Seward daily gateway., 1930-03-25
SEVEN MONTHS
 TOUR IF EUROPE
 GREATLY ENJOYED
PEOPLE ON CONTINENT KNOW PRACTICALLY NOTHING OF
 TERRITORY, ALASKAN SAYS

Good beer and liquor made me what I am today laughingly re- piled J. W. BlaSe. Anchorage business man who arrived in Seward Saturday from a seven tour of Continental Eu- rope, in answer to query as to where he had annexed the B pounds of additional "bay-win- dow," belt measurement. If I get much fatter," he added, who knows but perhaps I shall run for mayor"
 It was Mir. Blase's second trip to Europe and an exceedingly in teresting one to Mrs. Blase and himself. Naturally, he saw many changes, but of the late fracas- the World war-not an indication was visible. Not a trace Is de- tected and truly "al is quiet on the western front" But the peo- pie Of Europe have solved one riddle of the universe, Mir. Blase said, In that they know how to enjoy life as they go down the Great Highway. There is no mad scramble over there for the filthy lucre which is the cause of all evils to mankind: every one ap- pears to be or less contented; they drink for the sociability of the thing, and it is seldom in deed that drunk is seen
 Over there prohibition has been tried and found wanting, So ages ago was ruled out Today, there is good liquor fos all and the jails are practically empty, as are also court calendars. It might be added here the position is just reversed in the United Here there is no good liquor, 1t is against the law to sell it, and the jails and courts are cluttered up with Violators.
 MT. Blase stated he followed the loss of Colonel Eielson and Earl Borland, in Siberia last No venlber, and the subsequent att tenpts at rescue from Alaska, daily while n Europe, through American papers, which seem to have wide sale through the Continent. He found that Eur opeans, as a whole, knew prac- ticaly nothing of the Territory of Alaska, 80 taking Dame Oppor- trnity by the forelock, he gave many lectures; in Germany, principally. Fortunately, he had taken with him a number of nuggets and a small quantity of quartz. The latter, especially greatly impressed his audiences, for even many of the jewellers he became acquainted with knew little about raw gold; indeed, many had never before seen quartz. On the trip across the Atlantic, on the s. s. Cleveland, he gave his last lecture, speaking for two hours.
 Due to lack of cold weather and snow throughout Europe in general, the numerous winter re- sorts were compelled to close. The people Of Europe take their sports seriously and especially to skiing. It is a common sight to see, at the close of business day in a large city, workers by the thousands, all dressed for outdoors, with a small pack on their back and dangling skis, vending their way out of the cities and towns for the noun tains for a few hours Of recre- ation, or for over the weekend. MT. and Mrs. Blase also visited the world-famous winter carni-
 val at Munich, where each year
 for 8 period of eight weeks, day
 and night, entertainment and
 fun reign supreme.
 The United States boxers
 should keep wary eye on Flu
 ropean fighters, Blase added, be-
 cause it is astonishing the way 1 boxing has developed; there ap-
 pears to be ample good timber
 MT. Blase should know because
 in his earlier years he was mort
 or less a boxer of note through
 out the middle west and on thu
 Pacific coast. Prior to coming tx Alaska some years ago he ref