■RECREATIONAL CENTERS ARE
RAPIDLY BECOMING EDUCA
TIONAL INSTITUTIONS
A great increase in the number of
visitors to the notions1 parks, with
the ncces itv ot providing adequate
facilities to handle them, was noted
in a statement by the Secretary of
the Interior. Ray Lyman Wilbmt
upon his return from the West.
Tne number of visitors this year, it
was stated, has increased from 20
to 33 1-3 percent over last year.
Yet the indications are that this
travel to national parks has hut
just started. This system of parks
built up in the last decade and a
half is proving a national asset of
stupendous importance. These areas
of national beauty withheld for
posterity are but just beginning to
demonstrate their possibilities.
A developing feature in the
handling of these parks is the di
lution of those who visit them into
educational understanding of the
point and animal life and of the
geological phenomena which are
there so strikingly set out. Mus
eums are appearing in all parks,
and the naturalist rangers who act
as guides and lecturers are increas
ing in number and popularity. This
summer all the members of that
distinguished committee on educa
tion which was appointed by the
department to study the developing
of the educational possibilities of
the parks have been working dili
gently in them. These parks are
thus becoming important educa
tional institutions.
This phenomenal increase in vis
itors to the parks places upon the
LEGSL NOTICE
C. S. LAND OFFICE, ANCHOR
AGE, ALASKA.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that RALPH SPARKS, entryman,
together with his witnesses, HAA
KON SUNS BY, and THEODORE
ALBERT NUTBEEM, all of Sel
dovia, Alaska, has submitted fin
al proof on his homestead entry,
serial 06799, for lands embraced
in U. S. Survey No. 1541, Longi
tude 151° 12' 30" W. Latitude 59°
36 N. containing 17.55 acres.
If no protest is filed in the U.
S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alas
ka, within the period of publica
tion or thirty days thereafter
-aid final proof will be accepted
and final certificate Issued. The
proof is now in the files of the
ioeal Land Office at Anchorage,
Alaska.
J. Lind lev Green, Register
First publication August 20, 1929.
Last publication October 30, 1929.
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Watches repaired on
short notice.
j government the responsibility for
adequately handling them. Roads,
trails, accommodations, peiv.onnell,
must be provided to take care of
.the surprising growth of the num
bers of visitors to these recreation
spots. Appropriations for these
purpo es must, of course, be made. I
There is little doubt, however, that
the public wants this situation ade- ;
quately handled and that it will be j
willing to foot the bill.
Editor’s note:—According to Maj.!
Malcolm Elliott, president of the
Alaska Road Commission now at
Washington, D. C., conferring with
the appropriation committee on
appropriations for roads, trails, j
rivers and harbors in Alaska, tour- ;
ict traffic in Mt. McKinley Park for 1
the current year was at least 25 per I
cent in excess of last year. The
program for the park roads, Major
Elliott said, following the visit and
recommendations of Ernest E. Saw
yer. has been greatly advanced, and
it is expected a passable road to
Copper mountain, at the base of
Mt. McKinley, will be n service by
the end of the working season of
1931.
The Alaska Railroad has under j
,consideiation the erection of ai
tourist hotel at Mt. McKinley Park
station, and the McKinley Park
Transportation Co., is considering
moving its base camp from Savage
river to Sable Pass and the even
tual construction of a modern hotel
■at Copper mountain.
“The Mt. McKinley Park trip is1
lone that has been enjoyed by prac
tically everyone who made it this j
year. All tourists whom I have
conversed were enthusiastic about
lit”,, Major Elliott is quoted as say
ing. “The open country, beautiful
i scenery and the abundance of wild
game present in the park are fea
tures which have a great attraction
to the visitors.”
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SEE LOT. DAY KU
From a copy of the Daily Gate
way of 23 years ago, Saturday
August 22, 1906, the following
happenings on that day shoulc
be of interest to readers of the
Gateway, today:
Valparaiso nearly destroyed b}
earthquakes and flames.
Local men charge Judge Hil
dreth with breach of trust in
handling coal claims in Mata
nuska- They asserted that theii
nroperty was disposed of and that
they received no consideration
The steamer Oregon sailed for
Seattle.
The schooner Alice sailed from
Seward with six prospectors on
board for the Kuskokwim.
The steamer Neptune connects
at Seldovia with all steamships
for points on Cook Inlet. Trans
fers to steamer Casswell at Ty
oonok for Susitna and Yentna
river.
The steamer Santa Clara sail
ed for Seldovia.
The S. S. Portland sailed from
Seattle for Seward.
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Harry Hoben and A. F. Davis
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Bill McPhee of Fairbanks lean
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later the borrower reported he
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EDITOR'S NOTE—A glance over
the advertising columns brings
back fond memories; nothing
more. For instance—1The Seattle
Bar, only the best wines and
liquors. Bohemian and Olympia
beer. Then there was the Palace
with another fine assortment of
wet goods for sale. Wagner’s j
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then Tire Louvre, a gentleman’s j.
resort; gold dost bought and! I
sold; and also The Branch..
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