The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-06-20
TACOMA PARTY ENTHUSED OVER
 JOURNEY NORTH
Delegation Loud in Praise of I erritory and
 Scenic Wonders

acre, former PreSldent or the Ia coma Chamber of Commerce, and Mayor George Smiley, good will delegation from Tacoma arrived in Juneau aboard the Baranof this morning, enthused with what they had seen of Alaska thus far and anxious to go on to the Westward and Interior to get the entire pie ture of the vast Northland
 You have a marvellous country; such scenic grandeur I have never seen in my life" declared Mayor Smiley as Juneau's reception com mittee crowded around him to ex- tend the hand of welcome. You are up and coming up here, and it is a revelation to many of us to come among you"
 The Mayor declared himself greatly impressed with all South east Alaska cities and particularly noted the activity in places where the tour party called. The mighty Alaska Juneau mine stood out he noted, like mighty sentin e l heralding to the world Alaska's great mineral resources.
 Reception
 Speaking on the KINY hookup from the Baranof before coming ashore, Mayor Smiley, Dr Whit acre, who is chairman of the party, and T. A. Stevenson, Secretary Man ager of the Tacoma Chamber, ex- pressed their pleasure at being in Alaska and brought greetings from Tacoma to residents of Juneau. Immediately following the brief re- ception aboard the vessel, the party was taken ashore by various mem bers of the reception committee and shown some of the sights of Juneau and vicinity, business men meeting and lunching with business executives here.
 Several of the party have their wives and they enjoyed a visit to the Territorial Museum, later mak- ing up parties for visit to the glacier.
 One of the most enthusiastic members of the party about Al aska is c. C. Garland, who formed the Alaska Committee of the Ta- coma Chamber, and today is one of the best informed men in the West on Alaskan affairs Long re- tired from active business, MT. Garland gives of his time without any remuneration in promoting the north country for herein, he is convinced, lies a great future em- pire. When he and s. M. Collins, Secretary Treasurer of the Tacoma Ice and Cold Storage Company, get together in the Alaska corner of the Tacoma Chamber, it can always be predicted that something is afoot which is aimed to benefit the Territory
 Praised by Delegate
 
 MT. Garland is in receipt of a recent letter from Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Dimond in which the Delegate pays high compliment to e. C." for his efforts in behalf of the Territory and concluded with the statement, your State Con- gressional members could scarcely do more for Alaska"
 In the Tacoma party are Dr. Whitacre, well known Tacom physician, who heads the group; Mayor Smiley; MT. Collins of the Tacoma Cold Storage; MT. Gar land; Mrs. J. P. Cowan; Miss Cloyde Duval, Auditor of the Northern Pacific Railway; c. R. Dunbar, City Public Safety; Col. Gordon L. Finley, U. s. Army, Fort Lewis; Mrs. Finley; William A. Farr, Pres ident, Tacoma Feed Company; Ed win L. Griffin, President-Manager, Griffin Fuel Company and connect ed with the Alaska Transportation Company; Robert H. Hyde, Presi- dent, West Coast Grocery Com pany; Mrs. Fly de; Lawrence A. Johnson, President, Johnson Cox Company; H. c. Klug, retired; Har- ry R. Lawton, ce-President, Co., lumbia Breweries; Mrs. Lawton; Edward B. Lung, Secretary Man ager, Tacoma Wholesalers Associa- tion; William P Matthaei, Presi- dent Roman Meal Company; B c. Norstad, retired; Otto Perlt, Ta- coma Daily Times; Joseph w. Quick, Western Counsel for the Northern Pacific; E. c. Richards, President, Hunt and Mottet; T. A. Stevenson, Secretary Manager of the Tacoma Chamber; O. V. Synd- CT, President-General Manager of the Pacific Match Company; Mrs. Snyder; Miss Alice E. Strong, Prin- cipal of the Oakland School, Ta- coma; Dr. Edward H. Todd, Presi- dent of the College of Puget Sound