that Nenana and Fairbanks shall fare as well.
 i Captain Iathrop has been in the moving picture business for twelve years and his theaters at Anchorage aid Cordova. are among the most modern structures in the territory equipped with costly pipe organs and very elaborateIy appointed.
 Captain Lathrop was accompanied on his trip to Nenana by Manager Joe Burns. of the new Fairbanks theatre.