The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-12

/ purpose Of supporting the Presidents
! policy OF expendjng - per cent. Of Fed
J eral revenues collected here for pur-
/ poses OF defense. education ana inter-
! raj Improvement
JACK LUCAS.
The County OF Oahu was received
! with resounding applause when Su-
perVIsor John Lucas was named as its
| sponsor.
Jack spoke as follows in English.
following it up with a specimen OF his
native stumDing:
We all know from the beginning.
Wnen our friend Breckons got 4 fee of
S9oo Tor a County Act that Went 10
pieces tgreat laughter Later few
Of our friends got together and made
a County Act that stood Al first
we had a fight over the > per cent
discount, but We got over that all
right Then our friend Trent gave rs /
some trouble but the Supreme Court /
told him TO mind his own business |
Qaughter)- We have been working t
County government now for six months /
and have made a record of which We
are not ashamed. The next man 10 /
bother US was Pinkham. He borrow
ed horse from US and We paid for
lis feed great laughter Pinkham
came 10 US again and said there was
a contract with the Territory TO burn
the garbage So We took over the
crenatory as another dead horse and |
set that agoing again. At the end !
Of our term you will see such an /
amount Of good road work as has new
er been known in Honolulu before.
You hear lot about the Pail road. 1
Well, if it is a relation of mine that has
the contract you will see a Pail road
TO be proud OF. loud and repeated
applause-)
OTHER SPEECHES.
Fred J. Lowrey. president Of that !
body. responded for the Chamber Of |
Commerce. The gist of his remarks ]
was that, while the older and reputed- {
" more conservative body ne repre-
scented reJoiced TO see the youthful :
vlgor Of The Merchants Association,
there was a feeling that q single and
strong mercantile organization might
be better. Al the proper time and
place this question would be consid-
cred.
H P. Wood, secretary of the Ha-
vail Promotion Committee. spoke 10
he toast, Promotion Work" saying
n part:
Il am not a speaker. I am a talker,
Il I got you in a corner OF my Office
could talk TO you. I believe that
ne idea OF promotion is right II shall :
,e my aim TO devote my best ener- L
lies 10 promoting the interests Of this
Territory. Perhaps the greatest re-
ults of organized effort is 10 be seen T
n the State of California, where vari- .
us local organizations have worked
pom the proposition. One OF the best =
of promotion work is that OF
he Commercial Club of Portland. Ore
on. It expends a great deal Of money
n commercial lunches, at q loss OF
erhaps $3.50 a month TO the organiza-
on. but II pays Portland and the State
{ Oregon. Then there is the Com
lerciaI Club Of salt Lake City. which ].
TO hold a convention on the 18th
T this month under the motto See -,
Europe if you will, but see America ~
rSC' =
Mr.. Wood then reverted 10 the work -
southern California, saying bust =
ess houses at Los Angeles paid -,
90 each a month. They expected -
o 009 tourists there this winter, hay =
2 had 100000 last winter.
me in Hawaii in the past, saying that =
e $40, 600 a year now being expended -
ire by the merchants would be fully =
warded-
W r Harrington responded for the
-ess saying.
After hearing Jack Lucas speech
9uIa like 10 say the same thing over --
rain \ man was walking down the
rect the other day as II he owned
e whole town. Someone was asked
he had met the distinguished look ed
2 person and replied, Yes. I net ii
n and apologized for my existence OF
7w after hearing Jack Lucas 1 feel Pr
Il apologizing for my existence. co
With a reference TO the passage IN Of
esar about the three divisions OF o.
all Mr. Harrington divided the
3nolulu press into the three divisions fri
- the daily papers. go Anne Marie he
-escott aHd 81 the others. Later he -
ve Theresa Wilcox admission 10 the NJ
tegory. an
space is here cut dead by the printer III
% there Is but enough left 70 say
al Mr.. harrington closed with CIV -af
= the Honolulu press credit for the
-rritory Of Hawaii. partly for Army
q Navy works here. for the County
Oahu for q leading part in promo B
n work
:. : District Attorney Breckons and
torney General Peters. being called
IN turn, gave pIthy speeches
OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATION. str
Following ara the officers Of the Mer- ao'
ants Association: -
zeo W Smith. President: R0bt- ca eve