The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-03
FEDERAL BUILDING
PLANS INVITED
(By Will J. "copper"


SEATTLE, Wn., July 19.-William
McComber, young Hawaiian architect
who for the past seven or eight years
has been located in Seattle, informed
me the other day that he had been in
yited by the Treasury Department to
submit designs for the $780, 600 Federal
building to he built on the Mahuka
site in Honolulu. | understand that
these invitations have been limited to
some twenty architects. A few days
ago two gentlemen, who did not give
their names, spent some time in the
Hawaii building making minute in
quiries concerning the climatic condi-
tions of Honolulu, as well as to the
location of the Federal building site.
They stated that they proposed to sub
nit plans for the building. | have
been advised that Architect Dickey,
formerly of Honolulu, is also to be one
of the competitors.
E. A. Jackson and wife. of Dallas,
South Dakota, were interested visitors
at the Hawaii building last week. Mr..
Jackson is a brother of the Mr.. Jack
son, of the malihini Christmas tree
fame. who made so many children hap
DIV with a wholesale distribution of
Christmas presents in Honolulu last
winter. The visitors had heard that
the event had been the subject OF a
splendid motion picture by r. X. Bo-
nine. and they were very anxious to
see It. Unfortunately the pictures had
not reached here at the time and they
were disappointed. Mr.. Jackson stat
ed that in all probability he and his
wife, as well as friends Of his from
South Dakota. will visit Hawaii next
winter and if they are in Honolulu
during the holidays may take charge
of another malihini tree.
In speaking of the conception of the
idea, Mr.. Jackson said: My brother
was away from home last Christmas
for the first time in his life We had
ALWAYS been accustomed to celebrate
Christmas with a good deal of festivity
in our family, and / am sure that ne
felt rather blue as the season came
around and he so far from home. lie
told me that the prospects OF lonely
Christmas drove him to planning some
kind of diversion. and the malihini
Christmas tree was the result. He
thoroughly enjoyed it, and ] know
would be only too happy TO be able TO
repeat his part in it.
The jackson brothers Cthree, |
think came into prominence and
wealth about year and a half ago
with the opening of a large tract OF
government land in South Dakota
They got in ahead of the building OF
a railroad which would touch the re-
servation, and bought several hundred
acres of land at point which they
thought would be touched by the
railroad. and would form the center
of the new community. Their judg-
ment was wrong, however, for the
railroad survey was changed and
new route laid out several miles from
their property Nothing daunted,
they got another piece of land, this
time on the railroad, and set about
founding the town of Dallas. The
town has grown in true western style,
and the Jacksons have reaped rich
harvest, Up to the present time they
have been practically the whole thing
in Dallas mayor, supervisors, courts,
and all. They have run things ac-
cording to their own ideas as to how
a town should be run, and people who
did not like their way had to get up
and shake the dust. A great deal has
been written and published about the
Jackson boys and their town, most of
which has reflected much credit on the
young founders.
Charles Gallett Campbell, an old Ha-
wall newspaper man, who spent a good
many years in the islands, during
which time he established the Hilo