The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01
6ETTERFFTI YEARS N hawaii TBANA GIGLEOt GdT8iI.
H. W. WHITNEY.

ITNEY
p mental trees have been introduced by
. me government tIrJugl J-. H4eoiaAa
1aa t.. private parties. IIay nave al.
helped 90 make tails city one OF the
most charming and picturesque apJ,S
on elr-l. while form srly. and within
. the memory Oh some SSH living J.. was
as dry. no. and uL!uyi-.Eg as Jne desert
Of SalaIl.
\ few lines a5Ju5 the origin Of his
raysr. ard I viii close. II 1919 the
. p8IvussilG--a weekly Owned by tAe
govern men. was The principal paper
mere. though there were several 1-ler
small weekly and monthly papers Is
SIZED che onlv one among jc2m that mas
survived 10 this dl.a being ne Fri=nd.
which Is really tla c.des- publication
here. Early In the hties. ne writer
Of this article was strongly urged 10
publish a independent, paper. free
from gJverImel- control. Iais mai
+. Tv resulted in the establishment - the
..Pa.if, Commercial Advertiser nam
cd aster the well-EucwI New iCrN
Commercial Advertiser. with which the
wri,er Eai been connected. The hrs
number was ISSUED July .. 1885. ir1r
new types. new power press. new
building and IN shC.- every yhing ne"
from the ground floor - the ridge
beam And the paper has becl rsgu-
larlv printed from that time till now
in its fcrsy-fif,n year. !, is not claim
ing TOO muyh shat T. has been credit,
10 Hawaii and throughout its long
career a powerful ageH i'm laying the
foundation of This eJun rvs prosperity
and happy union wiki she e. Grad-
Republic.
Before closing. It may H.. be Our oil
place TO mention one of the many plea
SAINT incidents which have occurred
during this papers prosperous life.
J. was in the early skies. when a
stranger entered its sanc.um. ana in
T5du.ed himself as she corresp Jndent|
OF California paDer-Jha SaorS-|
mgn-o Union perh3ps-3nd Offer
ed % assist in newspaper work. III
agreeable. Having then one good as
sis-aut-%l- lnga.is-vho was very
clever writer. To opening offered fOr|
him SILL al OCCASIONAL JOKE played
ca az unsusUec-ing victim. and Tacy|
items Of news, made che Strangers -is-|
its very welcome. and showed that ne
had a fund 81 LumCr ready for any 1c-|
casi1n. re was not only an inveter3-e|
jJEcr On, also smoker. al least one box
OF cigars disappearing every week on an
average. He made himself perfectly
az home IN my Office. but would seldom
leave without a parting joke. 7 bec@me|
quite attached to the stranger. VINO
proved 70 ne Mark Twain nom del
plume then hardly known beyond -he|
borders OF California. as he was just
commenting his literary career.
His fayorite Dastime was rilingI
horseback. We had no livery st3bIesI
in those days. but every afternoon bel
native would have h1rses sadiICu forI
hire. One day he took the frs plug"
that came 20 the door. mounted him
and started off for his accustomed rideI
20 Waikiki. scarcely looking to see
what his animal was. Before reaclingI
the seashOre. the horse began % givel
Out. The more he spurrod the BEAST
tie slower he went. till at last ne came
TO a dead halt. Mark beating him as
furiOusiy as ever. \ stranger came
along and demonstrated with the rider
saying that his horse was asleep. Hel
instantly dismOunted. and had TO giveI
UP his ride for thar day at least Thel
poor animal had probably had nothing
70 eat for day or -wo. This ended
Marks ride. and as the tram cars were
not then running. he had long walk
back 70 town. In one Of his volumes
ne tells the story a little differently
as having occurred on -he trip to the
volcano. After this adventure. Mark
made sure of the quality Of his steed
before he mounted.
He spent several weeks at the VOL
clno Of Kilauea before returning tOl
San Francisco. and the letters which
he wrote descriptive Of what he, saw
there, remained pasted in the old rec
1rds for some years. but are not now
10 be found Mark has never been here
since that visit made soon after this
paper was started. We here no ice his
visit 20 Honolulu. as he was among the
earliest who LEM helping hand in
making the paper what it now is.