The Alaska daily empire., 1922-07-15
DIR. HILL WELL
 PLEASED WITH
 TRIP TO ALASKA
Clergyman and We'll Known Writer Making Tour of
 Southeastern District.

Dr. James Langdon Hill and Mrs. tIill of Salem, Mass, who have been in Juneau for the past week, will leave tomorrow on the steamship Queen, for Wrangell, where they will spend a week Dr. Hill is a clergy man and we'll known writer. He is gathering material for articles which he will write concerning Alaska in it's various phases.
 Before coming to Juneau Dr. and Mrs, Hill spent two weeks at Sitka and one week at Skagway. They expected to make the trip down the Yukon River but were unable to se- cure transportation when the trip would not conflict with his plans for visiting Southeastern Alaska. They will spend one week at Wrangell and go from there to Ketchikan, thence to Metlakatla and South.
 Alaska Wonderland
 My trip to Alaska has proved far more pleasing than my most fan cied anticipa!tions, said Dr. Hill The scenery is incomporable. I have visited the mountains of Switzerland and walked over it's glaciers but no, where have found such grandeur as in this country. The most amazing fact is that the scenery is so ac- cessible One need only sit in a window and watch the beauty of the mountains or on a boat and go up alongside a glacier
 There are such possibilities in this country. I firmly believe the land is full of gold and other riches which have not yet been touched. The greatest drawback to development is transportation and within a short time this problem will be solved. as is evident by the results of internal trouble in the States, which is bring ing about close study of necessary development.
 People Delightful
 Mrs. Hill is also delighted with her first visit to Alaska.
 q have never seen such a beauti. ful country" she said We have been in the midst of snow topped mountains since we first reached the Canadian Rockies A short time ago wrote to friend in Salem and said that never in my life have I ex- perienced such a beautiful and lazy mountain trip.
 ''The flowers which grow here sur pass any raised in Salem, although we try hard there to make them grow. I have purchased several bulbs and I am having enough Al. lska soil sent to my home so that he plant will grow and blossom there.
 1.-The people of Alaska are charm ing and courteous and l am de- lighted to know them.
 Dr. HIM said he is also glad he has met Alaskan people. "They are select" he said. Select, because for the most part they are selected and are here for a purpose"
 Gives Books to Library
 Dr. Hin has presented the Juneau ' books. He said that libraries are one of his hobbies and wherever he goes where there is a library he makes a gift of a set of his works He gave set to the library at Skag- way and will make gifts to the other towns.
 Dr. Hill is native of the state of Iowa and was born at Garnavillo, March IA. 1S4S. He is a graduate of Grinnell College. Iowa. and stud 'ed for the clergy at Andover Theo logical Seminary. He was ordained T Congregational minister in 1875 He has devoted most of his time to writing and featuring since 1894.
 Dr. HIM was one of the four clergy men in 1891 to make addresses and 70 plant societies of Christian Endea- vor in England
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