Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-23
LARGE CITIES TO DOT ALASKA
 SAYSF. REEDY
NATIONALLY KNOWN TOURIST DI RECTOR ARRIVES SEWARD
 WITH BIG PARTY
HAVE SPECIAL TRAIN
Says Alaskan People do not Realize the Great Value Of Their
 Natural Scenery

If you want to live before you die, travel Shuttlecocking between your office and your home; between your church and your cluz, isn't living. It is merely existing, which is as differ ent from living as fruit is from the leaves of the tree" stated Frank Reedy, who for the second season in succession has arrived in Seward with the largest party of tourists from the States. This year MT. Reedy, promo tion director, traveller, teacher and student in Mexico, National Parks and Alaska, a resident of Dallas, Texas, has reduced the size of the party to 90 in order that the journey might be of more comfort and interest to all concerned. Accommodations along the route of travel in the Territory are such that this number of visitors can be taken care of in satisfactory manner, where larger party, such as he conducted through this district last year, are more or less subject to inconvenience and the traveller of to- day demands service above all other things.
 Leave on Special Train
 The party of ninety which arrived in Seward this morning on the Admi- ral Watson of the Pacific Steamship Company departed for the Interior on a special train at 9 o'clock. They will return to Seward next Tuesday, en- barking at this point that day on the Admiral Watson for the South. The travellers are all prominent residents of Missouri, North and South Caro- lima and Arkansas
 The special train, on which banners on each side were attached bearing the words, Frank Reedy National Tours" was run down to the Seward dock at which point it was boarded by the par ty. As the train pulled out an cleo tric rear light placed in painted frame, with the words Texas Spe- cial," was noted on the observation gar, creating as they say in the mo- <ies, atmosphere. The observation car, Denali, two coaches and baggage car made up the special.
 Itinerary of Party
 The itinerary includes an all night stop at Curry tonight, arriving in Fair banks tomorrow night. Side trips will be made out of Fairbanks, includ- ing short trips down the Richardson Highway, out to the placer camps on Goldstream, Skoogum, Cleary and Fl dorado, the Alaska College and other 1 points of interest. Sunday night they return to Curry and part of the fol lowing day will be spent in Anchor age. On Tuesday they depart from the Inlet town for Seward where the Admiral Watson will pick them up and whisk them south.
 Alaska the Greatest Wonderland
 In statement this morning to The Gateway, Mr. Reedy said: These 
 ka is the greatest wonderland in the world. And many of them have tray eled the world over many times. No one knows that fact about the country less than Alaskans themselves. Living in the Territory they do not realize the contrast. It is marvellous. Many changes are taking place and l. n.y. self, expect to see the day when at least 25 large size towns and cities, in addition to the towns now here, will rise up in various districts. The latent resources of the country have not been touched. This is my twelfth %sip to Alaska and my third to Sew ard. You can say plan to bring to Seward next year a much larger party than has heretofore been personally