The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-03
WILL FIGHT AGAINST
THE BILLBOARDS
PROMOTION COMMITTEE is TO
WORK AGAINST OFFENSIVE
BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY.

The Promotion Committee is going
after the bill boards i'm the city They
have made up their minds that the
bill boards must go and go they will
when the next legislature comes around
so it is hoped. Yesterday afternoon
the Promotion Committee spent most
of it's time discussing this one matter.
1t was finally decided to unite with
the Merchants Association and see
what could be done in the matter.
Secretary Wood of the Committee
handed in his weekly report which was
as follows:
Honolulu, August 2, 1906.
! Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen From inquiries made
during the past week I am convinced
! that there is a larger number of visit
ors in the city at the present time
than is usually the case during the
summer season and I fully believe we
may expect this showing to continue
particularly as the people on the main
! land are at last beginning to realize
that our summers are so pleasant and
the conditions here during that period
are so delightful with the beautiful
| golden shower and the gorgeous poin-
ciana regia at their lest. The gardens
and grounds and hillsides presenting
such an attractive appearance.
Hawaii is not simply a wintering
place but an all the year round resort
without an equal the world over and
it cannot be long before our hotel ac-
commodation will. be taxed to its ut
most capacity from January to Decem-
ber Even as matters are, conditions
will be ripe for another and larger
tourist hotel patterned after the Hotel
Del Coronado or the Del Monte in Cal
ifornia long before such a hotel could
be built and properly equipped. Kona
with it's healing climate must also ev-
entually attract large and modern
sanitarium.
The work thus far done by the Pro-
motion Committee has been along
right lines and will certainly continue
to bring results but much more can
and should be done for which l hope
funds may soon be available.
BY the next steamer from the Coast
we should hear definitely. whether the
parties making up the Editorial excur-
sion are planning fUr an eleven-day or
!
full committee on reception and enter
tainment should get together and de-
fnitely arrange their plans. In his let
ter dated July 18th, Mr.. Edgar john
son, secretary of the Editorial Associa-
tion says that they had agreed to leave
the decision as to volcano trip i'm my
hands, if l said go they would go. l
| replied Immediately advising the trip
and urging that inasmuch as all tickets
would be good for four months that
they determine to remain over one "Al-
ameda" which would give them three
weeks in the islands.
Among other members of the Edi-
torial excursion will be DR.. Tape, of
the famous Arrow Head Hot Springs,
who is also connected with the Arrow
Head Magazine.
The secretary of the American Civic
Association writes acknowledging re-
ceipt of copy of Mr.. Robinson's re-
port, expressing at the same time his
best wishes for the success of our
work.
Miss Whitlock writes that she has
again been selected to take charge of
the information bureau for the Shrin-
ers headquarters at their conclave May
7th to 18th, 1907 A very large attend
ance is expected and efforts will again
be renewed to bring some of the ShrO-
ers to Hawaii We are promised at an
early date a large list of addresses of
members of the order who have stated
positively that they purpose attending
the 1907 conclave. To each of these
special letters will be sent and an at
tempt will be made to enlist the active
cooperation of the steamship COM
panies.
Our effort to induce the leading
trans-continental railways to include a
map of Hawaii on all of their large
wall maps is meeting with success.
Those railway companies already pub
fishing such maps have accepted GER
tain corrections suggested.
The San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt
Lake Railroad Company writes under
date of July II, that theaC will be very
glad indeed to adopt our suggestion.
Similar letters being received from the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
way and Western Pacific Railway Co.
The San Francisco Call of August I'd
or 3rd will have cuts of the editors of
Hawaii's leading papers and an inter-
esting story relating to the Editorial
excursion, contributed by the PAPERS
local correspondent. This will be but
the beginning of many hundreds of col
umns of matter relating to this event
Respectfully submitted,
H. P. WOOD,
GacrataYU