The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-12
HAWAII'S FAME
IS INCREASING
Continued From Page One.)

kIDUllnutQ 7 IUAu age Ole.l
this week brought twenty-one passen-
gers for this port, most of whom are
tourists. Mr.. Walter Biddel. acting
president and examiner-in-chief of the
Surf Swimming and Open-Sea Life
Saving Association of New South
Wales, is here for several weeks,
visit for his health, bringing with him
a number of letters from our CORE
spondents in Sydney and other points.
l have furnished him with a letter of
introduction to the officers of the Ho-
noluIu Outrigger Club, and he expects
to get much enjoyment and sport from
our surfing at Waikiki.
A number of persons in Australia
and New Zealand, to whom we had
sent literature. write by this mail, stat
irg. their intention of visiting Hawaii
early in the new year. One young
man, with $1,000 to invest, proposes to
come here and become an American
citizen, while others are also thinking
of coming here to make their homes.
The leader of an Italian orchestra,
writing from Brisbane, says: owe
have heard such lot from tourists
coming from Honolulu, and all told us
good. y All our correspondents from
that part of the world seem to have
gained the same favorable view of the
Paradise of the Pacific.
Valuable List of Names.
We have begun to get returns from
the circular letter sent out by Mr..
Wood to county assessors in some half
dozen prosperous States of the Missis-
sippi Valley, asking them to furnish US
with the addresses of few of the
prominent citizens in their community
who may be in position to travel, and
might be interested in Hawaii. By
the last mail we received about thirty
replies, almost all of which contained
list of names We will probably re-
ceive many more answers to this let
ter. and the list which we are thus en-
abled to prepare should give US val
liable field through which to spread our
printed matter.
Hawaii in the Fore.
"'That Hawaii is receiving an I'M
usually large amount of attention on
the mainland just at present is evil
denced from the large quantity of clip
pilngs from newspapers and periodicals
which are furnished by the clipping
bureaus. Moreover, the character of
all this writing shows a much better
and truer conception of conditions in
the Territory than was shown from the
same sources within as short a space
as a year ago. Just at present, com
ment is particularly active in the main
bo oh
in our land laws, and the efforts of the
Territory to become 'Americanized.
The magazine articles of Alexander
Hume Ford are bringing many in
quiries, which. while indicating that
most of the inquirers have gained pos
sibly exaggerated ideas of the Oppor-
tunities growing on bushes in Hawaii,
still show that the Islands are being
brought to the attention of hundreds
of thousands of citizens, who are com
ing. to realize for the first time that
Hawaii is a place of some Importance,
and a part of the United States. Forbes
Lindsay, well-known writer, has re-
GENTLY written a number of articles ON
Hawaii, which have been 'syndicated'
and published in thousands of newspa-
pers all over the country.
COMMITTEE Recognized.
GA very good sign that our place
in the community is becoming very
generally recognized is in the fact that
almost all of the business houses of
the city are turning over to this Office
for answer letters which they receive
from prospective visitors or settlers.
We get many such letters from the
postmaster, and this week we have
large package of such letters from
Governor Frear, whose prospective trip
to Washington next week prevents his
answering them in person.
1910 Floral Parade.
81 sincerely hope that there may be
little further delay in securing a di-