The Daily Alaska Empire

ALASKA GIVEN PUBLICITY AT ROAD EXHIBIT

Display of Pictures Attracts Much Attention, Says Local Delegate

The Annual Good Roads Show and Machinery Exposition held at Cleveland, Ohio, last month resulted in considerable publicity of an educational nature for Alaska, according to Ike P. Taylor, Territorial Delegate to the Show who, with Mrs. Taylor and their two children, returned home early this week after an absence of two and one-half months.

At the Cleveland exposition Mr. Taylor arranged for and was in charge of an Alaskan display made up of hand-colored pictures of Alaskan industries, scenes, roads, highways and trails and other subjects. Thousands of people visited the booth and were given educational literature put out by the several Chambers of Commerce in the Territory and transportation lines operating in local waters.

It was estimated that 150,000 people attended the Show in the four-day session, January 15-18. Many of these called at the booth. Much interest was shown by them in pictures of growing crops, and in a weather chart showing comparative temperatures. That the average temperature in Juneau was warmer than that of Cleveland was the cause of much astonished comment. Mr. Taylor said it was so cold in Cleveland he almost froze.

Leaving here in November, the Taylors went to Boise, Idaho, visiting Mr. Taylor's family, from there to California for an extended tour and then back to Boise for the holidays. Later Mr. Taylor went to Missouri, visiting Col. J. C. Gotwals in St. Louis, then to Cleveland, and Washington, D. C., and back to Boise. En route home they visited friends in Seattle.