The Seward gateway., 1922-09-08
GOVERNOR BONE
 ARRIVES ON WAY
 TO FAIRBANKS
TERRlTORYS CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN THIS MORNING ON
 REVENUE CUTTER

With Governor Scolt C. Bone ana party on board the revenue cutter Unalga arrived at the Seward dock a eight o'clock this morning. Within short time of it's arrival the governor was busily engaged in greeting hls smany friends assembled at the docl to extend a welcome Probably this af- ternoon the party will leave for the In terior to be present at the dedication exercises of the Alaska Agricultura College and School of Mines, at Fair banks, on Tuesday August 12.
 In the course of his talk with Gate way representative the governor salC in part:
 My first visit to Seward was II July 1913 when I was deeply impress sed with the beauty and natural ad- yantages of the town By virtue ol us geographical location feel that 1t hae a bright future. Then a stretch Of rali- road had been built northward ano abandoned.
 "Mv second visit was a year ago when the opinion formed eight years before was strengthened. It was now the southern terminus of great rall road into the interior and l observed signs of improvement on every slde although the community had gone thru an adverse period, in common WILL communities throughout the land.
 "On this, my third visit, there lS every promise of an early realization of my faith in Seward It is not onl! an important terminal but it's proXlm ity to the islands to the westward ant the Alaska Peninsula, where the great oil development is under way, makes if a natural center and base and seems today to insure it's future. Indeed, am a thorough optimist as to Seward
 "Very soon, if recommendations Dt approved at Washington, as surel! they will, Seward will become an lm- portant port of entry. It will DeneEt bv increased transportation both by water and rail.
 "The season of 1923 will find the tourist travel to the westward mulC- plying. Hitherto few visitors have peer permitted to see the real Alaska. Theh itineraries have been confined to the picturesque Inside Passage trip, which is only the beginning of Alaska. oe- nlore the fact that so few tourists dur ing the season just closed came West ward All should have had an oppor- tunity to go over the railroad rom Seward to Fairbanks. Thus only can visitors obtain a proper conception oi the Territory. I am strongly recom- mending that two additional steam ships especially adopted to the tourist travel he operated next year, either through the existing steamship con- panies, or by the United States Ship ming Board direct It will be no fault of mine if this be not brought about and am today urging an intensive pre- liminary campaign of advertising to make the tourist season of 1923 sue cess.
 "There should be no jealousies as between the various towns of Alaska. There is room for all and all will thrive as the Territory comes into it's own. Especially am I sanguine as to Stewards future and it is great per sonal pleasure, as it is of official proflt for me to be here again, if only for limited stay"
 Accompanying the Governor on his trip to the interior will be Capt. John Boedeker, of the Unalga and Marshal George Beaumont of the First Divi- sion.
 The return trip will be made by the Richardson highway to Chitina ana Cordova.