The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-31
OUTLOOK IS
PROMISING
Promotion Committee
Expect Many
Tourists.

aUUI 1910
The resignation of E. I. Spalding as
a member of the Hawaii Promotion
: Committee was announced at the COM
mittees regular meeting yesterday
afternoon. In his letter of resignation
Mr.. Spalding said that his other duties
would prevent his serving further with
the committee. to the members OF
which he wished every success in the
earnest work they were doing and ex-
pressing regret that he would no long
er be able to work with them. He had
notified the Chamber of Commerce of
his resignation and asked that his sue
cessor be appointed at once.
General regret at the loss of the SER
vices of Mr.. Spaldins was expressed
! by the members of the committee
present, Messrs. McCandless, Gartley.
Smith, Waldron and Wood. and it was
resolved to ask Mr. Spalding to still
act as treasurer until his successor was
appointed
| THE SECRETART'S REPORT.
| The report of the secretary was op-
timistic in it's forecast of coming excur-
sionists and tourists. The report was:
Gentlemen: Each mail continues to
bring favorable word as to the coming
winters travel; the outlook seems to
be most promising and encourages US
to hope for an increase over last sea-
son, even though 50 much has occurred
of a discouraging nature during the
past few months.
Mrs. Weatherred writes that she has
already booked forty-five for her spe-
cial mid-winter excursion.
Miss Whitlock also writes that she is
making good headway with her excur-
sion and she also states in her letter
dated August 23rd, that Commodore
Sinclair is using all of his influence as
member Of the Los Angeles Chamber
of Commerce to promote a business
mems excursion direct from San Pedro.
We also have the assurance from
Miss whitlock that the Los Angeles
Times is sending one of it's abIest
descriptive writer's with the Editors
party, also one of that progressive pa
pers best artists.
A letter from Mr.. Edgar Johnson,
Secretary of the Southern California
Editorial Association, dated August
goth, states that
There will be at least twenty-five
women and twenty-three men in the
party.
Mr. Johnson also says that If the
party decides to get out special edi-
ton of the Bulletin lit will be a hot
number, a hummer"
At our request Mrs. Weatherred has
entered into correspondence with the
different members of the Editorial
party and will be on hand. as our rep
resentative, to meet and greet them
upon their arrival in San Francisco
and win stay by them until the Ala
media sails.
HAWAIIAN FRUIT REACHES Sc
ATTLE.
Tom Richardson Manager of the
Portland Commercial Club, writes un-
der date of August 14th:
Mr.. Higgins took a trip up to Seat
tie yesterday afternoon as he found
that much of his fruit was in such
good condition that it would bear
he is thoroughly satisfied with his en-
tire visit
Mr.. Richardson also writes favorably
as to winter excursion from Portland.
BY the Ventura we received a large
list of last winters Florida Hotel
patrons, to all of whom we will send
our postal folder inviting them to spend
next season in Hawaii. We are in
debted to Mr.. w H. Simpson. Manager
of the Advertising Department of the
Santa Fe, for this list.
Noting that we'll recommended
eastern correspondent was travelling
Southern California for an
eastern newspaper syndicate, we wrote,
sending data concerning Hawaii ask
ing to be remembered as a part of the
great West. Under date of August
nth. the party writes acknowledging
The receipt of our letter and pamphlets,
asking that we keep him posted and
stating that it will give him pleasure
% bring our matter to the attention
If the readers of the seventy-five pa
1ers he is now connected with.
We are also in receipt of information {
o the effect that our folders are now +
,eing distributed at Atlantic City.
At our request the Oceanic and Pa :.
,ific Mail Steamship people say that q
hey will at once proceed to arrange =
o bring the trip to Hawaii to the at .
ention of the Mystic Shriners through !,
tut the United States whose next con- o
lave will be held at Los Angeles in =
Nay. 1907. !,
By the last mail we received a re- =
iuest for information concerning our :.
Methods from the "Liga Guiana De =
the publicity league of 4
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oregon GIRLS BREATHE HAWAII. z
Under date of August 18th, Mr.. Albert y
rozier, Secretary of the Oregon State n