Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-29
RARE TREAT AFFORDED AT TENDING MEMBERS BY LISTEN ING IN TO FACTS RELATIVE TO THIS DISTRICT AND SEWARD AS OTHERS SEE US.
HONORARY MEMBERS
Every Seat At Table Was Filled Meeting Reflected Much Credit To Seward-Construct Trails To Near by Peaks and Hold the Many Tour ists That Come to Seward Shores.

Absent members at yesterdays meeting of the Seward Chamber of Commerce which was held at the Seward Grill, missed something!
 It has been many months since the chamber has been honored with so many prominent visitors as were guests at yesterdays luncheon. These included: A. c. Lovekin, retired bus mess man of California; Allen Mcintosh business man of Boston; Hal G. Evarts, nationally known writer and authority on big game; James Wickersham, former delegate to Washington from Alaska; Cap tain o. E. Johansen of the steamer Starr, Jack McCord, whom all Alas kans know, and last but far from being least, Ben Poindexter, geolo- gist and engineer, familiarly ,nown as the Trail Blazer"
 Seward was surrounded, indeed, with halo of glory by the time these distinguished gentlemen seat ed themselves following orating on the glories of Seward and her adja cent communities. The first speak CT called to the platform was Jack McCord He did not speak to any length but with all due respect to the other speakers, what he said meant something. This was to the effect that H. s. Fogerson and Chas. L. Lake, geologists for the Superior Oil Company, who have been making a survey of the oil formation at snis- kin Bay region for the last two months, had completed their inves- tigations and have recommended to their company that test we'll be driven. This means, in all probabil- ity, that shortly activities will soon begin in that region.
 Conditions Encouraging.
 James Wickersham, we'll known Al askan and former delegate, was next called on by P. c. McMullen, who spresided over the meeting. Judge Wickersham's remarks were empha- sized with vigor and were very laud- itory to the entire railroad belt. He said: T want to say this, that con- ditions in Alaska look exceedingly well established and stabilized. Bus iness in general throughout Alaska is now on a substantial basis, and in particular, conditions along the Alaska Railroad belt never have ap- peared better. In Fairbanks the ''big companies" are locating on good creeks, in fact the whole country is opening up. Your town of Sew ard is the cleanest looking town in the Territory. I do not know who is in charge of this work but the general appearance of Seward re fleets great deal of credit or them. I have been in this district now for two weeks, much of which time 1 have spent ln the Renal pen insula region. This was my frst visit to the peninsula country, and want to say that it is a remarkably Impressive scenic country, altogeth ger, wonderful district. The entire district around Seward appears tt be unsurpassed in beauty. You wonderful resources in the peninsula as we'll as at other places near Sew ard. certainly looks promising. Tn, people of Seward are to be congrat ulated on the present outlook ant the business people ought to fee T dated over the future. It has beer a keen pleasure to meet the mem