Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-07
WANTS TO Spend
REST OF DAYS HERE
Promotion Committee
Gets Encouraging
Reports

port 10 De submitted At the meeting OF
the Promotion Committee this after
Don. reading in part as follows:
The following letter from an Army
officer at Manila is OF interest and can
but encourage the Committee In its
work:
Il would deem Il a great favor II you
would send me some Of your descrip
tive literature. received quantity
from you about eighteen months ago,
but It was gobbled up so quickly by
others that did not have chance to
get a look at half Uf Il. II yeu have
the same, would you kindly include In
the ones you send, that which con
tains the prose poem OF Mark Twain
on the beanties of Hawaii. ! think 1t
enc of the gems Of tho language and
Just about hits the mark; should you
not have II in the form as asked. please
do me the courtesy Of sending the quo.
tation. wish to memorize 1t.
II retire from the Army next year,
when expect to go to your town to
spend the remainder of my days. !
have been pretty well over the entire
world In my travels. and can truthful
ly say that not a place In which | have
been as much as even approaches Ho.
nolulu. From my first view of the
place, In 1899. have intended to live
there when | should retire. | like
the American element of your town.
and should so enjoy living amongst
ond being one of them. You have. |
apprehend, very bright future.
Il presume, from what can gather
In reading current papers. that II is
the policy OF the War Department to
maintain very large garrison perma.
nently In your vicinity. This will
have its advantages in more ways than
one"
We are gradually getting more close.
ly In touch with the leading papers OF
the Mainland. Among other letters
Just to hand Is one from The Chicago
Record-Herald," stating that they are
planning to run a series OF articles re.
lating to the agricultural possibilities
! OF Hawaii and asking us for data and
photographs.
Our agent In Los Angeles writes
nder date Of December 22nd that the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company is Of
fering party round trip rates of sic
from San Francisco by the steamship
Mongolia. scheduled 10 sail February
| 10th. and that the outlook Is good for
a number OF passengers by this steam
or as well as by the Matson and Ocean.
ic boats sailing during February.
The matter for our special folder to
be distributed on board all steamers
calling at Colombo Is about ready for
the printer. For the inside pages, we
have had special map made which
has reduced effectively. Through the
courtesy of Dr. Gilmore, We are In re
eeipt Of translation Of the text which
will be published In English, French
and German. Within another, month
we should be able to commence this
distribution, which, believe, will
| poNt VI Hldttiidi DtutHt'
One Of our correspondents writes
from Rangoon, stating that he expects
TO be in Colombo, soon, from which
point he will send US some selected
seed Of a special variety of cocoa
which he hopes may do well here. Up
en- receipt OF the beans. We will turn
them over to the Agricultural Expert
ment station.
The Autographs advertising the Feb
ruary 22nd Parade are now being gen
orally distributed throughout the Unit
ed States and Canada
G. s. Hammond & Company writ,
that the new edition Of the Gross Road,
Of the Pacific map has been shippe,
and should reach us about the middl,
of the month. This firm also write,
that they are proceeding with the pre-
paration OF copy for the special re,
plate 20 be over printed on their larg
map Of the world and hope to be abb,
to fill all orders shortly,
Mr.. Henry Il. Bosch, Director OF Eek
hits and Privileges of the Alaska.Yu
kon. Pacific exposition. writes, asklnl
for copies Of the colored plates of Ha
waiian fishes, stating that he will hay
each picture framed ana promInent
disployed In the Fisheries building.
At our, request, the manager of tn
Los Angeles Times has placed on
name on his free list for that yaluabl
! paper.
Mr.. A. Claude Braden, the lecturer
writes from Hongkong. hat he has ha
all OF his Hawaiian slides colored 1
Japan and is showing, them to goo
, audiences throughout Japan and Chini
Mr. W, H.. Simpson, advertiser
agent of the Santa Fe Railway con
pany at Chicago, writes that he ha
shipped us 100 copies of new editlo
OF their red wall map on which Hawa
is given prominent space.
The principal of the Spring Vale,
Minnesota, High school, segnds us a
interesting description of "Hawa
Day" at their school, when n humble
OF the advanced pupils submitted pt
pers referring to the Islands.
December 10th, We despatched som
1000 postal cards to leading railwa
, and steamship agents throughout tn
United States and Canada.
The new leafet, for enclosure wit
ordinary correspondence will soon b