The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-03-25
Much Interest In CaSSiar on
 The Outside

Frank J. Cotter who spent last summer in the Cassiar, covering the district for the Alaska Weekly and the Seattle Post Intelligeneer arriye0 in WrangelI Wednesday on the Alas ka Steamship Co. liner Alameda. Mr Cotter who left here last fall after spending three months in the upper country, has been on the Out side all winter. Just recently he returned from q trip to the East and Florida and was astounded at the amount of interest that is being evineed in this country by Outsid- CTS. When seen at the Wrangell hotel he had this to say;
 "Good to be back? Say, I'll tell the world it's good to be back North again. It seems just like coming back home to drop into Wrangell again and shake hands with half the population in the first couple of hours you are back. have had a great time since I left here last fall; worked pretty hard most of the time but found time to switch in a couple of trips around and at the same time to boost the country.
 No question in my mind but there is going to be a fair sized stampede into the Cassiar this year The last week I was in Seattle didn't have time to do anything but answer questions about this eoun- try. There are literally thousands interested in the Cassiar and there seems to be a dearth of real infor- nation available. I look to see the rush start just as soon as it be- comes known that the river is open and it is possible to get up to Tele- graph Creek without depending on the dogs.
 We have been getting some very encouraging reports from our Palm
  anxious to get up there and see just what we have. Robert ". Martin has been there for the past month and wires out that the ground pros poets are better than I said it was last fall when I came out, and if that is the case we will whipsaw some lumber for Hume and sluice boxes and start to shoveling in just as soon as the water starts to run. Whether it is that rich or not I will be on the creek this summer and intend to stay there until we have thoroughly prospected the same.
 'I had to make a trip East last winter and while I was that far along I tok a run down to Florida. wanted to see something about the country down there and when I got there found that the people there are just as much interested in Alaska as I was in Florida. Every place I went I had to tell them about the North, and, as I was just out of this section, natur- ally boosted for Wrangell and the Cassiar.
 "I made little talks before several clubs while in Florida and when would get through I would have to answer questions for an hour. This summer will be a big one for tour ists not only for this section, but for all of Alaska as we'll. I know of several parties that are being made up now and they will all come to Wrangell and outfit from here for the trip up the Stikine and to have a look at the Cassiar.
 "They are not particularly inter- ested in mining, they just want to see the country, fish little and shoot a bit and have an outing. If they like it they will be back an other year and bring more, for the great problem in the South among the people who can afford to get away is to find a new place to spend July and August, their hot months.
 "As soon as I returned to Seattle saw to it that they were supplied with suitable literature, and I be- lieve this year will see goodly number of Floridians on the Stikine. If a man just owned one of these mountains that are so plentiful around Wrangel1 and had it in Flori- da, he could name his own price for it and if he had any one of a dozen glaciers that are up along the Sti- kline, we'll, I would rather have it in