The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-16


ers will board the Mauna Kea, will be
made.
w. o. Aiken of Maui was present and
discussed the matter at length with
the committee, making suggestions as
to the most desirable course to take
in conducting visitors over the island,
and also furnishing the data regarding
the probable cost of the different side
trips. james l.. Mclean represented
the Inter.Island company.
The Secretary's Address.
Honolulu, July 10, 1909.
Chairman and Members of the Hawaii
Promotion Committee.
Gentlemen: The continued large ar.
rivals by every steamer is most encour.
aging. Our hotels and boarding houses
have never before been so well filed
during the months of June and July.
| The large number of strangers in the
city is also shown by the unprecedent.
| ed travel to the Volcano which con.
| tinues to be the center of attraction.
| Among Others, who are now visiting
the islands, are large number of
school teachers from the Central and
| Eastern States, some of whom have
| stated that their interest in Hawaii
was reused by the special circular to
teachers sent out by the committee
early in January to some ten thou
| sand selected addresses. All of those
we have been able to interview ex-
press themselves as being delighted
with the trip and surprised at our sum-
mer weather which affords such u
pleasing contrast to the July days they
have previously experienced. The thir-
ty or forty teachers who are now here
say that they are but the advance
agents of large future summer travel
to Hawaii. "Spend your long vacation
in Hawaii will be their advice to
their friends and acquaintance upon
their return home.
A note from the eloquent Father
Stark states that his lecture on Ha
waii is being well received wherever
given.
Our good friend John Burroughs con
tinues to talk about Hawaii. Under
the headlines "John Burroughs finds
Hawaii delightful, a recent number
of the New York Herald contains quite
an interview with the celebrated nat
uralist. Among other statements wer,
the following:
cit was the most wonderful ant
most interesting trip l ever eXperienc
ed. / was very sorry to leave the beau
tiful Hawaiian country. The trip ha
been a revelation to me. l enjoyed ev
cry moment of my visit"
The Hanford Daily journal of Han
ford, California, has subscription
contest on at the present time, thu
principal prize being trip to Hawaii
BY this mail, the proprietor of the pa
per sent us number of clippings show
ing that Hawaii was receiving som
excellent advertising at his hands.
The following letter from the Secre
, tary and Treasurer of the Star Drill
ing and Machine Company of Akron
Ohio, is of interest:
81 have your favor of the 10th an
have noted the same with considerabl
Y interest. l would say further that
: have Just returned from visit to tn
, Alaska Yukon Exposition and Will
: there visited your building and spen
|, considerable time in looking over You
!, exhibit there and from it obtained cor
siderable information regarding you
l islands, all of which was extremely in
teresting to me, and was very glad o
the opportunity of seeing the exhibit
The fact of the matter is that / be
= came so much interested in the eXhibi
: that l hope, upon my next visit to tn
> Coast to be able to find time to visi
> Hawaii"
> Mr.. f. w. Dawson, agent for Thoma
Cook & Son at Bombay, writes, &c
knowledging receipt of a package o
: advertising matter and states that h
finds the Fish Book of such general il
terest that he has arranged to displa
n the same in the Bombay Natural Hi
: tory Museum which is being continue
d " visited by a large number of peopl
u Mr.. d. Mackenzie, of Patten, MAJ
:; kenzie & Co., Yokohama, writes undo
!, date of June 80:
!. "Your enlarged photographs wit
J. two exceptions are we'll placed. l reft
!, to the two for Kyoto and Miyanoshit
3, which are yet to be packed and TO
= warded. 1t was only yesterday we r.
+. ceived definite word that they woul
give them a good position. We sha
II lose no time, however, IN getting the!
r. pictures placed. +"
Respectfully submitted,
!, H. z, WOOD,