The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-05
PROMOT|ON|STS'
WEEKLY MEETING
Decide to Purchase a Number
of Films for Los Angeles
Department.

The regular weekly meeting of the
Promotion Committee was held yester-
day afternoon at the Promotion -uoms.
Present were Chairman J. A. McCand-
less, Secretary H. P. Wood, A Gartley
and F. c. Smith.
1t was voted to secure eight of the
Edison films of scenes and incidents in
the Hawaiian Islands for use in Los
Angeles. The films are varied and in
teresting. One is a collection of odd
scenes gathered from various parts of
the islands and includes a novel meth
cd of unloading steamship along the
high cliffs of Hawaii. The pau riders
are brought in.
A running view of Honolulu harbor
and one of King street, together with
views along the Oahu railroad to Hale-
iva, and a view of Waikiki beach COM
prise the panoramic films, while views
of surf board riders and the float" at
Waikiki are included.
An unusually heavy mail is being
sent out by the Promotion Committee
in todays steamer, boy being en-
ployed to carry bag after bag to the
postoffice. The little Primers new
edition of which is just off the press,
together with several thousands of the
aloha" folders, comprise the bulk of
this mail.
The main business transacted was
the passing upon the different vouchers
brought in. The printing of fifty
thousand promotion booklets was au-
thorized
The following is Secretary Woods
report to the members of the Promo
ton Committee:
Our plan to secure general represent
tation in the time folders of the leading
railway lines, contin-
ues to meet with success. Under date
of March IA, 1907. we have a letter from
the advertising agent of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railway Com
pany stating that in future editions
of their folders they will provide space
for the promotion of travel to Hawai-.
The last mail also brings to hand ia
vorable newspaper comment upon our
plan of sending out circular letters
accompanying copies of one or more
of our island papers, in which attention
is called to some matter of general in
terest. In it's issue of March IL, the
Daily Breeze of San Luis Obispo, Cali
fornia, prints a column article headed
Sensible Manner to Boom a Country
The Hawaii Promotion Committee Re-
ter of February 23rd, referring to the
floral parade and calling attention to
the Los Angeles excursion being print
ed in full.
The last circular letter we sent out
accompanying local papers, gave a de-
scription of the reception and enter
tainment accorded the Los Angeles ex-
cursionists and went forward by last
mail. With it we covered Alaska,
Western Canada and the Northwest
generally, also reaching every paper
having a circulation of 1000 or over in
the States of Ohio and Indiana. IT
the funds were available, 1 should adj
wise covering, in this way, every State
in the Union from four to six times a
year.
The photographs and descriptive
concerning the February 22nd
parade, sent out to the different auto
mobile journals are being generally
published. Leslie's and other illustra
ted weeklies will also run the matter. |
letter from Miss Grace Tower en-
closes two stories of hers, which ap- |
peareI in recent numbers of the Los
Angeles Times, another printed in the
Pasadena News. Miss Tower states |
that she will have other articles on
Hawaii out soon.
A gentleman dropped into the office |
this morning and stated that he and |
his wife had been in the habit of |
spending their winters in Florida but
now that they knew what Hawaii had |
to offer and especially since they had |
become aware of the extremely low |
hotel rates, prevailing here, as COM
pared with Florida, where the service