The Alaska daily empire., 1923-08-11
OF
 TOURIST TRADE
 URGED BY BONE
Opportunity Most Promising in History of North for
 Development.

The greatest opportunity for i'm mediate development in the Terri tory lies in it's scenic. game, fish ing and climatic attractions during the summer and fall seasons for tourists in the opinion of Gov. Scott C. Bone who is gathering data for his annual report on Alaska to the Department of Interior. The tour ist trade, he believes, can be more easily and more economically de- veloped and in less time than the pulp and paper industry even in Southeastern Alaska.
 Thousands of people today know of the existence of Alaskan attrac- tions. something of what it has to offer the summer traveller, to where a year or two ago one individual had similar knowledge, the Cover nor pointed out. The publicity that came to the Territory through the visit of late President Harding carried with it stories of Alaskan scenic wonders, its wonderful sum- mer climate. which appeared in the
 
 even abroad. Millions of people read about Alaska and it's desirability as summer outing spot and play ground.
 Applications Turned Down.
 Tho effect of this is already beint felt by the transportation compan ies, according to reports received b! fa ha time, these companies have beer forced to reject 5000 application for reservations this season, sait Governor Bone Next summer tn demand will be many times large than that of the present season.
 To take care of the trade whicl he Is confident lies just ahead, th Governor believes that il will b, necessary to build up a chain o tourist hotels, catering to summe visitors and built at spots whicl offer particular advantages in tha respect "One of the most likel, sites for such a hotel is at Aul Bay he added. There the tourist could nave boating, canoeing, hunt ing, fishing, hiking, horsebacl jaunts over the roads and trail and every form of amusement ob tainable anywhere. The construc tion of such a plant at Aux Bay he pointed out, would be of grea material benefit to Juneau as aut, communication between the tw' points is largely maintained an cars can make the trip over Glacie Highway in short time Other sucl hctels, he added, could be located al Wrangell and Sitka.
 Need Change in Policy.
 One drawback to development O. tourist trade within the Territory the Governor said, is the dsinclina tion of steamship companies tt break the tours, that is to sell stop over tickets to tourists. The presen policy of the companies to sel roundtrlp tickets for certain tours he declared, is handicapping loca development of tourist trade and i not really for the best interests O the companies themselves. Whil this matter has been taken up witt the companies in the past withou satisfactory adjustment, Goyerno Bone intimated that he would mak special effort to induce a chang in the policy and also indicated 1 the effort should be unsuccessful there was another method of solving the problem that might be utilize with the assistance of the U. s Shipping Board.
 In the opinion of the Governor the opportunity for developing { big tourist business was never SC promising as at the present time and if it is allowed to slip by, i may be many years before anothe such chance presents itself.
 Leaves for Trip.
 After getting data for his repor well in hand, which will requir probably two weeks longer, Gov Bone. accompanied by Mrs Bon and their daughter Miss Marguerite will make trip to the Westwar and Interior, spending about tw weeks there. They plan to leave O the steamer Alameda on August 21s for Seward. From there they wll vi-it towns along the Alaska Rail road to Fairbanks and return t the coast by the way of the Rich ardson Highway to Cordova.
 Two parties are expected to visi Juneau before the Governor leaves Admiral Chase, on the U. s. s Guyana, will reach here in the mex few days to call on the Governor The ship is now at Sitka and vii come here after leaving that DOT probably arriving early next weel
 The second party is composed c Senator Wesley l.. Jones, Congres! man Lin Hadley, and their wive and Commissioner O'Malley, U. Bureau of Fisheries It will arriv about August 18th, on the Unalgi ELLA o6ERG DEAD AFTER