The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-14
Presidents Alaska Visit.
Seattle Times. ]

President Harding's visit to Alaska next sum mer will be instructive and pleasant to him; it will benefit Mrs. Hardng's health as well as de- light her and it will prove of advantage to the Northland. Il will be the first trip of Chief Execu tive of the nation to the Territory, Territory that in is one-tifth large the United States and that since it's purchase in 1867 from Russia for $7,2oo, 900, has yielded in minerals, products and furs wealth of $1,1O0,O 1000, OO0
 At least twenty days according to dispatches from Washington D. c. will be allotted for the ncrthern journey. In that time, the Presidential party could go by ship from here to Valdez and Seward, thence by automobile the Richardson Trail and Copper River Railroad to Cordova and thence by ship across the Gulf Alaska and by way oi the Inside Passage to Seattle. The twenty day period would not necessitate undue haste. It afford opportunity fer inspection of coastal waters and of extensive stretches of the interior and also permit of sojourns in the principal towns along the route of travel.
 At Valdez, the headquarters Of the Third Judicial Division, the President view the famous Valdez Glacier, barrier that checked but could not stop the stamped of host of gold seekers. At Seward named for Lncoln's great Secretary of State, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska the President will entrain on the Government Railroad, a broad-gauge well balasted system that extends 467 miles into the Interior He and his party will travel in standard sleeping cars and have the convenience of dining car Al Anchorage, the Chief Executive win be the guest of town the Government laid and ad- mnistered during the building of the railroad and there are located the main shops offices of the system Northeast of Anchorage, he will view the extensive Matanuaska and Chickaloon coal fields At Riley Creek, 347 miles north of Seward his train will cross a steel and wood viaduct 900 feet in length. He will then be the foot and in the shadow of Mount Mckinley, the lofties peak on the North American continent At Nenana he will go over the Panama on mile bridge which cost $1- 30O,000 and tho main steel span of which is ex- eeeded in length by only one other in the world Al falrbanks, terminal of the railroad, the President wll be al the center of the Terriory's interior treasure vault From there in automobiles he will traverse the Rehadson Trail fine roadway built and maintained by the Government Leaving il near Ch1tina he will go the Copper River Railroad dcva There he will board ship for his cruise across the Gulf of Alaska and through the Inside Passage whose scenic srandeurs cannot be exceed by those of any waterway on the globe. He will visit Juneau the capital, famed fer it's quartz mining and Ket- elikan, the home of salmon and habut fleets
 The Presidents trip will be made in the season or the year when dhe farm lands along the line of the railroad will be productive of berries and yepet aDles and green with early growths of hay and grain He will see wild flowers nnumerable kinds and of every hue, and in abundance on every plain and hsde. He will be interested in the wild life. Whales will sport off the side of his shin and salmon leap in quest of surface food Birds and migratory fowl without number flock on the coast and inland He will get glimpses of some of tho animals of field and forest
 The weather during the Presidents visit will be ideal and not equaled anywhere else Long slm mer days. with no darkness and only half an hour iol dusk-days without wind rain and warmth tolerable heat
 The Presidents trip will advertise to the world Alaska as she really is, abounding in resources and opportunity, and not unseasonably cold nor covered With ice and snow It will inform the chief execu- tive of northern conditions nothing else can He Harding no less than he, will be richer in health and strength.