The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-14
DR., COFER
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this time of making most desirable ap
! pointment thereto necessitates my re
questing the services of your Docto
Golfer as President Health Board; TIN
arrangement to continue for indefinite
period unless terminated by you. Thi
duty in addition to his other duties a
quarantine officer. This appointment
will carry no salary, but nominal al
lowance for extra expenses. He viii
have our cooperation in administrator
of Health Board matters, so that sale
duties will not hamper his regular work
but will, by harmonious conduct of in
ternal sanitary affairs and quarantine
tend to best interests of both Hawai-
and your corps.
WALTER F. FREAR,
s'Governor of Hawaii -
Wyman's reply:
Washington, D. G., April -, 1908.
s'To Governor Frear, Honolulu, Hawaii
''Have wired Golfer. authorizing him
to accept position as President Health
Board in addition to his other duties.
WYMAN."
The appointment followed Dr. Bald.
win resigned to conform with law limit.
ing the number of physicians in the
Board of Health.
DIR. cOFER's STATEMENT.
tsThere is very little to say said
DIR. Golfer, when asked as to his plans
regarding the presidency of the Board
of Health. II do not become presi-
dent, as I understand it, until tomor-
row. This morning I received ca
blegram from the Surgeon General di-
recting me to report to Governor Frear
in the matter of the presidency of the
Board of Health. AS l would any
other order. I obeyed it. OF course
that was not the first intimation I had
had of the matter Governor Frear
had consulted me before as to whether
IT would be possible for me to take
the position, in connection with my
other duties, if permission should be
secured from the Surgeon General. The
work of the Marine Hospital Service
here is now so systematized and es-
tab1ished that it works almost like
cIockwork. We could almost run it at
the tap of the drum. Since we have
got our quarantine wharf and our APP
pliances there. and the facilities at
Quarantine Island, no emergency,
scarcely, can throw the service into
confusion. It was not always 50. Be-
fore we had these facilities-when
everything had to be done by make
shift was different.
Il can not say what I shall do in
any particular as president of the
Board of Health, for I have not yet
taken hold nor been at the Office. The
first thing I shall do will be to thor
oughly familiarize myself with the
duties of the office-with the matters
under the Jurisdiction of the Board of
Health. Until | know what is to be
done, I can not announce any plans.
The work will be new to me. OF
course, 1 have had charge of Board
of Health matters before. as at Seattle,
but those were always in emergencies
that had arisen. I shall seek to do
things in the best manner open for
them to be done, and 1 shall always
strive to let the public know what is
being done in health matters which
are their matters.
This will involve more hours of
work for me. I shall have regular
hours for Board of Health work The
Board of Health and the Marine Hos
pital Service will be kept distinct
There will be separate employees and
agents for each. The offices of the
two services are not far apart, so that
it will take little time to get from
one to the other.
I'm the Marine Hospital Service ap-
everything is and how it is, for I have
seen almost every plank and piece Of
appliance put in. I shall hope soon
to become as familiar with everything
connected with the Board of Health"
DR.. Golfer took charge of the Quar-
antine Station and Marine Hospital
Service here December 1, 1900, and with
the exception of leaves of absence,
mostly for service elsewhere-once to
study conditions brought about by the
opening of the Tehuantepec Route. and
once to take charge of the plague
situation in Seattle-he has been in
actual charge here ever since. Under
mis- administration the splendid plant
Of the Marine Hospital and Ouaran-
tine Service at this port has been
built up.
JAPANESE RECEIVED NEWS IN
EXTRA
As soon as the report of the APP
pointment of DR.. Golfer could be con-
drmed, there was jubilatfon on Smith
street The Hawaii Shinpo, with its
offices there. Immediately issued an
extra and hustled the news about
among it's subscribers, while a few
ioors away, in the Aloha Alma office. a |
reception was held for the many Ha-
vaifans who called to congratulate |
Mrs Nawahi. Up town there was
great interest shown, but nobody pro- |
ested- In fact, the unexpected nom |
nation of Golfer seemed to have taken |
he public's breath away.
QUARANTINE ISLAND. |