The Alaska daily empire., 1923-01-17
ALASKAN GOLD
 RUSH IS SEEN
 BY COL. JOYCE
Army Officer on Hunting Trip to Alaska Gives Out His
 Ideas of North.
osan Francisco chronicIe.)

Returning recently from a hunting expedition and military tour of AL aska, during which he collected as trophies of the chase Fare specimens of Alaskan bears. mountain sheep, moose and caribou. traveling light pack over the snow barriers, Lieu tenant1Colonel Kenyon A Joyce, per. sonnel officer at Ninth Corps Area Headquarters, stated yesterday that Alaska still holds powerful lure for the gold seeker. the sportsman and traveller. The gold rush will he revived and the fortune seeker again travel to the shores of Alaska, in the opinion of Joyce.
 Speaking with a note of enthusi- asm in his voice and lcok in his eyes that revealed the hold which the northern country now has on his mind, Joyce said yesterday: "A trip to Alaska is one which people of the Pacific Coast. particu- larly, should take, for it is rich with the most remarkable scenic delights in the world. You can never forget the journey to the port of Seward. and northward from there to Fair banks you are privileged to see some of the worlds most marvellous rail road construction. Then in the glacier district on kenai Peninsula and at Broad Pass there is scenery which cannot be elualed on any other railroad.
 Land of 9ourdough
 "Fairhanks is the very heart of Alaska. and there one gets all the atmosphere Of the Far North mining town. There one sees tho old sour dough, with the faraway lcok in his eyes that only the lure of gold can give, and characters are pointed out who have made a million over night and lost it almost as rapidly.
 From Fairbanks south over the Richardson trail you see the real Alaska, with it's roadhouses and it's trading stations. and those remote outposts of civilization, the soldiers stations, which maintain the tele- graph lines The scenic views along this tra.l are not surpassed, nor even equaled on any traveled road of the American continent You have at all times before you gigantic snow capped mountains on which the ef- fleets of sunrise and sunset beggar description. During the month of July and part Of August the road is excellent fer automobile travel, but with the excessive. rains that come later in the season, it is like any other road that is not constructed along the lines of the highways of California It is believed that Con ! gress should appropriate adequate money to build a real highway through this section in order that tourists may have access to the beauties of this country through d 1 greater period of the summer months.
 Sportsman's Paradise
 For the sportsman Alaska is a l paradise. It is. indeed. the sole re- maining territory under the Ameri- can flag where one can be assured of wide variety of big game and the very best bird shooting in the world. In the various localities along the circuit described you can shoot specimens of brown, silyer-tip and black bears, mountain sheep and goats moose and caribou. to say nothing of the extensive varieties of fe2thered game, including the ptarmi- gan and the different classes of grouse.
 The great thing about hunting trip in Alaska is that one is assured Iof game and, what is even more, is certain of most glorious outing
 Commercially 1t is believed that Alaska is on the eve of great awakening. It's natural resources in minerals and oil are figuratively untouched.
 Extensive Oil Work
 "At present two Of the large oil companies are doing extensive work in the Cold Bay district and 1t would not be surprising if there were de- yelopments shortly of immense inn portance 10 the petroleum world Contrary to general belief. the output of the fisheries in Alaska