The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-31

some repairs on the road. AT the Same
time it was resolved to ask the board
to take up the suggestion of County
Engineer Gere and appropriate $1,000
month for the purpose of putting a top
dressing of coral on the island belt
road in the Kahuku district, which Is
impossible in wet weather for heavy
machines. In addressing the board on
the Punchbowl road matter, Secretary
Wood viii call attention to the fact
that the Tantalus road is closed to au-
tomobiles and that the Punchbowl drive
is the only one open to them in that
vicinity.
Willard E. Brown, who has recently
returned from the mainland, was pres
ent at yesterdays meeting. He re-
ported that there was decidedly bet
ter understanding of Hawaii and Ha-
waiian conditions on the mainland
than he had noted on any of his past
travels. SAT least, the people | met
asked fewer silly questions than be-
fore,' said Mr.. Brown.
GAVE WHAT WOULDN IT SELL.
The Bulletin Publishing Company,
which tried to sell the committee
thousand copies of its fleet edition,
which offer was turned down, notified
the promotionists that the thousand
copies would be delivered to them
free. These were accepted.
The committee renewed it's subscrip-
ton of forty-seven copies of the Para
disc of the Pacific, for circulation
abroad
FRUIT FOR Los ANGELES.
Secretary Wood reported that two
shipments of fresh fruits for exhibit
ton purposes had been forwarded to
Los Angeles, the shipment consisting
of pines, alligator pears, mangoes and
papayas. No report of the condition
in which the fruit had arrived has been
received.
PICTURING PINEAPPLE INDUS
TRY.
The secretary further reported that,
at his suggestion, r. K. Bonnie was
taking series of moving pictures of
the pineapple industry, the gathering
of the fruit, shipping it to the factory,
the unloading and the final pairing, slic
ing and canning.
The pictures are to be used to ad-
vertise the Hawaiian industry, to be
paid for out of the subscription of the
growers to the committee.
WEEKLY REPORT.
The regular weekly letter of the
secretary, presented yesterday, was:
Hnolulu, July 3oth, 1908.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: The demand for our
pamphlet Agriculture in Hawaii,
still continues; requests are being re-
ceiyed for II from every State IN the
Union, also from Canada, Mexico, Cuba
and Porto Rico.
That our news service is also appre
ciated is evidenced by letters from
editors of numerous papers asking that
their publications be kept on our mail
ing list.
When Mr.. James McCandless left for
St. Paul, we furnished him with 1000
stamped and addressed private mailing
cards to be filed in with the names
and addresses of Shriners and Others
attending the Conelaye who were desi-
rous Of hearing more about Hawaii. By
the Korea yesterday large number of
these cards were received, each bear
ing from three TO five addresses, TO
ali of these we viii send, by next mail,
copies of our different folders.
The World Today Publishing Company
of Chicago, Illinois, states that they
are planning to make the November
issue of their paper (150,000 eopies),
a Pacific Coast Edition. The leading
article in the number viii be by SeHo,
tor Perkins, entitled Facing the ORR
ent " We have been requested to fur
nlsh an article on 1.-The Position Of
rha HavTaiiao TcF. Oriental
Trade, about 1900 words, which viii
be illustrated Arrangements have~I
been made for the paper which win
go forward with a number of suitable
photographs By the next mail.
The president Of the California Press
Association writes under date Of July
18th:
Just as I anticipated, your eIreu- /
lar letter to the members of cur ass0-
cation has stirred up q world Of
trouble for me. All Of our members
are SIMPLY crazy over the prospects OF
a visit to your wonderful country. /
am being flooded with letters each /
mail =
No definite arrangements have been |
made for this excursion but It Is
thought that it may be pulled off next |
March or April. possibly early enough /
70 take IN our annual Floral Parade.
That eminent scientist, Professor Z. /
Ii. Hitchcock. writes under date OF 1
july 9Th. suggesting that we endeavor
TO get the members Of the British As /
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
who meet IN Winnipeg next /
year. 70 make an excursion 70 Hawaii /
+" hIie it Is a long shot. I lost no time /
IN taking up the matter with the Pas /
enger Department OF the Canadian Pa
eific Railway, quoting from Professor
: letter aud suggesting that /
they get IN touch with the officers Of
the association without DELAY
In q recent number OF Science, lis j
sue Of July 3rd). Professor Hitchcock
aontrj butes Mr.. l. A. Thurston : de-
Of Kilauea as printed in the /
Advertiser OF May th, and in eonelu
sion says:
The probability : that this bril-