The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-19
CHANCES GOOD
FOR THREE
EXCURSIONS
SECRETARY WOOD OF THE PRO
MOTION COMMITTEE RETURN
ED LAST SATURDAY.

Secretary H. =. Wood of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee arrived home
from his trip 80 the mainland last sat
urday ON the Moana. He reports the
best of success throughout his trip and
is looking for results.
From at least three points on the
Pacific Coast there will in all prob
ability be large excursions of business
men in specially chartered steamers.
They will be from Los Angeles, Port
land and from the Sound.
Mr. Wood i'm speaking of his trip
said: "I arrived i'm San Francisco in
the morning and departed almost at
once for the south. Upon arrival in
Los Angeles l was invited to appear
before the. Trustees of the Chamber of
Commerce and was al lie to meet most
of them and also to address them. l
urged upon them the necessity of get
ting better acquainted with us not only
from thestandpoint Of ourclimatic con-
ditions but also to look over the com
mercial possibilities. Before l was
through with them they had appointed
a special committee to arrange for an
excursion which will probably take
place in February. The Press seemed
to be heartily in favor of the plan and
there was but little opposition to the
plan.
no doubt when Los Angeles tries to
capture our trade she will meet with a
great deal of opposition but still Los
Angeles has a habit of getting what
she starts for. Not long ago she had
to put up great fight to secure the ap-
preparation for the San Pedro break
water but she got it in spite of all that
the Huntington interests could do and
if she starts after the Hawaiian trade
she will probably make a good showing
The Los Angeles Times has pro-
missed to give up from two to four pages
of descriptive matter in their annual
mid-winter edition. This will help con-
/ siderably and it is given without any
expense to us.
81 visited San Diego and met num-
Der of people there who are thinking
of visiting Hawaii. Indeed I found
this to be true of the entire south.
There are any number of people con-
tempating trips to Hawaii and they
: are people whom believe will come.
Il spent two days in San Francisco
| visiting with people there and met Mrs
/ Weathered. She thinks even more OF
Hawaii now than Of her beloved Ore
4 gon. 1t seems almost to be part OF
her life, the advancement of Hawaii
She will bring a large party here in
February.
"Our representative i'm san Francisco
j. Walter Scott is doing his work very
thoroughly and is doing much for the
islands.
In Portland I renewed the acquaint.
ance of my old friend Tom Richardson
who is the secretary of the Portland
Commercial Club and through him
was able to meet many of the leading
merchants and bankers and managed
to get in many a good word about Ha'
vail Under the auspices of the Ore
gOn Development League, which iS
formed of all of the commercial bodies
i'm the state an excursion will probably
be made this winter to Hawaii. They
are also doing much for Hawaii there
an the other Sound cities / called
! upon prominent men and was every
where greeted warmly and my sugges
tions met with approval. There may
be an excursion from those cities this
winter also, providing that a steamer
can be chartered.
"In Vancouver and Victoria I made
arrangements with the tourist bureaus
to distribute our folders and otherwis,
advertise Hawaii.
Throughout my whole trip I me
with success and I am confident that
cleared away a few Of the mysteries
| that seem to shroud these islands il
the minds of those on the coast"