The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-08-29
OREGON'S
BEAUTIES

That The Journal s guests to Hawaii
during the coming winter will have a
royal time is evident from the letters
that have been received during the
past few days from Honolulu. The
eight young women of Oregon, who
will visit Hawaii as guests of The
journal, may look forward with pleas
ure to the trip. A letter from the Ha-
waii promotion committee states thar
1t will use every effort to make the
visit memorable one. The fame of
Oregon's daughters has evidently
spread to the islands of the Pacific. for
each letter says that no guarantee will
be given that the young ladies will re-
turn to Oregon.
Edward Dekum, advertising mana
| ger of the Commercial Advertiser of
Honolulu, now visiting Portland, said
| yesterday that The Journals guests
could be assured of hearty welcome
and most pleasant stay in the island.
He said that the hospitality of the old
southern states is outdone by the hos
pitality of the Hawaiian.
The letter from the Hawaii promo
tion committee gives an idea of some
of the things in store for the visitors.
In speaking of the points of interest in
the islands, including the Pail, the ride
down the Oahu railway and other
points, it concludes by saying:
All of these we consider the
glories of Honolulu, and yet in perfec-
tion of interest everything else in Ha-
wall must yield to the volcano Kilauea,
on the island of Hawaii, the largest
living crater in the world and the only
red-hot volcano which can be APP
preached with absolute security. From
the brink of the chimney of Halemau-
mau the blazing of eternal fires may be
| SEEM
A visit to this volcano and others in
the vicinity of Hawaii has been plan
ned and arrangements are also being
made for visit to the largest sugar
and coffee plantation of the islands.
The voting for the various candI-
dates in the contest is very active.
Thousands of votes have been received
within the past two days. The stand
ing of each candidate will be pub
lished tomorrow, but to make the vote
larger for your favorite send in tho
coupon each day or, better still, send
| ~ ~ SupsNiiBiioh anu Ett Out VI L0d
special number of votes for your ia
vorite.
SOME OF THE GIRLS.
The Journal readers this evening are
| introduced to 10 of the 18 young
i ladies who have so far been nominated
| as candidates in The Journals contest
for trip to Hawaii to eight of the
most popular young ladies of Oregon.
Each of the candidates is widely
known and has large circle of friends
who will work industriously to land
the prize for their favorlte.
Altogether % candidates have been
| nominated, but four of these have with.
drawn and will work for other candi-
dates, whom they seem to think are
deserving of popular vote. The
leader in the contest to date in the
first district, which comprises Multno-
.mah and Clackamas counties, is Miss
Gretchen Kurth, the popular long-dis-
lance operator at the Hotel Portland.
Miss Kurth has large circle of
friends and is very popular not only
with the travelling public, but num-
bers her friends in Portland by the
hundreds. Another popular candidate,
who has rolled up large vote, is Miss
Lucy Gould, the stenographer at the
Oregon hotel. Miss Ruth Lee of $50
Hood street has already secured a
large number of votes and in few
days she promises to have a strong in
fluence working for her. Miss Lee is
an employee of one Of the large depart
ment stores on Washington street, and
this store, with it's vast army of en-
ployes, have announced that they will
work with strong will to have Miss
Lee declared a winner. In addition to
this, Miss Lee has number of friends
who have an influence with one Of the
largest and strongest departments of
the city government, and an effort will
be made to enlist the influence of this
department, and if successful it will
make Miss Lee one of the most formid-
able candidates in the field.
The eighth district, composed of
Douglas, Coos, Curry, Josephine, Jack
son, klamath and Lake counties, has
so far nominated one candidate, who is
Miss Louise 7. Jones of Jacksonville.
In the letter nominating her several
citizens of Jacksonville unite in de-
claring that Miss Jones is the most
popular young lady in the district, and
that Jacksonville and several neighbor-
ing towns will unite in an effort to
show that Miss Jones has the most ex-
tensive circle of friends and admirers
of any one in the eighth district.
The only candidate so far nominated
in the seventh district is Miss Bertha
Courtemanche of McMinnville, one of
the daughters of Yamhill county. Her
influences are powerful and her friends
legion.-Oregon Journal.