The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-19

which I am doing in the state. Ha-
wall is being studied by number of
clubs in this State, and the books
which they use are furnished from
here. 1 shall be pleased to receive
| the courtesy If you have any other
material which can be used in this
way, please forward it,
Dr. L. B. Sperry, who is quite prom
inent in the lecture field, writes from
Las Vegas, New Mexico, under date
of June 6:
IT am putting out about one Illus
trated lecture a week and in all Of
them give considerable time to your
Territory. Next season I shall hope
to push Hawaii more vigorously than
L have been able to do this year. My
engagements for next year range from
Boston to Los Angeles via Minneap-
oils, Spokane, etc, and every moment
of my time is already booked"
Frank Virgins, secretary of the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce, writes
in part as follows:
1--WE are forging ahead with prep
arations for the yacht race on the
Fourth, and trust that notliinS viii
interfere with it's being pulled off at
the day and hour fixed.
you no doubt have my letter OF
some time ago, stating that the ex-
cursion to Honolulu had been called
off, much to my regret, for 1 believe,
with the proper backing we should
have had. we could have secured an
ample crowd and given you better
"a
board was panic-stricken with the
amount of money mentioned necessary
to carry it through.
cat a Fourth of July meeting last
evening 1 made the statement that we
would celebrate the Fourth of July
this wear in starting the yacht race
from here to Honolulu and next year
we would celebrate the Fourth at San
Pedro inaugurating a steamship line
between San Pedro and Honolulu.
hope my prediction will come true be-
fore that date, as indications point
very directly to such feature being
established within the next few
MONTHS
The following letter from our South
ern California agent, Mr.. Lloyd Childs,
will be read with interest:
Il have been holding off writing in
regard to the excursion because there
was a chance that San Pedro might
take the matter up. 1t has finally
been settled however, that nothing
will be done owing to the $4,000 de-
manded as guarantee. When Mr. Wig
gins. Mr.. Raymond and myself return
ed from San Francisco, / felt positive
lv certain that the excursion was
go. but when the matter came up be-
fore the board, it was turned down,
not without a fight, however, and |
regret expressed by those who voted
against it. The whole stumbling block
at that time was the $4,000 guarantee.
When it came to putting up the money,
they baked.
But the matter of having an excur- !
sion is not dead by long ways. 1t
will be taken UP again at the very first
When the excursion was |
called off 1 decided that we would have
a yacht race. and if the newspapers !
have arrived, you Will see how we'll we
succeeded.
In connection with the yacht race, !
1 took up the idea of having big eel /
ebration on July 4th in San Pedro |
harbor The people have taken to it /
far better than I had any idea of. and !
the Mayor and Council of Los Angeles /
will meet the people of san Pedro to-
night TO formulate plans l am in 1t I
now so deep that I can not let go; in
fact, they will not let me. Behind the
whole proposition is the idea of a
steamship line to Honolulu. and, of
course, / am pushing that hard. The
San Pedro people have plans formu-