The Alaska daily empire., 1923-07-24
BONE FORECASTS
 GREAT BENEFITS
 FROM VISITATION
Governor, Back from Accom- panying Presidential Party,
 Sure of Results.

last Sunday at Sitka, declared Gov. Scott c. Bone, who accompanied the Presidential party throughout the trip in the Territory, joining him when the Henderson made its first stop at Ketchikan and leaving it au hour before the transport sailed from Sitka Sunday evening.
 'I am proud of the manner in which the people of Alaska met and greet ed the President. Mrs. Harding and other distinguished visitors said the Governor. During the entire two weeks trip and the many stops the party made there was no un- toward incident to mar the visit. Everything and everybody was as fine as could be and we can look back on the occasion without sin gle thing to regret
 Not a Junket Trip
 The trip of the Presidential party was not in any sense 1unket. Its members, from the President down, were in Alaska looking for information, to get some information about conditions and get acquainted with its people and their views. The object of the trip was accomplished in a large measure, in fact as well as the time as the party's disposal would permit. The President and his Cabinet advisers, said the Gov ernor, are returning to Washington with very definite ideas about the so-called Alaska problems which have had widespread publicity in the past Gov Bone is very confident that the Administration will use this knowledge to aid Alaska in any way possible to do so by legislation and administration and recalled the prom ise of the President to this effect.
 Will Be Slow Process
 % Although this aid is sure, even with it, the Governor said that Alas kans must not expect an overnight transformation. Development of the aTerritory's resources and the upbuild- ing of industry. he reminded, are the fruits of hard work, advancement coming through certain evolutionary stages which are necessarily slow. There will be some changes in mat ters of administration to facilitate natural processes of development as the result of the Presidential visit, he said, without intimating just what might be expected in this respect. These changes will allow greater in dividual initiative and aid In bring ing about more unrestricted develop vnont of raeourcpa
 "We are too close to it in Alaska to realize now just what it meant to have the President and three of his Cabinet officers spend two weeks in our towns and homes, but our children and our childrens children will speak of 1t as an epoch in the Territory's history" said the Gov ernor. In this visit Gov. Bone real ized one of his greatest desires, en- tertained since taking office as Gov ernor of Alaska. Since he came North he has not wavered in his faith that President Harding would come and see for himself something of the last American frontierland.
 Exhausts Mrs. Harding
 President and Mrs. Harding met and shook hands with hundreds of Alaskans and talked with everyone as opportunities presented them- selves. Mrs. Harding failed to at tend but one public gathering at which the President appeared. that at Fairbanks. Her enthusiasm dur ing the early days of the trip was 50 great that she overtaxed her strength, not fully recovered after her illness last winter, and she was physically exhausted when she reach ed the Interior metropolis. It was impossible for her to have made the trip out over the automobile road tol Chitina, although she was sincerely iIesirious of making it. he said. This, he added. was the sole reason for, the abandonment of the highway part of the trip. She was much rested when the Henderson arrived at Sitka and it was hoped her strength would be entirely recovered by the time the transport reached the States.
 The members of the Cabinet held public hearings at every point where stops were made, said the Cover nor. They listened to expressions, of Alaskans' views on every aues- ton brought before them and really got valuable information which will be helpful in dealing with Alaskan matters coming under their juris- diction.
 The Governor returned last night from Sitka on the launch Hellan- thus. He was busy this morning on a mass of correspondence and business accumulated since his de- parture on July 4th, to meet the Presidential party.
 Delegate Sutherland, said Gov. Bono, left the party when it reached Seward inbound. He took the Starr for some point on the Alaska Pen insula where he expects to join Senator Wesley L. Joones, Congress- man Hadley and, Commissioner O. lNaliey on the Coast Guard ship Unalea.
 Col. Steese. who had been expect an IA noma to 6ifka on the Hender-