The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-18
entertainment
Of VISITORS
Promotion Committee Decides
1t Is Up to Chambet of
Commerce.

the Promotion Committee yesterday
afternoon Secretary Wood reported
having written to the secretary of the
Hilo Chamber asking their cooperation
in looking after the excursionists dur
ing the time they will spend on Ha-
wall, although there had not as yet
been time to receive any reply to his
letter.
1t was the opinion of the members
present at the meeting that the enter
tainment of the visitors here was a
duty properly belonging to the Homo
lulu Chamber of Commerce, with the
assistance of the Merchants Assoeia
ton.
EsIt is the work of the Promotion
Committee to take up these matters
and push them to certain point and
then fall back and let the other or
CARNATIONS step in,'' said Fred C.
Smith, remark which was heartily
concurred in.
The matter was accordingly referred
to Chairman McCandless, who promised
to take it up at once with the presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Secretary Wood asked for the COM
fifty or sixty lantern slides for the use
of Father Stark, who had agreed to
deliver a series of lectures during his
mission visits around the mainland.
During his stay here he had become
greatly interested in things Hawaiian
and had secured the data for lecture,
to illustrate which he wished the slides.
The necessary authorization was given.
SECRETARY WEEKLY LETTER.
The regular weekly letter of Secre
tary Wood, presented at the meeting,
was:
by the last mail we received let
ter from Mrs. E. T. Weatherred stat
ing that she was as yet unable to say
just how many there would be in her
party, but that she had engaged pas
gage by the Sierra leaving San Fran
cisco February 7th, the party to return
by the Ventura, due to sail for San
Francisco March 5th. In her letter
Mrs. Weatherred says, Miss Mary
Adele Case, the best contralto singer
on the Pacific Coast, will be one of my
party. She will certainly delight the
people of Honolulu with her sweet and
marvellous voice She also states that,
In addition to the present trip, am
aIx fiGsr y,rriv,r f0y
special summer trip to Hawaii for
school teachers
Among other answers to the circu-
lar so generally sent out by the Promo
ton Committee in reference to the pro-
posed Panpacific Commercial Congress
is the following:
d. partment of State,
Washington.
December %, 1906.
H. P. Wood, Esquire, Secretary,
the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee, Honolulu. Hawaii.
Dear Sir The department has
received and read with interest
your letter of the 18th ultimo,
and its enclosure of press clip
ping showing the advantages OF
Hawaii as a commercial distrib-
uting center and the desirable
ity of holding there Transpa-
cific Commercial Congress.
In reply, you are informed
that in the event that it shall
be decided to hold such Con-
gress in Hawaii the department
will take pleasure in instructing
American consular officers sta
toned in the countries border
ing on the Pacific TO cooperate,
in all proper ways, to make the
project a success.
Very truly yours,
(Sig) ELIHU ROOT.
Word also came to hand by the
same mail that the special map of
The Crossroads of the Pacific we
had ordered for presentation to the
Secretary of State, was being prepared
and would be delivered shortly.
Regarding this map, Mr.. W. H
Simpson, advertising manager of the
Santa Fe Railway Company, acknowl-
edges the receipt of a copy, saying that
lie was greatly pleased to receive the
same and would use it in their adver-
Using.
Il am pleased to report the receipt
If a letter from the Yellowstone Park
Association saying that they will give
space on the walls OF all Inelr HOIeIS
n Yellowstone Park to enlarged photo
graphs of Hawaiian scenery and will
also see to the distribution of our
elders.
by the steamer Alameda we receiv-
ID from the passenger department OF.
he Chicago Northwestern Railway
Company, original letter from some
wo hundred of their eastern agents,
giving the names and addresses Of
people whom they had personally in
erviewed and who had in view a west
,rn trip. To each of these addresses
We will send a short note calling their
attention to the attractions of Hawaii.
Il am in receipt of letter from Mr..
Wong Hin, secretary of the local Or
,anization of the Christian Endeavor
Society saying. in reply to a commune
alton from our committee, that they
will do what they can to attract the
attention of visitors to the coming
seattle Convention, to the attractions
ffered by Hawaii.
Mr.. Lloyd Chiids writes accepting {
he position of agent of the Promotion !
Committee for Southern California
With headquarters in the rooms of the