The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-30

he should not hesitate advising any
person with the necessary capital TO
start an alligator pear orchard of, say,
ten acres, as commercial proposition.
He said that, of course, man would
nave to be IN position to wait for his
trees TO mature before expecting any
returns
AT the close of the address the COM
mittee passed vote of thanks to Mr..
Higgins for his interesting dissertation
on horticulture
Secretary Woods weekly report to
the Promotion Committee follows:
The Secretary's Report.
Honolulu, July %, 1909.
Chairman and Members, Hawaii Pro-
motion Committee.
Gentlemen: Under date of June go,
We sent out some 5000 special letters
reading as follows:
'tJust few lines to call your atten-
ton to the enclosed leafiet giving data
concerning our peerless climate.
Hawaii is not only a delightful
place to spend your vacation but the
conditions are ideal for the i'll, over
worked and nervous.
GA bracing ocean voyage.
''The pleasure of living ont of doors
under sunny smiling skies.
mo prostrating heat to dread dur
ing the months of summer with mild
balmy breezes blowing all winter long.
"You are perfectly safe in making
or recommending trip to Hawaii at
any time of the year.
"The cost of living is reasonable.
There are large fashionable hotels for
for those who prefer them; seaside
resorts, modest home-like family ho-
tells, and many garden-embower
boarding houses. nicely kept. whose
rates win suit the most economical.
Cottages furnished and unfurnish-
ed may also be had at reasonable rates.
"Should you desire our illustrated
folder, giving complete information
about Hawaii, we viii be pleased to
send the same-to you without charge"
These letters were sent to every hos
pital and sanitarium in the United
States and Canada, as well as to ev-
cry medical man in certain counties of
+, different states.
| By the Mongolia, we received let
| tiers from physicians in Utah. Massa-
chusetts, Indiana, New York, New
| Hampshire, Ohio, Iowa and Minnesota,
| stating that the special letter and
climatic pamphlet had interested them
greatly and asking for further informal
| ton about Hawaii.
The librarian of the Cincinnati Pub
lie Library writes for two additional
copies of "Hawaii, A Primer, stat
| ing that those previously sent have.
/ been practically thumbed TO pieces.
The fifth edition of this pamphlet, re-
vised and enlarged, 100000 eopies),
will be ready for distribution within
/ the next two weeks and. when ready,
we will again send out copies to every
/ library in the United States and
| Canada.
Crossman Brothers, among the largest
| dealers in seeds in the United States.
acknowledge the receipt of our cir
| cular letter In regard to an opening in
| Hawaii for a commercial plant and
seed nursery and state that they are
| greatly interested in the proposition
| and hope to be able TO arrange to send
out representative to look the field
| over before long.
5 Our Los Angeles representative, Mrs.
| Frances King Headlee, writes under
date of July p as follows:
| CARRYING home on the 18th, found
the work had continued without any
| break until nv arrival The city was in
| gala dress and many thousands of Wis
itors here.
"I met the Honolulu Elks with Mr..
J. s. McCandless They had headquar-
tiers at the Lankershim. They were
| doing considerable boosting The box
of literature you sent has just today
| been received
al have met some members of the
Salt Lake lodges and they are still
here trying to secure the charter of a
steamer for the excursion they expect
to arrange ! will furnish them with
literature and "Aloha'' buttons be-
fore they leave.
FEThe first day I talked in Assem-
bly, Hall, / ran over an hour; second
| day three quarters of an hour and third
day over an hour, so / told the oper-
ator simply to signal me Fwhen my
time was mp.
Mr.. A. G. D. Kerrell. the General
Passenger Agent of the Pacific Mail
| Steamship Company, writes under date
of July % as follows:
GA short time ago I wrote you with
reference 20 Miss Mabelle Biggart, the
well known writer, who expected to
make the trip TO Honolulu in eonnee-
ton with book which she proposes
writing. Miss Biggart was to have
gone by the Mongolia sailing today,
but her trip has been postponed and
she wishes me to so inform you.
tFShe expects TO get away in the
. | eo,1rSa of a month or 81 -
Williams, Brown & Earle, of Phila-
helphia, Pa, importers and manufae-
turers of moving picture machines, Ian
tern slides. etc. write. IN answer to
our letter of June %, stating that if
furnished with thirty or forty photo
graphs (Which they viii return), they
will make up series of lantern slides
and place the same in their lecture
rental bureau. where they believe they
| VIII do good work for Hawaii.
Respectfully submitted.
III. P. WOOD,