HEAD OF TOURISTS* ASSOCIATION VISITS HAINES AND BARRACKS:
Mr* J# Hooper, president of the Tourists’ Association of Canada and the
United States, visited Haines last week as part of an extended survey of Alaska
on behalf of the organization he heads* At a luncheon of the Haines Commercial
Club, at which Dr. L. Pryer presided^ Ur. Hooper expressed himself in glowing
terns over the possibilities of Haines as a tourist center. The- completion of
the highway from Haines through to the border of Yukon Territory, soon to be
effected, joining the Y. T. system of highways and enabling tourists to motor
~rom here to the Yukon, would, he declared, attract hosts of automobile-owners,
a class with money to spend who would outfit for the trip at this point*
He also called attention to the loss occasioned through not properly
exploiting the months of iiay and June and of September and October, since the
bulk of the tourists are advised by tourist agencies and others to make their
Alaskan trips in July andAugust. Hay is a most attractive month in southeastern
Alaska, while June, when the purple iris and wild roses are in full bloom along
every road side, is the most beautiful month of the year. September and October,
in turn, should bring hundreds of hunters to enjoy the shooting of both big game
and ducks.
Mr. Hooper pointed out, however, that the better class of tourists, who
have money to pay for the best, will not tolerate mediocre accomodations* Better
and more commodious boats and hotels are essential if southeastern Alaska hopes
to derive full benefit fronthe natural attractions offered tourists#
After the adjournment of the Commercial Blub luncheon, Hr# Hooper visited
Chilkoot Barracks, “/here he told Major Maddox that before leaving California, he
had heard of the shooting records made at this post. After his tour of the mil
itary reservation, he was taken by members of the Commercial Blub on a motoring
trip down the Penninsula to Vogel's Cannery, and on Sunday motored to Wells. He
will be in Ketchikan this week. He spoke at the Haines Theatre Saturday evening.
SALMON BILL PASSES SENATE:
According to the Daily Alaskan, the Senate passed last week a bill au
thorizing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a closed season forAlaskan
fisheries, and containing other provisions for conservation of salmon.
CONGRESSMAN TELLS VALUE OF ARMY TO NATION’S YOUTH:
In a speech on March 26th, against an aramendment to the Army Appropriation
Bill which would prohibit enlistment of young men under the age of 21, Hon. An
thony J. Griffin, of New York, made in the House of Representatives a few direct
hits at those who slander the Army and Navy, and pointed out the value of military
training to young men. The Recruiting News quotes the speech at some length, fnsm
which we have selected the following of his remarks as being especially noteworthy:
"I have no sympathy with this whining about the service of boys in the
Army.....Of course they all think their boys are led astray by other bad boys, arid
the parents of the ’bad* boys think their sons are the ones who have been led
astray. But what I object to most is that they all think that the American Army
and the American Navy are not good enough for their sons, in that case their
boys ought to be spanked and kicked out of the service instead of amending the law
in such away as to practically concede their unfounded aspersions to be true.
"Many of the ablest men who have distinguished themselves in our Army and
Navy, you will find, joined the Service when they were under 21 years of age. I
could name a hundred famous men in history who went into the Service under' 21
years of age. Take the case of Washington, the Father of His Country, who, after
three years’ service as a public surveyor, was made adjutant general of the colony