The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-11-30
/. DILLINGHAM;
IS DIRECTOR
Will Manage Floral Parade for
1910-Committee Is
Delighted.

Harold G. Dillingham; has agreed to
the request of the Hawaii Promotion
Committee that he undertake the direc
ton of the 1910 Floral Parade to take
place on February %, next.
A letter of thanks, expressing their
belief that the community would be
highly pleased with his acceptance of
the dictatorship, was authorized by
the promotion committee at its meet
ing yesterday afternoon, and was TAX
en- to Mr.. Dillingham; by special COM
mittee composed of Messrs. w. A.
Bowen, G. Bush and Will j. Cooper.
The committee expressed its delight
when Chairman Bowen informed the
members that Mr.. Dillingham; had de.
cided to accept the oner OF the import
ant post, and they also expressed their
belief that he would DE able to easily
marshal coterie of efficient assistants
from among automobile owners and
patrons, both men and women, to pre-
pare plan for a parade which would
easily keep pace with the success of
former parades.
Although Mr.. Dillingham; expects to
leave shortly for San Francisco to be
away about three or four weeks, yet
from the knowledge the committee has
of him they feel that he will so shape
plans locally that in his absence many
details will be worked out and that
in the interest of the parade he will
gather some useful statistics and sug-
gestions while on the Coast.
Cheap Publicity.
The meeting was largely devoted to
discussion of the floral parade, the
only other business being to look over
number of interesting letters which
came in the recent mails, many of
which were from railroad and steam
ship men, who showed much interest
in the promotion work by asking for
more literature on Hawaii that they
might pass it out to persons making
inquiries about winter trips. Acting
Secretary Cooper's weekly letter on
items of interest found in the CORE
spondence, prefaced it with state
ment of how much advertising Hawaii
was getting at very minimum of ex-
penditure, instancing California which
spent in 1905 the sum of $6,264,532
in advertising the attractions of Cali
fornia. He stated that he felt safe
in saying that Hawaii, although boast
ing by far the greatest per capita
wealth of any State or Territory in the
Union, has spent well under 81 per
capita. Mr.. Cooper referred to many
things which attracted mainland publi-
cations to Hawaii and the write-ups
and one of them was the development
of the defenses of the Islands by the
federal government. A portion of his
letter follows:
"The Tampa, Florida, board of
trade. whose secretary, Willie j. Pow
ell, spent some months in Hawaii
about ten years ago, and is a regular
correspondent of ours, has evidently
taken the cue from the Hawaii Promo
tion Committee when announcing re-
Gently, with much newspaper big type
headlines, that it is prepared to pay
800 for 'catch-phrase.'
"Mrs. Headlee, our representative
at Los Angeles, sends another letter
which shows that there, is no lack Of
interest in Hawaii among the visitors
to that city. Many persons, she says,
are inquiring about homes in the Is
lands. and adds: Il believe that, II
it were possible for the Territory TO
offer even the smallest homesteads,
that every acre Of available land would
be taken up in very short time.
"Regarding her lectures, Mrs Head
lee says; 'The attendance at the daily
lectures continues good-much better
than nj this period last year. The
attendance last week was not below
eighty,three. have made arrange
ments for lecture before the Cosmos
Club for December s..
Hawaiian Books on Steamships,
"Mr. Woods efforts to induce the
management of the various steamship
and trnnseonlnental railways 20 sup
ply the libraries on their vessels and
trains with standard works an IiA,
wall, have been efosned with grail,
fying success hy The last mall NO
have q letter from william H. Avery,
assistant general manager ~ the T0Yo
Rlsen kalsha, asking us ~ secure for
each ~ ihelf three steamers lho
Teny0 Mau, rhlvD Mara and Nippon
Aam o lisi NJ Hawaiian books
fiF tho sans mail ihe santa ~
railway system advises ~ that ihey
hAYe Hhnui decided 10 placf iymaHis
ligeailsn Neslafaaysi on lhel llmit
"a Train, ana Roqld llkr good Nolk
w Hkna(l " today alsg ~