The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-04-09
YUKON OFFICIAL IS IGNORED bY| JUNEAU LEADERS,
Brings Sparkling Message of Good Will from Can
 adian Province

L Higgins, representative of Yu- kon Territory, who arrived from IWhitehorse Sunday, on the PAA plane as a guest of Lyman s. Peck, General Manager for the company, was the guest of honor and speaker at noon today at a gath- ering of Juneau business men and aviation enthusiasts, sponsored by the Executive Board of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, President R. E. Robertson presiding.
 Although MT. Higgins explained at length that he was not in Juneau as an official representative of the Yukon Territory, the sin- cerity of his remarks, the fraternal feeling he expressed for all north- erners, and the many pithy, spark link humorous remarks, which kept his audience pleasurably chuckling, clearly established the fact that whether his visitation was official or not, he was doing most cred- ible job as an ambassador of good- will from the Yukon Territory, and his home town, Whitehorse.
 MT. Higgins explained that G. A. Jeckell, Comptroller, and Acting governor of Yukon Territory, under pressure of seasonal busi- ness, could not make the trip toI Juneau at this time but hoped to within short time.
 First Air Trip
 As this trip was MT. Higgins first venture in the air, he ex- plained that through his connec- tion with the hospital at White horse, nurses and doctors had of fered him much advice and his wife had loaded his pockets vii ss chewing gum, the practical use Tor which during the flight he was not quite sure of.
 The Yukon Representative highly praised the efficiency of the PAA operation, and explained how the service that was now in operation was the result of plans. research and development started three years ago. He complimented MT. Peck highly on the foresight and persistency exercised in bringing about the fulfillment of the serv- ice. which brought Whitehorse, l75 miles from Juneau, to within 5s minutes flying time.
 Neighobor's Area
 "Your neighbor, Yukon Terri tory" MT. Higgins said, has a total area of .2o7,076 square miles, of which 206,427 comprise land and the balance of 649 square miles, water. Our population is approxi- mately 5000, widely scattered, in this great area.
 The first airfield in Whitehorse was built in 1920, by popular sub scription. The new one is much larger and better and is slightly more than a mile from the town
 During the past year 10e Am erican plane landings were made in Whitehorse, according to MT. Higgins. He further stated in thanking the Juneau Chamber Of Commerce, Mayor Goldstein and the City of Juneau for the flowers, and key to the City of Juneau, sent to Whitehorse, that his town had no Mayor. or no Chamber of Com merce, but that as a result of Juneau's activities in cnnection with the initiation of the plane service a commercial organization was now being formed in White horse.
 Mayor I. Goldstein introduced Key Rowan, of the Navy News, San Diego. MT. Rowan predicted that a number of heavy cruisers and destroyers would visit Juneau in July.
 In addition to those previously mentioned, Acting Governor E. w. Griffin, M. s. Whittier, Allen Shat tuck, M. D. Williams, Frank Boyle, w. B. Kirk, Charles E. Magnet, B. M. Behrends, J. J. Connors, Wellman Holbrook, Lyman s. Peck, Curtis Shattuck. John w. Jones and Robert Bender attended the luncheon.