Douglas Island news., 1921-06-17
NEW GOVERNOR
 TAKES HIS OATH
Scott c. Bone Sworn in at Washing. ton, D. C., as Chief Executive
 of Territory

After having been confirmed Mon
 day by tho United States Senate.
 Scott c. Bono. newly appointed gov- ornor Of Alaska. took his oath Of office at Washington D. C.. on We'd nosday morning. Associate Justice
 Joseph McKonna of the Supreme Court administered Che oath of of-
 flee. and the ceremony was witnessed by Secretary Of the Interior A. B. Fall and a number of friends. among
 whom were some Alaskans. The day was Che thirty-fourth anniver- sary Of the wedding of Mfr. and Mrs. Bone.
 Shortly after having taken tho oath Of office Governor and Mrs. Bone left for New York City for Q family reunion. It was announced that Governor Bone would again take Che oath after reaching Ju- neau. where he expects to be on July G.
 The following tribute to the new governor. telling what his appoint mont win mean to the Territory, was recently printed in the Business Chronicle a Seattle publication:
 President Harding's nomination Of Mir. Scott c. Bone to governor Of Che Territory of Alaska foretells the beginning of Che long hoped for opening up' Of the great North land. That the present administra- ton is awake to the possibilities of Alaska. and In hearty sympathy with O constructive program for that vast storehouso of natural and po- tential wealth. has already been made apparent in news despatches from the National Capital In this connection 10 is pertinent to quote Mir. Frank p. Goss. Che Post-Intolli- goncor's Washington correspondent: Accompanying the formal an- uouncement Of tho selection of Mir. Bone was a biographical sketch of Che nominee. which contained a sig nidcant statement Co Che effect that he has had wide experience with Che problem Of newsprint paper and pulp. and he will be therefore es- pccially valuable in connection with tho Presidents purpose Co develop Che wood pulp industry in Alaska Go Che fullest possible extent, in order that Che newspapers of the country may not have again the disastrous experience Of paper shortage and ex- cessiyo prices Tho Ado is just now engaged in a special study Of the Alaaka legis- lauve and administrative needs with @ view Co recognizing the federal administration in such a way as to develop Che territory by bringing Co lt new industry and new people"
 Mir. Bone is tho best man Pred- dent Harding could have picked for what is likely to be. for Che Pacific Northwest. Che most important ap- polntmont he will make Mir. Bone knows Alaska. its people and its needs. and. what is Che milk Of Che cocoanut. he will know how to mako onicialdom at Washington and the business interests of the country as whole sec Alaska in true perspec- tive. As director Of publicity for Che National Republican Committee in the recent campaign. he was a close personal adviser Of then Sem ator Harding. his long residence at Washington as editor Of two of the capital city dailies gave him tho closest kind Of insight into govern mental affairs as actually conducted; few men have wider and more influ- cnual acquaintanceships. or better understand thc psychology of 9get- ting things done" While in Seattle as editor Of the Post-Intolligcncer and chairman Of the Alaska Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce he had the intimate personal touch that rounds out his capabillty for the job of putting Alaska into the position rlghtfully hers but long denied by bureaucracy and a mistaken national idea of what Alaska really ig.
 A new day has dawned for Alaska.