The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1934-08-22
HILLS PARTY
is DELIGHTED
WITH CRUISE
M emb err of We'll Known
Coffee Firm Declares AL
aska Vacation Country

| Great success in fishing and pho.
tographing the wild life and seen
jery of the north has marked the
cruise of E. E. Hills, member o.
! the firm of Hills Brothers,. Cot
| zee, who with Mrs. Hills and 9
party of friends is aboard the
Campbell Church Jr. yacht West
ward on a vacation trip,
This is Mr.. Hills second trip to
Alaska though the previous one
made just following the A. Y. P
Exposition in 1908, when he and
his brothers were brought north
by their parents, is little vague
in his memory. Among the high
lights that impressed him as a
boy, and remain distinct now are
the beauty of Taku Glacier and
the quaint charm of Sitka.
~ Cruise. Since June -
Mr.. and Mrs. Hills, and the lat
ter's son, J. G. Cowdin, j., joined
the westward at Vancouver, B. c.,
on, June % and have. been cruis-
ing slowly up the coast since that
time. They were. joined by Mr..
and Mrs. Wellington Henderson,
of San Francisco and &c. Ber-
theau, of New York City, after
they reached Alaska. Mr.. Hen
derson was called south on bust
ness when the Westward reached
Petersburg and reluctantly left the
party to return to San Francisco,
hoping to. be able to return before
they leave the Westward on Sep
tember 10. Stops have been made
at Prince Rupert, Ketchikan and
Petersburg previous to the arrival
at Juneau and on the way south
they plan to stop for a short time
at Sitkar, ss. y
Greatest Place to Vacation
This, is our first vacation trip
to, Alaska, but I can't see how we
can ever 60 anywhere else from
now on A cruise here combines
everything one could ever want on
a vacation. trip and I know of no
where else in the country where
that. is So. Everyone in the party
is enthusiastic, The other day Mr..
Bertheau returned after being out
for the day and exclaimed, I'll
never go anywhere else for a va
cation in my life. have crowded
seven, years into one day." We all
feel the same way" Mr.. Hills de-
clared.
On the way north the Westward
took its party into Tracy Arm,
where they spent several hours rev.
cling in the beauty. of the scenery
and taking photographs. They Saw
the numerous mountain goats on
the sheer cliffs but none near
enough. to obtain pictures of and
many seals. On the way south a
trip into Endicott Arm is on the
schedule. H..
Hope To Get Bear
Though bear hunting is by no
means the objective of the cruise,
the party is hoping to. get a few
along the southern part of Admir-
atty Island. Mrs. Hills obtained a
photograph of brown bear taken
at distance Of IS feet which was
I, slightly nerve-racking experience
in spite of the fact that the big
fellow was covered with rifles.
:, Each, year the Hills spend a
month or two in the out of doors,
Other spots which were favorites
before the trip to Alaska, were
the American and Canadian Rock
les. and the Sierras. Last summer
they visited Glacier National Park
and from there went on a canoe
trip in Canada, north of Quebec.
Alaska Favorite Market
When queried about the Alaska
district as market for Hills Broth
ers' coffee, Mr.. Hills said, Alaska
has always been one Of our favor
lite districts and we all have a very
warm spot in our hearts for the
Territory and its people, who have
given us such fine patronage
Though this, Is. a purely pleasure
trip, everywhere we have been,
tpople have. gone out of their way