Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-13

1 ed in Seward to serve the Westward districts. The matter was later brot to the attention of the Seattle cham Der, which time a resolution was passed and together with data on the situation, sent to the chambers of commerce of Los Angeles, whose membership is 12,0OO; to Portland and San Francisco. The importance of the cooperation received from these chambers, resulted in getting behind the resolution and it is almost a certainty, government aid will be se- cured"
 MT. Garfield repeated to the mem bers, the article published in Satur- days issue of the Gateway, with re- gard to the coast and geodetic sur vey improvements the Rivers and Harbors conference in Seattle, the formation of a new permanent organ ization in Seattle, at Foreign Trade | Convention.
 The importance for the Seward | chamber to pass a resolution endors- ing the construction of a trail and shelter cabins at Katmai to the Val ley of Ten Thousand Smokes, by the government, was stressed by MT. Gar field. The people of Seattle want to see the conditions at Katmai improv- ed. MT. Garfield was instructed by Mr. Cameron, head of the National Parks, during his recent visit in Se- kans, in regard to Katmai, for his consideration this winter. Many let ters are received in Seattle asking for information of Katmai and the valley of smokes. These letters have all been forwarded to Mir Folsam of Los Angeles, who conducted a tour into the valley few years ago. The outcome of this has heci that MT Folsam has two parties of tourists going into the valley of smokes this summer. The Seattle chamber will get behind this strongly, if the local chamber will pass such a resolution. The importance of the seal treaty was discussed by Mr. Garfield, who said the people to the Westward were ill favor of the establishment fof the old treaty. Owing to the con- siderable agitation over the seal mat ter, it is certain. Mr. Garfield stat ed that Alaska would get a certain portion of the net proceeds, if not the gross proceeds from the seal op- erations carried on by the govern ment. He said he thinks it worth while 10 have the present status quo of seal herd maintained. The Sew ard chamber should also pass a res olution in favor of the continuation of the existing seal treaty, he said
 If special transportation rate was made to mining operators, prospec- tors and settlers to various points along the Government Railroad, the development of this district would be helped considerable, MT. Garfield continued, for, such a rate would not materially matter to the operation of the road, where on the other hand the present rate retards development Ii this is not done, MT. Garfield stat ed, the railroad, instead of function ing as a development medium, would be simply mode of travel to the h. terior districts. He believes the Ter rltory can absorb a certain number ot settlers annually, but that the country Ill general, is not ready for a colonization scheme, as has been discussed.
 He notes tendency for better ho- tel facilities, as the tourist traffic in- creases, which class, is growing more exact. Interest is increasing all thru the United States and in Alaska. The mlnlng department recently organiz- ed in Seattle, and which consists of 03 members, is an important factor to Alaska. This association meets every week. It purpose is the ex- ploration and development of mining ln the Northwest and Alaska. Prop erty is listed and all data relative to these properties are kept on file. Bulletins are published once each month, which in turn are mailed to all points of the United States, to familiarize others what mining prop ertles are for sale, lease, or now in operation. It has been extremely nara to arouse Seattle people, with re- spect to Alaska mining ventures, re- gardless of the fact it's citizens rec ognize the fact Seattle was built practically from Alaska. Seattle pa- pers have long refused to publish Alaska mining news, but of late, this prejudice is being done away with, and articles are frequently now ap- bearing.
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