The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-11
OUTR|GGER CLUB
AND ITS MISSION
What 1t Has Accomplished and
What 1t Hopes to
Accomplish.
HONOLULU March 10, 1909.

Honoluius March III, l9Q9.
Editor Advertiser. If space will
permit, I would like to say word or
two about the affairs of the Outrigger
Canoe Club, which seem to be misan
derstoed. In the first place, there
when the fees fall due for the annual
payment. Therefore, / beg to quote
the bylaw in regard TO the exact date
when the payments should be made.
!. Article x Fees and Dues. The
dues shall be five dollars per annum
for every year, or part of year, and
shall be paid in January of every
year. Any person who shall have fail
ed to pay the fee of five dollars be-
fore the 31st of March of each year
shall be expelled. y
I hope this is plain enough, and I
would beg to say that as Guy Roth
well has resigned as collector, | would
| be obliged If the members would send
| their dues to me, care Trent & Co.
| would also like to say that | regret
| to see that the members and also the
business men of this city take so lit
/ tie interest in this club, which, as
everyone knows, is to encourage canoe
| ing, surfriding, swimming and all other
aquatic sports, for the pleasure and
health of the members, and to encour-
age and revive all the old Hawaiian
! sports.
! I also regret to see that the hard
work done by Mr.. A. II. Ford IN pro-
noting this club, and the hard work
he is still doing, is not better appreci-
ated by people at large and the mem
/ hers, and especially by the business
| men of this city. 1t is well known
/, that Mr.. Ford put in SIX or seven
| months of hard work, working almost
| day and night, in promoting and In
| trying to put the club, calae, ground,
building. etc., in shape. It is known,
I too. that it took him months before
he could secure lease to the prem
ises. and which are worth twenty times
what he paid for them, and the lease
could be sold today for $4,000 1t
| was also Mr.. Ford S idea to make
worldwide reputation for this clue;
and most everyone will admit that the
regattas given by The club, with one
exception, were equal TO anything
given by the city in the way OF en-
tertainments. Indeed, it is my op1n-
ion that these entertainments given by
the club will linger in the mind OF
the members of the feet, and tourists,
| and all those that were fortunate
enough to witness them, when every
thing else is forgotten.
It is also safe to say that no man
ha has wnrkp
for the interest of this club and the
!: welfare Of the whole community as ne
has done, and, for that matter, IS stu
doing. / would also like to say that
Mr.. Ford has imbued some OF US with
the same spirit, and therefore we re-
oret that his work is so little appreel-
/ ated. and that so little interest IS
taken in the club, and also that the
members. with few exceptions, seem to
nav their dues SO reluctantly. but,
Notwithstanding the many drawbacks,
the club is coming to the front, and,
we feel sure. will in the end prove a
great success. Work on the elup
premises is also being pushed along
with dispatch, and things IN general
are looking more encouraging. Inc
great lanai is practically finished, the
woman's bathhouse is also about nm
ished. but we still have the canoes to
put in shape, wall to build, and the
grounds to put in order
All of this work, ETC., has put the
club in debt, but we are not diseour-
aged, for not only have many OF the
members paid their dues promptly, but
Mr.. E. D. Tenney, John and James Nc
Candless and DR.. w. r. Brinckerhoff
have sent us donations, and others
have partly promised to send more
Mrs. Swanzy has also promised to get
members and secure funds enough to
pay for the woman's bathhouse. a
bali and supper is also to be given in
the near future, which, it is hoped
will. prove great success and help
to pay off some of the Indebtedness.
Very truly, GEO. oobohNE Il.