The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-16

families in Honolulu are represented
and the crack suffers are not conspicu-
Gus BY their absence.
So far no formal call has been sent
out nor any officers elected, in fact, there
has been no regular meeting, but with
in a day or so every club member In
town and every known surfer or out
riggera enthusiast will receive an invi-
tatfon to join the organization.
After the replies have been received /
general meeting will be called by /
the promoters, the club formally organ |
| lied and it's officers elected.
| The promoters of the club invite all !
| Interested in surfing as sport, or as
an attraction to visitors to send their |
names to Chas. r. Frazier, 122 King /
street, phone No. 371.
The following letter has been prepar-
ed for general circulation:
Honolulu, April 10, 1905
Dear Sir: Will you put before your
/ members the project of the Outrigger
Canoe and Surfboard Club at Waikiki
We wish to have a place where surf
boarding may be revived and those VINO
live away from the waterfront may
keep their surfboards-
The club will own a certain number
of canoes, while members will also nave
the privilege of keeping theirs under
the broad lanai of the club house
II is probable that land for hau
tree lanai house will be secured at wal
kfixi on nominal rental. Many OF the
most prominent gentlemen in the CITY
have already applied for membership
/ in the club. 1t has been suggested
that those who join with privileges of
entertaining or giving visitors cards TO
strangers pay annual dues of $40 while
vor1ng bows and actual suffers without
privilege of extending courtesies of cluo
| to friends and visitors, pay IS per an
nuu, The main object of the CLUB
. being to give an added and permanent
attraction to Hawaii and make Wal
/ kiki always the Home of the Surfers,
with perhaps an annual SurfDoard ana
Outrigger Canoe Carnival which will
do much to spread abroad the attract
lions of Hawaii, the only island in the
world where men and boys ride upright
upon the crests of the waves.
Trusting you will place the matter
| before your club members and also
send us any names OF tnoSS WHO WISH
to unite with US. we are,
Sincerely yours,
JAMES f MORGAN,
ALEXANDER HUME FORD,
JAMES A. WILDER,
RICHARD TRENT,
J. WAREHOUSE
J. A. MCANDLESS,
H. p. WOOD,
A. NJ BROWN.
A. /. C. Atkinson also signed the cal
but suggested S. membership through
out
rr Several locations along Waikiki beach
. have attracted the attention of those
1, interested in forming the club. The
famous Virtue Villa, has just beer
- vacated and might prove an excellent
ready-made home for the club unit
g the proposed hau tree lanai can bt
grown on the grounds of the Seaside
Hotel. where a site was offered th'
club at a nominal rental by the Sea
side mana cement.
The club is only awaiting conirma
ton and endorsement of this offer ..
Mr.. Macfarlane who is now in Sal
Francisco This project involves tn
construction Of an open lanai abou
fifty feet wide along the beach am
two hundred feet facing the Moani
Mi stream a part of which would have t
u be filed in with coral Several hal
III trees already growing on this strip o
land will make a fair start of the lear
lanai when property propped up an
% trellised.
1t is proposed to use the lagoon
an anchorage for the larger outrigge
1oHj q
canoes viii be drawn upon the san
daily. under the shady protection of tn
hau trees No bar viii be maintainee
on the club premises if the Seasid
Hotel offer is accepted, as the hote
will have the privilege of serving a.
drinks and meals TO the club members
The club will probably purchase
ldozen outrigger canoes and hundre-
or more surfboards for the use of it
Id: members. besides taking care OF thos
IaIready owned by members. There wi
be a boys disrobing room for youn
bathers. and another for men.
Hitherto, people living away fror
Waikiki beach have neglected surfln
largely because either they had n
place at the Seaside to keep board
or canoes or found it too expensive
hire the regular canoes. and impossible
to hire a surfboard at any price
The native Hawaiians win be en-
couraged to aid in the renaissance c
surfing. free quarters and a natfv
grass house are planned for those VIII
can ornament the scenery by deftl
u handling board or a canoe on IN
AS crest of the waves.
Some of the promoters OF the clu
are already arranging to make a col
lection of South Sea island canoes fe
. the club. and ANIMAL canoe racing an
sufboard events are talked Of on
scale, that if carried out will certain
IN make Hawaii. during the great surf
ing month of August, the center {
tourist attraction.
Both school boys and adults wishin