Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-14
FINDS HIGHEST
 OF CITIZENRY
 ON ALASKA TRIP
MORTON GREGORY, PROMINENT GRAND MASTER OF MASONIC ORDER, AsToUNDED WITH THE SCENIC LURE OF ALASKA.
D Lecture In Washington
Men of Alaska Are Red Flooded Am ericans-PeopIe of Strong Charac- ter-Strength of Personalities Stand Out vividIy Among Alaska's Rug ged Men and Women.

T have found in Alaska the high est type of citizenry it has been my pleasure to meet anywhere. Wher- ever men have to exercise the qual- ities within them, it is bound to de- velop strong character. The strength of the personalities met with, while on this most wonderful trip to the Territory of Alaska, has impressed me so vividly that no words of mine can describe the rugged men and women encountered, nor can any ar tist truly depict on canvas the broad eXpanses and the beauties of nature as revealed to both Mrs Gregory and myself" The above remarks burst forth spontaneously from Nor ton Gregory yesterday, when asked by the Seward Gateway representa- tive what his impressions of Alas ka were and what message he would care to leave behind
 VII Lecture On Alaska.
 MT, Gregory, grand master of the Masons for the State of Washington and the Territory of Alaska, accom- panied by Mrs. Gregory, has just completed trip to Anchorage and Fairbanks, in connection with MT. Gregory's activities in the Masonic Order, MT. and Mrs. Gregory are enraptured with this, their first AL askan trip, and are looking forward to with much pleasure already, their next journey to the Territory. Their itinerary takes in practically every town of any size in Alaska, and at all points they have been delightful ly entertained.
 Red Flooded Americans.
 Continuing BIT. Gregory said: "The men of Alaska are hardy and inde- pendent Tho Alaskans are perhaps not aware of the fact, what type of men, but only the strongest, could set out for the mountains and exist for months on end-could be satis- fled with pioneering That is the true American spirit and Alaskans are red-blooded Americans. I have been student of sociology for years and I see everywhere about me, characters of the strongest nature.
 Students Should Visit Alaska.
 'The Mothers and Fathers of school children, in the States, providing they could afford the expenditure, should at sometime send their children to Alaska. It would be a tremendously wonderful experience and education for them. The scenery is stupend- Ous, and one hesitates in leaving it behind. I personally, have an en- satiable desire to comeback. This winter I will have the honor of de- livering number of lectures in the State of Washington and it will give me great pleasure, in my poor way, of describing the manifold wonders of Alaska"
 Special Meeting Is Held.
 MT. and Mrs Gregory arrived in Seward Saturday. Yesterday after noon at 2 o'clock special meeting of the Masonic Order was held in the local club rooms where a large attendance of members of the promi- nent order had the pleasure of the Grand Masters talk Saturday eve hing, MT. and Mrs. Gregory were entertained at the residence of MT. and Mrs. Leon Urbach, many friends being present at the affair.
 They will depart today for Valdez on the steamer Alaska, from which town they will auto over the trail to Chitina on the Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, thence to other points along the railway, and to CordoVa from where they will board the steamer Yukon next week, southbound, for Juneau and other southeastern Alaska towns.