Seward daily gateway., 1923-03-20
PRESIDENTS ALASKA VISIT
Seattle Daily Times)

her, and it will prove of advantage to the Northand It will be the first trip of a chief executive of the nation to the territory, a territory that in area is one-fifth as large as the United States and that since its purchase ir 1867 from Russia, for $7,200,000 has yielded in minerals, sea products and furs a wealth of s1 lOO,oO0,OOo.
 At least twenty days according to dispatches rom Washington will be allotted for the northern journey. In that time the presidential party could go by ship from here to Valdez and Seward, thence by automobile over the Richardson Trail and Copper River railroad to Cordova and thence by ship across the Gulf of Alaska and by way of the Inside Passage to Seattle. The To-day period would not necessitate undue haste. It would afford oppor- tunity for inspection of coastal waters and of extensive stretches of the inte- HOT anu dlSO pel ol SoJoui iAs9 m NiHN principal towns along the route of travel.
 At Valdez, the headquarters of the Third Judicial Division, the President can view the famous Valdez glacier the barrier that checked but could not stop the stampede of host of gold
 fn,, | jo coins great secretary of state, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska the President will en train on the gov 4rnment railroad, a broad gauge, well ballasted system that extends 46I miles into the interior. He and his party will travel in a standard sleep ing car and have the convenience or d dining car At Anchorage the chlel executive will be the guest of town the government laid out and admins tered and there are located the main shops and offices of the system.
 Northeast of Anchorage he will view the extensive Matanuska and Chicka- loon coal fields. At Riley creek, SAY miles north of Seward his train will cross a steel and wood viaduct 300 feet in length. He will then be at the foot and in the shadow of Mount Me Kinley. the loftiest peak on the North American continent At Nenana ne will go over the Tanana on mile length bridge which cost Sl 5oo,ooo and the main steel span of which Is exceeded in length by only one other in the world. At Fairbanks, terminal of the railroad, the President Will De st tho center of the territory's inter- for treasure vault From there ln au- tomobiles he will traverse the Rlch- ardson Trail, a fine roadway built and maintained by the government Lea'- ;ng it near Chitina he will go on the Conner River railroad which serves tho famous Kennecott region to Cor doya. There he will board ship for his cruise across the Gulf Of Alaska and through the inside passage, whose scenic grandeurs cannot be eXcelled by those of any waterway on the globe. He will visit Juneau, the cap- ital famed for it's quartz mining, and Ketchikan. the home of salmon ana halibut fleets.
 The Presidents trip will be made ln the season of the year when the farm lands along the line of the railroad will be productive of berries and veg et2bies and green with early growths of hay and grain. He will see wlid flowers of innumerable kinds and of every hue. and in abundance on every n,ain and hillside: He will be inter- ested in the wild life. Whales Will sno,4 off the side of his ship and sal mon leap in quest of surface 1000. Birds and migratory fowl without number flock on the coast and inland. He will get glimpses of some of the animals of field and forest.
 The weather during the Presidents $ trip will be ideal ana not equaieu any where. Long summer days with no darkness and only half an hour Of dusk-days without wind or rain ana q warmth that never turns to uncom- fortable chilliness or intolerable heat
 The Presidents trip will adveHise to the world Alaska as she really ls' abounding in resources and opportu, nifty, and not unseasonably cold nor covered with ice and snow. It will ln- form the chief executive of northern conditions as nothing else can. lie will return .invigorated by his outing and Mrs. Harding. no less than: he will be richer in health and strength.