The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-10-18
GOVERNOR PARKS
 VISITS WRANGELL
Accompanied By Charles w. Hawkesworth and NJ. D.
 Williams

Gov. George A. Parks spent the greater part of yesterday In Wran- gell. He arrived at 10 A. NJ. on the Highway, accompanied by NJ. D. Williams, District Engineer for AL aska for the Bureau of Public Roads. and Charles w Hawkesworth. Dis trict Superintendent for the Bureau of Education.
 The gubernatorial party made a trip of inspection over the govern ment roads leading out of Wrangell. On returning to town the party ac- eepted an invitation from Dr. Ed wards to visit the Wrangell General Hospital. Like most visitors the governor expressed his surprise at finding such a wonderfully we'll equipped institution in town the size of Wrangell.
 The party were guests of Mir. and Mrs. J. G. Grant for luncheon.
 In the afternoon Governor Parks and Mir. Hawkesworth accepted the invitation of Superintendent Axel Rasmussen to visit the Wrangell schools.
 When asked how he had found conditions in other places he had visited in southeastern Alaska the Governor told the Sentinel reporter that he had found on his trip the towns of southeastern Alaska had made more of a recovery from the jolt of last year than he had expect ed. He said he had visited practi- cally all of the Native schools and had taken note of their needs in or der that he might have first hand information when he goes to Wash ington late in the fall.
 A few days ago the Governor vis- ited View Cove and stated that he was surprised at the magnitude of the operations of the Pacific Coast Cement Company ou Dall Island. He said this company would make a big shipment on the 18th (today).
 The Governor stated that he was homeward bound on the last lap of the most extensive trip through AL aska ever taken by an executives trip that was made possible only through the development of aviation. He pointed out how planes travelling from Fairbanks to Nome in six or seven hours had brought those two Alaskan towns virtually a month closer. He told how the airplane had enabled him to visit many iso- lated sections of the Territory whereas by ordinary means in vogue only few years ago it would have taken him year.
 Under the direction of the Terri tory, 5S landing fields have been es- tablished Some of these, the Gov ernor explained, are for emergency landings only, while others are equipped with hangars and fueling equipment. Fairbanks, being in the central part, has the most modern field, and the only illuminated one in the north. The Governor said he did not believe that aviation would ever make such marked progress in Southeastern Alaska as it has done in the Interior, but he felt sure that planes would be in use in this sec tion at no distant date and that they would prove most valuable adjuncts to the methods of travel already pro vided. It is plain that the Governor takes great pride in the progress and financial success of commercial aviation in Alaska with every dollar invested by Alaskan capital only.
 The Governor stated that he found on his trip one of the greatest needs of the Territory is more medical service. He said the medical boat on the Yukon river attended to the needs for several hundred miles along the river, but that the service available in many sections of the Territory was wholly inadequate to the needs.
 The gubernatorial party left Wrangell at 4 o'clock yesterday af- ternoon for Petersburg.